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  1. Smith2260

    WTS Sierra bullets .30 cal 175gr. New box

    Forgot to mention. Will trade for: 7mm 168gr. Sierra matchking .30 190gr Sierra matchking
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    Tires for sale 35x12.5x20 toyo

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    Spandex Mafia

    Completely agree^^ But since you know the expected outcome, think twice before being offensive with your truck
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    Spandex Mafia

    I agree with not taking up a whole lane.
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    Spandex Mafia

    I used to think the same way, until I started training for triathlons a few years ago. If you think it is funny to get very close to cyclists then you are an idiot!! If there is an unexpected rock, stick or crack in the road, we have to swerve a few inches. Have you seen a friend or family hit by a car or even close to hit by a car? A car bumped my wife on her bike in front of me and it scared me to know there was nothing I could do. She was lucky to crash away from traffic instead of being ran over. I have seen others not so lucky. I do agree with the group riders taking up the whole lane. We ride on or near the white line because there are a lot of rocks and thorns that will give you a flat if you are near the curb or edge. Cycling is great cross training for hunting. I challenge any of you to a hunter that is in triathlon shape, you will not keep up with their cardio in the mountains with a pack on your backs. Yes I drive a diesel, no I'm not a hippie. Just trying to educate those that have not seen a human crushed by an idiot in a vehicle. If you have, you would not post the things you did.
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    Hunting with muzzle brake?

    Ear pro is a must with or without a break! The ringing after the shot was stupid 20 years ago. Now the ringing is permanent day and night. During shooting practice I use plugs and muffs. We just keep a pair of plugs on a string in our pocket and a pair in a small pouch clipped to a zipper on my pack so I always know where it is.
  7. My 14 year old son had a bull tag this year. We did a bunch of scouting but never turned up any huge bulls. We had found a few good bulls and kept the options open with the help of friends looking as well. While scouting I found a good dead head coues buck that goes 105. Also while scouting I made a bad decision to leave my rifle behind because of a long nasty ranger ride and a long hike, on that trip I glassed up two lions sleeping near each other. It killed me to watch them for three hours at 500 yards without a rifle. By the time his hunt came, one of the better bulls was killed and we lost another shooter that we could not turn up again. Opening morning had us with bulls bugling and he passed on a few really pretty bulls, a good bull that was broken and a bull with huge thirds at 40 yards, but I could not see his top end until he turned to leave. Turned out he was a shooter but never got on him again. A couple of those bulls were so close that they were almost drooling snot on us! My wife and my Dad were glassing from above us all morning and had seen a better bull go to bed. We left Dad on top and brought Momma with us that night. She stayed a little back when we called a couple times and she had a couple small bulls sneak in and almost stepped on her! Got close to the bigger bull but never got a good look at him. The second day had us up at 2am to cross a nasty canyon in the dark to get into some remote country. The nice thing was that we had eyes glassing this country for us and we worked through some bulls but no shooters. My boy and I kept moving a couple more miles midday while the rest of the crew glassing went to camp and waited for word by radio to see where we would need pick up well after dark or we had stuff to just stay where we were for the night. We got into some new bedding area and had a few bulls bugling early afternoon with two growlers that we needed to see. We let them make their move and we chose to sneak in on them since they were getting pissed at each other and growling consistently. We got right in between them and got set up. I told my son to wait for me to give the go ahead. Just then one of the bulls stepped into our lane at 15 yards bugling and drooling. I asked my son if he liked him and he said yes. He was not broken and I said kill him!! He shot, we cow called and we listened as the bull piled up about 50 yards away in the brush! As we walked up to him, I knew he was not the big bull we had came for, but my son was thrilled because he had just shot a bull bigger than his last one. I apologized for telling him to shoot and he was still smiling and holding the antlers. I called my buddy on the radio and told him we were deep into the area and we would be awhile. I mentioned that I told him to shoot the wrong bull and he said "it's not about the size of the bull it's about being with your boy", that would mean a lot in the coming weeks. We decided to cut him up, hang it and come back at sun up with the horse. So while I am on the radio, I look over and see my son with the bugle and crawling away from me. Then he bugles and begins to call in the first of 3 or 4 different bulls over the next hour or so. It was awesome to just sit back and watch him go to work with just the bugle, changing his tone and pitch and direction. Then cow called with his bare mouth and broke some branches next to him, that was when I realized my days as my sons guide are nearing an end, soon he will be my guide After all that and lots of pictures, the two of us broke his bull down and hung it in a cedar tree nearby. Then we made the long hike out with his antlers to where my buddy and my Dad were waiting with the ranger and a warm fire. We slept a couple hours and then my good friend met us back up on the hill with his horse. The horse took the quarters and my son, wife and I took the rest. We made it back to camp, got the meat on ice and enjoyed the rest of the last day in camp. That comment from my buddy would mean a lot because five days after my son killed his bull, I was scouting for another hunt when I was in an accident that broke my legs and quickly ended our hunting season. So take every day in the woods as a blessing from above because you never know when it will end. Next season will be here soon enough and it will be my daughters turn with me by her side, headed deep into some wilderness in this great state!!! Sorry for the long story but i got excited re-living the hunt Dead head Two lions bedded together My boys 330" bull!! His new bull on the left, his first bull on the right.
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    My son's second bull (and a dead head)

