yotebuster

This is a good deal!

Touch of a .338 Lapua with a muzzlebreak and it'll clear a room too.

My bro has a 2007 rancher with a foot shift so I know they make them. He got it new as a carryover in 08 for $5200! I'm not sure what year they changed it but his is 2wd/4wd. Mine is a 2004 that is carbed and its full time 4wd. I really like the selectable 4wd as mine is a little scary to go over 40 or so on a paved road. I got mine in 2008 as well from a guy in Glendale for $1600. That was a steal!!!

Thanks for the PM's Goatsie! I'm really leanin towards a 300 Norma with a can on it. I really like the idea of shooting without hearing protection! I've torched off my dad's 30-378 a time or two too many without ear plugs!!!

When you say B&C, you're asking a lot. I would be willing to be that a B&C buck has never come out of 3c in recent times or the late 23 hunt (for the short amount of time it's been going on), that's a 195" net deer. I would also bet that even out of the strip there are only a handful a year and maybe one or two out of the 12's. I could be wrong but that is an absolute giant of a buck and if that's your goal then you better stick to the strip units, and you better hire an outfitter.

If he sits in jail long enough they'll probably be doing something to his a$$ that's worse then being hung!!! He'll be coming up with that $40k in a hurry once that starts happening!!!

Wow. If you're gonna steal something and try to resell it, atleast go to a different town! What an idiot.

Congrats! I got the dear John letter again....

Double check that there aren't any leftover archery tags from the NM draw in 10, 12, 13. There aren't many deer in there either but if you find one he's gonna be big.

Good. God.

I dunno that there are to many areas where they aren't crossbread. I've heard that here in the Dakota's we have merriams, rios, and easterns. I've shot easterns and merriams out of the same flock before so I know they are all hybridized. Kinda like people I guess!

I want one.

Should be good! The 1st firearm hunts this year fell 4 or 5 days later then last year due to the calendar this year so I put in for bow. If you find a bull on cows kill him opening day for sure as he's gonna pull off the cows the second he gets pressured. You'll probably see a lot of 250-300 bulls running the cows during that hunt, don't let it discourage you as the big bulls are there they're just off on the fringes waiting for cows to go back in heat.

It's cheaper because they waive the highway tax on it. This govt subsidizing is totally unamerican if you ask me. This is coming from a guy who farms himself. I believe in free markets and E85 is complete BS. Same as wind energy. The govt subsidizes the heck out of it until it pencils out and then after doing that for a few years they pull out and wreck and entire industry in the process. I raise corn and personally will drive out of my way to fill at a station that sells pure gasoline (not E10 which is what almost all gas is)

You can get a good used honda rancher for $2500-3500 if you watch. I would stay away from the electric shift if you can. They are still good but just more stuff to break. They started fuel injecting them in 2005. I would get a FI model for sure. If you can find a 2005 or newer foot shift rancher in 4x4 buy it and it will last you the rest of your life.

How about a commissioners tag?!?

Well at the time it seemed like a good prospect. My dad and I up to then had only shot cows. If I could go back and do it again I would. But having already done it would I do it again? Probably not. We had to just look at a few 350 bulls walk by. We were looking for a hunt with solid success and lots of rutting with opportunity at a 300+ bull and that's what we got. I am not one for guided hunting though, I prefer diy hunting 100-1 however having not drawn a tag and looking into many hunts last year, it was the one that caught my eye the most and I'm glad it did it got me my first bullDon't let anyone make you feel any different about the hunt you and your dad had. Looks like a awesome time spent together +1. That's an awesome bull you got. I'd take a mature bull like that with a few things against him over a high scoring younger bull anyday. If score is that important to you you're missin the entire purpose of the trip. I enjoy hunts where there's a good rut and a high bull to cow ratio. It looks like you got exactly that and instead if getting to shoot one big bull for $12k you guys both got to shoot dang nice bulls for the same $12k between you and made a lot if memories in the process. Sounds pretty good to me!

Yeah tons of animals in there! And yeah 6k get you everything you could really need including a guide. We figured it was reasonably priced in comparison to similar hunts. I'm guessing that was a management bull hunt? I was under the impression that the trophy bull hunts were well into the teens?

???? If you saw the fletching hit behind the shoulder then the broadheads "opening in mid air" wasn't your problem. I don't see how an open mechanical is any different then s fixed head as long as you hit them in the right spot.

That sucks! I almost never see turkeys get road killed here in ND. Not sure why that is but I guess this one bucked the trend. I'm headed out this weekend to try to get it done. Lined up some new land to hunt that I have high hopes for!

Should be able to pick up some muzzy tags for the western units pretty cheap this year with the season dates being what they are.

Is that enough power for sandhill?!?

I'm pretty sure if you can make the pull up out of the valley to that point your truck is well under weight, or way overpowered!

Bump?

Nice ram for most units but not 22 or 24b