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Great pics Brian, let me know next time you go out looking for sheep. I would love to get some tips and learn some stuff.

Hey guys, So I'm outside the return policy from Best Buy and I have a Brand New GOPRO HERO 3+ Black Edition (best one) that I opened took about 2 minutes of video to make sure it works. It also has a 64GB Micro Flash Fastest Reccommended write speed, 2 extra batteries, and a handlebar mount which will go on a bow or gun easily. I also heard these can digiscope really well. All in all I have about 500 into and I can provide you with the reciepts for all of these items. I don't think I need to post pictures as I have sold a bunch of stuff on here and have no bad feedback besides that I wait to have to money in hand before I ship something, though no one has complained about that. Any help would be appreciated and these cameras are truley amazing. Thanks, Connor

I didn't notice this problem at all, but maybe that will help if I go back to Best Buy. I was looking to get around 500 for it (just to get my money back), but understand that I will take a slight hit as anyone can go pay retail for it. I will post some photos after I get off work today to confirm that this one is good and has no such problem.

My 2013 hunting season began when I purchased an OTC Colorado Elk tag for September, because for the 9th year in a row I did not draw my Arizona elk tag. I was confident I would find elk, because I have hunted this area before for mule deer and got see plenty of bulls. I was told by some friends in Colorado that this was a meat hunt and to shoot any legal bull or cow. I had originally planned to hunt most of the month of September, but I was put on the September Natal Origins Trip in the Grand Canyon. I only had a fraction of the time I had originally planned on hunting now. I began the adventure at about 4am and drove from Flagstaff to Grand Junction in good time. I arrived with enough time to hunt the evening after setting up my base camp at 10,000ft. I loaded up the pack and began hiking out of my camp. I immediately glassed up 4 cows hanging out at the next stand of timber. I got a good look at where they were and dropped down into the adjacent canyon to creep in. My stalk took about 45 mins and still rusty from the off season, the elk had moved on before I got there. Darkness descended on the Mesa and I hiked back to camp to enjoy some Ramen and tuna a la Jetboil. The next day I backpacked across the private land I had permission to hunt on, into public land and still-hunted the thick timber, stopping only to setup a decoy and call. On the way back to camp I stumbled upon the thoroughfare as I call it. A 6x6 bull was feeding on aspens while working its way up the trail. It was clearly a game trail that the elk were using daily. I decided my new plan of attack would be to hunt this game trail by sitting on the edge of a thick stand of trees where some saplings would give me cover. For now I would stalk this bull. I got into about 70 yards without the elk noticing me. The Sitka pattern worked amazingly well in this meadow. The bull then started the small aspen trees in the meadow, believing this would mask a quick move into a close range, I made the move. I got to 55 yards when the bull abruptly stopped raking. As I drew back he took off into the timber. The next morning I got hung up in some thick brush and didn't make it to where I wanted to sit on the trail before light. I bigger 5x5 was already using the trail. Cursing myself silently for taking the wrong path to the trail I began another stalk. I got to about 70 yards before he sped up his pace and I couldn't silently keep up with him so I let him walk. I then got into my blind of saplings and sat there for the entire day. At about an hour until sunset 3 cow elk started making their way up the trail. I ranged them and drew my bow, settling my pin on the lead cow which appeared to be the biggest. Out of the corner of eye I noticed antlers! I let down and reranged the small 6x6, but the tall grass was making my rangefinder jump from 40 to 50 to 40. I settled my 40 yard pin on his shoulder and slowly squeezed off the shot. The arrow went under him the cows took off up the meadow and the bull ran back the way they came from. Frustrated beyond belief I sat smoldering for the next 20 minutes until redemption decided to blossom. 2 bulls, a small 6x6 and large framed 5x5, began walking up the same trail. The 5x5 being bigger was naturally my target. I patiently waited for them to walk into my shooting solution. They obliged and I settled my 50 yard pin on the bull’s vitals. I slowly squeezed my shot and watched the arrow bury itself in the vitals of the big 5x5. I dropped my bow and pulled my chest pair up to my eyes to get a better look at my hit. The magnification confirmed the hit was near perfect and the elk would quickly expire. I waited quietly for an hour in the now pitch black woods before hiking back to camp. The next day I hiked back to the spot and began blood tracking with my GPS running and the landowner chip in just in case. I tracked him onto the neighboring private land plot and before entering I called the game warden to get permission to track on their land. He got me permission to track until 3pm on the first persons land, but he said the landowner on the other side expressly forbid me to go on his property. I tensely but slowly tracked him across the first person little plot of land. About 100 yards from the next boundary the blood really started gushing. I knew it would be only another few hundred yards before I found him. At the boundary the blood clearly kept going into a stand of aspens located on the other side of the fence. Not daring to cross where I didn't have permission I called the game warden again, but he said in kinder words that the guy told me to F OFF and don't set foot on his land. This was one of the worst experiences I have ever had hunting. Knowing my bull was just on the other side of this fence and not being able to retrieve it was sickening. I was not willing to kill another bull on the same tag, so I packed up camp and drove back to Arizona that day. My buddy Joe had just got back from his Mountain Goat hunt near me and tagged this awesome goat with bow. My next adventure was my Arizona October Coues tag. I had seen a monster buck that I guessed around 140 during the January archery season and wanted to get him in the rifle season. I had seen a bunch of people in my spot where I have never seen people before the week before season started and only knew one guy who went in there. I only knew he went in there because he arrowed a nice buck I had seen the week before during January and congratulated him on this forum. We began talking, though cryptically at first, and decided we both were hunting the same area and had both seen this monster buck. It turns out he had a bunch of his sheds from previous years, so he had known about this buck LONG before I had. Anyway long story short, the auction tag holder ended up killing this buck fair and square before me. I hunted til the last day and ended up shooting a little buck to put some meat in my freezer. My last hunt for the year was on my farm in Oklahoma. I met up with my brother, Joe Keys, my cousin, and my dad to hunt. A cold front blew in the morning before the season, so everything was looking quite promising. The first morning we saw several bucks, but nothing I wanted to shoot. My brother was setup on the north part of one of our fields and took a decent buck with the 257 Weatherby Mag I built. During the middle of the day I decided to check out another field and saw a cool looking buck that was broke up from fighting. I couldn't resist so I took him at about 230 yards with my 300 Win Mag. After that I broke out the bow and sat on my platform stand for the remainder of the hunt. The last night I could hunt a nice buck kind of like the one I had shot the year before walked by stand I put an arrow through him. He ran 200 yards and piled up on the tree line. That was my season. Thanks for reading, Connor

