DesertBull

Yeah, I paid $699 for mine in 2003 from bearbasin.com. I recently looked at getting a new pair becasue they made some improvments to the focusing, but the cheapest I could find was $975 plus shipping. I did find these MINOX 15's for $650, but there must be something fishy here. I'm thinking they are probably non-warranty or something.

For $1000, the Minox 15's are the real deal. For a little less, I think you can get the Ziess 15x45's. Field of view will be slightly less as will low light performance, but optically they are fantastic and they are slightly smaller and lighter. You'll need a tripod for either one though. I've never spent much time with Steiner glass, but I've heard from people I trust that they are not up to par.

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Congrats on turning a bad situation into a great hunt! My friend just returned from a 'Bou hunt in ALaska and he also said all the big bulls were on the mountain tops.

I thought I was going to bag my first deer with a bow this morning. Got within 40 yards of a buck I watched from sunup till 9:00. He finally bedded and I made my move. Down one steep slope and up another even steeper one. Peeked over the rocks and there he was, still bedded under the same tree. Range finder said exactly 40 yards, but all I could see was his eyes and muzzle. He had a small tree between me and him. I sat and waited. He had a small forky with him, but could not find him now. He was bedded nearby, but I had no idea where. The wind shifted, and blew from me to a thick patch of oak brush and the forky blew out and took my buck with him. Oh well, it's better than working! Video that I took while waiting for him to bed.

This buck was in unit 22 or was it 23? All of the bucks I have seen so far this archery season, which has been about 5 not including spikes, have had really light colored coats. I have seen two other bucks in the same area bigger than this one, but both were in unstalkable positions. I'll be keeping an eye on them though. I never got a chance to get back out over the weekend, so I'll have to wait till December.

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I don't reload, but my .270 WSM shoots the Winchester Ballistic Silver Tips REALLY WELL!

GO BIG OR GO HOME!

I believe those ranches in Texas are bigger than the state of Rhode Island.

I agree with you, but using that logic, we could say that drug dealers are not bad guys, they are just supplying a product. It goes both ways.

Find their water hole and wait.

awesome!

I have an idea what my father in law is getting for Christmas!

He did shoot a big buck in Nevada, but this is a different buck. UNFREAKINBELIEVABLE! nevada buck

Why, so the rest of us can ruin our glass too?

You are much better off buying used. The warrenty on a new quad is not worth the extra $2000 you will pay. What ever you you do, do NOT buy the extended warrenty the saleman will push on you. I have a 2x4 Polaris that has taken me anywhere I have ever wanted to go inlcuding snow and mud. Saved $800 over the 4x4 model.

You can use a crossbow during the general season. Maybe even the ML'er season, not sure about that though.

NICE! Let's hear the story.

I just picked up a Nikon Fieldscope III for $300 on Ebay. It was a steal as the scope was 99% perfect and sells for 2x that new. It is very clear, compact and lightweight.

He must of went to the Chuck Adams School of Photography! Awesome buck!

Diet Pepsi, Right? V8!

Hunt failure - "hunting" for another beverage in the bottom of an empty cooler.