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Got an old friend looking good. New bull I like the looks of.

Clover is 11 weeks old now. Housebreaking was quick. She's sleeping through most nights in her kennel without needing to be taken out. Working on "come" now, although butterflies are a solid distraction.

Minding our own business this afternoon playing cards and then we had this visitor! Mesa RV Campground! Gunnison, Colorado!

If I was hunting moose I’d be looking at a Partition or Accubond.

Regardless of whether you draw or not get a jump on getting yourself some gear. Firearms: You don’t need anything special. But if you plan to keep hunting coues you will find yourself wanting to shoot longer distances. I would recommend finding a common cartridge with a wide offering of factory loads. Any of the .30 cals are great (.308, 30-06, .300 win mag). The 7mm family have very good ballistic co-efficient and lots of factory options (7mm rem mag, 7mm-08) and of course right now everyone loves them some 6.5 mm, particularly the 6.5 creedmore. In reality, just about anything from .243 up will work just fine. Some sage advice here would be to buy something with lower recoil as you will enjoy shooting it more and will this spend more time practicing. I would suggest staying with a common factory platform that has lots of options to customize in the future. Remington 700, tikka, Ruger American Predator, and most of the savages are a great launching point. In regard to optics, you will need a rifle scope and binoculars. A spotting scope is a nice to have, but not the first place I would spend my money. I would rather hunt without boots than without my binoculars. Spend some money on your rifle optics, but prioritize your binoculars. There are plenty of low cost options these days that are far superior to what we were using even ten years ago. Expect to pay at least $300-$500 on a starter pair of bino’s and at least $300 on a rifle scope. Don’t forget a tripod. Without one you are basically wandering around the desert looking for Easter eggs. Also, this website is a good resource. If you poke around on here long enough you will find lots of info on low cost binoculars and other gear. Just look through the archives. Good luck and hit us up with other questions as you go.

Thanks for sharing. I’ll send in my comments. Looking at the proposed sites, nothing in the east valley. Here’s an overview. It will open up in Google Earth. https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/projects/nepa/122638/174215/211727/Recreation_Shooting_Sports_Pilot_Locations.kmz

I know this isn't hunting related but round valley hs will be at higley hs June 24-27 and would like to get some mat time/ live wrestling with some valley kids. If you're kids are interested you can get a hold of me at 9282450767

150qt Grizzly Cooler in Excellent condition, looks brand new. Not sure why the pics are upside down but regardless this is it. located in North Phoenix. Always open to interesting trades, just clearing out some room in the garage. Thanks for looking... $300

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We bought a chest freezer at Walmart for $190. Cheaper then most good coolers. Run it with a 2000 watt Honda. Then I don’t have to idle my truck all day. It doesn’t do fridge but like they said you can freeze jugs and rotate them through your coolers. Haven’t been on a camping hunt without it in the last 10 years.

I really like the bullets. They are accurate and have a really good BC. If I was going to hunt moose I would also consider the Nosler Partition as an option. Actually I would choose the partition over the ELD-X for moose because the partition will stay together better than the ELD-X. For elk and smaller I would use the ELD-X. The heavier .30 cal bullets really look appealing if you can load them long. I think you could drive some velocity and accuracy that would buck wind in a big way.

Just another quick update. Daisy is doing well and she is scheduled to be released from the children's hospital this Wednesday. She is eating solid foods on her own now but has still been being fed supplement ally through the feeding tube. She has been able to stand on her own on one foot, but not the other one yet. As far as I now they are all moving into to the parents home in Sierra Vista and may have to commute, hopefully to Tucson or even Sierra Vista for physical therapy. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!

We did like your granddad. I bet we might have crossed paths at least once. After my first trip, I took the whole family up there for a week every summer. We eventually bought Silver Spruce (located right across from the entrance road to Vallecito Valley -- Don Wheat's development) and moved in during a snowstorm in Jan. 1976. Three years later, the present owner (now called Bear Paw) made me an offer I couldn't refuse. When we sold it, we had a family vote on whether to stay there, head back to Phx or go somewhere else in Colo. My wife and I voted to buy a house and stay there. Our three kids voted for Phx again, where they had loads of friends and could play outdoor sports all year. So that's what we did, moving out in Jan. 1979 during another snowstorm. Been back here ever since but have made many visits back there for various reasons, and especially to fish for pike.

