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I think the big thing people forget about it resale. If you watch these forums, swarovski really holds it value. I bought my 15's new for $1799. I would guarantee I could sell them for $1500 in a second. I've gotten 4 awesome years out of them and they're still incredible. Buy a pair of Nikon monarchs for $500 and you'll be hard presses to get $200 for them used. Same net loss except you get to have the quality along the way. I've even noticed a huge difference between resale on leica and zeiss vs swaro. Vortex seemed to hold value well for a while but now its slipping. In my opinion they offer to many grades of binos from the vipers to vultures to kiababs etc. That hurts the resale as people don't recognize the name as they're constantly changing them. Everyone knows that swaro SLC's are awesome, hasn't changed much in 15 years.

Double buck used to be a sponsor over on rutnhard.net. I was always blown away when he'd post pics of his work and people would give him positive feedback. It all looked like sh!t to me so I kept my mouth shut. I don't think rutnhard is even around anymore or I'd pull up some threads.

I'd take an elk tag instead!!

How about the dead head above it? That's gotta be an eastern whitetail?!? If not its a monster!!!

Great observation Brad. Now crawl back in a troll hole.

"Honest" and "attorney" don't fit in the same paragraph.

The welders in ND are still going strong. Lotsa pipeline left to build up here. I imagine pay is going down with oil prices, but I know a few welders that were making $200k+ a year up here so I'm sure if he's good and has his own rig he wouldn't have trouble finding a good job.

What size motor is this? Does it have a heater?

In SD you can shoot spring turkey with a rifle. We sat on a hill above a big flock in a field one year and dumped 3 or 4 big toms with my dads #1 .220 swift before they fisnlly left. They were all head shots, you'd shoot one and the others would go nuts attacking it. Shoot another and so on. They're extremely hard to kill with body shots however.

Listen to Flatlander. ^

Good deal!! I have a model seven in .17 remington. Coolest gun I own. Saved uptodate snow shoveling money in grade school to buy it. It's killed more coyotes, fox, jackrabbits then I can count. Even a couple whitetails! Bump for a sweet set of sevens!

I would recommend to anyone in AZ with a decent amount if points to go to WY and pop your antelope cherry there. If you bail and dump your points on an archery tag you will be able to chase giant goats but will realistically have a chance at a 70" type goat. Those goats are literally everywhere in Wyoming! There is only one state in this country where you have a legitimate chance at a 85"+ goat and you live there! Hold out for a muzzy tag in one if the teen units or a rifle tag in 10 or a single digit unit. Don't burn points on a rifle tag in the teen units, they all die before the season gets there. You are 7-10 years away from the hunt of a lifetime! Take off an extra half day on each end of your hunt, jump in the truck and you'll be in wyoming in 10 hours. Shoot a half dozen 70-77" bucks over the next 7-10 years and you'll be an antelope junky by the time you're ready to draw your az tag!!!

You still have to click the little box that says NR when they ask you. I was concerned they wouldn't sort me back into the resident draw when first applied as a NR so I called them and they told me the computer automatically sorts me into the resident pool because my hunting license starts with " LH" which is a lifetime hunting code. It must work because I drew a tag last year that I would not have drawn as a NR w/o max points!

Good things take time!! Anyone who is getting them done faster then a year is probably self tanning the hides and that is a BAAAAADDDD thing. I don't have a problem waiting 18 months or more as long as it turns out good. There's nothing worse then bad taxidermy! I've only used two taxidermists in AZ, Mogollon and Scottyboy from the site. Both are top notch!!!

That turkey is the best work I've ever seen come out of Double Buck!! To bad it isn't what you wanted. His work has consistently been the ugliest stuff I've seen posted on the forums.

I bought a pair of 15x swaros from mike a few years back. Heck of a nice guy!! Only problem was the dang glasses would only find pigs!?!?

Look into one of the 19's for muzzy. All of the good bucks are gone before the rifle hunt starts but you'll have a few really good ones left after the archery hunt. You'll have to scout, work arohnd private land, stalk close with muzzy, sounds like fun to me!!

http://cz-usa.com/product/cz-redhead-premier-12-gauge-28-barrels/ This is the same gun if I'm not mistaken. They changed the finish and the furniture a bit but IMO the Huglu is much nicer and half price!! Sweet deal!

Bump for a gorgeous gun! I have one in a 16ga sxs. This is the same gun that CZ is now selling under the redhead and ring neck models, except the Huglu models are much nicer!! Someone is gonna get a good deal on this one!!

Do you still have the scope mounted up on it? What scope is it?

How heavy is the barrel on this? Looks well over an inch? I'm in the market for a big 33 but I want something a little lighter to carry I think?

Awesome buck! You are correct, you score the typical frame, take any deducts from the typical frame (such as beam length differences, mass, g2 vs g2 etc). Then you add all of the extra point lengths to that number. That gets you a net nontypical score. To score this buck as a typical you would do the same thing, except subtract the 41" of extras. That wouldn't leave you much considering all the extras on this one!!

Does this have the 360 mesh or the little windows?

Didn't it open on jan 1?

Some people might disagree with me, but I think the genetics are good all across az. The reason the trophy units are better is age structure not genetics in my opinion. That's a good young bull, the only thing that matters about whether he'll make it next year is if he's lucky enough to dodge the bullets and arrows. If he's in an alternative management plan unit then his odds are just a bit better.