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How light? 20#?

I wish they would make them wider that just EE.

They have offered a $1K Reward but they are still looking for the culprits.

Yeah I saw that. I think that makes 5 I've heard of getting caught this year. Suppose to be one of the best tasting fish out there. Sure would like to get out there. I haven't heard much about a Albacore bite though.

Elk really don't care much about what's going on around them during the Rut once the sun goes down. As long as you are a few hundred yards away from the area they travel from when they bed to where they go to water (usually about 10pm) they won't be the least bit concerned about a generator, especially when they have not been getting hunted/pressured. I have been tent camping and had them bugleing and walking 20 feet from my tent. Running a generator will help you get a good nights sleep because you won't hear them bugle every 30 seconds all night long.

Chill out. This is Sneaker's post so let's keep it on topic shall we. Take it off line.

You should be OK. Now with that said a few years ago the rut took off late in September and the Archery Guy's were having a heck of a time. Just keep going out and watching them from as far away as you can.

Good one Edge. I had a good friend who live out in Apache Junction who had coyot's coming into his property and eating his German Shepard's food. He asked me to come out and take out a few so one morning I went out and got there just as the sun was coming up. I walked down a long wash and found an open area on a bend. I put on my face net, unfolded my stool and put a shell in the chamber of my shotgun. I backed up into a huge Palo Verde and slowly put the stool down into the sand. I took a step back and sat down then heard a loud cat like hiss. I looked down to see a 4'+ rattler coiled up about 6" from my boot. Needless to say I didn't do any calling that morning.

Wishful thinking there Kent.

Not AZ but I came across a very aggressive Rattler about 25 years ago in Garden Of The Gods in Colorado Springs. It surprised the heck out of me to see one that high.

Nice bear for sure and some good eats too.

I'd check it weekly. Mainly because so many cameras get stolen so I would check it and then erase the memory card.

Old Buck.

How is it? I imagine pretty spotty in places like Powers Garden, nonexistent.

Looks like a lot of hard work and dedication. I impressed, and a wee bit jealous.

You can also adjust the trigger with removing the stock.

I do have Verizon but I'm probably the only person left in the state who still has an older (not Smart) phone. LOL I keep telling myself, this weekend, this weekend.

+1 on changing the recoil pad. I have a T3 Lite in 308 and the first thing I did was put on a Limbsaver pad.

It also can get pretty darn cold there at night and you can expect to see frost on the ground in the morning. Took both my kids on that hunt when they were 10 & 11 I almost had to take my 11yo back to camp in the morning because her feet were cold and she had on hiking shoes. Fortunately she toughed it out and put a great spine shot on a doe at 200 yards with my 22-250.

This is really good advice and by parks he is referring to meadows. Make sure you are shooting at a doe as there are also elk in there too and get a mountain lion tag. Good Luck and enjoy the hunt and don't stress over it too much as I am pretty sure this is close to 100% Success Rate.

Not a drop in the East Valley.

Scary stuff. Prayers for you and Paul.

If that's a 1/4x20 thread you can probably get a rod coupling used for threadded rod at Home Depot or Ace if you don't have a buddy who is in construction that's an electrician, plumber, fitter etc. Let me know if you can't find one and I mail you one. It's basically a 1/4 hex nut that/s 7/8" long.

Now that sounds like a conversation worth listening to.

I have always driven into an area to set up camp where there is enough space where I can roll out of my sleeping bag and walk out of the camp and start hunting and usually into an are that is either wilderness or has no roads into it so I can do my thing away from other hunters. A couple of times this wasn't possible and there were other hunters and upon one occasion a well know guide was camped across the road from me. I just walk into camp and ask where he, his posse and client will be hunting each day. Everyone has a different perspective on it and there is a lot of pressure that a guide put's on himself. From what I've seen there isn't much money to be made at it and I've done the math of both of the guided hunts I have been on. But both outfits were, in my opinion, top notch and both times it was just one on one which was fine for me as each time the ultimate goal for me was not filling the tag being the sole outcome of whether the hunt was a success or not but to learn, enjoy the pursuit and return home without breaking any bones or getting eaten. Sure, I would love to tag out on a record book animal on each hunt, who wouldn't. I've spent plenty of time wandering around during pre-season getting sunburned and blisters looking for sign and glassing but I don't begrudge the folks who set up trailcams or have ATV's because it's not my thing. A little respect and common sense is all most people need and I can tell you that we can do without more regulations.