OpticNerd

+1 on a lot of what Arizona said. It was brought up in an earlier post something to the effect that we don't need anymore G&F laws and regulations that we had enough as it is. Well for many of us the same concept could be applied to hunting. We don't need any more new techno gear, equipment and extreme tactics in hunting. What's wrong with leaving hunting the way it is or even better yet the hunting was 20 or 30 years ago? The more new advanced technology and methods that are used the more new laws and regulations the G&F have to come up with to insure proper game management. The argument of letting people hunt the way they want to hunt just doesn't work. Imagine if your playing golf in a golf tournament and one of the players decides instead of hitting the ball with his club he going to use a golf ball launching sling shot instead. When you and other players confront this guy to tell him this isn't the way we play golf what would happen if he says "this is the way I want to play golf. I don't tell you guys how to play so you can't tell me how to play". Wouldn't work would it otherwise there would be nothing but chaos. The same principle applies with hunting we need rules and regulations to keep everything in balance and in harmony as best as possible. The idea that we hunters all need to stick together and fight this or else keeps getting brought up and I still have to disagree. It would be different if it was something majority of us hunters agreed on but I'm going out on a limb and saying that close to majority of AZ hunters would like to see baiting go. It might not seem that way here on CW but a lot of the hunters I know that are for the baiting ban don't voice their opinion on the web. Would all you "we hunters need to stick together" guys support me if I was getting a petition going to legalize road hunting deer and night with the use of big high powered spot lights because this is the way I want to hunt deer? Probably not. Like I said earlier I do believe hunters need to stick together as best as possible but to imply if we don't pull together and oppose this ban then it will only lead to more things outlawed is a bit of a stretch.

Ouch! I can relate it's a horrible feeling. Hope it turns up for him.

Seems like a lot of people here feel that we hunters need to stick together whether one agrees with the bait ban or not because if we don't pull together and stop the G&F from banning baits then this will be the stepping stone to other bans and laws made to restrict us hunters until we have no advantages left. Wow talk about your scare tactics! In my +25 years of hunting I've never had I one bad experience with the G&F. I've even been caught breaking one of the game laws and I still have not had any bad experiences with the G&F. Sure there are bound to be a few dill holes working for the G&F but the same can be said for us hunters. I agree that hunters need to stick together as best we can but this doesn't mean that we have to automatically agree with curtain methods of taking game. I respectfully disagree with the majority of the people here and I'm all for the ban of baiting.

Some good sujestions already made. If your going to be free handing your binos then you'll probably don't want anything higher then 8x unless your steady like a rock. Anything higher then 8x it can be very hard to hold still enough to get a shake free view. If this is the case then you might want to take a look at the Leupold Yosemite binoculars. I believe they only come in 8x and 6x and at $100 new they'd be hard to beat for the money. The 6x tend to get better rieview and are a great binos for free handing!

I'm lovin it already except for the price http://www.eagleoptics.com/spotting-scopes/swarovski?page=2&sort=best-selling&specials=all Can't wait to try out the 95mm!

I'm with Red on this one. They did mention that they thought the Swaros had the best color and contrast and that the porro design of the Zeiss and Docters were more to their liking for longer periods of glassing but other then that there wasn't too much detail comparing the binos. I'd really like to see how the Zeiss did as far as edge sharpness goes. I don't recall anything being said about edge sharpness with any of the binos. On axis resolution is great but I love a nice flat FOV sharp to the edge. Good comparo non the less thanks for the link.

My thoughts as well.

Good news to me. I miss having the 10 day hunts.

I haven't posted much lately so I thought I'd share some of the pictures I've been able to get so far this year. These are actually stills taken from video footage so the quality isn't as good as pictures actually taken from a still camera but it's good enough for me.

I can see how guides would be in support of 2072. Auction tags bring in people with big money and people with big money are more likely to hire a guide and are also more likely to tip well. If your a guide it makes good business since to support 2072 but just because it's good for a guide business doesn't make it good for hunting.

Jack and coke is a little smoother. Looks like a Jake n Coke

Don't know if this has been posted yet but does anyone know the story on this buck? http://azgfd.net/photos/details.php?image_id=4872&mode=search

Yep seen bucks still with their antlers as late as May 16th in the southern units.

One year after deer season my brother unintentionally left his mag loaded in his 6mm. The mag was left loaded for about 10 months. When he finally went to shoot it again he was having trouble getting rounds chambered. I don't know if it was due to leaving the mag loaded or not but he never had any problems like this before this so there's a good chance leaving it loaded was the cause.

WOW great shooting young lady! Should be some great memories made for many years to come. Job well done congratulations!

Loving those eye guards BTW!

The look on his face says it all. My best memories are hunting with my dad and grandpa. Congratulations on your big ol beautiful buck!

I agree with westernhunter23 if money is an issue Vortex Razor HD is awesome. I had the chance to look through one the other day and I was very impressed. The only side by side comparison I've done has been with the Swaro 80mm HD, 77mm Leica APO and the 85mm Zeiss. To my eyes I couldn't really tell a difference between the 3 under normal conditions but in low light the Zeiss slightly pulled ahead of the other 2. One thing I should point out when it comes to optics one person might prefer one scope while another person might think another performs better. This was the case when I bought the Zeiss 85mm. Pretty much everyone I knew told me that nothing was better the the Swaro 80mm HD but I decided to get the Zeiss because it had a bigger objective. After doing the side by side comparison to my eyes the Zeiss came out on top over the Swaro and Leica but the owner of the Swaro liked the Swaro best. What I'd recommend to anyone looking at buying new glass is to try before you buy if at all possible. And not just in the stores but out in the field under hunting conditions. Maybe there should be an optics camp out one weekend this spring where everyone brings their glass to compare with fellow hunters glass. Should be fun and very helpful.

Thanks for the comments. Sorry pixman I'm a video guy but if I ever want any stills taken I'll let you know.

Finally found the time to put some video clips together from my outings in Dec and Jan. Hope you guys enjoy it. Make sure it's set to HD before watching it

Thanks for the comments guys it's good to see some of you liked it. gotcoues I've never used Windows Movie Maker so I don't know for sure if you can do it with that program. The only editing program I've used has been Adobe Premiere. There are several ways to accomplish what you are describing in Adobe one of them is the same as what Elkaddict said about Roxio. I would think you should be able to do it in Windows Movie Maker because I think its one of the more basic features in an editing program I just don't know exactly how to do it.

Guys I tell ya what ((finger point)) this camera seems purdy good and I'd tell ya why ((finger point)) but I don't have enough time to go through it all ((finger point)). I tell ya what guys just watch the video((finger point)) it will tell ya all you need to know about this camera ((finger point)) Here's why ((finger point)) cause the guy in the video that's why((finger point)). In all seriousness the features on this cam look good. Too bad the little black box only has about a 50ft range. I wonder if the box would still work if you put it in a Tupperware container and buried it or covered it up with some rocks to keep people from finding it.

Wow! Loving those beams. You get any measurements on him by chance?

Good stuff! Really digging the live deer pics. Awesome job!

What a buck! More pics please! Hard to tell but how many points does he got