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They had relaxed the side arm rules quite a bit last time I was there but it was the year of the fire. I have not been back since, still waiting for the fishing to recover. There is a really easy way around the sidearm issue, buy a small game permit for each day and you will have no issue since you are simply carrying it for rabbits and yotes. I take one day and usually call yotes in which case I have a rifle and sometimes a sidearm both and have talked to the warden every time with hardly a question. Don't take any UTV, ATV, or Motorcycle's they can and often will confiscate them and make you go to court to get them back. They are not allowed on the WM or SC lands.

Sounds good I am going to have to make a few daytime shooting only trips inst ad of waiting until dark.

Awsome!

There is a really long thread with a ton of info on Long range hunting.com. If I remember they recommend about 25-30 lbs. That is a lot of extra gear if you have 2-3, no food required and they are able to drink any water you can find and don't need much. If I had the space I would have some.

Awesome! So how do you go about chasing the buffs in the daytime? I have really ony shot at night. A couple times crusiing in the day but fish seem pretty skitish. Always end up fishing in the daytime, but I would chase those big boys for sure.

Good work! You are a beast on leg day.

If its wax then it will come off completely by simply using dish washing detergent. If you look at most car polishes and waxes one step for completely cleaning the car before detailing is to use dishwashing detergent. It looks to me like your plastic is actually faded, If so then try this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008A5GRHM/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Carworx Restore I have an Avalanche and they are notorious for all that plastic fading really badly. This has worked the best, requires 2-3 coats. After the color comes back use the STP which has silicone and UV protectant. For worse case scenario a heat gun will slightly melt the plastic and return the color but you have to take it slow.

Well that was fast... dang!

Anyone heading out this weekend?

me too!

134 1/8 or BIG whichever is closer!

Well that was quick! Cool rug!

I have not used them only because I couldn't find them when working up loads int he right weight. However, I have read nothing but good reports on most forums for long range hunting. I want to try them in our new 6.5 when I start working on some new loads.

You guys did great! I was out the same night (Friday) right after the storm blew through. We were across from Cholla and there were fish everywhere but it was so dang muddy we didn't get a lot of shooting. Even though the numbers were not huge for 3 hours we had 7 fish, not too impressive but I finally got my dad shooting and he hit 3 fish 2 really good ones. The first took off like it was shot out of a cannon and he was just holding on while it took line, great time! I would not hit those mud flats again just because visibility was so bad and that was with the big 400W HPS lights. It was so muddy I kept running the troller into ground and having to push pole my way out of a couple of areas that were still 20 ft from the shore line. Bass fishing report: The Bass were still hit and miss. We fished the trees for the first half of a day and couldn't get anything to bite bass, Crappies on minnows, nothing. We tried a few other areas and finally found fish in some transition areas between rocks and sand. Almost all the fish we found in numbers on the fishfinder were in 15-20 feet of water. We fished hard for a day and a half and caught 13 fish, 11 large mouth and 2 white bass. I caught virtually every fish on a small diving crankbait (think crappie crank) in a minnow pattern. My dad mixed it up on the spinners, crawdad & sexy shad crankbait. We fished texas rigged lizards, drop shot worms, spinners, cranks, jigs, minnows, and topwater, medium crankbaits seemed to be the best bet if i was picking one. My dad managed to lose about $100 in lures on this last trip. It went from completely annoying to painfully funny when he kept losing lures even in areas where there seemed to be not much cover. I told him his reels were not allowed in the boat again until they had new line. I lost a grand total of "0" lures.

Great job! Looks like a good side business.

Awesome! Thanks for the heads up on the color. I agree I think the next 3-4 weeks should be a lot of fun. I will let you know if we find the crappie and can get them to cooperate.

It really is that much better. It is sealed so the water and cleaning agent can't leak out. It is basically a rock polishing tumbler. Buy this one, find a 20% or 25% off coupon and it is a steal. Comparable ones are $150 http://www.harborfreight.com/dual-drum-rotary-rock-tumbler-67632.html The media isn't cheap but you only buy it once, this one comes with the detergent: http://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Steel-Tumbling-Media-Pins/dp/B00IER1VCM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1426191426&sr=8-3&keywords=stainless+steel+media For $75 or less you will never buy walnut or corn media again and have supremely clean brass inside and out. When you run out of cleaning agent buy Lemi-shine and the bottle should last you forever since you don't need much to clean the brass.

Great pics! thanks for sharing, love that snake one.

Heading up tomorrow to do some fishing and shooting. I will let you all know how it goes. I have read the crappie and bass are turning on so I am hoping I can do some shooting in the backs of the coves after working the cover for Bass. If I can find some crappie just another bonus! Dang now I am all excited and want to leave today!

I have various hash marks in all of my scopes and some are really useful but mostly for a gun that I don't plan on shooting over 500 yards, probably more like 400yards. I can shoot the hashmarks with good accuracy using iStrelok drop info. For very accurate long range shooting where you are dialing your turrets hashmarks are not really needed. I have a Leupold ERT with the Horus H37 reticle which is one intimidating reticle that should allow me to never turn a turret. Guess what? I dial the turrets and the rifle has yet to miss a critter. Not bragging, half of those shots were made by other hunters. If you have marks you need to practice with them as much as the turret. I have all mil reticles and I used to have a couple of rifles I knew pretty well using the marks. I have since forgotten most of what I knew since I don't practice that way anymore. If I were starting out I would go with MOA turrets the measurement is much more intuitive and if you have a spotter much simpler to dial their feedback. Sightron was mentioned, that will most likely be my next scope purchase followed by Zeiss. Both are great glass and tend to weigh less than the others.

I don't have that one either but 3 other Burris and they are made really well with decent glass. The only knock I ever had against Burris is they are dang heavy compared to their comp in most cases. Means they are built solid but probably not a great fit for a mountain rifle.

Awesome! Great report trying to get up there on Friday. How bad was the wind. I know Rosey can get pretty ugly in spring with the waves.

Good looking set-ups! Add a steel media tumbler and get rid of the vibratory cleaner. You can buy the tumbler at Harbor Freight with a coupon for a steal. Cleanest brass ever down to the primer pockets.

That is one of the coolest displays I have ever seen! A ton of work and better than anything on display at Bass Pro or Cabelas.

Never done it but I have seen it done along with some 1 gallon water bottles. Most I have done is stash a coupe of water bottles on the hike in because I knew I was coming back that way and didn't have to carry them.