AzDiamondHeat

i have an almost brand new electric one you can have for almost nothing.

CJ, no specific budget. Just seeing recommendations and if performance validates higher price. I have ZER0 experience with this cartridge. Strictly a hunting rifle. So for me spending $1000 more to gain 1/4 inch of accuracy might not be worth it. But I still want something "nice", not a bargain rifle or entry level. So maybe it is worth it....lol I am not a "gun guy" so I appreciate all the input and advice.

The blk has been my main predator rifle for many years. I have even taken a lion with it. The terrain I hunt is tight and rarely have a shot past 50 let alone 100 yds. My sbr blk is perfect for me for how/where I hunt. For me though, I would never hunt with subs. Not for predators anyway. Too many people have tried with too much failure or marginal success for me to do it in good conscience. In an AR platform the subs just aren't that much quieter to validate the difference in performance compared to supers. Unless performance is secondary to suppression. Just not worth it to me. Just my opinion.

for those of you that have windshields, what dobyou have and what are the pros and cons of that windshield?

i am mostly trying to decide between glass and the poly full windshields. with the poly our concern is scratching from branches and cleaning dust off it. with the glass our concern is how much vision is blocked by the frame and rock chips. we are using it as a full time hunting vehicle in winter and want the wind blocked. In spring/summer the windshield will come off most likely thoughts?

so when is the deadline to get aplications in for this?

Any cleaners in the Phoenix area? Looking for someone valleywide

free free free free free. free. but i do like doughnuts.....just saying

Does anyone know if the rim road is open past woods canyon?

quick shout out and thank you to Mark for tracking down a rifle for my kids. great guys over there.

any fence guys in the east valley that can rebuild a pillar and a few ft of block?

Dang Houston, that would be a "lifetime of mulies" for us mortal hunters.... Well done as usual.

ill take it. sent you a pm.

If you are going to be in your vehicle, get a weboost cell booster. There is "almost" no place in Az that I cannot get at least enough signal to text. Usually I have enough to email and access data.

I've heard of this "tag soup". Seems to be staple at some tables. I may try it someday, but for now I will stick with good ol elk. Tasty, tasty elk.... C'mon over for a bbq Lee... leave the soup at home, we have plenty of side dishes already...lol

My dad found this a few years back. I just stumbled across the picture while doing some file cleaning. Would have been nice to find him before the lions did... Can you guess what he measured?

Get good gear. Get out in it and find a nice dry tree to sit under. Wait for the breaks in the rain and get on em. My favorite times have been in the rain.

Heading up to 4b to set up camp for my nephew's first trophy cow elk hunt. Lol If anyone up there needs help or just wants a s'more, give me a shout. Actually I dont have any s'mores so please bring me some.

FINALLY. After much running around finding nothing but HUGE trophy class bulls every day( it IS 4b after all), we finally found some cows. Tuesday morning we went to my super secret spot and sat down on the east side of a small meadow. Wind was good, temp was good, light rain off and on. Perfect. I called a little bit and had a young 5x5 bull streak across the meadow straight to us. Played with him for a few minutes when a large 6x6 bull with 8 cows came in from across the meadow. Coaxed them closer and Nephew picked a small cow and put a perfect 20 yd shot into its side quartering away. For his first hunt he did an excellent job. Didn't screw up on anything. lol The damage from the Montec CS braodheads was amazing. Straight up carnage. I have never seen anything like it. I shoot the regular Montecs which have been great, but this was just....awesome. I think it was due to the quartering away angle, but DANG. There was no blood "trail"...it was a blood SLICK. for 60 yds nothing but a red carpet. Young man did a good job hanging in there and getting it done. It was "just a cow", but the hunt was the same. Had he a bull tag we would have been done on day one... figures.

Anybody got one?

My dad is old school and it is what he wants. Going on his 358 win.

I have multiple ARs in several different calibers. After many years and many scope changes most have low magnification scopes. 1x6, 2x7, and one 3x9 for "long range". I have one with an eotech and a 3x magnifier. Pretty much my go to coyote gun for the desert. Covers just about every scenario. Definitely recommend the magnifier on a flip up mount if you go red dot or holographic.

I spend a LOT of days hunting, but I am far from "hard core". In my old age I have grown quite fond of being "comfortable" with my trailer and other modern niceties. The collateral damage to having the comfort is that I "have" to take the kids with me most of the time and I "get" to have the wife go as well. More often than not though she stays at home though. As long as I take one of the kids she doesn't care if I am gone the entire year...... Once I get out in the field I do pride myself on doing things "right". I try to make the hunt enjoyable for everyone. For me, killing an animal is second in importance to enjoying the experience.

I told a story a year or so ago where I helped my buddy track his first elk for just over 6 miles. We were certain he winged it. After found it was confirmed to be a boiler room shot. This was a cow rifle hunt. Conversely, Every bull elk I have been involved in taking has been shot with a bow with the furthest one traveling about a quarter mile. I sometimes wonder if the shock of the bullet/gun gets their adrenaline going a bit more.

no joy on cows this weekend. called in many bulls but couldn't find a single cow. heading back next week.