Crazymonkey

Thanks I guess I should have looked .I've got the 4.5x14x50 and love it .just need to talk wife into another scope

Is it moa or mill

For anyone looking at the paramount or the pro anarchy outdoors makes a radial break for them and they work great.I was out today with my pro and running 112 gr by weight of bh 209 and its about like a 243.

Good day at the range found two good shooting loads r17 45.6 gr and col of 3.163 barns ttsx .bottom right corner of target .next is r15 42.5 gr 3.165 col. Barns tsx .absolutely did not like the Hornady gmx. I pulled the last shot and opened up the string .the gun seems to have liked all the changes .

In need of a sleeve of large rifle primers for my muzzleloader just need 100 willing to trade federal 215 mag primers or federal 205 small rifle straight across or will by if needed I'm located in gilbert

Thank you guys I've got some coming .just need to pick up

Ill have to look I think it just says federal 215 large rifle magnum

First day off in a long time tomorrow so headed to the range early this time and we'll see how it turns out .it should be a lot cooler than the last run at 2 in the afternoon in the heat 5 weeks till I'm headed to California to hunt with dad

Do you target the predator population more to help the numbers of deer?I 've hunted Colorado mostly for elk and in some units the have a antler requirement and in other areas you can get eathier sex tags .I wonder if a antler requirement would work here .not sure about what size tho some places use this method I think the deer has to have antlers wider than there ears and so many points.it would give the younger deer a chance to get some age and really help the breeding.

Great looking bull congratulations.the woman shooting better thing is probably true for some odd reason.my friends wife was the same way never shot a gun till two years ago .she got drawn for elk and he realized he didn't have a rifle .she shot a few of mine from 243 up to 30-06 and for never even holding a gun to not one shot outa the red center all day.it can't be luck.again great bull and congrats

Just looked it up and they say a lion kills every 6 to 12 days .that's close to 100 deer if we go by your 1 lost doe is like 3 lost deer those numbers add up quickly 1 lion 300 potential deer .that's crazy I wouldn't have thought 1 cat would do that much .

It seems we are kinda in a bad spot on the tag reduction end because if you cut tags it would lead to less revenue and that would lead to less improvements .the only way to cut tags and still hold the same revenues would be to increase tag cost and that might lead to pricing people out of hunting.I did like the predator point idea but like all things we still need some predators in the mix.it looks like at the very least its got people thinking my thinking may not fit for this environment but there have been several good ideas.some have said I'm just trying to get someone to agree with me and that's not the case the point was to get opinions and thoughts and make people think about some solutions and some have.

Like others have said buy the biggest you can .I've got a liberty and a different brand not sure the make but one is a 48 gun and holds much less especially if you have scopes.

I'm just looking for different solutions to help the deer out.this was one that came up .I absolutely believe we need to do something and like many ideas that were brought up about mandatory reporting there was one about antler size restrictions to help with age class that would give young bucks time to breed.cutting the otc tags for non rez hunters and rez hunters came up and also just cutting the tags for awhile would bring up the numbers. Most hunters are on board with some or all of these things.no matter what some will only complain about not getting tags and such but if we don't look for things to help the problem it won't go away.fish and game's approach is from a dollar standpoint with all the crazy numbers of tags in some units and the stacked hunts one on top of the other .if we don't come up with solutions we won't have any deer to hunt .

The articles were tailored to balanced and healthy heards.some were based on the mid west and others are just general .

Nope I'm a machinist and have a lot of time when making parts for all the things you drive in ,fly in,or just blow sh*t up.my day starts at 1 am and ends at 3 pm when I get home.sometime I just have way to much time between parts and just get bored.that leads to a lot of reading on subjects and usually a lot of questions.

My asking about doe hunts was based off observation and several articles written by several biologists .there are several articles about the benefits.just a look on the web will show them I just looked up the benefits of a balanced deer heard plain and simple .I absolutely get we need doe to provide deer but without enough bucks the doe will not get bread.my questioning some of the respondents was to clarify the issues biased on what is written by several biologists not to defend my thoughts on the subject until people started questioning my abilities and what I might be smoking.I try to look at things as a whole and try to read and learn about things I've got questions about there are always different opinions that's just a fact .we've been killing bucks for as long as I can remember been way to long and the number of bucks isn't getting any better .there are plenty of reasons and very few answers just wondering if a better balance would help that's all .

when people pick on others and ask what there smoking and add comments about hunting skill or other things that's picking fights.we do have units that are managed for quality deer and they do have doe hunts kibab is one there are a few of them .logic would have one figure if we have more doe and less bucks our deer heard is outa balance.from all your comments you would rather have less tags for bucks and that should fix the population .again I'm not a biologist but do read a lot about many subjects and this was one I was reading about and several biologists have stated the need for balance and the benefits

So we go from different views to picking fights.way to have some conversation on some issues .I do see bucks and hunt I'd just like to see a better quality and age class that's all .glad to see we all can be grown-up about things

Like most I'd like to see a few bucks in the mix of things .so if you look at the post from first coues was 80 he has a 1to 1 ratio and if we already have an area with a high doe population and add 50 percent of the next generation it only makes the problem worse. The bucks get hunted and the doe only are subject to predidation and the lop sided ratio never gets any better.

Maybe maybe my logic is wrong.we usually are talking about all the does we see on a hunt after day in the field and a cold beer at the end of the night.

After reading the quote I could help but laugh also and wish we all had that kinda problem to many girls to little time.

The thought is that with so many does in a given unit that a buck would not get around to breading the doe and then we have two and three different cycles of fawns which could drop in times that are not conducive to there survival.that alone would cause a drop in deer population.it is used for places with over population as well as to generate healthy buck to doe ratios in others .maybe we need to lighten the tags on buck hunts and open a few doe if the population is more balanced it leads to a buck breading more does and there for more deer .if the buck can't get to the doe and breeds her later and she has a fawn that dies due to food or climate it still don't help the population that's why most have limited doe hunts

I apply and have hunted in a few different states and have see the benefits.I will hunt what I can when I can .I agree habitat loss and people are a big problem.

Nope absolutely not a biologist are you? I'm just a avarage hunter who has been in several units and seen the large doe population.its done in the mid west to balance the buck to doe ratio and promote better balance.if we constantly take the bucks out by only hunting them we have an balance issue.1 buck can breed many does that are ready but if we have no bucks because we only target them then what? Does won't breed does or maybe in today's times of rainbows and identity issues they might