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Which rifle? Shooting same ammo in Ruger American Predator and will be interested in how this works up. Another guy at the range was putting same ammo through chrono with the Predator getting 2580 fps.

This is cool to see...

Seriously though I think one concern would be along the lines of "justified harassment" if you get a couple of these deputies harassing other hunters to run them out of "their spot"...

I picture Gomer Pyle yelling "citizens arrest" at other hunters...

Part of having a good plan..."if you don't hear from me by this specific day then be concerned" Mybe he had a plan and the specific day had passed? Or no plan so folks got concerned...?

My uncle had one of these he'd had modified to a convertible. Sweet ride that stayed in the garage most of the time.

Mount looks great. When I picked up my antelope, the taxidermist told me it's not the weight pulling down along the wall like a big picture/mirror that you worry about, but the leverage pulling out from the wall due to the size of the mount and distance out from the wall. Makes perfect sense, but had never thought about it that way. All this talk about plywood backed walls reminds me of college...had problems with drunks punching holes in the bathroom drywall at the fraternity house. Plywood backed walls solved that and probably broke some hands in the process.

Beautiful ram and mount! Found out there was a work meeting at the same hotel this weekend...could have gotten paid to go...

Glad you were able to be there with her. Prayers for you and your family.

Nice deal. I paid more than that used on eBay.

Nice bull and story. Thanks for sharing. Congrats!

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Awesome bull...congrats!

Embassy Suites in Scottsdale. Used to be called the Chapparal Suites.

Prayers brother.

Awesome...congrats! Keep thinking I might put in for camp Navajo one of these years...

I wouldn't be surprised if there are fakes but I haven't heard of any.

Call Big Mike. Best in town. (520) 235-3032 He's a coues hunter too...friends with Cole and the AZ Extreme guys.

Awesome...congrats on a great bull and great story!

The opportunity to sit down with a G&F biologist, have him open up his laptop bring up a topo map of the unit with the flight path of his helicopter and markers were photos were taken and then show you all of those photos is BS? I guess opinions vary.Agree...we got very valuable information including all of the G&F trail cam pics from tanks in the unit.

He said they chased them for miles...didn't say they left the truck. Shot him out the tiny window. LoL Awesome bull...congrats!

Awesome...congrats!

Friend is up there now and so far has seen 100s of deer and zero elk. I know nothing about the unit, but hoping someone can help with some info to at least locate some herds. Not sure what specific areas he's hunting but zero fresh elk sign either.

We had a nice custom one made, but in Tucson so probably not helpful. One thing I'd recommend is making sure they weatherstrip it...not a big deal for weather but we've had bugs and even lizards get under and around ours due to the gaps.

Definitely. And if you have a chance talk to the hunters from your unit from last year. Same situation here...my buddy had the tag so I went with him. If he was going to be there with his ram this year I'd probably go again, but he can't make it.