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GerIt's almost time to enter your kids!!! Get them entered for a chance to win! Prizes this year are as follows 1st Savage vrx 110 scoped in 308 comes with ammo to get started, vortex 10x42 binos and harness,Gerber multi tool ,hat ,small cooler and more. 2nd Savage axis 2 in 6.5 Creedmoor scoped,ammo,Vortex 10x42 binos, harness, hat,rangefinder,small cooler and more 3rd Stoeger m320 compact 20 gauge,ammo,vortex 10x42 binos, harness and more Rules are simple! Must be Arizona resident All guns must be transferred Healeys in mesa takes care of this for me. Must be able to put in for youth only hunts Sets my age limits ( 10 to 18 ) must be 10 by the time of the first youth elk hunt. **** new is a picture of the kids at the time of transferring **** This will help with future donations For the under 10 kids there's a special draw for a savage rascal 22lr and ammo It's only open to the kids under 10 Entries accepted January 1st Deadline is the last day in August at midnight! Drawing is the first week in September Enter at youthgungiveaway@outlook.com It's all lower case. Make sure to include Your name Your kids name and age And the big one is a contact number . Thanks !!! Complete rules and prize pictures are in the contest and giveaway section here

Current prize pictures . As always things get added as they come in but this is Current.

Almost time to put your kids in again!!! First place is a Savage 110 vrx in 308 it comes factory scoped .,Vortex 10x42 binos, Savage bino harness, Gerber multi tool,ammo and more Second place is a Savage axis 2 in 6.5 Creedmoor factory scoped,Vortex 10x42 binos, Savage bino harness, ammo, Gerber multi tool and more Third place is a Stoger m320 20 ga ,comes with ammo ,Vortex 10x42 binos, Savage bino harness ,ammo ,Gerber multi tool and more ********************************************** For the younger kids( under 9 ) A Savage rascal 22lr and ammo Rules are simple Must be a Arizona resident Open to all Arizona kids!!! All guns must be Transferred (Healeys in mesa ) For the bigger kids they must be able to put in for kids only hunts.( sets age limits) 10 years to 18 years old. They need to be 10 by the start of the first kids elk hunt . Must have a hunter safety card **** new for this year will be a picture of the kids with there prizes at the time of transfer!!!! **** This is to help with future sponsorship and donations For the under 9 kids they must be old enough to safely handle the rifle . Entries Accepted January 1st The last day to enter is the last day in August at midnight. The drawing is the first week in September!!! Enter at youthgungiveaway@outlook.com ^^^^^ it's all lower case ^^^^^^ Things needed to enter Your name Your kids name and age And a phone number ^^^^^ THIS IS A BIG HELP WHEN NOTIFYING WINNERS!!! ^^^^ I'll have pictures up when I can get everything out As always donations are always appreciated Things I can use this year Soft cases for rifles Small items for packs( first aid kits, water bottles, things you'd have in your hunting pack and kid friendly 😀 Ammo for the guns I don't keep anything but a winners list from year to year SO YOU NEED TO ENTER EACH YEAR Thanks to everyone who donates !!! It's a huge help!! Good luck to everyone!!! If your kids have won in the past please post some pictures of them with there gear.

It's almost time for me to post the 2026 youthgungiveaway. I'm always looking for ammo donations . Things I can use this year are 308 ammo 6.5 Creedmoor ammo 20 gauge ammo And 22lr ammo If you have any and would like to donate to the giveaway shoot me a message. You guys have always been great and it helps alot Thanks!!!!

Bump Doing good on 22lr Ammo . Thanks niteman ,and 10turkeys. Still on the hunt for 20 gauge,308,and 6.5 Creedmoor ammo.

Turners outdoorsman was a good shop in comifornia. Spent alot of money there before I moved. Yes they moved here to finally sell guns . There's so much b.s. that they go thru in cali that they are pretty much just a tackle shop anymore.

Was up on my 6a cow hunt in 6a last week and found this guy . Not exactly a dead head but still a dead elk . I had my buddy Dan and his 11 yr old Cooper . It was just by chance we cut across where we did to get back to where we parked. Poor guy probably lived quite awhile before he dropped. It had a arrow in the back quarter broke off. A solid 7 x 6 . Dan was trying to get a recovery tag from fish and game so we could keep it so we are just waiting to see . If we get lucky it's going to Cooper.

So after a month between when we found the bull and when I went back in and got a look . He had been cleaned up by the scavengers . Not much left of him at all . I did recover the head and give it my best at a euro . I do think it came out good but it's definitely not something I would do again. It's a chore and it's better for me to just pay to have it done . What do you think?

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It's a good idea with either as you get blow by . The paramount pro was discontinued. If you do get a used one and don't do the breach plug make sure and request a new bolt head spring from cva . They sent mine free of charge. It's a stronger spring and will help but just for a short time . Don't trust the powder tubes with load lines and weight your loads out . Make sure you run the loads by weight and not volume for best accuracy.

