Bird Dog

Yea, you got to watch people for sure. One day you have a nice salt lick and the next you get pictures from third party or a complete stranger whom is excited to hunt elk off a lick you have started and maintained for a couple years. I guess all fair in love and war. People are funny that way about finding their own niche! Thiefs are not nice for sure. Good luck archery if you go! Don't give up just because others are in an area.

I would call "Dog man" or Randy Epperson of "Rimrock Outfitters". I don't think you would be disappointed in the opperation of his dry ground hounds.

Just a quiet stalker of the "grongulous" activity. Just kidding I think. Later, Jack

Me too! Jeff! Nice!

Josh, I can not wait for you to go get this guy either! Ha! I was wondering when you would get over the remorse from "Mr. mass" and be ready for another ambush. Like AZ402, I don't wana be right!

I hear you! I have the poor mans sheep hunt in Oct. 32 and built #12 for sheep.

I felt a disturbance in the antler boy's force...aka Grongulous radar when I saw that pup chewing on the antler. You know you can sacrifice the carpet a few times but a coues horn is out of the question.

Whoa! That would be awesome over a chronie! I bet with a 140 gr. it would be wicked fast! Nice slow burning powder with that 26" tube. Yeee haw!

Boy Bird Dog-- Great minds think alike. I shoot a 308 Norma Mag on a sporterized 03 Springfield--built it in the mid-60's. I use 79 1/2 gr of H4831 with a 165 Nosler Partition and a CCI Mag primer. Love the load!!!! BOB I love the 168's it has been awesome!

I know of a young man here in Flag. that bought a 300 win last fall. has a muzzle break on it and a accurizer. He bought a 300 ultra and doesn't need this rifle. It is a ruger no. 1 b in stailess. If your interested let me know and I can put you in contact with him. Just thought I would put it out there.

I have a .338 mag, .300 win mag, .22-250, and had a .270 and 6mm untill earlier this year. All of which with a bit of help on the triggers shot well and then with the hicks accurizer have proven to shoot very will... or at least under 1" at 100 yrds. One thing I love about ruger no.1's is the volocity increase over standard rifles because of the full barrel length. For example my .270 had a 26" barrel and a good charge of H4831 shot a nosler balistic tip 150gr. at 2950+ fps. I shot a 150gr speer at 57.5 gr H4831 at just shy of 3000 fps. The .338 win is death on elk at any range I have used. My wife shot a cow at 360 yrds with a 200 gr. nosler at about 3050 fps on a facing shot. The elks neck whipped back so hard that the elk broke its pelvis and hip hitting the ground so hard. Awesom elk round!

Short mags are a good example of modern day cartridge, but the old laws of physics must be considered inorder to say a WSM will match long action mags is not true. Kinda like saying a V6 puts the same horses down as a V8 or V8 to a V10.....it doesn't add up. I am not saying that a short mag isn't more efficient but look at a 300 ultra mag to a win mag in the Nosler reloading book verses the wsm. All three a great flat shooting but the WSM can not keep up with the heavy bullets the other two do. Simple physics say you get out what you put in...... So that is why I shoot a 300 win in a stainless ruger no. 1. This allows me to push the bullet out the lands and not worry about the cartridge fitting to the magazine and therefore yields greater case capacity and better accuracy. My favorite load 79 gr. Reloader 22 3.355 OAL 168 gr Nosler Balistic Silvertip 3277 fps. Put the hammer down men! Shoot it and shoot it well it doesn't matter.

Well, unfortunately the survey card helps some hard working men and women whom do care about their job. Now whether or not the commision listens to those biologists is another story and is really whom you are trying to punish...right ?

Well, here is the mount picture. I have fitted the buck on a piece of juniper for the pedistal base that will be fit onto a black walnut pedistal.

Just thought I would share a photo of bear I was lucky enough to take last fall. I am getting really excited for the rug to return from Clay in Payson. Game and fish said she was 9 years old and was beautiful. I feel very fortunate to have found this girl and make a clean shot at 253 yrds. She weighed right at 135lbs field dressed. Special thanks for helping me and keeping me company to Marvin (coues&coyotes) and his son Chris.

Just a quick post to thank a friend of mine for some of the most beautiful purring and putting I have heard. Way to go Kevin! We located this bird and tucked him in on Thursday nights or so we thought. Showed up with the robbins on Friday morning to find he had moved right at dark to the top of the mountain another 1/3 mile. Which by the way about killed us trying to get to him. I got to see the bird hang up on some old logs only to move off to a nice saddle 200 yrds away. We quickly moved up the mountain to have this old gobble come right in. He sported a 9+" beard and was beautiful. Thanks kevin for the support and keeping the spirits alive. Not to mention Joe for his help as well. Sometimes you just need a little encouragement to keep trucken!

For all you luck archery bull elk people out there. I was quite surprised this morning to wake up and find this on my porch in doney park. This should really help the grass and green things up.

Crazy thing about this bird is he flew right down out of that big tree in front of Mike and Rhondas right to us! Hahaha! Then we had to have break fast. Seriously it was a great time and I look forward to a bit of turkey pot pie home made style now.

Yes, that was the actual color of the antlers early last year. Most buck were easy to see if they had any size because of the white horns. I decided to leave them as they were. Mount n'view taxidermy by Chris Favor did the work. The turn around was great! I left the deer in the begining of Nov. and had him back begining of March. I know that not always is this fast the best but Chris did a great job. Thanks for all your nice comments. I am very bless to have taken such a beautiful animal and to be in the arena.

I was lucky enough to take this buck last October after a 5 day pillage of the hills and working myself to near death. Ah, but it was worth the wait. I could not be happier. I will add a photo of the finished mount from Chris Favor at Mount'nview tax. here in Flag. I had some of the best help I could have ever had with my Brother from TX here and by best friend ever - Rob Ruppart. Thanks guys for a great hunt and life time memories.

Stan your cracking me up. Nice AVITAR! I hope the romance with Grong is going well. I choose to stalk quietly.

This is Shaq on a new weight loss plan and I think it will work or he isn't going to score points. Besides Marion busted us in the chops with the hole I need more money thing! I am loyal and Marion proved even with his stats he wasn't worth of more $ even though I really liked the team with him. Go Shaq! 50lb lighter in 4 months he will be the a polaris razor!

Love the GSP male! Congrats on the nice day with good company. I sure miss my old bird dog!

That 6mm looks even better now on your shoulder than on mine. I sure like the looks of coyote being held by a single shot shooter. Ha!

Thanks Amanda!