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180 gr. Nosler Part. bullets sold. Prices on remaining items include shipping TYD.

Screaming deal right there. My Lapua is on firing x20.

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Hey Zack, Great hunt and write-up. Lifetime trophy right there. With respect to your misfires, I suspect low O2 may not have been the issue. If you could breathe, there was enough O2 to light the fire. I suspect the problem was atmospheric pressure, reducing the concentration of spark at the point where the powder had to catch. Just a guess. Maybe quiz the guys on Monstermuleys.com or Bowsite.com, especially the CO hunters? Thanks for posting.

Funny I know, but hunted with a couple of guys who used them, and they were spotting game like no tomorrow. Young eyes make all the difference.

Ok but what about eye relief? Std. 15x56 are only 14 mm, which means I can't use them with glasses. Without glasses, I still get a pretty decent image, but correction is diopters only, not astigmatism. Does eye relief on the HD 15x56 seem better? I have heard the 10x42 SLC are somewhat underrated.

Checkering tools sold. 150 gr. Nosler Part. bullets sold. 100 pcs. .308 brass sold.

The Vortex Kaibab HD 15x56s are known to be very good. Just curious how these would rate in comparison to the glass mentioned above?

.270 brass is sold. Primos grunt tube is sold.

Is that a 110E Series H?

https://www.couesridge.com/services Euro elk $250. No experience with this vendor, but they seem pretty responsive.

Pre-season bump.

Well could be, and it is something to chuckle about. On a more serious note, I recall from something I read, or some conversation I had with a WM or biologist somewhere, that in reality, the animals you want to cull are the spikes. A deer with quality genetics, will be a fork by the first hard-antlered season (about age 1 1/2 yrs.), and has potential to be a nice heavy buck upon reaching maturity. The spikes will be a below average buck throughout their life. So we should all thank the guys who are removing the genetically inferior deer! They get to hunt and be in the outdoors, and have some tender meat in the freezer. And someday, some of us might get to see some wallhangers in that unit. Win - win.

Hard to see rattlers when pushing through the weeds and grass. Not to mention finding a spot to sit down and glass. No thanks.

Maybe I am missing something, but with all the talk of " . . . getting you into the depths of where you want to hunt . . ." where do you guys carry your camp? Do you have a support vehicle with bedrolls, water jugs, table, chairs, cots, stove, lanterns, ice chests, food, clothing, tarps, poles, dishes, portable radio, etc.? Do you go to motels? Come home every night? Have the RV pre-positioned? Curious when I seen the trailers and pickups headed to the high country with no gear in sight - only the OHV.

http://www.corsonsbarrels.com/corsonsbarrels.com/rem870barrels.htm Highly recommend Corson's Barrels in Kingman.

When I need to carry a PLB, it is the ACR SARLink. No subscription or fees needed, and no messing around chit-chatting via text. If you activate it, you WILL have SAR arriving courtesy of NOAA sat. monitoring and probably USAF para-rescue, depending on location. You would have to be pretty careless to activate it by accident, but if you did, you would need to call someone right away to hopefully get it cancelled before the crews got airborne. I have on one occasion carried a sat. phone (rental) where there was truly no cell service, but in most places I have found that I could hike up somewhere and at least send a text. NOAA notifies you when a battery replacement is needed (about every 5 yrs.) and will also prompt you to update with current information every 2 yrs. That's about it. It is a serious rescue beacon. Pre-owned ones are probably a good deal, since it is easy to re-register as the new user.

Very cool. Any rattler ID guys out there?

That is a very cool find! Looks like an original. Probably sent the carbon copy, or else forgot to send it at all. He would have been 58 yrs. old, in his writing prime, though maybe not his most energetic hunting years. Not a big deal, as by then, he was well enough established that Outdoor Life was paying for him to go to Iran, Africa, India, the Yukon, the NWT, you name it, all first class and amenities. I have been to the JOC Hunting Heritage and Education Center in Lewiston, and walked by his house (several times). Lots of character and history there. The info and advice in his books is still useful these many years later. He was gifted as a writer, but he also worked at it. I see you are in Chandler, but the Special Collections room at the UA library has originals of many of his books. That's where I read "Boomtown" and "Conquest" - both extremely rare and valuable books. Thanks for posting!

These are reprints, not sure of each copyright. My personal copy is from Amwell Press, 1977, third printing, 1985.

Rifle scabbard is sold (thanks Steve!) Reasonable offers welcome on other items. Also have "The Shotgun Book" by Jack O'Connor. Good condition, w/ dust jacket. $35. These O'Connor classics are entertaining to read, and full of common-sense advice based on shooting experience that is mostly not available anymore (but still useful). They are nice to have on the bookshelf next to the shoulder mounts.

I will take the sleeping bags. PM sent.

Anyone get quotes from Cochise Motorsports or Sierra Cycles in Sierra Vista?

Still available?

Rec'd. my tag Mar. 28.