Funny, I drew the exact same tag. I also have a September muzzleloader bull tag in there as well. I anticipate it will be busy on both hunts... Rokslide and MonsterMuleys seems to have more information related to 74. Plus most people are pretty reserved on information related to any easy draw units in Colorado. I honestly don’t blame them

I'm headed up for 2 weeks in July. My grandfather lives just north of Vallecito. I love it up there. Been messing around in there for 25 years. He has lived there for the last 12 and been vacationing there since the 60s.

The weather can change very fast up there. I was scouting my unit at about 8,000/10,000 feet as the sun rose there was hardly a cloud in the sky and it stayed that way until about 12 pm. I was 8 miles from the trail head, earlier that day I cut the trail and bumped into a couple wearing shorts, tees and hiking shoes, the only thing they were carrying were water bottles. By 2 pm it started to snow hard the visibility was to low to glass any more so I figured I would call it a day and head back to the truck/camp as I dropped off the ridge down to the trail head where I bumped into that couple again and they were freezing, we spoke briefly and I followed close behind them just to make sure they made it back to their car. I thought I was going to have to give them my bivy sack a few times. I never leave the truck/camp without enough gear to at least spend a comfy night out in any kind of weather. Good luck on your hunt!

And something else... We had hunters fly in the day before going into camp and they were pretty much wasted for the first few days. You NEED to get up there at least two days before you start trekking around or the altitude will get to you. You'll be hunting at about 9,000-11,000 feet. So even if you just stay in Durango, which is about 6,500 feet, you'll get somewhat acclimated. Even after that, you'll need to progress slowly at the higher elevations.

We have 1.4 million acres of land opening up across the US to hunt and fish. I believe Arizona has 6 wildlife refuges that will be open to hunt/fish. https://www.nratv.com/videos/cam-and-company-2019-david-bernhardt-new-public-lands-open-for-hunters-fishers

Don't blow $$$ on the rifle and settle for a Vortex.

My dad and I were able to get out for a few days last weekend. After starting off with a couple missed shots by my dad on Friday morning then not being able to keep an eye on a couple bucks we were able to glass up Friday afternoon. We headed to a different area Saturday saw lots of deer but no bucks. Sunday morning we hunted around camp i glasses up a bachelor herd of 7 bucks. We made a plan and started the climb up the mountain. My dad said since i found the deer i could get first shot so we split up thinking the bucks would go over the top after the shot. So i snuck into place when i got over there i couldn’t find the deer thinking i had gone to low. As i was getting ready to grab my stuff to back out and go higher a spike steps out so i stay put and get ready. After 4 spikes and forkies step out my buck presents himself and i shot. I watch him go down the deer stay put i call my dad and tell him to get over the top right away there’s a bigger buck! After what seemed like a hour but more like 5 minutes his buck was getting ready to top over. My dad tops the ridge and shoots his buck at 200 yards! It was awesome watching both bucks drop within 50 yards of each other!

That's the problem with this country. Here is a person, who I don't know other than this video, that clearly isn't a violent person, would be taken to task for this situation. It should be a very quick investigation to clear him and I hope it is. We have 350,000,000 people in this country. Let's get behind the good people that work for a living and don't protect the losers.

Thank you TJ! I hope you can get some enjoyment out of the thread, and who knows, maybe it will encourage you to come around a bit more often again!

I woke up this morning and poured a cup of coffee, then said to myself, "I haven't been on CWT in a long time." Man, am I glad I did. This is the first post I looked at and what a surprise to see you drew a moose tag Andrew. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. The only thing I know about moose is I drank a lot of beer back in the day at the moose lodge. The trailer looks like a good start for camp and I wish you the best of luck. TJ

I'm at 237,000 on my '03! Good luck with sale!

Those 2v 5.4l motors last forever! This truck should have a ton of life left in it.