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Is a calibrated scope necessary? Binos? Rangefinder? Stainless rifle? Any scope? Compound bow? If you're rifle hunting the only things necessary are a rifle, ammo and a knife. If you're bow hunting then a bow, arrows and a knife. Lotsa stuff is nice to have. Few things are necessary. The most essential thing is the nuts to bail off into rough country and hunt. With dark clothes you can always look like a shadow. If you get caught moving, it doesn't matter what you have on. You're busted. Being sneaky, knowing how to use wind, and backbone is really all it takes. They're necessary. Lark.

anybody see this? made me laugh. one of the funniest headlines ever. Lark

Ax caitlin where it got its work done. Lark.

i don't care for it. but i hunt a lotta states and most other places it's required. it has a place. but so does not being a stupid idiot and spending a few seconds verifying your target. first time i elk hunted in colorado was the general rifle combat season about 40 years ago. i didn't like wearing blaze and had on the minimum hat and cheap vest. as the the sun came up and the shootin' started i kinda wondered if i had enough on! Lark.

i know. what a moron. Lark.

some years back i shot a big ol' bull off in a ugly canyon in 27. as me and the guy i was with were looking at it, i asked if he brought a frying pan? he said hel l no, why? i said i saw a salt lick in a saddle above us. if he had a frying pan we'd just camp out there a couple days and eat this thing instead o' packin' it out. but he didn't have one, so we skunt it and hung it up and went back with horses the next day. Lark.

c,mon guys, he's rich. that means underage hookers and kiddy porn is ok. plus all the stuff nobody knows about. rich guys are better than everbody else and deserve to be able to do things that are wrong because of how they contribute in other ways. i read how he is trying to plead it down to only 5 years in prison. guess what he did carries a possibility of a lot more. what an idiot. guy make millions by losing weight and inspires a lotta folks and has to go and do this kinda stupidity. wonder if his few years of fame are worth what he's gonna hafta endure from now on? Lark.

if it's a hunting rifle that you plan on packing long distance, why not go to a skinnier barrel? they still shoot a one shot group real well? i don't understand the heavy barrel deal for hunting rifles. or another way to go is carbon fiber. Christensen or proof make some neat stuff and they are extremely light and accurate. kinda spendy, but any really good barrel is. anyway, to each his own, but i don't understand the big fat barrel on a hunting rifle. target rifles, sure. Lark.

bill, i almost said the same thing yesterday. i see remington chambers a rifle in the .350 mag again. but i still like a .264 over all the short 6.5's. it's a true hotrod. lark.

i remember when that was a long ways for ordinary guys. i usually shoot a .270 and am probably the best shot in the world, so distance has never been an obstacle. just depends on how far i feel like packin' one out. one of the reasons i thought i'd shoot a .375 this year is because i got a little soft on this job and i don't feel like walking so far to pack em out. my grandad told me once that i shot stuff so far away that i had to salt my bullets, in order to keep em from spoilin' before i got to it. up until about 5 years ago i shot with my rifle over my shoulder, using a mirror to look at the sights. on running game anyway. if it was standing i'd shot the same way, but left handed. Lark.

good luck. that part o' the state is horrible for cell service. i think in nutri you still hafta crank the ringer a few times and tell the operator to hook ya up to ernie or fred or whoever else ya wanna talk to. Lark.

one of the smartest things ruger did in developing it was using a case with the same rim size as the belted cases. don't have to do any bolt work to get it to fit. either .375 ain't a real good long range gun, but look to be better than good to 400 and not bad at 500 and when they get there they're bringin an @$$ whoopin' with em. i'm really excited about using the h&h this year. Lark.

as in hunting for anything, the earlier the better. but don't quit because it gets warm bears tend to eat a bunch, take a nap, take big greasy dump and feed again, then repeat. several times a day. could catch one feeding anytime. check out the oaks and junipers too. they love acorns and juniper berries. Lark.

i think i want everbody to call me your highness from now on. you buncha inbred, webfooted banjo plunkers got that? from now it's "YOUR HIGHNESS, SIR"! Lark.

i heard from a very unreliable source, that doyle scum, i mean moss, excuse me, got divorced and most of his company was in his ex's name and she sold it or some deal and put him outta business? anybody verify that? even if it's a rumor, heck i don't care. Lark.

