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I just got an 1800 BDX from Midway, a "blem" which by all appearances was factory sealed, not sure what the "blem" might be. Anyway, my initial test told me the trees in my neighborhood were about 30 yards closer that i would have guessed, and that the Kilo line is well built and easy to use. I'm going to take it to the range tomorrow and range the gongs out to 400 and see how well it does is poor contrast situations.

Not to derail the thread here... but I was seriously considering the Show Low area, but I think I've decided on Tennessee. I look at life kind of like 20 year chapters of which barring tragedy we are allotted 4. 🙂 I plan on spending the last chapter hunting your beautiful state at least once or twice a year.

Jeeeeze I am so sorry. People just suck sometimes.

Got mine today.

I was looking at the Kilo 1800... Sufficient or step it up? I have an older generic (I think Bass Pro redhead) but they aren't up to 400+ yard low light low contract chores like this. PS: Got my tag in the mail today. 😛

How do you guys feel about rangefining bino's? Say something in the $1,000-$1,500 area? One thing trying to do the job of two things and a mediocre on at that (like most combo stuff), or one less piece of gear to carry?

I'm getting out Woody, had enough. It sucks... lived my whole life here but it's just not for me anymore.

Eastern, Johnson City area... I'm certainly not opposed to private land hunting, might even buy my own. 🙂 Thanks everyone, yeah I'll grab some nicer glass. Most of the hunting I've done has been 200 yards and in.

I can't help ya' Gringo, still stuck in SoCal for another year here... but out of curiosity where are you moving from?

Ted Nugent.

Duly noted... he said 5+ miles each way, but he may just be trying to make sure I'm in shape. He said a few miles in from camp (near Klondyke?) before we glass... We've all gone down that road with guys that aren't in shape for the hunt right? I don't blame him for having his concerns, we've never hunted together before... but I'm not a road hunter. How do you guys feel about my rifle? Rem 700 VTR in .308 with a 3x10 Leupold VxII. I was thinking of putting a good 4.5 x 14 on it for this hunt. I have other options, but I have yet to meet any animal that liked the taste of a 150g slug out of any rifle.

Pretty sure it's unit 32 second week. I am truly blessed that one of the guys has drawn 11 times and punched every time, told me his grandfather taught him how to hunt this area when he was a teenager and has great success. No reason to doubt him, he seems like a square guy and he's got heads on the wall. He told me to get ready to pay a taxidermist and eat some deer. He made me promise to get in shape for hunting 10-15 miles each day over loose terrain and if I can shoot straight he said I'm not going to go without taking a quality shot. I'm really jazzed about this guys, I'm 57 and this is the first public land deer hunt I've done in at least 35 years. I finally decided to quit making excuses, I am going to take every tag I can get and travel wherever. We don't live forever, I've worked my tail off and now it's time to do it. I'll be moving from Kalifornistan to Tennessee in a year or less and look forward to a lot better opportunities out east and several trips back to the West, just not THIS far west.

Hahaha well... I'm in SoKal, I'm not sure you want to split the fuel bill. 😉

Well...

Hey folks! I didn't see an intro forum so I thought I'd gather around the campfire. Drew my first AZ coues tag this year, going along with a guy that's punched 11 times in the unit so I'm pretty excited about it... I look forwarding to reading up here and getting some of your knowledge. Thanks, Lance.