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    On 9/3/2023 at 2:22 PM, 10Turkeys said:

    Top left the yellow thing is a loading block to hold empties, can't tell by the pic what size it's for, they are made for just about every size of pistol, rifle, and shotgun case. Orange thing is a Lyman case trimmer for pistol or rifle cases. Green thing is part of a powder meter. Shotgun primers which are kinda hard to find. A box of dies, can't tell what they are for. Green thing above the dies is a powder trickle, to top off powder charges that you are weighing. The big green thing is a reloading press. A RCBS Rock Chuck to be specific. The second pic is a hand held priming tool. Everything looks to be quite vintage and IMHO the primers would get you the most cash if your looking to sell. The is a fuel funnel also to fill up gas lantern's or stoves.

    Believe the press is a Jr.

     

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    4 hours ago, Eli said:

    Part of the push behind it was to give adults from out of state a chance to get the bonus point without filling up all the classes and in state kids not being able to get in. 

    Oh bullcrap.  There has always been room for NRs to attend hunter safety, right there with the kids.  Where does AZGFD come up with this stuff.

    AZGFD used to be my favorite agency.  Far from it these days.

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    15 hours ago, CatfishKev said:

    So the grand opening day deals will continue til the 18th 

    Today and yesterday were a great success! Thanks to all who stopped by. Saw @forepaw today, thanks Steve

    @Lucafu1 yes he has 308 AR's in different breeds.  Pretty good looking ones at that.  

    Thanks for the support. 

     

     

    Certainly wish them well with the new venture.  I like that they have the merchandise arranged like old timey gun stores, where you can just pick what ammo you need off the shelf at eye level, and also long guns in a rack that you can pick up and look at.  I expect as time goes on they will get it fine-tuned.  Good seeing you and fam.

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    10 hours ago, ruthunter said:

    They only allow you to scout 2 days before your hunt. I had the Jan B tag this year. Spent 9 days there looking for a giant. Passed up roughly 10 bucks a day. There is a bad big 2pt genetic there and lots of small bucks are plentiful. Saw (1) buck around the 120” mark but he was so far out that we couldn’t get to him in time. I think this year will be a better horn growth year as last year they were droughted out a bit.

    Good info.  Did you car camp or backpack?  Were the 10 bucks/day shot opportunities or just observed?  Sounds like not enough hunt pressure on the smaller bucks, well duh, not for that amount of $$!.

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    Kev I hope your friend is successful with his new shop.  Always good to have a choice in where to buy shooting stuff.  However, Sierra Vista could do a better job of supporting the existing stores if we had a decent place to shoot.  There are thousands of gun owners in this town, and they seem to buy stuff.  But then they go out to Dry Canyon or the pit, and risk getting in an argument or having some idiot shooting over their head.  Guys have told me they won't go out there by themselves.   This is a result of the public shooting range being horribly mismanaged, and mostly a basket case for years.  Game and Fish knows about it, but won't do anything.  So basically, unless locals want to register their guns on the Army base (I do not), we have nowhere to shoot. 

    If the new gun store owner is serious about staying in business, maybe he or she can launch an effort to recall and replace the current officers and board of directors of the S.V. shooting range.   I can pretty much guarantee there will be a lot of support.

     

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    2 hours ago, wildwoody said:

    Yes I do know that, but still not stopping them from adding the $5 and specifically alot it to the projects. But they wouldn't do that. I get it both ways. I could also say if they tightened there belt a little they could save much more the that, but we couldn't do that either. Good place to open a DNR that could care a little more about the animals instead of hunter opportunities. Just me means nuttin.

    Don't forget about the hunter survey from 15 - 20 yrs. ago that was intended to determine management direction of the department for at least the next generation of hunters.  I don't recall the name of the survey, but it was a big deal at the time and considered to be a watershed decision point with respect to what did the hunting community want - a wildlife resource managed for trophy potential (older age class animals, less opportunity), or more opportunity overall?  The vote from all of us hunters was pretty decisively in favor of more opportunity.  Of course this was before anyone could anticipate the trail cam issue, OHV issue, or Arizona's exploding population. 

    Anyway, some of the others on the forum can weigh in a provide more detail but that is my recollection.

     

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