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We already have numerous walls in strategic places. A giant wall along the whole border, however, doesn't make sense to me. Just consider the case of Texas. Why build a wall when we already have a moat called the Rio Grande. And if you build a wall in Texas, it will necessarily be on our side of the Rio Grande so we would basically be ceding all the land on the southern side of it to Mexico. That just makes America smaller. I think the emphasis should be ports of entry. Keep the walls we have. Increase technology and boots on the ground where we walls are impractical. People with bad intent know that only a small percentage of trucks at the ports of entry get searched and they can afford to play the odds. The 1 load of 5 that gets seized is a cost of doing business because they know we just spot check.

Buen viaje. Post the story and pictures when you get back!

I concur. Healy Arms has great prices and incredible service. I've had more great experiences with Healy Arms than I would want my spouse to know about.

Wow! Awesome bucks! Thanks for posting.

Are you looking for soft case or hard case recommendations? I keep mine in the original soft case then put that in a black Apache 2800 hard case they sell at Harbor Freight. The hard case has the pull and pluck foam so you can get them nice and snug in the case. It works great for storage and transport and the 2800 size fits larger size binoculars but they sell different sizes. They're pretty spendy but it's budget dust compared to the binoculars they're protecting.

Yep. That was a give away to me too. From what I've read javelina, which are not true pigs, only have two teats. And you never see them on a live one 'cause they're up and back (like where a coues doe's are). Sow pigs can have 10 or more 'cause they can have lots of piglets. I agree with the posters who said it's a feral pig. (And what looks like a rabbit in the second one's mouth could just be a piglet that was in a weird position when the shutter on the camera went off.

They look great! In addition to being unique, custom works of art, the bola ties are the official neckwear of Arizona. (See, Arizona Revised Statutes §41-857). That could be fun to mention if you give them as gifts or sell them.

I had that message and had to keep declining but today I figured out there was a drop down menu by the don't allow response that gave me the option of never allowing it. I clicked that and closed out and restarted and the message didn't come back up. Maybe that will work for you. I thought the issue was just my computer or browser until I saw your post. Thanks for bringing it up.

Great observation here. “Glassing” as we traditionally know it (optics on a tripod) is very difficult with a spotting scope. Glassing requires time behind the glass, stability, and no eye strain. Time is required because you’ll be looking at the same field of view over time so you can let the deer move (even just flick an ear sometimes). Stability is required because a shaking field of view will mask minor movement like the aforementioned ear flick. And no eye strain is required because squinting, headaches and other types of strain will reduce the first two factors. Your time behind the glass will be reduced by headaches which make you take your eye out of the spotting scope to look to look away and stability is reduced by squinting and other micro-adjustments which cause shakiness or at least the appearance of movement. And because spotting scopes are usually heavier than even high-power binos, they’re generally shakier on a tripod than binoculars without any human movement. So although not great for glassing, spotting scopes serve an important purpose. To me, their purpose is discerning objects at the very edges of our binoculars’ capabilities. Is that deer a buck or a doe? Is that object a bedded deer or a tree stump? (I’ve spent many minutes waiting for a rock to move because it looked like a deer through my binoculars. It’s a huge time and effort savings to be able to make the “rock” call before investing all that time watching or hiking to get closer.) For hunters to whom scores matter, spotting scopes are great for counting tines or discerning between a 100 inch buck and a 110 inch buck. Regarding the angled vs. straight debate, there are pros and cons for each and it can come down to personal preference and glassing style. If you’re usually looking up to mountains from the flats, for instance, angled can be great. If you end up looking down a lot, straight can be great. After a great deal of struggle with your exact question, when I pulled the trigger on a spotting scope I went with straight. I like it because I can quickly whip the binos off and put the spotter up without having to move the tripod up or down or change my head position. Plus, it seemed that a lot of my mentor hunters went with straight. So that factored in too. Whether you end up with straight or angled, you’ll get used to it and then cognitive dissonance will kick in and convince you that you made the right choice. 😊 As with any optics though, my one piece of advice is to the buy the best quality you possibly can. At high power, you’ll really notice the difference in quality. As important as this principle is for binoculars, it might be even more important for spotting scopes. Good luck on your quest and let us know what you end up with.

Then he could have made that argument. I, for example, despise the "Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act." The horses and burros are simply feral horses and burros and represent in invasive species that are extremely harmful to range land and wildlife. I talk about the need to change that law often. Conservationist, environmentalists, and cattle growers should be arm in arm trying to change that law which was based not on ecology or biology but on the cuteness and and unhistoric, romanticized view of the West. Or, if a person wants to practice civil disobedience, that's up to them. But do it openly and get people talking about it. A a person shouldn't sneak around and gut shoot them, hoping to get away with it. That's my point.

Very true. We all have the right to remain silent. But we don't all have the ability. Comedian Ron White has a good bit about that.

Not violating the law in the first place mighta been a good start. But maybe I'm just old fashioned that way. Glad they got a conviction. Like I've said before, if someone disagrees with a law, they should work to change it. If they feel that the best way to draw attention to the law in order to change it is to violate the law (America has a long and proud history of civil disobedience, after all) then they should do so openly with a willingness to suffer the consequences. We all have a right to speak for ourselves at our own sentencing. He coulda used that opportunity to say what he disagreed with, why he disagreed with it, and why he took the actions he too. Instead, he was all sneaky and the story is shrouded in lies. To each, his own though. It was his choice.

Great buck! I love the dark antlers. Thanks for posting.

Great bucks and great post. Love the pictures.. Thanks for posting

I agree with the racoon call. They're a lot more common around here than you'd think. You're bound to get some more pics soon to remove all doubt. Post 'em up when you do!

Welcome to CWT.com! Great first post. Now post the story!

Redfield Revolution 2-7 X33? I have one with the "accu-range" reticle and although I'm not a scope aficionado, I like it.

What a story! Great write up (well written and informative) and awesome to experience that with your brother. Thanks for posting.

Gorgeous picture. Thanks for posting.

I don't know about the legality. (Although, I agree with others that it's probably illegal.) But regardless of legality, it seems incredibly unsafe. Saguaro's have shallow roots and are top heavy. Adding more weight to the top and strapping yourself in seems like a Darwin Award waiting to happen.

Bump for some nice scopes.

Great picture!

You tried your best to help the little feller. There was nothing else you could do. Nature can be cruel and random sometimes. Doves are not exactly master nest builders and sometimes pick very precarious nest sites. I had one build a nest on the very skinny end of a palo verde tree in my front yard. She laid two eggs but the first monsoon erased all trace of the nesting site. Good luck on your hunt and let us know how it goes.

I recommend staying a member of the site and keep contributing, commenting, and asking questions. Our members are diverse and the opinions are as well. Some, I agree with. Some, I vehemently disagree with. (For the latter, though, I generally just ignore the post and move on and not let it color my view of the site as a whole.) The founder and administrator of the site whose handle is CouesWhitetail is female and working biologist who has already spent more time in the back country than the rest of us can dream of. She answered your question "javelina" and I concur. She works hard to keep the site civil and has even made a dedicated protected forum for political discussions so people can bash "libtards" or "republican'ts" to their heart's desire without bothering the rest of us. But, in reality, it's the Internet and the ability to control the discourse is limited. Your post was not the first one to post a picture of scat and ask for an ID. I think that says a lot about how cool this site is. But, although humans age, we have a remarkable ability to stay immature for our entire lives. I'm Exhibit A in the regard. Consequently, when the topic of poop comes up there are bound to be jokes and insincerity. So consider sticking around.

Thanks for posting the picture of the reticle. Free bump.