Red Rabbit

Christian, I am hoping to get 3300fps with a 130 Accubond. Will try some slow powders like H1000 and Ramshot Magnum and work up 0.5gr at a time through the chronograph. The case is a 300 WSM necked down to 6.5 mm. Should be similar in performance to a 264 Win Mag. The rifle came out a little heavier than I hoped, but as they say, life's too short to hunt with an ugly gun. Doug~RR

This was the last weekend of quail season, so Rica and I ventuerd down south to find some last chance mearns. Picked up this shed in the middle of a fallen oak tree while hunting up a grassy draw. Perhaps a sqirrel had dragged it up in the limbs to chew on. The critters have done some chewing, especially on the G-3. This shed could tell some stories, as closer look reveals a bullet hole through the brow tine. Doug~RR

Kevin, It's the factory stock. Saw the rifle at Ruffs here in Flag and it followed me home because of the stock. RR

Glad to hear that the coyotes are now in serious trouble. RR

Jim, your pic reminds me of a song- Foggy Moosetain Breakdown. Yep, pickin just one photo is tough. RR

Scott, The only hunts that were drawn for choices 3, 4 or 5 would be those that showed 100% draw odds for 1st choice applicants. Yeppers, you're chained to your choices. THere were some rifle and cow hunts that made it to the second round. Doug~RR

Ronaldo, With max points this year, 18, you have a very good chance to draw an antelope tag. For unit 10 rifle (maybe the hardest to draw), 20 people with max points applied last year and 10 were drawn in the 20% set aside. If you figure that leaves 10 to apply this year, most should be drawn, if people with max don't switch to unit 10. If you only have 17 points applying for unit 10, join the pool of 94 hunters in that group last year (only 2 were drawn from that BP group last year). RR

Congrats to you guys and nice talking with you. Success seems to be crossing your paths often. Keep it up. Doug~RR

I would not know about the warranty. I have only looked through the pair that Scott Adams has. Doug~RR

Longshooter, Do you mean these Docter Aspectums? http://www.arizonagunrunners.com/cgi-bin/c....dat|Binoculars http://www.gunsamerica.com/9290/9290-random-1.htm http://www.eurooptic.com/products/catalog....=Doctor%20Optic

Docters are listed here (I have no +/- info about CDNN): http://www.cdnninvestments.com/dobi.html Bear Basin shows the 15x60's http://www.bearbasin.com/binocs.htm#doc_Binocs

Docter Optics is officed in Mesa. Could call them. I don't know if they deal with the binos. http://www.docteroptics.com/company_locations_en.html Or call Doug at Camera Land. He might know. RR

Coues7, Is this the barrel off of your Remington SPS that shot moa? Are you going to rebarrel to 300RUM and bed it in that HS Stock you mentioned on the long range forum? Good price on the barrel with brake. Doug~RR

Here's a link to pics of a nice buck taken last year. http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/s.../page/0#1233868

Looks like a good time was had by all, based on the smiles . I smell burritos and tamales for dinner. RR

CB&L, Nice buck. Hope you can keep track of him and he doesn't travel too far after the rut. Tough to tell about score . I'm guessing 97. Little weak in the thirds. Hope you find his sheds and get drawn next year and can ground check him after deflating his lungs with that new Montana. Doug~RR

Antlerfinder, Congrats on a great stalk! I'm sure you said a few prayers while you were crawling on your hands and knees. Looks like they were answered. And Welcome to CWT.com Doug~RR

Today, Jan 31, is the last day to shoot your buck for the contest. Feb 15 is the last day to send your pic and gross score to me, if you had entered and were successful. If you do not see your buck's picture posted above in this thread, please send it to me. dkoepsel (at) aol.com Doug~RR

Just a heads up. Caught the schedule that a coues hunt will be aired tonight, Sun 1/28, at 6:30pm on Bushnell's Outdoors on the Outdoor Channel.

another, http://www.reloadersnest.com/frontpage.asp?CaliberID=61

180 Accubond, 69.0 H4350, Fed215M works well in mine. http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp http://www.accuratereloading.com/300winmag.html http://www.chuckhawks.com/index2k_reloading.htm http://home.earthlink.net/~dannewberry/dan...ment/index.html

Sights? Quiver? RH/LH? Pics?

The first leg of the ABA Triple Crown is this weekend at Usery Mountain. Should have some fliers there about shoots. http://www.arizonabowhunters.org/ Sunday shoots at Ben Avery should have info/fliers. Have you called Archery Headquarters?

In Scouts, I lead the "fast" group on a rim-to-rim-to-rim hike. I was given the name of Red Rabbit by the assistant scoutmaster afterwards. I have since slowed my pace and the red hair is more silver. Doug`RR

Deadeye Derek- Is this going to be on your next DVD? Congrats to the hunter on that awesome monster. Doug~RR