Looked at the endura vs the paramount pro in already have and not much for ballistic difference. The endura will run smokeless but illegal for the muzzleloader hunts and there’s not much gain . Infact with blackhorn 209 the velocity is better. There stated velocity is probably off some as I only run 105 gr by weight and get 2465 so the 112 would get better. The veri -flame adapters kinda suck and a arrowhead plug and brass adapters is needed to not get blow back . The bolt is spring loaded on the head and the arrowhead is not. They do shoot amazing for what they are and as soon as I can im planning on taking mine out to 500yds. It's only 1.25 moa from 100 to 200 but past that they drop fast . Blackhorn is the ticket as you can clean with your rifle stuff no problem. They do pack some recoil so get the anarchy break or arrowhead it's definitely a game changer.

Just had my dad and another hunter in 6a . Two good days to hunt then the weather came in. Lots of water and snow. It really shut things down! Lucky to get the trucks out ! The trailers are still stuck up there. My buddy has 7 hunters up right now. Going to try and get the trailers out Friday. I've got to get mine then my dad's.

Impact velocity needs to be up in the 1500fps to 1800 fps for proper expansion. Most are running lighter bullets fast. You might be at the limits for Impact velocity and expansion. We usually have clean kills and no bullets recovered as there's a entry and exit hole .

Up for my dad's muzzleloader elk hunt in 6a. Dad has a cow tag and Nick from another site has a bull tag. I'm playing chauffeur and guide. I'm running 4 blinds as dad is 75 and Nick is in his 60's. So dad's in one spot Nick another and me another just to see what's going on. No point in me going back to camp . Saturday I had a group of elk at 730 and another at 830 am . It's just me and im already done hunting elk as I had the general cow hunt here a few weeks ago. Tagged out on my hunt on opening day. Dad had 9 bulls at his spot at 5 pm but has a cow tag . Nick hasn't seen a elk but has a bull tag. Raining like heck today so going to spot and stalk tomorrow there's water everywhere! The picture is the group infront of me at 730

Made it in to pull blinds today. It's like driving thru a stream into a lake to get in. The blinds in two spots were almost in the water! It's bad lots of rain ,snow Picture from my dad's blind . All bulls!! Dad had a cow tag. Lots of guys were looking for bulls were only needed a cow. No luck this year just good memories with dad!

Youth hunts are fixing to start very soon . I've been doing the kids giveaway for a few years already and have just one winner with a deer taken with the gun she won. Past or present put up some pictures of the kids using the stuff they've won on there hunts at the range or anywhere. Pictures are worth a thousand words and the smiles on the kids faces make it worth every penny.

Back at camp after a wet walk. Missed our road back to the sxs but came out on another road. I figured out where we were and had dad stay put and went to get the sxs . We are soaked! Caught something not right and found a spike bedded with some cows 100 yds from where we parked . She caught me out in the open . Off they went ! It wouldn't have made any difference because my dad wasn't with me and I still needed to get the sxs and pick him up . Wet and cold but warmer now in the trailer running the heater

Had them do this with the Bridgestone and michillen. The Bridgestone let loose at 20k and they replaced them with the michillen. Toyo was around 35k . Tires rotated every 5 k miles . It's definitely worth the money for the lifetime balance and rotate from discount tire. It's already a pain to put the truck up in the air to get a 5 gallon bucket under for oil changes.

Fish and game office when we called said different . I just looked it up and it's confusing 😕 . It states no you can't pick up a deadhead but then there's a small blip about no flesh or hair attached. Real confusing . If it's still at the same spot it should be picked clean by now . It's been a few weeks. Either way im gonna take a look. Cooper really wants this head .

I'm heading back up to 6a tomorrow for my dad's muzzleloader elk hunt that starts at the end of the week. No word from f&g yet ! It's been a few weeks since my hunt so we will see what's left of that beautiful bull. Crazy you can pickup sheds but not a head. I had no idea that even white washed heads are off limits with out a call . I'm sure lots of people pick them up regardless. I wish my dad's hunt was a week or so ago . The weather doesn't look so good for the end of the week .

I'm in the same boat with my truck. It's a ram 2500 6.7 and it doesn't seem to make a big difference on brand . I've had Bridgestone, Michellen, bfg ,and toyo and if I get 20k miles it's a blessing it seems. Had nitto on for a few months but they were to noisy. At over 2 k a set it's expensive. No issues with alignment or anything . Just seem to wear them out . Ive been told its a heavy diesel and its normal .Put a set of Cooper at3 on my jeep about the same time as the bfg on the truck and the bfg are going to need changing again . The cooper still look good . Hard to really compare as the truck weight is much more.

Hopefully it hangs in for another week or two I've got my dad and another hunter Nick that have muzzleloader tags. I don't think I've ever heard them going that late.

22 pigs and points for turkey.

The elk in 6a were going all the way till Monday last hunter tagged out and left camp Tuesday. Early and till dark as normal

Up in 6a and got it done Friday night . Story and pictures to come . But here she is on here side.