Curtis Reed

Yeah, it isn’t huge… inside finished dimensions will be 5 1/2 feet X 5 1/2 feet X 7 feet tall but that’s all the room i could spare in the 3rd car portion of my garage. I got the floor and ceiling in today. I have a ceiling support holding the foam panels in place overnight to let the liquid nails set.

Started this morning with a trip to HD. 40 2x4x8’s was perfect. Didn’t have 1 left over. outside dimensions will be 6’x6’. I am shocked it got it all framed up in a few hours.

Atta boy

I actually started my walk in cooler build with a cool bot. Will update progress…..

good deal.

Pretty much what I was thinking in my head with the eye bolts

They won’t freeze if you use a temp controller like an Inkbird. Home brewers do it all the time for their kegs in chest freezers. Elk quarters will fit in a fridge/freezer?

Where are you located?

With rising store prices, I’m looking to buy a local meat goat and trying to avoid auctions. Any advice on where to start looking? I am in the East Valley but can travel. Thanks

That’s probably why you got it free haha. Boers can weigh 250+ lbs

My sister and brother in law raise goats in MN. Have eaten lots of them. Great eating

With rising store prices, I’m looking to buy a local meat goat and trying to avoid auctions. Any advice on where to start looking? I am in the East Valley but can travel. Thanks

Hmmm that’s strange, I just got one last night. I will look into it.

Yes, I would be killing/butchering myself

PM Sent

Funny you mention that… I planed on a antlerless archery in 2022 to fill the freezer

Not now…. probably in a few months

Thanks for the reply… i’ll keep it in mind

Ugh. I thought I was in classifieds…. moved

So i’ve been backpacking in the Supes before and love it back there. Figured I would try a backpack hunt in there this year and got drawn for the first Nov hunt. From my trips back in there it looks like there is good habitat up near the ranch but more of a stand hunt where as the trip in looks like some good glassing opportunities. I’m looking for some general advice for first time hunting that unit. I plan on making camp closer to the ranch due to water availability but those plans can change if I find drinking water away from the ranch I have hiked from north and south in the past and am planning on coming in from the north since i’ll be packing more weight than usual and the climb from the south is a ball buster. For guys that glass north of the ranch do you have and consistent drinking water sources you could share with me in a PM? Or do you camp near the ranch for water? Any advice is much appreciated. I’d like to pack in as little water as possible and keep my base weight below 30 lbs. My non-hunting base weight is around 17 lbs. Optics and rifle are heavy additions

Everyone love gear talk, right? So piggybacking on my previous lightweight rifle thread, (thanks for all the suggestions btw) I need some more gear advice. After exclusively bow hunting for the past 20 years, I want to hunt some backcountry Coues and elk with a rifle. Because glassing wasn’t too important with my style of bow hunting I just own a budget pair of 10x42’s. I need help getting setup to glass. Not sure what my budget is but I am not cheap, but also don’t need “top of the line”. I’d probably be happy with Mid tier stuff. For budget comparison, I ended up with a Kimber Hunter Pro, Talley Rings and VX5-HD for rifle/scope ($2k). A good quality pair of binos and lightweight tripod? Power/Objective size? I already have a Swaro tripod head mount so I’d probably go with swaro? Used? My #1 consideration is weight. I won’t be anywhere near motorized travel and will be backpacking in. Has to be lightweight. Which is how I ended up with a Kimber rifle which probably wouldn’t have been my choice if weight wasn’t the main consideration.

now they have to resort to bribery with hamburgers to get people vaccinated. Whether you are pro or anti covid vaccine I think we can all agree this is odd and creepy and makes me feel even LESS confident in a vaccine. Strange times for sure.

Got a 24B Nov tag… going to backpack hunt in the Supes. Looking forward to it. First time hunting with a rifle in over 20 years. Been bow hunting since high school but thought I’d try something different.

I was just at REI in Chandler (I-10/Ray). Next to it they have a large empty location that has a “Coming Soon” sign for Sportsman’s Warehouse. 👍

That’s cool man, thx for the update!