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Arrogance killed the cat. Nice job 👊🏽

Ill take it please. I can meet today.

Great pistol, I'd just upgraded models. Put mine at a good price like this without the extra mag and it didn't last long.

I wouldn't say that. They could be right under your nose, not nearly as active as the does or just over one ridge today and back where you were today, tomorrow. There is a waxing moon and end of January approaching, good times a comin'. If you're seeing a lot of does, it isn't worth relocating IMO. Right now bucks migrate to what you've described you've found.

You're closer to finding bucks than you think. I'd go just beyond where you've seen the most does and keep tabs on any you find.

Great buck!

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SPF to first post and pm. Thanks.

Interested pending location, pm sent. Thx.

I hear "crappie are being caught at" and now it means nothing with livescope being used so heavily. Happy New Year Bassslayer. That 40HP you sold me on this site is still running like a champ.

I've seen a few whitetail on the edges of sheep country in recent years. Always trying to hunt outside the box, I decided go in with intent to fill my '23 archery tag or get my butt handed to me and let go of the idea the terrain is worth hunting. Yesterday, I didn't even get to glass the more predictable deer country as a small 3x3 coues was spotted in the gentliest terrain on the sheepy side of the mountain. He bedded down at 730am right in the open. I decided to get aggressive under the cover of rain. I turned 1000 yards into 66 yards in 30 minutes and picked the perfect rock outcropping to pop out around. 20231222_082625.mp4 The rain had scent locked down and while I was comfortable to not be busted immediately, 60 yards is my coues limit and my gut told me this deer was not going to get up and feed towards me and the rock ledges. Turning 66 into 60 without cover took an hour and a ton of patience and frozen moments as he would snap his head in my direction. Finally, at 61 yards, he got up and as he shook off a gallon of water, I drew and released an arrow that went lower than I'd of liked. The soaking wet drop away felt significantly slowed my arrow prior to release. Thank goodness for the Lumenocks helping me understand this quickly and when he stopped at 100 yards to understand what hit him, I put my slider on 130 and put him down hard. I ran up and put another one in him as quickly as possible. Not the greatest part of the story but one of my favorite things about this forum is reading lessons learned. With everything soaking wet, this will go down as one of my heaviest pack outs of all time, in sheep country!

Thank you. Just a cheap amazon umbrella I bought a few years ago for my real sheep hunt so I could scout in the summer and keep the sun off me. It sticks into the top of my pack if needed but I used it to protect the lenses of the 15s from getting wet and over my stuff any time my pack rain fly was off. I knew there weren't any breaks in the weather yesterday, it was one of the best pounds I carried.

Nothing like a fellow hunter costing me more money, thank you for sharing my man!

I'm 100% positive it was the felt on my drop away that really screwed up a shot for me yesterday at 60 yards. I hit about 3-4" lower than my confident point of aim. I will be looking for a fix ASAP as the rest of hunting in the rain lended to the stars aligning.

Maybe on that mountain yesterday but definitely not!

F that TNT shituation. I sat a tank for an hour at noon on my bull hunt this year while my buddy drove pack to get something he forgot at camp. Saw a nice popup ground blind brushed in on the best tank I scouted. I sat in the brush blind on the opposite side of the tank where the wind was still good while I waited. I noticed a couple guys walking towards the tank and one got there much quicker. He saw my head popup out of the blind and immediately turned away in disappointment before I could wave him in to come sit it anyway. Long story short, I texted my buddy to find them on the road and he let them know I wouldn't be at the tank any longer. The one guy was helping an older gentlemen and they were grateful to get back to the blind. I reallly hope they killed a bull on that tank.

Crap shoot imo. Deer could stop hitting water completely or not change a thing. That said, unless you can get another ambush setup with lots of deer movement, water is still probably the best chance at arrowing a buck in front of the youngster from a warm, enclosed ground blind.

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The 2750 was with Superformance. I'd have to measure COAL but my CBTO is 2.200" with a .002 jump.

I have posted this before but I have a 6.5CM with a 20" barrel shooting 143gr ELD-X that liked 42.0 gr of H4350 at 1MOA and loved 45.0gr of Superformance at ~.5MOA with an extra 40-50 FPS. I understand the difference in temp sensitivity but I shoot the load in circumstances that it should never matter. I get 2750 FPS. Lapua brass, CCI 450. Note these are over book max, tested in my rifle.

Viper SPF. Diamondback lowered to $100.

For sale in east valley, Mesa/Tempe etc.. Pm for more info. Thanks for looking. Vortex Diamondback 3.5-10x50 BDC Reticle 1/4 MOA Adjustments Good overall condition, carried many miles. Cosmetic issues shown in photos. Includes Butler caps. $100

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