every year you can find herds that are rutting hard into december. not just whistling and making noise, rutting. 2 years ago in u1 there were some buches that acted like it was the first of october. really big bulls with big herds, lots of satelites and lots of cows. really heavy activity. every year is a little different, but until the cows get covered or until the way of the year decides they'll quit estrus, they will rut. usually by mid november you don't see much activity and the really big bulls are batched up and getting away from all that nonsense. but there are exceptions. if you have a late bull tag and want a really big bull, get off in the canyons where they've gone to get away. i wouldn't worry much about the rut bothering you. it's always a good thing when the bulls tell you where they are. Lark.

the main problem i have with all of this is HB2072. anybody remember that fiasco? take 350 of the best tags Az has and basically alocate them to rich guys that had the money to buy em. with no bag limit. buy as many tags as you could buy and shoot as many animals as you could have your toadys find for you. last i remembered the guys leading the charge vowed to bring it back someday. they even got an audience with the governor after weiers chickened out on sponsoring. and it was all under the guise of "conservation" and "economics". wildlife belongs to everyone, whether you hunt or not, everyone should have the same opportunity to it. this was an attempt to turn Az into the european model of hunting. only the rich get to do it. ask utah how it worked for them? the same folks that are buying up these special tags and their toadys are the same people that were funding the push for HB2072. be vigilant, because they will try it again. Lark.

so you call everyone reading this thread a buncha names and derogatory stuff, but you're the tolerant one? i'm really cornfused now. at least that's what i got from reading every other line. i guess tolerance has different definitions to some folks. again, the amount contributed to the pot by auction tags is a very small % of what it takes to run this state. you can use your "conservation" argument all you want, but it contributes very little overall. auction were dreamed up by rich guys as a way for rich guys to get preference over joe hunter. plain and simple. lotsa things are that way. just the way it is. but it doesn't mean folks can't have a contrary opinion. and i never read where one person said anything derogatory about even one outfitter on this thread. some folks shared their opinions. some folks got butt hurt over it. whoopeee. mr pot, meet mr kettle. i could go on and on about some of the outfitters in this state, with true facts, but who cares? i'm just one guy. other folks have other stories too. talking down to the rank and file joe hunters ain't a way to win any friends. and don't think you're gonna flame up everyone and a couple hours later act l ike you're misunderstood. it just looks bad. Lark.

i've called in quite a few over the years. all on lbind calls, all with a circe magnum jackrabbit. but that's all i use for anything. i think with bears it's more about where you are than what you use. get on the edge of a big canyon where the sound can carry a long ways, if you're calling blind. if you see one and sneak in close, about anything oughta work. Lark.

hel l, tinfoil oughta work for that little popgun. Lark.

sounds like a heck of a setup. most folks don't understand the value of a hammer safety, like the model 70. most rifles just have a trigger safety. that's the reason the remingtons have had so many accidents with em going off when they didn't want it to. the model 70 trigger is a thing of beauty also. never fails. i buy every model 70 i can, that i can a decent deal on. i want to give one to every one of my grandkids and i want my kids to have a buncha kids, so i hafta get a bunch of em. but back the the .375 ruger, if i hadn't o' found this h&h i was gonna turn a pre 64 .243 into a .375 ruger, because it will work in a standard action. you could put a h&h on a standard model 70 too, but you hafta machine the top straps out and it can mess up the scope base on the back strap. i think the balistics of the ruger are real impressive and i like the fact it ain't belted. i can see it being a really versatile gun for Az. Lark.

there ain't no tellin' about the rut. i don't have a clue how to predict it, and i know pretty much everthing. one day they will be so crazy it's wierd, and the next day they won't make a peep. and visaversa. best thing to do is hunt everyday, all day long and be in it for the long haul, if you wanna kill a ruttin' bull. but full moons seem to tip em over sometime. other than that, i ain't got any idear. Lark.

elk do something that most other animals don't do, when you bust one, the ones with some experience, will go downwind. they want the breeze to bring your scent to them so they know where you are and know where to run, i also think they do it so they can find the cows they just ran away from too. if you're bowhunting elk right, you're running a lot. become part of the herd. it ain't that hard to do. and it is a lotta fun. you'll see alotta crazy stuff. i ain't afraid of cow calling a lot, if you know how to cow call. throw that hoochie mama out the window and all them other duck soundin' things they call cow calls and get a diaphram and learn how to make all the noises that elk make. elk ain't ducks, so don't use a stupid duck call soundin' thing to bring em in. good luck.Lark.

oh wow. he really put me in my place. i feel so violated. i'm literally shaking in my clod hoppers. i'm so sorry. please forgive me. what can i do to make it up to you? does that make you feel any better? you ain't the only person on this site that ain't afraid o' full growed bad@$$ed gunfighters. now run along. Lark.