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    Rando,

    I am going to post up my TC bone collector for sale in the classifieds soon. I bought it new this summer

    and shot it 12x sighting it in and 2x on the hunt.

    These are the new prices for gun and accessories:

    Gun- $599

    Leupold ultimate slam $249

    Talley one piece mount $57

    Extra brand new breech plug $43

     

    Here's a chance to save some coin. I'll take $675 for it.

    I posted a pic of the bull I killed in the elk forum.

     

    I'll give you first crack at it

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    Here is a few photos of the bull I killed on my hunt. Passed 3 300" bulls in the first 30 minutes opening morning, but could hear the herd bull heading the other way. Put away the cow call and chased bugles after that. Finally got it done on day 5. They were going pretty good most mornings for a couple hours and occasionally in the evenings. My buddy did this euro mount for me that came out real nice.

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    You knew it wouldn't take long

     

     

     

    "We weren't paying much attention to the rich American guys paying tens of thousands of dollars to kill exotic, sometimes endangered, animals until a Minnesota dentist named Walter Palmer killed a lion named Cecil in Zimbabwe last month.

     

    Now officials in Zimbabwe say that another American rich guy, this time a Pittsburgh gynecologic oncologist and surgeon named Jan Seski also killed a lion, also under possibly suspicious circumstances.

     

    Because of the furor caused by this we've come to learn that roughly half of the 5,600 lions killed as trophies in the last decade or so were done in by wealthy Americans, and that lions are only one of dozens of species favored by big game hunters willing to pay enormous amounts of money to kill a rare and beautiful animal.

     

    This includes the sons of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump.

     

    The Trump sons apparently got a little attention a few years back when photographs surfaced showing Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump posing with some of their rare animals kills, including an elephant and a leopard.

     

    Trump Jr. answered critics on Twitter, saying, "In some parts its over populated. Bottom line with out hunters $ there wouldn't be much left of africa. Eco is nice but no $."

     

    Trophy hunters argue that killing lions and other magnificent beasts is actually an act of conservation and good for the countries in question. And while in some cases that may be true, it's far from a universal truth.

     

    Over the weekend Donald Trump issues a statement about his big game hunting sons that read: "My sons love to hunt. They are members of the NRA, very proudly. I am a big believer in the second amendment. My sons are hunters. Eric is a hunter. He puts it on a par with golf - ahead of golf. And my other son is a hunter. They are great marksmen, great shots. I like to play golf."

     

    The New York Post interviewed a big game hunter from Florida, a wealthy entrepreneur named John Martins, who proudly spoke of having killed a lion, among many other rare animals.

     

    He said in part, "Some people get excited when they shoot something. I don't get excited. I revere the animal. It's mixed emotion. I'm happy I took the life, but I revered the life of that ­animal also." He added, "Sitting down next to an African lion you've just taken is a very emotional thing. It's a terrific accomplishment for a hunter. It's a moment that you will never forget."

     

    What about us? Will we forget?

     

    There's a bill in the U.S. Senate, the "Cecil Act" (Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act) that would make it illegal for trophy hunters to bring back parts of any species proposed or listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

     

    In other words, there would be no heads or hides for the overcompensating guys with the large hunting rifles and the fat wallets to mount on the wall.

     

    However, lawmakers, particular Republicans, take a lot of money from trophy hunters like this and organizations that back them, like the National Rifle Association. To the NRA and its highly paid lobbyists, members of Congress are the prey, and the NRA's walls seem to be filled with the mounted heads of politicians.

     

    That's taken its toll on the animals.

     

    It's about time guys like the dentist, the doctors and the Trump boys became the endangered species."

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    Hey jim,

    Those are the hunts I put my daughter in for. She is taking hunter ed this summer and turns 10 in early December so those were the only real options. She did not draw, but my wife or I drew a late unit 12 tag. If she turned 10 2 weeks sooner I'd let her hunt the tag.

    Good luck on the jr hunt!

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