Lost my receipt and target won't return it. It's a brand new Nikon d3200 with 15-55mm VR kit. Willing to take a 100 dollar hit if someone wants it $500 6022148918

I just finished reloading 50 rounds for my 300 Win Mag Savage 116fhsak. I took a lot of time reloading and did all of the extra steps to ensure consistency. The load is a 180 gr. Accubond, 69.0 gr. IMR4831, FED215M primers, and federal once fired brass. I am not looking to win a 1000 yard match, but instead have the accuracy needed to fell a coues deer out to say 700-800 yards if required. I am getting about 3/4 in groups at 100 yards on a good rest. I borrowed a chronograph and because of time constraints I was only able to record a string of 7 shots. The velocities were: 2982 2969 2949 2976 2982 2989 2976 Mean:2975 So I plan to shoot more through the chronograph, but lets say I don't. Would you guys get a custom turret/print a ballistic table using the mean of 2975 or calculate the average excluding the outlier of 2949 giving you a mean of 2979? My thoughts are that 1 out 7 rounds will perform outside of that smaller range calculated when looking at the 6 that were relatively consistent. As a result, a ballistic model calculated from the 6 would more accurately resemble how that round will perform 86% of the time. Granted a 4fps difference in mean is not very significant, but would that mean better predict the behavior of the rounds I have loaded. Given a more robust data set would a lower standard deviation be a more significant goal to pursue? Lastly, having a range right now of 40fps between all rounds fired, how variable will the point of impact be with that variability? Thank you in advance and hopefully this will generate some good discussion amongst the shooting gurus that are known to help the acolytes like myself. Connor

I think I did the ladder if that is where you increase powder by half grain to a point and test each one for accuracy. Ya I currently have a range card with all my comeup and wind clicks as well as holdover out to 1000 yards. I have confirmed them out to 500 right now and I am working on the others. The concept of a custom turret just sounded cool. This hunt I will be using comeup clicks again. I will definitely re zero and test my gun some more where I hunt, but most of where I shoot is a pretty close representation of October hunt conditions. My 700 yard goal is not that I want to shoot a deer that far just a goal to improve my skill as a shooter and to make the 400 yard shots easier.

Thanks for all the info and replies. Rcdinaz- I calculated/predicted to be right at 2980 and worked up to 69.0 as my most accurate load. Stomp- The gun will shoot better than 3/4 MOA that's just what I got the day I used the chrono. My best group is right under 1/2 MOA and I worked up to 69.0 and even went over that and back down bc 69.0 was the most accurate load. I will post more when I shoot the rest through the chrono. I have been using this load and combo for about 4 years and have no desire to change my bullet or load. After all that do you still think a custom turret is not really worth it? Do you measure scope height from the center of the circle or top of the scope?

That was me!!!

Agreed! He survived 15+ seasons meaning you have killed a very illusive and cunning bull. Nice trophy!

80 3/8 SCI was #29 with a bow but has probably dropped a few spots since I shot it.

Scored em last night with brent, VERY NICE and very jealous. Awesome finds!

I have a pair or Vortex Viper 15x50mm binos for sale. Just bought Kaibabs so these have to go. In great condition, but if you want new ones just send them to Vortex. $450 shipped to your door. Call, text, or PM. 6022148918.

sorry yes they are still available I haven't check cwt in a while

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I think that is one of the best bucks taken by anybody this year regardless of score. Congrats man!

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Buyer fell through, still available

I am 6ft 210lbs and this bag fits me well, 750 down, and it's incredibly light at 1lb 8oz! Very lightly used and always stored hung up in my closet and not compressed. $100 Shipped Product Page: http://www.rei.com/product/778156/rei-halo-sleeping-bag Outdoorsmans Dual Mount $200 Shipped Product Page: http://shop.outdoorsmans.com/product.sc?productId=3&categoryId=2 This jacket is amazing for Arizona, especially for October rifle hunts and early elk season. It is 100% windproof and water resistant. Only reason I am selling it is because it is just a little too small for me. I will be buying an XXL instead of XL as soon as this sells. I only used it for about 2 hours for one day. Sitka Contrail Wind Jacket $150 Shipped Product Page: http://www.sitkagear.com/products/open-country/jackets-vests/all-jackets/contrail-wind-shirt#.UQ9loK5bd3c

I have an xl contrail wind shirt which is closer to a L size when compared to my other pieces in xl

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Here are my three bucks this season all DIY. Story to come... Colorado Muzzleloader Velvet Mule Deer Arizona October Rifle Coues Oklahoma Rifle Whitetail Thanks for reading, Connor

TTT make me a reasonable offer

True but I'm rarely in my truck while hunting and I need the money to make the upgrade less expensive.

very nice