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Good stuff. HUGE congrats on a couple of beautiful bucks!

Listened to most of the first half in camp. Chased coues after that and came back to a surprise. Can’t believe the cats blew that lead. Okay yeah I can...just like my Vols let Vandy beat them again.

AZ SCI youth camp is an awesome setup. They do a great job for the youth and the families.

Nice bucks...and helping your dad get his first buck. That’s awesome! Huge congrats all around.

Daughter’s hunt opens tomorrow. I think I’m more excited than I am the night before my own hunts! Good luck to all the youth hunters, and if you’re at the 36abc youth camp we’ll see you there tomorrow.

Sportsman’s ad in the paper today has some good deals...only ad I looked at out of the 100 or so going in the recycling bin. LoL

Good luck to him...hope he gets a big one. First bull hunt...that’s great he finally got a tag.

my buddy is selling this one. I’ll text you his contact info.

Cool buck. Congrats!

Wonder what would happen if you send in another one that arrives on time...

I guess I missed that question completely. LoL i’ve never heard that before and wouldn’t make logical sense to me. Single point (ie crosshairs dead center) shouldn’t change relative to the image size.

I think it’s a serious question, though maybe not worded well. And good luck triggering Kev. LoL check out this video...explains the difference and may answer your question. http://www.vortexoptics.com/video/first_vs_second_focal_plane i think you’re asking on a 2nd focal plane how much difference there will be if you’re using BDC type reticle at less than max magnification. I’ve never seen specific data on this, but could easily shoot a little and find out for your rifle. I guess it could be off (high I think...but only one cup of coffee on-board) by as much as 4x the drop between each reticle subtension if you were shooting at 4x instead of 16x for example. On youth hunt last year, my buddy’s daughter missed a buck at about 250 yds and didn’t even see where she hit. After the shot he realized he had turned down the zoom to help her find the buck in the scope, then didn’t turn it back up before the shot using one of the BDC subtensions. Lots of other factors and that wasn’t her only miss on that hunt, but if that’s any indication the POI was different enough to completely miss. Maybe I’m crazy too, but I think this is what Kev is asking and the question makes sense to me.

Awesome buck...congrats! I like that last pic too.

Is there a way besides Basecamp to export Garmin GPS waypoints to OnX? (I haven't used Basecamp with my Garmin in years and don't really want to mess with it at this point to export waypoints) Or from Google Earth?

Thanks yeah I found the Google Earth info which makes sense...easy to save the markers to PC then import them. That's a handy converter too. Guess I either need to start using Basecamp with my GPS or keep manually entering them if I want to use the same markers in OnX.

This is how I feel lately...been off the wagon and time to get back to work. Monday check-in for some accountability.

I’ll keep the rifle...you can keep the flat brim.

Glad to see this. Looking forward to hitting the hills with you again soon...

Nice story. Thanks for sharing. Have a couple of heirlooms in my safe that I wish I knew more of the backstory.

Sounds like a great hunt. Your story brings back memories of my Kaibab hunt a few years ago which was my first mule deer. Huge congrats to both of you on your first deer!

Congrats on the tag...that’s some great luck! On that kind of a time crunch I’d be calling a guide...even if they’re full with clients they may have scouting packages or able to provide good info.

Bump for those HAM tag holders...

I have 2 camping spots down there I can find in the dark, but not sure I could tell someone how to get there without looking at map first. I’ll PM you. Neither spot is a secret so you’ll probably have company or someone will beat you there.

Hate flat brims but my daughter lets me use her 6.5 on my hunts. So far it’s had one 425yd cold bore one-shot kill and watched the buck fall in the scope. Not as long as you’re asking about, but I doubt I’d shoot much farther at an animal just due to doubting my own abilities.

Awesome...congrats!