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You guys would complain if they hanged you with a new rope....jeez. Don't like it? Don't buy a raffle ticket. No need to $#!+ on the post of a great organization who does more for wildlife than 99.9% of you. These Axisworks built .45 Cal MLs shoot like this...

060785 is a solid dude, so is his dad. I'm sure this rig was well taken care of. Good price too

Let's start a new thread instead of shitting on Ada's fundraiser.

Returned this morning from a 1.5 day on Sea Adventure 80. Quick version: I have never fished this hard or long on a trip before. As soon as we set out and the Captain gave the talk, he said we should go get sleep now and not hang out or goof off as we were in for a marathon. He wasn't kidding. We woke up on fish at 2:00AM and chased fish non-stop until 10:30 that night. Not a crazy bite and many stops ran the fish off or produced no fish but many had singles or doubles so it was a slow but steady trip. Huge amount of fish out there and only 20 miles out so over 60 boats in the AM. When the Red Rooster and all the other nice long range boats are in close, you know it's good. Schoolies were taken on fly lines and dropper rigs down in the 75-125' range. Big boys down between 175-300' was the call so I spent all my time down deep but blanked. Again.. Another big or bust trip for me. Finished with around 40 fish on deck and a few at the 100# mark. Quite a few break off's and one nice fish straightened out a 4/0 Owner at the boat after a two hour fight. Another spooled a deckhands reel in just a few minutes. Big snipers and dropper rigs got the action by the bigger class fish most of the day. (Around dusk it seemed to be the 100g and under jigs got the action.) Captain, food and crew all get HUGE thumbs up and would absolutely recommend the boat. (I have been on this boat before and don't remember being this impressed so not sure if it was a different crew or ??) The fish are there and chances will rarely be any better at landing a trophy so if a big BFT is on your list, go.

I have a used tract toric Ultra HD 4 to 20 with Mil justments in a Mil Christmas tree reticle. Illuminated reticle where the vortex rings and a level. Great for your next long-range project. Or 22 trainer it's Parallax goes down to 25 yards. It has been used but glass is in great shape and turrets track perfect. $1000 for scope mount and level

This was a few weeks back, but I thought I would post. Was my first time targeting these guys...a buddy took me out and we brought three to the boat. This #43, a #22, and an #18. Had a blast!

Sounds like a boat got into some yellowfin today. Up to 50#. Both alone and mixed with BF.. Let the chaos begin...

Went last weekend. Probably caught 80 fish but no size. We also got into them in the middle of the day schooling in the mouth of Y Cove. Every cast on crank baits. Will

And just where in the regs is that? Book, Chapter, and Verse.

That's KA

Don't remember the particulars about it, but Sammy only had one good eye, the other one was glass. Him and Dean Martin was going somewhere, and Sammy got pulled over for speeding. Deano told the cop "heck he's only got one eye, do you want him to watch the road or his speed".

It comes with two 6k lb axles… not my pictures but seen a few guys doing this….

Love my 260 AI! 49.2 grains of R26 is getting me 2995 fps with a 140 elite hunter. 24" 8 twist barrel. I used a uni throater to be able to seat the bullet out further. Shoots sub 1/2 moa all day.

That is really cool, I never seen one like that. I am wondering if that would hold a jeep tj they weigh a tad over 3000 lbs

I talked to some of the guys on the fire last night. Sounds like they have it handled.

They shouldn’t even give us a chance to update. Just charge when finished and hope for the best.

Way cool rifle, and it’s just that. Should be allowed on the rifle hunts!

Thanks buddy, good to meet you as well.

They evacuated South Garland so they could do back burns is what we were told.

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I’m on the band wagon. Fun to watch them make a run!

Fun math exercise. Unit 13 has about 50 waterholes worth covering. So what does it take for a guide to cover the whole unit, before and after? Before: 50 cameras, 150 mile route to cover, about 40 hours effort to cover the route. Assume about 10 weeks of coverage, done weekly at most. Replace about 10 cameras per year as they go bad. Cost is about $5K upfront, $1K per year in equipment. Labor costs for fun-loving runners at about $15/hr would be $600 per route, $6K per year. Add some cost for gas, maintenance- whole thing costs $10K annually. After, to get SAME coverage via human effort: 50 water holes * 24 hours * 70 days is 84,000 hours. Labor cost alone is over $1M. That’s 100X what it cost to do it with cameras, and it doesn’t include the cost of good night-vision equipment. Even if they reduce the intel gathering to just 2 weeks, it still costs 20X what it cost before, assuming you can line up that kind of labor for one short period. Of course, you can play a bit up or down with either number. But anyway you look at it, the water hole coverage will be exponentially less in the new world- no guide can afford pure human effort to get the same coverage as before.

First off... weren't you the one that talked about all the outfitters having an army of minions? I can look back and quote you if you like. Remember all the flatbills? Trailcams aren't the only technology that has developed over the last 20 years. Used to be, only a handful of guys carried 15's and a tripod. Now everyone has them. BTX, Kowas, dual spotters.... all relatively new technology. You are correct, smaller outfitters will get killed by this. So where are those who want to hire outfitters going to go? The big outfits... who can afford to hire a bunch of kids to scout.... wearing flatbills of course. As far as tanks go, right now it's guys popping in and out to check cards. With this new rule, they're going to have to sit there and watch the animals come in. That's the dumbest thing about all this. It's going to put even more pressure on already stressed animals. Unintended consequences.

Boarded the Success 11 am Friday morning, got bait and motored south. The whole fleet was approximately 60 miles out. Saw a fair amount of whales and a few dolphin pods in the area where the fleet was fishing. Got my 1st fish Saturday afternoon, the fish taped 196# and weighed 184# gilled, gutted and bled at the processor. Fish was hooked on a balloon rig that suspended a mullet with a 20/0 circle hook. The reel was the boats 50W 2 speed Avet spooled with 130# braid and a 250# leader. Fish had power like I've never felt, ever! Probably took 30 minutes from strike to gaff. I was spent. Caught a 100# +/- fish that weighed 85# gilled, gutted and bled @ processor. Got the fish Sunday afternoon on a sinker rig using a sardine for bait. Rod/reel combo was my personal rig, a 2 speed Avet spooled with 80# mono and a 80# fluoro leader. That fish took me 30 minutes from strike to gaff. Again, I was spent. Missed a few strikes and broke off what was likely a very nice fish. Caught a 30# fish too. My friend caught his limit, the fish were 30 - 60#. My buddy and I were among the least experienced anglers on the boat, fellow anglers came well prepared and had a ton of experience. They caught a lot of fish and shared their knowledge, cool people who were fun to fish with. Learned a lot on this trip. Not sure of the actual fish count but I'd say there at least six 100# +/- bluefin caught including another balloon fish that went 150# IIRC. Cary put us on fish, he is relentless. Deckhands were good, food was a "B", good but not great. Great trip, go now!