az41mag

Congrats! Great writeup and story.

Thought I'd share this year's bird, as I enjoy reading others posts on here and figured I should contribute. Had to endure some brutal wind on this hunt but was able to find this guy early on his roost. Got set up where I thought he'd go and of course his fly down path was not what I had planned for when I got set up in my spot. Despite that I was able to keep him interested after he flew down with the softest purrs and light yelps I could make on a slate call. He tried his best to convince me that I should go to him, but after about 30 minutes of that game (and thankfully no real hens around), he finally made his way to me. He hung up at about 70 yards, but I changed it up with some yelps from one of Little Creeks mouth calls. That flipped his switch and he came into range. One shot and he was done. Prior to the shot, this bird had some of the most radiant red and blue color in his head that I've ever seen on a turkey. I suspect he had been perched on that tree all night by himself with only one thing on his mind. A big thanks goes to Little Creek as he makes some very good calls and is a member here. Good luck to all those with tags left to fill.

I have an older Traeger (maybe 9 years old now), it's been decent but I've also had to replace pretty much every electrical component on it over the years; fans, auger motors, hot rod, controller, etc.. It's been relatively easy to work on and the replacement parts are cheap. Not sure if the Traeger's are built any better now or not. When it finally gives up the ghost, I'll probably replace it with a Yoder as they seem to be built out of much heavier steel.

Long gone. Sorry

I spent some time in the 37's first part of January. The deer we saw looked healthy, but it did seem like less deer in total compared to other years (at least in the area we were in). At the time I figured it could've just been that the rut wasn't in full swing, but now I kind of wonder if it could be to some die off. As others have mentioned the amount of people out there were higher than I've ever seen. I suspect some of that was New Year's campers, but regardless it was a lot of people.

They are a good bullet indeed. I've used the same bullet from my 7 mag to kill elk, deer and antelope. All have been good clean kills, but I've never recovered a bullet yet. My only gripe with them is that I've found (in my opinion), some extreme inconsistencies from lot to lot. It's frustrating because I found myself having tweak the load slightly to get a new lot of bullets to shoot like they should. As a sidenote, I've wised up and now purchase a few hundred at a time when I can get matching lot numbers.

I'd like to buy it. PM on it's way.

I have an old Frost Blademaster honing kit I still use (not sure if they're even made anymore). Same general idea as the one you have in the picture with different angles for the guide rod and 3 different stones. It's worked well for me over the years. The only modification I did was to attach the handle base to a block of aluminum that I can clamp in my bech vise so it's much more solid. Aside from being plastic, how do you like the one you pictured?

Congrats on a nice buck! Was that a muzzleloading handgun? (couldn't quite tell from the video)

Bathtub works, but I think the laundromat is easier. Using a sleeping bag liner helps keep the bag cleaner too and it's easy to wash the liner in the washing machine at home.

It really dumped some moisture in some areas of the state. We got 3.3" since Saturday at our location in Maricopa.

I'll take these. PM on it's way.

Another vote for the Scopolamine patches. They work wonders for me. Just put one behind your ear a few hours prior to going on the boat and all is good. The only downside is that they're prescription only so have to go see the doctor first.

For those of you purchasing out of state, is the price difference substantial enough to make the trip worth it?

Do any CWT members do rv rubber roof replacement in the valley, or does anyone have a recommendation for a good service shop in the area? Looking to have the membrane and some sheathing replaced on a 30 ft travel trailer. Thank you in advance.