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They already have brass and ammo for the 6.5-300wby at the Sportsmans in Phoenix. Have not asked if they have a rifle in for it yet.

If the tanks are $20 for both, and you can wait until I get back from the rim on Sunday, I'll take them.

Nope, but I like the look of that BALS Mk-2. Just curious how it would shoot offhand or kneeling if you didn't drop the squeeze bag.

Page 26 in the fall regs lists a youth elk camp from 10/6-10/9 at the Happy Jack lodge, put on by the AES.

I used to use a Walkstool, but got rid of it due to back issues. I now use a folding chair with aluminum stays that rolls up nicely and has straps on the side that connect the back to the bottom and uses my own weight to provide decent back support. And since it does not have legs, I can sit on any uneven surface and it just balances out.

Not to mention it would weed out a lot of the competition.

Coworkers card was hit yesterday for a youth tag.

Why is there no unit 14? Just curious.

I'll be going after bear for my first time this year as well. Headed up on the rim this weekend and hope to find some berry patches and bear sign for when things open up next month.

If I can snag a leftover tag it will be either my 257 wby or my 300 win mag, depending on how my load development for the 257 goes. Also contemplating getting new glass for it as well.

Pleasure to meet you Bobby.

Oak Creek should be stocked sometime this week. If you just want her to catch a fish and try eating it, there is a trout farm up there. Most other creeks in the area are going to pretty warm and I'd expect the fishing to pretty slow. Rumor has it there's been a few small hatches on the C&R parts. If you really want to make it special for her, and want a new addiction for you, there's the option to hire an outfitter to teach and take you both fly fishing. If she hooks into a few with a fly rod, she'll let you take her fishing anywhere.

I wasn't either till I saw $30 for a cow tag. That'd be one heck of a deal.

There are several apps you can get for your phone that will let you match the reticle, yardage, magnification and rifles ballistics. I am currently using Strelok and I believe Lance is using Shooter. Never owned a Tikka, but can't recall ever hearing anything negative about them either. Tons of quality ammo out there for either 300 or 7 mags. Can't go wrong either way. Find one used so that you can spend as much as possible on your glass/rings/bases. I too used to buy glass that was half the cost, or less, of the rifle it was on. Now I've sold several rifles to help fund better glass for the ones I really want to shoot. Not sure I could ever go back to shooting cheap glass, except for my two vintage rifles that have period specific glass on them.

It will be when we meet after work.

Bottom of the page Chris linked states that all hunts are for tribal members only.

Don't forget stolen camera threads.

Pahncho, you would have been charged for pheasant at the same time they charged all the other $13 processing fees. Unless they are charging $7.50 for the pheasant tags and they messed up and forgot to include that as part of the regs.

That's why I've bought all of mine used. Bows, not underwear.

Nice finds. My dogs are going crazy with all the quail near our house. Might actually head down south this year and try our luck at mearns for the first time. And IA, I know some spots near Verde that I've found some birds in before. We could meet up and try to get after them.

Don't go too far back in. Too many outfitters. I hunted an OTC unit 4 years ago and we got into bulls the last 4 days we were there. Where we found them was halfway down a mesa, smack dab between 3 roads, all between 3/4-1.5 miles away. But there was at least 1500' elevation change between the elk and the roads and it was some of the steepest, nastiest, thickest deadfall I've ever seen(once again, on a dark timbered, north facing slope). It was so thick, that when we walked down the spurs off the mesa, if you dropped off one side more than about 30 feet, you'd no longer to be able to hear the bull bugling in the draw on the opposite side of the spur. Walk back up and you could hear him just fine. Keep in mind that for most of CO, unlike here in AZ, there is water and food pretty much everywhere. Wet summers they will be in the farm fields and dry summers they will be in the timber. And in CO, there are really only two things that really make the elk move: weather and hunting pressure. Snow will push them down the mountains and hot weather will push them to cooler northern slopes and deeper canyons. Hunting pressure pushes them to private land or terrain so inhospitable that no sane human would ever bother them. You find that, and you'll tag out.

Jesse, are you a non resident?

Better buy a powerball ticket!

There are elk in both units, but be prepared for a difficult hunt(as are most all OTC hunts in CO). The two best pieces of advice I can give you is to go as early as you can, and hunt the steepest, nastiest, darkest timber you can find on a north or northeast facing slope. If you find any canyons that make you think you'll need climbing gear to get yourself down and a helicopter to get an elk out, hunt there too, cause that is likely where the elk will be. OTC Elk is CO is tough, but doable. I've only ever seen elk in the early seasons a handful of times anywhere near a road, and usually it was running(or swimming) from other humans. With the wilderness areas, there is a sweet spot if you are backpacking in. Most road hunters will go about 1/2 mile in, day hunters(or guys camped at the trailhead) will go 1/2-3 miles in, and outfitters/drop camps usually start at 5-8 miles back in, depending on the wilderness area, trailhead, terrain, etc. Backpacking into and hunting that 2-7 miles range from a TH tends to be the sweet spot. If you can find a series of drainages that have a few miles between them and trails, that would be were I would look(assuming they have dark timber on north facing slopes or in nasty canyons). Find a good spot to set up camp where you can cover lots of ground glassing. Be prepared for nasty weather at any time, especially if you get up high. Enjoy the amazing scenery, and most importantly, have fun.

$28.13 is not a tag.