Rudebob

They need to just design a safety mechanism that disables firing when the gun is held sideways.

Just south of Lake Mary. Lot's of elk and rut activity going on. It was my grandson's tag along with two other youth hunters who drew on the same app. Friday they were screaming all morning. Never considered use for a call but my son went back to Flag to retrieve one. One bugle was all it took to bring in a bull with several cows in tow...that was all she wrote. Casey's game processing in Flagstaff said they took in a record number of animals for a single day on Saturday (50+) and had no room in the cooler to take any more.

Should of mentioned both shooting new, factory loads. One from CVA Cascade and the other a Ruger American. Other than suppressed no significant mods. Sorry, don't have pics right of the primers at the moment.

This last weekend during the 6A cow elk general hunt we had two different misfire situations. In both instances it was with Hornady ammunition, but two different types: 143 ELD-X and 120 CX (copper mono), both were fired from two different 6.5 Creedmore rifles. Both showed adequate primer strike indention. Ammunition and firearms were all recently acquired within this last year and neither have ever had misfire issues prior to these events during this hunt. The only possible variables not accounted for being temperature and possibly altitude-although neither I would consider extreme. Fortunately, there were enough shooting opportunities that both hunters were able to tag out using the same firearm/ammo combination. Was curious if anyone else has experienced similar situations with Hornady ammo or would have any thoughts on why two separate, isolated instances would occur under the same circumstances-other than quality issues with the manufacturer or their suppliers?

They were screaming in 6a today. Saw lots of quality bulls pushing cows. Reminded me of the best archery hunts from days gone by. Two of the youth hunters we were helping doubled up today for their first kills in the cow elk general hunt.

Awesome! Hunting with kids is the best!! I get more excited when they tag out than any hunt I have ever been personally successful on. To both tag out together has to be extra special.

No mid 70's. Not a lot if mass and one of his prongs has seen a few too many fights.

Thanks everyone. A tad over 16 inches in length but not a lot of mass.

My 17 year old daughter got her first big game kill opening morning in unit 7. So proud of her! She did everything right, well composed, and a well placed single lethal shot. I feel a little guilty bragging on her when I know so many have been putting in for longer than she has been on this earth, but still grateful for her first, of hopefully several, hunting adventures. After today I think she has caught the fever!

Leftist nutjobs leftist no choice.

There may be some truth to that but IMO the real grifters are the ones who made up the food pyramids, chicken m nuggets, "masks will stop the spread", etc. So I am ok with a little skepticism towards any government or for profit institution that says "trust us, we are here to help".

I guess that is why I am questioning the performance on a small body animal like the cues. They penetrate well but will it expand? I am guessing ballitically 500 yards or less would be fine on my setup but at what point/distance do you risk only getting penetration?

Yeah, they worry about that too and it is expensive.

My family eats very clean and we had a recent discussion about the possibility of ingesting lead from our game meat. Although from my research the chances of lead poison are unlikely I have been considering switching to all copper mono rounds to keep peace at the dinner table. The downsides seem minimal but from my research these rounds do need some velocity to expand properly. Since most of my kill shots have been between 350 - 500 yards in recent years I am wondering what kind of performance one could expect with copper at those distances (6.5 Creed). Anyone have any experience with all copper bullets on Cues beyond the chip shots?

Have had many Australian cattle dogs and Queensland heelers over to the years. Love the breed but you got to have the juice to keep up with them. My current heeler is 15 and still going strong.