azgutpile
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I wore mine to work when I got them. Worked at Home Depot, did a lot of twisting, lifting, standing on pallets all at awkward angles. Worked wonders. They are great boots and if you keep the leather in good condition, when it comes time to replace the Air Bob sole, Danner will do it free underwarranty.
Are you talking about the Danner/ Cabelas Elk hunters? If so, when I purchased mine, I just wore them around for a couple of days and they broke in fairly fast compared to other pairs of Danners. You might try using some duct tape on your heals until they are broke in.
That being said, don’t expect them to last very long… The seams on mine started splitting and half of the Air Bob's fell/ broke off within the first year. From there, I just left them in my closet for another year when my buddy told me that they would repair or replace them for free under the warranty. Unfortunately, I didn't have the same response from Danner or Cabela's that Casey did; Danner offered to repair them for $80.00 plus shipping and Cabela's would only give me a $50.00 credit toward a new pair. I ended up having a local guy restitch and resole them with a traditional vibram sole and they have worked fine for the last couple years.
My suggestion would be to keep your receipt.
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We still have more days of high winds forecast for this side of the White Mountains, and judging by the smoke we've had in Greer, Eagar and Springerville, it will be a while before this fire is contained. It's awful to think what might happen up here before our summer rains start in July.Bill Quimby
Agreed. If they don't stop it's North bound run at the 25 road, Katie bar the door... 30 mph winds and 6% humidity ain't exactly ideal conditions to stop it anywhere.
The map I saw this afternoon shows that the fire already crossed the 25 road. It also shows that it burned right past the Reno lookout tower.
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Call Charlie (602)647-1185. He does a lot of clean ups in the area.
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Since I dial all of my shots, I prefer the Nightforce NP2DD (Varmint/ 1,000 Bench Rest. It gives gives me a very clear and uncluttered view of my target, and for some reason I shoot better with it.
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Nothing is worse than saying "Bear down" when your mascot is a cat!
"Fear the fork" is a much better saying!
Only reason to 'fear the fork' is if Rosie O'Donnel is next in line at the Golden Corral and youre a piece of food!
Don't worry, in time it will get shortened to Fork'em!!!
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Nothing is worse than saying "Bear down" when your mascot is a cat!
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With my 300 RUM, my first thought was the same as yours, my primers appear to have a flattend appearance with some flow back into and around the firing pin; however, after looking at other cases fired from other RUMs, I realized that this is typical. If your still concerned, you could try another brand of primers, the 215M are one of the hotter primers out. If I were you, I would keep moving up slowly until one of the following occurs: you start getting a sticky bolt, you see a small circle form on the base of the case where the ejector plunger makes contact, the lettering starts smearing or deforming on the head of the case, you reach your book's the max load, you reach the book's max velocity, or the gun blows up...
Here is my most accurate load for my rifle.
Nosler Brass
215M primer
86.5 grains of H1000
Berger 210 Hunting VLD
full length sized
.02" off the lands
3,050 FPS
1/4 @ 100 yards
2.3" @750 yards
Stiller Predator action
28" Schneider P5 barrel
match grade chamber
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Hold out for a big bull for the first half of the hunt; after that, you should have a good understanding on what to look for during the second half.
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Look into purchasing a Schneider Barrel, they are made in Payson. If you do a little research you will find that they are up there with the best.
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I the video that Non Typical posted yesterday about the coyote eating the dog, one of the coyotes in the video has a white tip @ 1:10 mark.
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Found this video and thought it was kind of interesting.
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Once you have settled on a unit, you can contact the Game & Fish unit Manager for that area and they should be able to give some tips get on where to start. I also believe that G&F, and Forest Service have land access coordinators that you can contact.
The only other suggestion that I would make is to bring along a good set of Binoculars and a steady tripod.
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Its interesting that this has bothered you enough to write about it several years late. I don't think AZGFD knows what their doing to their image with BS tickets like this. If they catch you breaking the law, they should have full authority to take action, just dont streach the truth and don't treat people as guilty unless they are.
I have to say that I had an incident at the 2009 unit 27 mule deer road block (not a check point)that still bothers me to this day. Something about being told to pull over to the side of the road for an interigation that doesn't sit right with me. During the conversation I gave them the ok to search my truck; however, I never thought they would have 8 officers jump in the back of my truck looking through everyhing. About 40 minutes later and on field sobriety test, in front of all my friend and about 40 other people I was given the ok to proceed. 3 miles down the road I had the idea of checking my load and found my backpack open and hanging off the side of my truck. I got really lucky that my Swaros didn't fall out on the road. Buy the way, I was told that I didn't do so good on the field sobriety test and that I had to blow, which I did and it was a (.000); They didn't seem to happy about that.
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I was taught that your not supposed to take 1/4 toward shots; however, this video seems to prove them wrong.
Great video, keep them coming.
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What brand scope level is it?
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archery deer should be on the same system as bear. When "X" amount of deer have been killed, the season closes in that unit. Dead is dead.....no matter if by arrow or lead.
+1 I would rather see a harvest objective for archery deer, than some units going off and on the draw system.
If you think its busy now during the first weekend of the archer hunt, i couldn't imagine what it would be like if they went with the same system they have with bear. It would be mandatory to plan your hunts during the first week of the season, or risk the season closing before you get a chance to hunt.
I hate to say it, but if I had to choose between the bear stye registration system or banning bait for deer I would choose to ban baiting.
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If you were to actually hit the deer with a vital shot on the first try, the reactions would be the same as if you shot the deer at a much shorter range.
