Hoss50

A few more pics including the first porcupine I have ever seen in AZ. I was a big fat old dude. He is running away and you can see his butt in the 2nd picture.

I am totally interested for sure, but I am a B level shooter at best. I will have only had a gun capable of even some of those ranges for about a month prior to the shoot.

I have a set of Viper hd's if you need them.

Duuuude. This is a great rifle and priced right. It will make someone very happy. My dad had 1 and it was SWEET. It hit what you pointed at, not matter the distance it seemed like. Somebody needs to jump on this.

If it is in Tucson does anybody really care where it is? Tucson is a place you don't go unless you are driving through to get to GMU's in the 30's right?

It sucks moving the late cow hunts back to just before Christmas too. It is hard to take the hunt off, and then want to take extra time off at the holidays which are only a week or so later.

I honestly believe most of the Yeti thing is hype and marketing. Many of the coolers that cost less are just as good or better at keeping ice, and a cheaper.

I have a Grizzly and like it a lot.

I am newer to the nice trigger thing. I only own a couple decent timney triggers, and I have left them at the factory setting of about 3 lbs. If I had more experience with nice triggers, maybe I go lighter. Those are hunting rifles. If I had a target only rifle I would probably work down to something much lighter.

They are great shooters. My dad had 1 in 22-250 and it shot very well. 25-06 is a great round.

I would love to participate in this when it comes up. I want watch and learn mostly and drop some rounds aND see what is what. I like the golf idea. I can make a targets if necessary, I have a piece of 1/4" AR 500 plate sitting in my side yard. Harley

I had the same debate recently. I went Viper HD. I used them this year during elk season and really liked them alot. I normally carry 8x42 in a harness and the 15x were for the pack. This year a buddy needed glass so I lent him the 8s and carried the 15x. They were great as long as you didn't do a ton of free hand glassing. Free hand with a tree or a knee to get a rest on and they were nice. I am new to the glassing arena so don't put alot of stock in my opinion. Go to sportsman's and compare them. The vipers felt better to me.

I carried a Savage heavy barrel 300 mag this elk season that I had a big fat muzzle brake to. This is the first time carrying this rifle in the field. The rifle is top heavy and always wants to invert and go muzzle down on the sling. It was pretty frustrating. How do you carry your rifle and or what sling are you using to combat this? I ended carrying it muzzle down sometimes because it was making me mad. I didn't like it though as I am afraid of jamming the muzzle in the dirt/snow. Harley

My first Turret style scope is in the mail. I am taking notes...I don't want to make more mistakes than I need to.

I had speedygoss on here put 5 port slabbed muscle brake on my 300 win mag. Made it shoot like my 243. A smaller version might work well on this build. The badgers look sweet too. We had a APA micro bastard installed on my buddies 3006 at the same time mine was done and it made a heck of a difference on his light 3006's recoil.

Check out the Toyo RT. It is kind of between an AT and an MT. Alot of diesel guys and jeep guys are starting to run them. They are more aggressive than an AT but not as aggressive as an MT. If you are not running 15-20k miles a year on your truck though the Toyo MT might still be a good option. Harley

Go to Discount and have them order you the Nitto or Toyo's. Those are the only 2 mud tires I would run on the street and expect to do well. If you are looking for straight up nasty mud tires and toughness at the expense of street miles and ride - Interco Swamper TSL SX's. That is what I will put on my K5 Blazer when I get it back up and running. It will only be a wheeling/hunting rig basically though that will get trailered most places.

Nitto Trail Grappler or Toyo MT's. Those are the 2 tires to get IMO.

There is a butcher in springerville but I dont know if they process game. Show low has to have something I would think. Harley

I am glad I am not alone... I spent 7 days in 7e and I didn't see a single live elk until day 6. It was 381 yards away and it's vitals were covered by a tree. Tag soup sucks especially when I know freaking road hunters were killing elk. I am no master hunter but I hiked at least 40 miles.

I want that 6.5 but can't justify it...

I wish my dad's back wasn't so messed up that he could still hunt with me. Congrats, and cherish the moments while you can. Good on the other hunters for helping out, and it sounds like karma paid them back quickly. Harley

They are terrible in Colorado as well. I lived up.there for a few years and driving county roads sucked because of the idiots.

I second that. 2 buddies of mine have them and they are nice and shoot well.

I want to start working on a 30 caliber longer range elk/deer rifle. I have 2 options to start from. Weatherby Vanguard in 300 weatherby mag. Or Savage tactical 110FP in 300 win. Mag. Both need a scope and a muzzle brake right off the bat. The savage probably has better accuracy potential but is much heavier. I can load for both rounds. I think the scope I am leaning towards is the Vortex Viper HSLR FFP 4x16x50. Thoughts? Insight? Budget is a concern. I don't have $3k to spend making something super sweet just yet. Thanks Harley