Shawn

On game and fish page it says scheduled maintenance Thursday 8pm-10pm. Wonder if this is when uploading results

Cool pics! Cool looking buck

Great deal! I love the 128rc head.

I really like 8s around my neck. Great to hand hold, gather a lot of light and big field of view. I have not looked through the zeiss terra but I have the zeiss 15x56 and love them. I have a buddy that has 10x42 vipers hd and they are nice. I have 8x44 minox that they do not make anymore and I like them better than the vipers.

Thats a great deal!

Just curious, did you compare them to anything else before you bought them? I have hands held them briefly in the store and wasn't sure if the eye cups were to bulky or not. They look thicker than the swaros so I'm not sure if that would make a difference or if I would just get used to what I have. I looked at all 3 several times in the store. I was going to get whatever one I liked best. Call me crazy but I liked the Zeiss slightly better. Maybe opinion would have been different if I was on the side of a hill with all 3.

I got the Zeiss and am very happy with them.

Great video

Great pic!

Good looking buck!

I have a buddy that has the 15x58 Minox and I had the Kaibabs, we looked through them side by side on tripods several times and we both agreed that the Minox were better. I have the Zeiss 15x56 now and love them. I still have my old Minox 13x56 that I have had for years and I like them better than the Kaibabs also. I have not looked through the Minox 15x56.

Poco and moms chile rellenos with green chili on them is killer!

I started using the sawyer in line filter last year and really like it. I put it on a bladder drink tube and gravity fill any water bags or other bladders I bring. I got sick of pumping water. It works great on clean water and weighs just a few ounces. I have not tried it on really dirty water yet. I always bring purifying tablets as a backup. I love backpack hunts! My last 4 rifle Coues hunts have all been backpack hunts and 2 have been solo. This year will be another solo as long as I get a tag. You have lots of time in the dark if its one of the later hunts so I bring my iPod. Nothing like listening to Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings and George Strait anticipating the next days hunt. Very rewarding but can be very rough. As long as I can do it, rifle hunts will all be backpack hunts.

Great pics!

Leftovers go fast now days. There is no guarantee on getting a leftover tag anymore.

I use 16 or 32 gb cards. I have most of my cams on 10 sec. video. I can get 500-1200 videos. I like having them up this time of year. It gives me something to do and I like seeing videos of all the critters.

Great pics!

Great price on a nice spotter!

What a killer find!

Cool find

1 can of fuel should be enough for 3 or 4 days. I always bring 1 full and 1 partial can, need to make sure I have enough for my morning coffee. They only weigh about 4 oz full. My favorite mountain house are chili mac or lasagna.

Stove - My stove is MSR pocket rocket, it weighs just a few oz. and has worked great. About $35 Water filter - I got sick of pumps when purifying water so last year I got sawyer inline water filter. Wish I would have got one years ago. I bring an extra empty bladder with the filter on the drink tube. I use it to gravity fill any bags and bladder I am using. Weighs just a few oz. $50 bucks or so Sleeping bag/pad - I have a Big Agnes Encampment 15 degree bag. Its a bigger bag. You can put your pad in the bottom of the bag so you don't slide around. Think it weighs about 3 1/2 pounds. Pad is big Agnes also and its little less than a pound. Around $150 or 175 for bag and around $90 for pad. Tent - ALPS mountaineering lynx 1. Rain fly has a gear storage that I can put my pack in if needed. It weighs about 3.5 pounds. Got it on Amazon less than $100 normally like $150. Really like it. This is what has worked me and my budget. Not the lightest stuff but its not to heavy. Honestly I don't see any need for me to upgrade any of this stuff anytime soon.

I have been running into snakes constently hiking. Like most I have had some very close calls over the years. I have snake gaiters that I use Aug. archery hunting and scouting. They are whitewater brand. They are just very hot and uncomfortable. When trail hiking in Saguaro monument east I am in shorts and no gaiters. I defiantly don't want a snake bite to mess up my Sep. bull hunt or worse. Does anybody use gaiters that are half way comfortable that they wear with shorts? Thanks

Thats stinks! Could someone post the link I can't find it? Thanks

I have the Horn Hunter Full Curl, tough pack. I really like it for backpack hunts its set up nice. Pack feels great loaded.