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MORE D I have a 2005 Thor Tahoe 36WTB

I have a 40' with 12' garage I put a ranger crew in. I do have to remove the bed of the ranger to get the door closed without the front or rear rubbing. it has twin queen bunks in the garage. all you have to do, if you buy one that raises with an electric motor, is raise the limit switch higher so as to allow the beds to go up closer to the roof. I have buddy's that have ones with single queen in back that swing on a cam system in place & they just raised their brackets to gain the clearance they need. that being said...not all of them were able to move the brackets on the manual swing models. hope this helps.

done deal!

I had plans to do that this year to finish my royal slam but drew a AZ Rio tag & had to change my plans. are you using an outfitter in Florida? if so let me know how your hunt goes. I could use some info for next year. good luck!

GO HUSKIES! congrats

depending on the outcome of the AZ draw for elk & antelope...im thinking of applying for a non-resident archery whitetail tag in Iowa. im sitting on 3 preference points for archery deer so I should have a great chance of drawing a tag. does anyone have any outfitters they would recommend....or any to stay away from? thanks for all your help!

Tunachaser here are some pic's. although not very good ones.

Marc has done numerous mounts for me. life size & pedestals. all quality work! and heck yes...leave the tag!

This all started one afternoon after I returned home from my first successful archery elk hunt. While taking pictures of my harvest, I asked my oldest daughter if she wanted to take a picture with dad and his elk? When we were finished with pictures and I was allowing her some time satisfying her curiosity with this animal that daddy had brought home from the woods, she looked at me and said... "daddy...someday I want to go elk hunting too!" I told her that when she was old enough I would take her elk hunting. Little did I know how long this promise would take. With her not wanting to cow hunt because as she would say..."daddy I don't want to shoot a girl...I want to shoot a boy!" This put me in a position to fight the odds of getting her a bull tag. As time went on and as she got older, the bonus points started to add up. Once she was in high school and playing high school basketball, she told me..."daddy...I don't want to go hunting right now, I want to enjoy high school activities and play basketball." So I just started buying bonus points. After high school graduation came college. Once again she told me she wanted to concentrate on academics instead of going hunting. Again I just purchased bonus points. I told her when she graduated from college, daddy would get her a quality elk tag as one of her graduation presents. little did I know how long this would take! In the fall of 2014 and 18 bonus points later she finally drew her early trophy bull tag! Finally the hunt was upon us. We arrived in camp the day before the hunt and got some evening scouting in with Lee, Shane and Richard, with multiple bulls being located. Just before we encountered our first of many rain storms. Back to camp to make plans for opening morning. Up and at it early and drove to our starting point. As we sat in the truck with the windows cracked we could hear bugling in the distance. Just before light we started out to head off the bulls and try to get a look at them and judge their quality. None met our standards for opening morning. That afternoon we glassed some ridges that held many bugling bulls. We made a plan to take off on the long trek and climb these ridges and peek into each drainage that held bugling bulls. As we were doing this we could see a fast approaching thunder storm with lots of lightning. Well, we got caught in this storm and the rain pelted us with lightning striking at our feet and thunder roaring as if we were looking down the throat of one of those bugling bulls! By the time we made it back to the truck all my daughter could say to Lee and I was "that was fun!" Second morning much of the same. Nothing worthy of her tag. Again more rain! That afternoon after she got to see her first bear in the wild, we could hear what seemed like a decent bull bugling in the distance. We worked the forest diligently with binos until we found him bedded. After Lee calculated the bulls score on his phone...we decided to pass on him. Again more rain as the sun set. The third morning, up and at it again. We had to sit in the truck and wait for the fog to start lifting. As the visibility got better we dropped down into a drainage and out of the wind so we could listen for bugles. Once we figured out their direction of travel we went back to the truck drove to a point where we could head them off. Again out of the truck and the race was on. Over one hill, down another. Which was repeated numerous times and finally in position to choose between the two biggest bugling bulls. Lee took the lead and got my daughter into position to harvest her first bull! I have to tell you, when the bull was down and I knew my daughter had finally got her graduation present, we hugged & I lost it! I couldn't hold back my emotions and couldn't believe my little girl, who had waited so long for her chance, finally got to experience the thrill of victory and the excitement of harvesting one of the animals that I live to chase! So here you go sweetheart...HAPPY GRADUATION! I love you...dad. I would like to thank all that helped to make this present possible. Lee, Richard, Shane, Jay, Chad, Logan and especially my wife Sheila for cooking for this whole mess. Keep your powder dry! Russ

I have an aluminum softball bat that my girls used. your welcome to it if you like.

here are a couple I can part with Leupold Vari-XII Gold Ring 3x9x40mm gloss rifle scope Duplex Reticle $125 Bushnell Trophy 3x9x40mm gloss rifle scope Duplex Reticle $85

Mark Plunkett out of Camp Verde mounted this for me. also you can try Bret Prentice of Game Trail

Sven is by far the best for birds in this state! he keeps live turkeys at his house, along with other live birds, just to study. do your self a favor and go by to visit. awesome guy! he mounted my Goulds on the left and Hazel Creek did my eastern on the right. you wont be sorry if you use him.

ive had a lifetime combo license for 17 yrs. I have never moved sense I got it from my wife & kids for Christmas. what I can tell you, & I don't know why it is this way, the online system dosent remember my lifetime license number. I have to enter it every year on every draw. on my license there is no address listed. I think you will be fine editing your address if you move.

poundage...draw length.. xtras...etc?

VLD hunting?

I bought one today at Big 5 in Chandler on Arizona ave. & Ocotillo. just south of Hamilton high. open till 8 pm

Check out All American Outfitter, www.aaoutfitter.com I used them a few years back to take my Rio turkey. Great people & great food! Be sure to have them cook you some Sandhill crane. Awsome !!

if you have leather auto seats I would try Auto Spa Customs in Mesa. they replaced the center console leather & 1 panel of rear seat leather, in my truck, with new leather that match factory color & grain perfectly! not sure if they do cloth. good luck! 60 w. baseline rd. suite 7 mesa, az 85210 480-632-7450 autospacustoms.com

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I started out with the Barnes TTSX 165 grn bullet. had no luck grouping with any combo of powders etc.. Switched to 185 grn Bergers & rifle groups excellent! shooting just under 3400 fps. good luck!!

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first let me apologize for the fuzzy pics. windy this day & I couldn't keep tripod steady. thought I would share anyway. while scouting for elk last weekend I saw this albino cow elk & her calf. I have seen albino deer & turkey before but this was my first elk!

her calf looked to be normal color

dang Tim! glad I picked my trailer up from you on Thursday! not sure that big sucker would have stayed grounded. might have been the Ark junior!!