twigsnapper

I have bought and sold lots of hunting gear, trying to make a little on each deal till I worked up to what i want. When my wife and I got married we agreed she would get her ring and I got a pair of Vortex Kaibabs. I liked them but didn't love them so I bought and sold binos for about a year and a half till I had the cash saved up for my 12x50 Swaros. I spent $850 of our money on the Kiababs but the rest of the money for my Swaros came from buying and selling binos and bows. also, I always buy used, with the way our tag system works here in AZ, most guys gear up for their tag then sell off their stuff since they won't have a tag for a couple more years. My buddies tease me but, other then a few sentimental rifles everything I own is for sale for the right price. When gas prices rise, my scouting trips get cut back though.

Sorry for your loss. All dogs go to heaven, I'm sure of that.

Arrows, I did that once on an elk hunt.

I would buy the best you can afford today, take good care of them, use them for a season or two and sell them when you have some more money saved up. Eventually you will work your way up to Swaros but there's no rush. They haven't changed them, other then a lens coating or two, in 15 years. The 12x56 nikons are really good for the money and you can pick up a used set for cheap. I would recommend the 12x56 nikons over the 15x51 bruntons. As mentioned before the 15x58 minox are good for the dough too.

The answer to your questions is yes there are panheads out there that compare and don't cost an arm and a leg. I have had the Jim White, Outdoorsmans panhead, Slik 707E and the Velbon 157Q. Right now I am using the Outdoorsmans pistol grip with the Outdoorsmans panning attachment. My backup is the Slik 707E. The difference between the high end models and the lower end stuff is mostly weight and smoothness. Do a little searching on Ebay and you can find one for cheap. If you like to spend your money local contact Amanda or Jim White, you might pay a couple bucks more but at least you know where the money is going. Manfrotto has a coupe good ones but I haven't used their stuff. Velbon Slik

I think there were 185 max pointers going into the sheep draw. I may not be exact but it was close to that.

Price Drop $1500.00. Would also trade for a clean pair of 15X swaros.

"not a close friend but someone i known since high school" Did I miss something?

Here my 2 cents and its just a guess. Being new to the guiding game the guide/friend just wants to take some guys out for a discount and have them kill big bucks or bulls so he can use the pics to show the he had "clients" with success. Not such a bad deal if you ask me. Better then putting up pics of your buddies hunts that were not guided and claiming to be a guide. Anterfreak sounds like you could use some pointers. Your buddy slash "not a close friend" slash new guide, needs a client. I say spend the $300 and learn as much as you can from the "guide". It will make you a better hunter for sure.

We grew up elk hunting in WY with a wood heated wall tent. Ours was a Montana. They are great except for a few things. Have to be careful with little ones burning themselves, the tent catching on fire(we actually have it happen from embers out the pipe), someone usually needs to restock wood in the stove around 2 am. As for tent material, we only had the Montana, after the fire we went to smaller tents with small gas heaters.

Lookin a little higher then the viper line. Thanks for the offer though.

Prefer a swaro but would consider any of high quality.

Very surprised to see a 16" goat score like that. Very impressive.

Weekend bump, could really use a spotter for my Dec coues hunt.

76"

Yes I do.

Nice bow. Used but in good shape. Strings have lots of life left. 60-70lbs. Right handed. Set at 29". Will sell bare for $300 obo or set up with whisker biscuit, spot hogg sight and wrist strap for $400 obo. It will need a peep, I shoot a "no peep". Text or pm Andy 602-881-0610

Love it!! Nice work little man. You've got a lot of years of out fishin the ole man ahead of you.

Buzz kill!!!!! Somebody must not have gotten their credit card hit for tags.

Just wanted to clear up the CC charge thing. This is my Wells Fargo CC. This is where the temporary hits show up first. Mine was there for almost 3 days before it went to the posted transactions. I'm curious if people are seeing new "temporary authorization" charges or just having them show up in there posted transaction. You have to click the little box next to temp authorizations to see them.

Go get em, keep us updated.

Priced dropped, ttt

69.50 Bammm!!!

You might also change the set screw. Usually they are flat on the end that tightens against the shaft like this: If you change to a pointed one it will hold better but it can also scar up the shaft if it work loose. If the pointed screw backs out I would then go with blue lock tite. ACE Hardware has a good assortment of set screws.

Wife and I are heading to Vancouver for the weekend. I'd like to pull off a fishing adventure. Any tips are appreciated. Thanks.