Coach

I really want to thank each and every one of you who has responded. In a way I feel a little bad for bringing up such a topic, but the responses here help me, and I'm sure others who are reading and learning from the experiences you have shared here. Really - thank you all.

Nice bucks! That's so awesome you and Tessa got to share that hunt. Huge congrats. Goats in the rut are SO fun to hunt. Kudos on making some amazing memories with your daughter.

Looks like a Lyman walleye.

I'm in Lakeside - not exactly where you wanted to park, but I have room for it here. Shoot me a PM if interested.

Both the 26 and 28 are shooters for sure. My buddy sent pix of groups from his 28 today with factory ammo and they were fantastic. That said they both burn a LOT of powder - more expensive to reload, shorter barrel life. If you go in knowing what the trade-offs are, you probably won't be disappointed. Kind of the Ferrari of rifles - high performance, high maintenance cost, not super longevity, but when you have them in their prime, pretty fun and impressive.

Not a bad little buck. What an awesome looking muley. Congrats to your friend!

One you want a closer look at for sure.

Wow, I might jump on that - do you ship?

Wow - fantastic buck!

Disposable latex gloves. Right up there with the baby wipes.

Not to get off subject, but I kinda like the new Badlands Approach. Just bought a monster fanny pack in it. I do think it's interesting how successful these high-end hunting clothes have gotten. A piece here and there is fun, but I can't imagine doing a whole outfit in it. To each their own.

My son cuts wood as a side job and is looking for a good used saw - something like an older Stihl 440.

Thanks guys. I know he was looking at one at the Hub yesterday but it sounded like it was pretty beat up.We'll keep our eyes open.

As I get older, seems I sleep less. I got up around 3:45 this morning and was doing some reading on my iPad. Unfortunately, I had my reading glasses on, and I saw this incredibly bright light in front of our house. I assumed it was my oldest son coming home to get ready for work since he has a big light bar on his truck. A couple minutes later, there was a huge BOOM and the whole house shook. I grabbed my flashlight and went outside to see if something had gotten hit by lightning or what in the heck just blew up. Apparently the bright light was a meteorite that actually struck around 40 miles SW of Show Low and the giant boom was the sonic blast as it entered the atmosphere. Anyone else up at 4:00 this morning to witness it? I know my buddy thought his boat had blown up - lol.

Excellent footage of a fantastic buck. Thanks for putting this up.

Thanks for sharing this. IMO IMR4350 and H4350 sc are some of the most versatile powders out there. Anything from 25 - 30 cal, even magnum loads, best all around "go-to" powder to work up a load with.

This speaks volumes.

I sure hope so. We prepped for evacuation while planning our annual vacation. I live right on the rim and depending on how this fire goes, I could be one of the first ones hit. Our house got one of those coveted "red" tags meaning they aren't sure they could do anything if it did come to us. Let's hope and pray that the lines stand.

PM me if you want help with the pix.

This time of year there are a lot of cicada and grasshoppers hitting the water. To me nothing is more fun than getting them to hit on the surface. A rebel craw is perfect - toss it as close to the opposite bank as possible, work it like you would a dry fly keeping your line up stream then as soon as it starts to get pulled, do a fast retrieve and try to bounce it off the rocks. In the afternoon, a lot of times if you put it in still water they'll come up and take it within a second or two. Glad you are getting out there - it's a special place.

Great looking buck. Huge congrats.

Can't remember the last time I boiled up a bunch of nice 'dads. Looks like you got some big ones there. I've always enjoyed the meaty portions but never really got into slurping the body portion. Thanks for sharing.

Looks like a guy free-jumping with a gnome (or elf - hard to distinguish) on his back facing backward and a banana peel for a left leg. Other than that, I've got nothin'.

I think the first time I burned my hand by grabbing the doorknob from my garage to the outside, while living in Cave Creek was when I decided it was time to move to the mountains. Now I only have fires to contend with.

Very creative. Excellent wood work too. You might consider some slide-outs for more floor space, if that's possible with wood construction. Kudos.