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If you plan on eating any rabbits/squirrels you shoot, you'll want the .22 The .17 is very distructive. The .22 will be cheaper to shoot also. The .17 is great for shooting Jacks/ground squirrels/praire dogs. Whether you should at a coyote with is one of the more hotly debated questions regarding the .17 If you get a chance at a fox/bobcat and think you might want to save the pelt, the .17 is going to rip a big hole, just because of the bullet design. They are like miniture ballistic tips. There is a compny now making a switch barrel rifle that will let you shoot both the .22mag and the .17HMR. Don't recall the MFG right off hand. If I were to get one it would be the Ruger just because there are so many after market parts like stocks, barrels, triggers that you could use to build up a real tack driverover time if you so wish.

Saw me a lion today. After many many countless hours planted behind the tripod, I finally glassed up a lion today in unit 23.

Whitetails in the West One of the first Coues Deer hunting vids now re-released on DVD. Amanda, can we order this through your website?

I think it's just a good natured little jab at the people that think Mule Deer are the Alpha and the Omega, the begining and the end, of all hunting. Just mention the fact that Jack O'Conner called the Coues the most difficult animal to hunt in North America and they get all hussied up.

New possible Carp P&Y record too. http://espn.go.com/outdoors/hunting/s/h_fe...CO_Lowe_05.html

ok moderators, as soon as she leaves, start sending out the free videos, books, and tripods! CYBER LOOTING!

For a 1/2 second I thought that was a jaguar. He has a long tail for a Bobcat. I wonder if those other animals know that 2nd buck is taking a leak in their water hole?

That's sweet. He'll be a good one in a few years. Of coarse he'll live his entire life, die, his kids will live and die, and his grandkids will be past their prime before I ever draw a tag!

After 3 days of hard hunting and climbing, and not seeing any bucks, I shot this small meat buck so I could get on with my bear hunt. It's not a biggin', but he tastes great and it's was a really fun and educational hunt. Some scenery from the top of the mountains. 2-3 hour climb from the base to the top.

They now have a 3 DVD instructional video out. http://www.thebestofthewest.net/howtoshoot.htm

Yes, they take bowhunters for everything except brown bears.

Maybe you just caught some guy taking a squat and he was embarrased?

Well, save up your pennies and sell your old junk on Ebay. It adds up fast! BTW, I went with Muskeg Excursions. Muskeg FIRST CLASS!

Yep, that's a Badlands Stealth. It's great for a daypack. Holds a lot of stuff and has a strap on the outside for holding a bow, but I use it to secure my tripod.

I have a leafblower.

Prince of Wales Island

Bear hunting Bear Cubs with a fresh salmon Sow with 2 cubs eating fish My bear, not a huge trophy, but good enough for me!

You're right. Your wife is the best! I'll be sure to look after her while your gone. Hahah!!! Just kidding, Good Luck!

They have adapters that will mate your camera to the eyepiece of your scope / binocs so you don't have to hold it while snapping the picture. This is a good site for learning about new cameras. http://www.dcresource.com/forums/index.php?

In November, their rutting period, they come down off the mountains and are actually hunted on the beaches. So I'm told.

I leave on Friday for my Sitka Blacktail hunt. If you ever decide to go for it, look up Johnnie at Muskeg Excursions http://www.muskegexcursions.com/

When I say "short", I mean short draw length. For I am vertically challenged.

There are land owner tags in Cali for Tule. If ya got money to burn. Chuck Adams has taken P&Y animals of ALL NORTH AMERICAN big game animals, not just deer. He used to hold the P&Y World Record for Coues Deer, taken on the San Carlos. I wonder why they break blacktail and mule deer into to seperate catagories, but Whitetail deer, of which their are several different sub-species, are only catagorized as Coues and Whitetail?

I used to have a bow that would shoot around 250 fps with a hunting arrow and broadhead, but it was so finicky about shooting form that I found it almost useless for hunting. It was an older model PSE. I am sure the new models of bows are much more forgiving. My current bow is a Buckmaster that shoots around 220 fps at 65 lbs. My short draw length (26.5") makes it difficult to get up to the high speeds a lot of guys are getting, but that's ok because I don't really take long shots. My next bow will be a Bowtech because they are short, chubby, lefthanded guy friendly.

I don't think new guns are crap, but every once in awhile, you get a lemon. Now you get to let Beretta prove just how a good a company they are by standing behind their product. As most shotgunners know, Beretta is one of the oldest manufacturing companies in the world. They have been MFG'ing for over 400 years!. You don't stay afloat that long by crapping on your customers. http://www.berettausa.com/about.htm