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Fine job. Excellent bull. Lark.

The rut will happen. The fire has kinda weirded things up in 27. Hunt wallows for a few days. The last 4 days of archery season are the best anyway. Need too get outta camp around 2 am and listen. Then be moved in with the herd before first light. Lark.

Sheep is on caseys bucket list. At least once a week. Mine is just to wake up every morning. Lark.

it ain't nice to tell somebuddy he can't shoot for $h!t. at least it ain't ethical. besides, it sounds like his rifle will shoot minute of human. Lark.

whatever you do, don't tie it on top of your jeep. Lark

so i was watchin' the filthydelphia atlanta game the other night and i saw something wierd. check out this video. watch for the 2 guys giving signals, they'll be in the upper right corner. now i know a bunch about football, or foo'baw', as it now refered too, but just what the hel l are they signalling? or are they just using sign to ax casey for date? Lark signal.MOV

i hate you. Lark

700's have been notorious over the years for having big differences in the throat length. some are real short, some are kinda long. also, a 175 gr bullet in 7mm is real long. might be a twist deal. might be right on the edge of what your barrel will stabilize. a 139 out of a 7 mag oughta kill anything around here real good. you don't hear a lot about it, but the 7 mag is real hard on throats. real hard. you could have some erosion starting in the first part of the rifles. anytime you have that much powder burning down a skinny little hole, you can burn up the lands real easy. Lark.

good sized bear for sure. also, it's a knowed fact that bears like to rest up awhile before they eat folks. you're lucky he didn't eat ya. you shoulda got some photos of you pettin' him. Lark.

whoa, how long are them horns? great buck. you don't hear about the .240 much anymore. cool. Lark.

i always take out the bolt and look down the barrel. usually gets you real close. even worked on my .375 the other day. at 100 yards you can see big circle with that big ol' bore. took 6 shots to hit the bull dead center. Lark

i still have that model 75.............Lark.

let me be the first here to say fine job. nice looking bull. sounds like you hard timed it gettin' him out. again, fine job. Lark.

didn't somebody have some specialty ford tools for sale on here lately? maybe they have one? Lark

he said this was the last one. Lark.

here's one on the ground. with the 3 photos you can get a better idear of how big it is. he's a happy hunter for sure. Lark.

ooooh, and it was named echo.............how sweet. anytime they start naming wild animals you've got problems. anyone with any sense know the endangered species folks, usfw, center for biologic perversity, etc are all just high paid clowns that lie for a living anyway. simply a crime they have so much authority and the ear of every lib in dc. bill, a friend of mine showed me video of a herd of camels by portal a few years ago. said they were walking down the road. one came up and stuck it's head in the window and slobbered all over him and the steering wheel and then tried to bite the mirror off his truck. don't know what the deal was there, but he had video proof. seems like one of em had a halter on it tho, so probly got loose from someone. Lark. ps-maybe they will clone some neanderthals so casey won't feel so alone.

gut, skin, hang it in the shade, cut up as needed, get it in an ice chest as needed. it's real simple, get the heat out of it asap. especially elk. elk sour in the shoulders where the neck and shoulders meet, real fast. if you have a saw, split it. it you don't, cut off the neck (the neck is excellent meat, don't toss it), front legs, remove backstrap, cut the sirloin tips away from the back legs. meat is real forgiving if you ain't stupid. just take good care of it. and never wrap it in plastic of any kind. plastic makes heat. Lark.

he said tomfoolery, haven't heard that term since i was a youngster. oh well, be glad you killed bulls big enough that others wanna take credit for it. and those are great bulls. this is another example of what the $$$$ factor does to hunting. Lark.

or if you want to get really cheap, you can learn how to sharpen a knife and just do it the old fashioned way. well, not the real old fashioned way like bill. he uses a piece of obsidian that his grampa chipped out for him. i've used havalon and outdoor edge. they're ok but i don't like how they cut through the skin so easy and how quick they lose their edge. i can skin a lot quicker with a good knife than one of these new razor blade deals. Lark.

i think it's illegal to use an Elkpro to call foxes tho. if it ain't, it oughta be. Lark.

there you go, talkin' again. Lark.

you can always tell when casey don't know what he's talkin' about. when he's talkin'. unless it's about banjos. he knows a lot about banjos. Lark.

i hate you. Lark.

folks kill em with bows all the time. i saw a couple on this site that guys killed with bows just this year, so i know they do. and a .223 is heckuva lot better than a bow. if you're a good enough hunter is the question. casey says you hafta plan on over 300 yards because he sounds like a club footed sasquatch with gas draggin' a sheet o' tin. like was mentioned, shot placement is always the key with anything. if you wanna use it, then hel l yes, use it. don't use a .556 tho. i've heard that they are a lot different. Lark.