AZkiller

HMMMM......I hunted for 5 days and saw lots of deer I guess. 25 or so bucks, 4 in the 90's. I also saw Lots of people. All must be ok then.

FYI, I don't road hunt. Also, 15 - 20 years ago in 6a, there was ONLY a december hunt.

It's not just the elk hunts. There are way too many tags on all of the hunts. I would happily pay doubble the cost for a tag to have less hunters out there. I had a WT tag in 23 this year and hunted a spot that takes an hour and a half to get to off the highway and ran into 40 or so other hunters. They say they want more hunter oppertunity. What fun is there in the oppertunity to get in a fight over who is hunting where even who shot that deer. I don't enjoy just taking my rifle for a walk, I can do that in town. I would enjoy to have the OPPERTUNITY to hunt A hillside alone. The game and fish department has the hunts so screwed up and there is no sign of any change in the future. Raise the $7.50 fee to $20 or more, raise the tag fees by 20%, reduce the number of tags across the board, cut the number of cow tags in half, have a REAL trophy hunt with no more than 15 tags in any unit for elk at a cost of 3x a normal tag fee, same for deer but have the hunt in Jan. These are some things that I would change. Just my 2c.

There is a rimfire match on sunday at ben avery. Bring your 22 and have some fun shooting silhouette. The match starts at 8 and practice starts at 7.

Is shooting at a 110 buck and shooting comp the same stress? No. I shoot long range and Silhouette high power and small bore. Its much more stressful to have a deer in you scope. That being said, shooting competitively forces you to develop trigger control, breathing and being comfortalble behind a rifle. I would recomend it to everyone, very humbling.

Smack the ends of the holes with a pin punch. Put the bolt on a piece of wood first, use a pointed punch and a small hammer, you won't hurt it. Just don't smack it like your trying to drive a rr spike in with one shot. All you need to do essentially is deform the i.d. of the hole so that the pin will have some tension on it. Your other option is getting another pin. You should be able to get a roll pin at Ace or Copper State that will work. I think it is a 1/16 pin.

I am interested in the trailer. I am NOT interested in the price. I check out craigslist every day for a trailer as I am in need of one, and your price is no deal. However, most of us here on CW tend to be helpful to one another. I just wanted to let you know that if you get in a bind and need the cash let me know. Your welcome.

If you get to $600, or just want to get it out of your hair, let me know. That's where I would be interested.

Great bear Jack! I wish I was there for your second also, maybe the third. Thanks again for all of your help.

Lets offer some more stuff!

Just an fyi, That's a desert box turtle, not a tortise. Cool blog.

Great story and a nice bear to boot. Congrats!

Lol, yeah, I would use a 223 over a 338 pushing a 300 gr pill any day, lol. I'd flinch so bad, I'd be spraying shots all over the hillside, they'd have to rename it lead canyon! Big calibers=flinching= misses or bad shots. And I know, I know, not all the time, was just my opinion. Never said I have problem with big guns, just not something I would use. And, to get back to the original question, no, a 300 wthrby is not too big for coues. HAHA. Yes you are going to be more susceptuible to flinching with big guns that kick. One should not attempt such a thing without training to shoot heavy recoil guns. I agree. As far as the bigger guns destroying the animal, your bullet selection will determine that. That bear I just shot with the berger just passed thru. Passed thru both shoulders and the spine, but the enterance and exit holes were the same size. Its more or the shockwave that is destructive than the actual bullet.

AR15 AK47 SKS I think he is saying there is no such thing. This is why I won't hunt down there, if they cross with a weapon it is an act of war and I would shoot them.

Congrats on a nice bear.

Is the goal to kill stuff? Its gonna be just as dead. Whats the problem with using a big gun? I'm shooting a 300gr 338 at mine this year. You could kill one with a 223, would you want to?

WOW! looks like you got 3 REALLY nice bucks there!

Congrats!! Love the hat, I have the same one!!

Vias break.

Why does it take forever to get a score from you guys? Do you have to wait for them to get bigger?

WOW. Nice buck. I love when they carry mass all the way up like that. It doesn't hurt that he's also long and has that cool heart shape. Way to go.

Congrats. What is he, 89ish?

Congrats! Great story, I wish that I had that ability. It sounds like it was a fun yet a little spookey hunt. I know I would have been freaked out!

Just let me know where the deer is and I'll see if he wants to shoot it.

Well, considering I built the action myself, chambered it myself, built the muzzel break myself, my dad bed the stock. I would say that I have, with the scope included, about $1800 or so in it.