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That's awesome - seems the only cats I get are at night, and moving fast.

Very cool pictures. Love the gobbler and looks like the bulls are growing fast.

Sweet gun, does it shoot 3.5" shells?

Prayers sent.

Man - that looks awesome. My youngest has a cow tag in unit 1 though. My oldest son drew unit 1 archery bull second year in a row.

Happy Birthday fellow Gemini.

You guys rock! I spent the day working on a project - turning my back porch into a game room with a pool table, air hockey, etc.. This project started back in December but got side-tracked by the need to help build a new gym for my wife and her partner. Then came the broken shoulder, still coaching little league baseball, taking the boys turkey hunting - it's all coming together now. I can't throw a baseball yet, but I can hit to outfielders, coach my team, and God willing I'll be shooting my bow again this week. We had a great time today - my boys worked hard along side of me, Carrie made an amazing dinner and watched a great movie together. It was a very good day. Thank you for the Birthday wishes.

Looking at buying one. Anyone have real-world experience with them? I'm looking at the .40SW version.

Rain makes corn, corn makes whisky, whisky makes my baby...get a little frisky... Rain is a good thing!

I saw an article on CNN where they were basically saying that life in the Florence, Colorado Supermax prison would be worse than death. This place is called ADX - for 'Administrative Maximum'. The argument was that he'd be on the appeals list for a long time if given the death penalty. So, for this guy, arguably the worst of the worst, he either has appeals and protection in a "regular" death-row prison, or gets to go to a prison where he has basically 3 to 1 guards, nurses, psychologists. We're treating this guy like royalty. IMO, he should be sitting in a 8x8 concrete cell, and have a pressure-cooker bomb go off in the middle of it. If he dies immediately, at least he's dead. If it takes a long time, he'll start to figure out what he did to other people

Gunbroker.com - stripped lowers by Anderson, Spike's Even Rock river between $50 - $100.

I still have some powder around in the same canisters I used to watch my dad reload with when I was a kid. Even back then, it was military surplus and who knows how old. Maybe not the best for precision reloading, but like Lance says, it all still goes "bang".

Nicely done! To you and Alyssa. Love the pics and the story - took a lot of dedication and I'm glad some folks on here helped with a unit you weren't as familiar with. What a great thread!

Years back, .22LR ammo was available in every sporting goods store, big-box store, hardware store, even gas stations. It was the most prolific, inexpensive, readily available ammo anywhere. $20 bricks (500 rounds) was pretty standard. Somehow, after Sandy Hook, it just mysteriously vanished. Some said it was just pure demand, but at the same time I heard reports that CCI, Federal and others were pumping out millions of rounds per week. It's only the hoarders who are keeping the supply low. Here we are years later. No national emergency. .223 can be had for around 24 cents per round, 7.62x39 even cheaper. There's still no .22 LR to be found. Cabela's, Wal Mart, Midway USA, get only a few now and again. So if it's just a few hoarders, where are all these millions of .22 LR going? My local Wal Mart had to make a sign that says "We have no .22 LR ammo". That sign has been there 2 years or more now. If the big box stores and major outlets aren't even getting it in, where is it going?

To me, the sad part is, these people with their mentality - they are never around wild animals. When they do get around them they try to treat them like pets. This has caused at least one black bear at Big Lake to have to be killed so far this year. The momma bear in that video never charged anyone - she was simply trying to get out of a situation where she felt cornered and had cubs to protect.

For every "Yes the suck", you'll get a "No they rock". I've played around with mechanicals over the years, but always go back to fixed blade. In my experience, if your bow is tuned properly fixed blades will fly with your field points. And a fixed blade is usually stronger than a deployed blade - for obvious reasons. The best heads I've used are Magnus Stingers and Buzz Cuts, Muzzy 3-blade and G5 strikers. Magnus will guarantee their heads for life, meaning if you shoot one into a rock, they'll replace it. I've never taken them up on that because - well, if I ruin a head by shooting it into a rock, that's on me - but who else in the business will stand behind their product like that?

http://www.slickguns.com/category/ammo?caliber=11 Wolf, Tula, Brown Bear - all steel case $.23 -$.26. Zinc plated around $.27 per round, Brass starts around $.31 per round.

Sometimes I love to say "I told you so". AR lowers are back in the $120 range for good brands, PMags are $12-$15 , bulk .223 ammo is actually around $.24 per round - almost a dime a round cheaper than I had predicted. However, .22 LR is still effectively off the market. Gonna have to start a new thread on that.

My Ex-brother-in-law (divorce) is a firefighter in the Phx area. I'll tell you what, if I were in a burning building or car I would want him as a first responder. This guy is about 6'7 300 pounds and has hands that look like a sausage rack. He could literally throw a kid over each shoulder and still pull two adults to safety. Dumbing down fitness tests to achieve "equality" is just stupid. I have no problem with women in the police force, marines, combat roles, you name it. If they can get the job done. But when lives are at stake, I want the most capable person doing the job - period.

Nicely done, Scott. Loved the write up and pix. Congrats.

That's really awesome. Very life-like and true to their behavior. Amazing art there.

I'm drooling. Somehow I'm thinking Mad Max with a 10 gauge. LOL. Beautiful gun. Wish I didn't have so many expensive projects going on.

I agree with the original post. She stood up and took control of her son as she should have. My guess is, there's no dad in the picture. Instead of faulting her for her kid being there in the first place, I commend her for being both parents and stepping up.

I'm reaching out to the community here because I have a situation I don't know how to fix. You guys probably remember that for a couple years, G&F closed unit 27 on the archery deer hunt earlier than Unit 1. One morning I was hunting unit 1, then headed into 27. Problem was, unit 27 had closed 2 days earlier. I encountered a G&F guy and openly told him I was on my way to hunt deer at a specific spot in unit 27 that I had forgotten was closed at that time. I eventually plead "no contest" to the charges because I should have been more aware of the different season dates. I never got out of my truck and was asked by the warden to pose with my bow for pictures, that were later to be used to collaborate his story that he witnessed and photographed me in the field with my bow and arrows in pursuit of game. I should have just fought it but I was scared that I might lose my hunting and fishing rights for 5 years, and I had an archery unit 1 bull tag in hand. Now when I apply for a job, Even volunteer to coach little league baseball, I have this thing following me around - Guilty of "Taking Game in a Closed Area". I never took any game, pursued any game not even got out of my truck. I'm one of those guys who hates poachers and follows the letter of the law when hunting and fishing - my hooks are barbless, I'm a firm believer and catch and release, I don't even have any speeding tickets. So now I have this thing that is going to plague me and paint this picture that I'm some kind of poacher. Is there any legal way to present the facts and show that this agreement was done out of expediency and clear myself? I never took an animal in a closed unit, I never pursued an animal in a closed unit, But I'm considered guilty of taking game in a closed unit like some poacher.