We all miss our shots from time to time; however, you shouldn't take a shot at a deer unless you are very confident and capable of hitting the deer in the vitals with your first shot. This isn't the time to bracket your shots for a hit, your first shot should hit and if it didn't, it should be a total surprise to you.
If you don't mind me asking, what kind of rifle, scope, rangefinder are you using?
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Since these aren't foot hold traps, does this mean that you can trap on public land?
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The whole 20% pass thing needs to be dumped. If you draw a tag, good for you. If not, too bad. Try again next year. The whole thing is way too complicated.If it wasn't for the 20% pass rule, I would never get an elk tag, it needs to stay the way is.
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Hey guys.I am thinking about doing a float trip on the Gila River starting in SW NM and maybe ending in AZ somewhere. I have never personally done this and am looking for advice on what kind of raft to buy or build and what kind of gear would be essential. The relatively shallow river at times is what has me concerned. This would be late spring early summer.
If anyone has any tips, pictures, etc they are all welcome!!
Jeff
I once made a raft trip starting on the San Francisco River at the mines at Clifton down to the Gila River and on to Safford. I forget what time of year it was, but the water was at its highest. You probably can get river-flow data from the Salt River Project office in Phoenix. If not, someone there can point you in the right direction.
This was many years ago and our "expedition" was organized by Sierra Club members and others who wanted wilderness status for the Gila Box, and it furnished all the rafts, food and gear, except for our sleeping bags. I think each raft held six people, and we had five or six rafts, if I remember correctly.
It was a two-day trip and we camped out one night along the way. We were joined at sundown by John and Cindy McCain and their helicopter pilot. (They flew back to town the next morning after listening to a pitch by the sponsoring group.)
I remember only one set of rapids -- it was against a steep wall on a sharp curve in the river -- and it tossed one of the rafts and everyone aboard. The rest of the trip was uneventful. I later made the same trip down the mostly dry riverbed with a Jeep club, when there were only a few pools of water remaining. My newspaper columns about those trips advocated allowing motorized travel through the Box during the dry seasons, but Congress obviously agreed with the wilderness advocates.
I also did three trips down Grand Canyon. Two of them were non-motorized; the third was motorized. All were with commercial rafting operators, though.
There may be some rafting opportunities below Painted Rock Dam near Gila Bend down to Yuma, but it's been a long time since I visited that area. I would suggest that you get river flow data for the river you're interested in "doing," and get someone with an airplane to fly you over it before taking off. You also will need someone to shuttle your vehicle to your take-out point, of course.
The run from Coolidge Dam (San Carlos Lake) to Winkleman at high water would be interesting, too, but I don't know whether the San Carlos Apaches would allow it. I've heard that some people also run the Verde River. There also are some commercial river runners operating on the Salt River from Salt River Canyon down to Roosevelt Lake. Here again, tribal permission would be needed.
If I were outfitting myself for running Arizona's smaller rivers, I'd want the best quality four- or six-man raft and personal floatation devices available. I don't think helmets would be needed for most rivers, but it wouldn't hurt to have them. I definitely would want several large waterproof bags made for rafting (not garbage sacks) and a couple of large steel ammo boxes. You'll need them to store your tents, sleeping bags, spare clothes and food on your raft.
I've never been in a kayak (they scare me and I'm too large for most of them anyway), but the people who like them have lots of fun in Grand Canyon. I've watched them run big rapids, then portage back upstream and run them again and again. The problem with kayaks, of course, is that you still will need a raft to carry your food and gear.
There probably are books out there that can tell you everything you will need for rafting. Check the internet.
Have fun. Wish I were younger. I'd like to join you.
Bill Quimby
Here is where you can find the river-flow data.
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Try Crawford's, unfortunatly, he is now located in UT so you will have to ship. He was in my opinion the best BirdTaxidermist that I've seen in Arizona. I haven't had a bird done since he left and just recently found out that he opened his shop in UT. I haven't found a website for him so you will have to call and have him send you pics.
Crawfords Taxidermy
Tel: 801 489 9480
1929 N. 600 W.
Mapleton UT 84664
Hope this helps.
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I've heard this question asked with regards to deer in the Pines/ Junipers vs. deer in the desert; however I've never even thought about it with elk since they mostly graze on grasses.
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If I was a taxidermist, I would be making a house call.
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Quote by 308nut"Why is this? Because all of the variables were not included. If bullets were fired in a vacume, simply multiplying the distance by the cosine would work flawlessly. Then again, if we fired our rifles in a vacume, there would be no trajectory, only a straight line. When you add the trajectory factor into the equasion, each indavidual trajectory has to be compensated differently for."
I have gathered from your posts that you are a very good long range shooter. I do not question the fact that you know HOW things work, but your statement makes it apparent you do not understand WHY things work. A vaccum just means that there is no air resistance, and air resistance is NOT what causes things to fall. The reason a bullet falls is because the earth pulls the bullet downward due to the force of gravity. The only variables affecting the force of gravity are the mass of the earth, the mass of the bullet, and the distance from the bullet to the center of the earth.
If you shot a bullet in a vaccum its path would be different because the horizontal component of velocity would remain constant. If you shot a gun with a muzzle velocity of 3100 ft/s it would have a velocity of just over 3100 ft/s 1000 yds down range. This bullet would have dropped practically the same distance as a bullet shot with air resistance in the same amount of time. The only difference is it would be further downrange due to the fact it did not have rapid deceleration due to air resistance.
I believe you both are saying the same thing.
Dall sheep scouting Y2K11
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Are you having to fly in, or do you have access by wheeler?