willhunt4coues

Got to love the smell and feel of the tall pines and light breeze when elk hunting. Congrats again Nate!!!

The pair of Kiababs I had were BRAND new. My buddy never has even taken them out. I have looked through numerous Kiababs before and saw the same thing as I saw through my buddies. I was commenting on being behind them not for a day but for weeks. I did have the caps off bonecollector LOL. But like you said opticnerd your eyes feel tired which is how mine was but when my eyes get tired I get dizzy. But anyway your buddies that have the Kiababs and Nikons that is the best GLASS they have and thats why to them they are use to it and think the clarity is by far the best. I felt the same way with the Zeiss 12x45 I love them to death and upgraded to the swaro. Now to compare them side by side I would say the only difference is field of veiw, The clarity in low light and depth of field is by far the best. To be able to see depth of field is by far the best thing in a pair of bino. For everything to look FLAT as a pancake man you will and do miss stuff left and right.

I just don't understand how prople can compare the 15x swaro to the Kiababs. I had my Swaros sent in for repairs (for free) and borrowed a pair of Kiababs. First off I could not seem to get them crisp and clear (I have 20/20 vision) I tried everything but found out that is how they are. They are SOMEWHAT clear in the center but the entire outside view is nothing but BLURRY. I have been through EVERY pair of binos you can get your hands on and by far Swaro is NUMBER 1 but if you can not afford swaros Zeiss would have to be the next in line for affordability. They are 15 times clearer than Vortex. Don't get me wrong I LOVE VORTEX scopes but not their binos. Sit behind some Kiababs for HOURS and your head will hurt and it feels as if you are dizzy when you back away from them. Do like someone else said and rent the swaros for 1 day then the next day rent the Kiababs you will see what all the hype is about swaro in 1 second. Oh and to top it off I had the Kiababs for 3 weeks and anyone that knows me I can find deer on any hill side but for some reason the enntire time I had the Kiababs I never could find one deer or anything for that matter.

Okay I know that Leica has a 1000-R model and a CRF 1600-B model. I know that the 1600does ballistics. I have a Nikon riflehunter 1000 that has INCLINE AND DECLINE (ANGLE) so when I have the angle ON it will display the TRUE distance to the target not line of sight. Now for some reason all I can find on the 1600B is that it does all this hold over crap but does not SPECIFY if it actually has incline/decline feature. So to all you out there that have the Leicas I want it simple to just press a button an it tells me TRUE distance not line of sight can the Leica do that? I can range out to 860 yards with mine (which is WAY far enough shot and would never think of taking that shot) but I love to practice and love shooting angles. To have to pull out my phone to input all this crap is nonsense. If Nikon can make this simple then why all the nonsense on the Leica 1600? Why not have just the angle button. All I want is a rangefinder that can hit pretty much anything I range (1500+) and tell me TRUE distance. Can anyone tell me where to find that model or brand?

Does it have the incline/decline?

I bought a Panasonic AGAC90 and LOVE it to death. Best spotting scope I have ever bought

I had Valdada steel on my Valdada scope and changed to Aluminum for help in weight and to not damage the scope. Personally if you can get aluminum go with them because your scope is aluminum. Also if you are going LONG RANGE don't cheap out buy GOOD rings. The Valdadas are inexpensive and to spec just like US optics and Nightforce. One of those 3 brands is what I would recommend.

Saw one great bear Sunday morning and by the time i got into range (700 yards) I was able to get my scope up and see him top over the hill. I still needed to dial in the scope but man it was a close one another minute and I would have had a shot. Have only heard of 1 bear taken in 24a and I believe it was a boar.

Must be that Blue Meth. Dang tweeker Elk....LOL

Do you have any Varget? If not I believe I saw IMR 4895 right?

go to a welding supply store and get some Liquid Nitrogen. You will have to drop SMALL drops onto the screw but it should work. I did this on some screws that broke off on my rings. Have no idea why the screws broke (only torqued them to 12 in lbs) and they broke about 6 months later. I did get them used.

Hunting is my passion. I am married and have 3 kids. Do not have a house payment do not have car payments. Just groceries and small bills. My wife and I get paid every 2 weeks one week she gets hers and the next I get mine. We allow ourselves 250.00 out of every pay check for each of us. Thats 500.00 total every week in one month I have 1000.00. Now what I do with my money is up to me I can save it or go spend it. I started out saving and after I had 2000.00 then I started spending keeping that 2000.00 for EMERGENCIES. No credit cards I do not believe in them. If I can not pay for something in cash I do not buy it. Now when I buy something I am only wanting to purchase it one time in my lifetime. Like Swaros, Scopes, some guns, ect. I do spend more than I should on some stuff but I know in the long run it will save me money. My wife allows me to be out anytime I like and me to her. I never question if she wants to head to the valley and take the kids to the movie I sometimes go but most times am out in the hills. Every weekend I am out Except for the summer the summer every weekend I am spending family time with them. I guess it all has to depend on how the wife sees it. That's why I married my wife is because I knew she did not mind if I wanted to be out every weekend. She does get mad every 7th or 8th weekend in a row.

This is too cool. Congrats little guy. Love it when the little ones harvest.

WOW those eyes ARE PERFECT..Thanks for the play by play that was cool.

For sale barley used asking 120.00 obo.

Any time it was nice meeting you, your wife, and your kids. Good luck this year!!!

If you still have it in about a month I will take it.

I got mine today

Sheldon If you want to contact nighthawk and ask him fell free to. I am heading down on 8/14 so if you mean the weekend after then we will take care of it if you mean this weekend then call him and see if he wants you too.

Sold pending funds

Heading out to 23S with my video camera and .308 in hand. Good luck to all and who knows maybe I will have a HD video for ya all.

So far I have been at work all day...LOL. But hey I know dinner will be great. We did head to the valley this past weekend and found out from my sister I will be another uncle here soon. hopefully its a girl I already have two nephews and one will be 10 this next year that are wanting to go deer hunting. My boy has another 2 1/2 more years to go.

I wanted to get the shot on video but you guys all know Turkeys. This was not even the one we thought was going to come in. The first on we had talking was straight ahead on the hillside at the beginning of the video where the decoys are set up. Low and behold this one came in. I would have shot but I wanted my dad to harvest his first Gobbler. I tried with no success. That box call we used my dad has had for over 20 years...

Here is the video. WATCH IN HD!!! https://vimeo.com/71713528

You can actually lay back on the seat and disappear then sit up real fast and shoot the yote.