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thank you,

yep, it has a fixed 4x leupold that my dad will keep with him.

right on! awesome

Snow has been a game changer for me, but I've only been hunting 1 particular buck for the past several years. I hunted his travel routes and found he changed completely when the snow hit the ground. I assume it was due to the locals dumping a bunch of corn out changing his pattern as he seemed to not travel far from the corn piles. His peak daylight activity in the past 3 seasons was between 8-10am / 2-3pm. Until the snow turned to patches he wouldn't move around nearly like he would before the snow dropped. The opposite was true for the younger bucks. They seemed to travel a lot more and were active t/o the day. Several bucks would pass by trail cams a couple hundred yards apart for days in a row at all times of the day. Overall, I like tree-stand hunting when there is snow on the ground. Overall deer movement seems to be better throughout the day which keeps interest. Don't get out of the tree - daybreak to dark.

My recommended reads include: Magazine = Western Hunter (I get both the elk and western hunter) Book = A Little War of Our Own (the AZ version of the Hatfield's and McCoy's)

Believe me, I've tried. I've been 2nd or later in line on nearly a dozen rifles in the past 6 months. Just missed a tikka 204 ruger on LRH today!

Although I believe it would be a great time, I can't justify $1k for a 2 day pig hunt. I'm out unless we can do one of the cheaper hunts. I'll contact my family in TX and Oklahoma and see where they shoot pigs and see if there are any options. They have stories of shooting 150/day from the air to get rid of them, but things have changed. There used to be a rancher in Oklahoma that had property next to the red river that let you kill as many as you wanted for a tresspass fee of $500 per vehicle for 3 days - however many hunters you could cram into a truck. They averaged 4 hogs / day between the 5 of them. It must be a lot different now that ranchers found out how popular pig hunts can be. I'm sure the TX hunts would include predators as well...?

very nice - congrats to all.

ok - this is a good start. Thanks for the replies. I'd never heard of a springfield action and the ones online look outdated so I hoped it wouldn't be some rare action that demanded a thousand dollars. My boy is 16 and currently shoots around 500 shots / year from his rifles. He goes shooting with his friends, but I would add a safety to it before sending it with him. I assume this rifle would double his shooting and force me into reloading asap! He's limited to me buying ammo at $45/box. I like the sound of $300.

sent you a pm

I wanted to buy some from swarovski and they wouldn't have any of it...sent me a free pair.

I heard that buck was killed as well. I'll be driving Truck Norris this weekend to chase some mulies...

GhostTracker180 - glad you found this site! I'm in after March. Too much work before then. Never shot a hog, should be some fun. Let me know. Wade

Sent you a pm

My taxi's have sent me pics before. They know my expectations going into it. You shouldn't hesitate to call and request them or ask if you can take them yourself. side note - never heard of that type of turn around time. I would at least ask about where they are tanning the cape unless it not important to you. Bad tan = long term issues.

I'm shaking my head on this one. I would expect this to be the running joke at Hoyt for a long time. Don't think I'll be "upgrading" my heli-m for the wake....

That's a nice case. It saved me on a co elk hunt a couple years ago. When unloading my truck I set the case down and when it started to rain I drove my truck over the case. Broke the case, but bow was still unharmed. Bump for a good deal and great product.

Poundage? Price?

nice week of hunting

The gifts I get from family range from nothing to a greeting card. Good luck on the sale!

Great find

Really cool!

Haha! This thread makes me laugh... some say its crap, some say the company has no ethics and for others, its not worth the coin. my son and I wear the 2 most popular sizes and we got everything on our list except 1 attack pant. Personally, I love the product and appreciate and understand the business model.

I use the kuiu guide jacket. My Sitka and others sit in my closet. Wore it everyday this year in Wyoming from 10 degrees (had a cpl merino shirts underneath) to 60 degrees and was comfortable.

Very nice. Congrats.