    I forgot to mention how proud I was of him to chose his own type of mount and do almost all of the wood work, boiling, cleaning of the skull and even mounting it to the wall! He also had a huge hand into the reloads that killed his bull! He did an awesome job!
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    Rifle for 10 Year Old

    Depends on the size of your 10 year old. When my son was 10, he was very tall and long armed, he was already shooting my 7 mag with a break very well. Killed a deer and elk with it. When my daughter was 10, she is petite, so a youth 243 and youth 7mm-08 were perfect for her first pig and elk when she was 10.
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    Camper trailer water lines freezing?

    On late bull and December hunts, we insulate any pipes under the trailer. If it will be teens or lower, we do a simple wind stop with a tarp around the bottom of the trailer where the pipes are and if it is really cold you can run the generator for awhile during the day and plug in Christmas lights under the trailer to slow thaw any slushy water lines.
  11. Looking to buy a roll cage for a 2006 Polaris Ranger 700xp. Also please let me know if you know of anyone parting out a ranger or if you have old parts laying around that you want to sell. Need both front lower A arms, headlight wiring harness, steering linkage and some other stuff. Thank you. Call or text Bobby 480-220-six501
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    21 Jr Hunt

    My 12 year old daughter has a tag. Her first deer tag!
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    Free 14' trampoline

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    WTB 31x10.50r15 tires

    Looking to buy used tires for my truck with some life left in them. Or new tires that you want to sell. Let me know what you have. 31x10.50r15. Thank you. 480-220-65zero1
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    Where? When? WTF?

    If this is in 5a. The trees all go in different directions and track for a mile or two. Around 2011. Near happy jack. Dozens of healthy mature pondos snapped at about the 20' mark. Kinda crazy.
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    Where? When? WTF?

    Tornado in 5a a few years ago
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    An app for that?

    Offline topo maps Does not need service if you just look at (upload) the area you are headed to when you do have service. I use it in airplane mode all the time.
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    WTB 300WSM brass

    Thanks. I will look for it
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    WTB 300WSM brass

    Looking to buy some 300WSM brass. Let me know what you have. I am in the Queen Creek area. Thank you.
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    WTB 300WSM brass

    Sorry. 7 mag Winchester nickel brass for sale/trade.
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    WTB 300WSM brass

    I also have about 250 pieces of once fired Winchester nickel brass if anyone is interested in a trade or to buy
  22. Cyafoya... I was having an issue with my 300wsm brass chambering also. My brass was just a touch long, 2.095-2.100. I trimmed all my brass to 2.090 per the Lyman book, and it all chambers perfectly now.
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    Tell me about Girl hunters

    My wife and daughter both hunt. Both of them started with a cow elk. My wife when we were 17 and my daughter when she was 11. We hunt a lot as a family or with other families. My wife has been on many hunts over the last 20 years as the only woman in camp. She has also packed out more elk meat than some grown men ever will!!! Oh ya, and both of them shoot better than me
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