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I had the same experience and same service done. They did my 10x42's and the 15's. They have also sent me a brand new post for the tripod mount after mine fell out for free. Very service oriented people and a pleasure to talk to, seems like they actually like their job and helping out their customers.

It took 3 trips... I am not sure how much it weighed they are so much more dense than a deer I could not really judge. By the end of the second trip I can assure you it was probably the largest bear in North America! I can still squat and dead lift a respectable amount of weight but I wasn't about to pick that thing up like a Coues. If I had to guess I would say over 200 but probably less than 250. Sorry I can't give a better guess the way they are built is just so different than anything else. Heck the joint in their foot is as big as a Coues hip socket, and they actually have a lot of fat and muscle in places deer have skin and bones. By the way I am sure many of you know these things but they were newly discovered by me. Sure I have read about it but taking that thing apart was not a 30 minute endeavor like a small deer. I think I used about 10 havalon blades, broke 3 trying to get into the neck since their vertebrae are so tightly put together.

Thanks!

Yep, there were a ton of people looked like a jeep club and an ATV club.

Nice scope! Is this one of the LR/T models, SFP reticle?

Sound Gear! Extremely small and made just like a hearing aide by the best hearing aide company in the industry. Of course they are also very expensive. I also carry the cheap foam ones as back up or for others that may be with me. Jacking up your hearing is a bad idea. I have already fired off to many shots with a muzzle break and don't need to do it anymore.

Someone needs to buy this! I have one and they are really great sites. Best of a single pin and multi pin combined.

Well I am heading out to 23 today to head up around the old road and Cherry Creek area. If you see a silver Sequoia or an Outback trailer, that will be me.

Sounds like a great evening, I wish I would have been in town. Work gets in the way of my fun an awful lot.

I get people feel it was cruel. Another reason to hate the french. But everyone has to admit it was pretty dang funny when the roadrunner did it to the coyote!

The legs are adjustable so it folds down about the size of your tripod and fits in your pack. It is strong as a tank as well. Looks like but is not just a regular little stool.

Great little tripod. Walkstool! Awesome product that I thought was a ripoff but is worth it's weight in gold. Good suggestion!

I agree I would use the same starting load info on any vld type bullet you have. I shoot the 168 gr .284 LRAB's and just used my load info from the burgers I was shooting. The Noslers are awesome bullets I killed my deer in Mexico last year one shot and dropped at just over 300yds.

yep that's a good one!

And yes we glass side by side with 12's and 15's. They are both great so you cant go wrong and i loved using my 15's for years, even convinced 2 friends to buy them. I went to 12's last year and after 4 hunts i really like the extra FOV.

Exactly what I did after having the 10's & 15's combo for years. 12's

Good info, glad you are okay. Is the staff from it not being cleaned properly or part of some issue with e a recluse bite? I ask because it would be good to know what the most important aspect of caring for the bite is to avoid what you went through.

Call Jim at SW Wildlife, he is a sponsor on here and does a ton of different animals from all over the world. I personally would ask the guys you call if they have done one before and have a really good idea or picture of what you are trying to get done. I don't think there is anything to special about a wolf vs a coyote (way bigger ) but If they have done one before that would be a big plus. Awesome trophy BTW!

LOL!! good one! And I am with Bob....who wants to call our beautiful deer "cows"! I stick with coos because it nicer than cows and people look at you goofy if you pronounce it otherwise. Nailed it! Plus on almost every hunt we get to go through the whole story at camp and call them "cows" for the next half hour. Then we go right back to calling them "coos" for the rest of the hunt. I am thinking of going with "Cola Blanca" because the spanish version sounds far more majestic. That and it will allow me one more conversation piece to confuse or irritate the know-it-alls at Sportsmens, Bass Pro, and Cabela's. (relax I know they have some good peeps, my buddy works at one of them)

I think I have to agree with this one, Zeiss or Sightron as was mentioned. I have the Vortex PST on one rifle and really have no complaints. However it is not quite the same as nightforce or MK IV on the other rifles. I was actually going to use Sightron instead of Vortex but they had a wait to get them mailed out. Weaver, IOR, both have some nice models as well, only issue is they are on the heavy side.

I would pay for a badger hunt! It sounds cool, probably not as cool as it sounds... Nice badger, good trophy and would make a really cool mount! I found a freshly dug burrow from one a few months back but never did go back and put a cam on it.

Anyone heading to 23?

Exactly what I did after having the 10's & 15's combo for years.

I drew desert with 4 or 5 points, can't remember. No follow-up yet on the Rocky and up to 10. Still probably the greatest hunt of my life! And by great I mean it SUCKED and was awesome all at the same time.

I got 16 for goats and no tag again.