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That video explains it pretty well. It is really good.

I bought a work sharp and really like it. It is a great way to get a knife sharp quick. If I have time, and on certain knives I still use stones, but for kitchen knives and normal pocket knives the work sharp will get them squared up pretty quick. My mother in law got one last year after I did her kitchen knives with mine. She was pretty impressed by it. We don't have super nice kitchen knives though. Just decent knives, so I don't mind putting them on the work sharp. If I had some high end stuff, I might look into something more refined.

Deep fried is awesome...

If you don't get one used do as mentioned and get the one with the big side windows. That is the only regret I have about my Kodiak 10x14. I have the model with the air vents, but not the big windows.

After seeing how bad it seems like a lot of the late hunts went this year, I am seriously going to have think about what my plan is going to be for the future. I don't have a lot of points, but I know if I want to start banking them for a better hunt and start putting in for earlier hunts.

If I had a 9mm carbine or other pistol carbine I would probably take it for sure. I am going to use my CZ527 in 7.62x39 for my rifle hunt. It is the smallest lightest thing I have, and isn't overly powerful.

I have had too heavy of bullet do a pass through shot before. I used a 275gr semi-Spitzer out of a 338 win mag pass right through a cow elk. The shot was at 40 yards. It was a .338 caliber entrance wound and not much if any bigger exit. I was young and learned that lesson fully that day. The elk was not lost thankfully, my dad had already hit her with a couple shots, but she was tough and didn't want to go down. I don't use heavy bullets like that anymore on cow elk. They are big, but not that big. The last cow elk I had went down from 115gr Berger HVLDs. I gave her 2 shots, but found out afterwards that the first shot would have been just fine. You don't need big bullets, just the right bullets ahead good shots.

I am probably taking my 38 super for the handgun hunt this year. It is just a tad more oomph than a 9mm. I might take the 9mm with +p+ ammo if I don't take the 38 super. The 9mm +p+ stuff is about the same speed as 38 super factory ammo. I would take a 9mm carbine for sure. A buddy of mine took his years ago with a 22 mag rifle. Harley

Use the Simpson titan bolts as mentioned. 3" bolts will be plenty of grab. If you hit a able you will probably know it. I have hit rebar many times, and you always know when you hit it.

I have run into them multiple times in 7E in December on the cow hunts. They are at the lower elevations of the unit when I see them, but it is still cold and they are still there. One herd had a chubby little dude bringing up the tail end of the herd when we ran them off.

I would look at the Toyo RT or Nitto Ridge Grappler personally if you want something more aggressive than an AT, but not a full blow MT. I had the Toyo AT's on my Ram 2500 Diesel last and wasn't impressed. They weren't bad, but not great either. The BFG's AT's I have now will get the same amount of life, and have way better wet/snow traction than the Toyo's did.

AZGFD's website says they still have a lot of leftover javelin tags. Go get some, you can have 2 as long as they are for different hunt numbers. I bought a HAM tag & general rifle tag for the same area. That way I can scout for the general rifle tag, and hunt at the same time during the HAM tag.

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Super awesome rifle here. I love 257 weatherby.

I had 3 buddies who tag souped that hunt too. My son's teacher and her family had 4 tags up there too, and only filled one. They got a unicorn spike bull over toward the 180 side of the peaks it sounded like. He only had 1 funny shaped horn.

Sportsman's avondale had all nosler reloading components on sale for 30% off. I imagine the rest probably have the same sale.

Last year in 7E we were worried about the cold weather freezing the water tanks on the trailer so we made a skirt out of duct wrap insulation that I bought at work. It worked really well. It helped keep the wind out from under the trailer and the heat of the day and the heat from the trailer kept everything from freezing.

check sportsmans. They have nosler reloading components on sale 30% off, and I believe they had 28 nosler in stock at Avondale when I was there yesterday.

My buddies in 7e had the same problem. They saw 1 cow elk in 4 days. No bulls. They saw 1 swinging in a camp and everyone else had seen nothing also. Sounds like a super tough year.

Wow. Stay strong and best wishes to you, your daughter, and your family.

I have 3 buddies up there now who haven't seen anything either.

It is going to be a little while before I get notes, but when I do I will check in with you.

Can you buy a leftover tag over the counter for another person if you have there license? I want to head to azgfd to get a javalina tag for myself and my buddy.

I am planning on running my .38 Super on this trip. Maybe next season I will have a 10mm to run. I kind of owe it to my 38 super to bag one with it before I move on to a 10mm though. I have been in a couple super sketch encounters on deer hunts with javalina, and I almost had to use that 38 super in defense. Now I need to actually figure this out, and use it on offense.

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