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Have 3 tags for my kids. 2 in 5bsouth 1 in 6a. Bugles have shut off by 7am in both units. All the big herd bulls we are seeing have 20 to 40 cows with them. We got lucky with one small 6x6 so far that split from the herd bull and his cows and called him into 46yds and he made his arrow count on his 1st archery bull. Bull went 15yds and was down. 2 more tags to fill. Hopefully its kicks in a litter better. Good luck everyone

This year I again get the priviledge to go as a helper on two different sheep hunts up here in Oregon. Both of the hunts are in big river canyons, the Deschutes and the John Day. Here is the story of the first one..... Got this ram opening morning. There was a group of three rams that were hanging out right by the river that had two good rams. They were the best rams we had seen through multiple scouting trips. We decided to make a move on them opening morning, so I was sitting on them an hour before daylight. When it got light we got them located and made a game plan to get in range. Trevor and Hunter (tag holder) kayaked across the river and started climbing a ridge. My son Tate and I stayed on the access road where we had a good view of the rams and watched them bed down. Trevor had lost where they were and thought he and Hunter were a lot closer to the rams then they actually were. Thinking the rams were only 2-3 hundred yards down the hill, Trevor started looking over the rock outcrop they were standing on. The rams, being about 5 hundred yards, immediately spotted him skylined looking over the rocks. Up they got and away they went! Tate and I jumped in our vehicle and followed them around the hillside. They were on the end of a big ridge so all Hunter and Trevor needed to do was hop over ridge and they were able to keep track of them for a little while but lost them when they dropped into small side canyon. Tate and I had them all the way and climbed up the opposite side of the main canyon to get enough elevation to keep track of them as they came out of that side canyon and went up another, finally stopping and began feeding again about a 1/2 mile further up into a bowl. I radioed to Trevor and told him I had them located and they had finally stopped. He replied back and said “ yeah, we’re right on top of them waiting for the big one to stand up.”. I was completely confused, how could they have gotten that far down the main ridge to get above the bowl that fast? Then it hit me... they were on the wrong sheep! I jumped back on the radio and said “Trevor, I think your looking at the wrong rams!”. This time he was confused, he asked “are you sure? I saw those rams go right here and I think the big one is lying right below us!”. I told him I was sure, but if they were sitting on a big ram to really look him over because now we had options! After close to an hour of sitting and changing positions trying to get a better vantage point, I finally saw the ram they were looking at stand up. They were right, he was a good ram that carried his mass really well! While I was looking him over, I saw him jump then heard the crack of the rifle! The ram didn’t look hit but he ran about 50 yards sidehilling down and away from them then stopped and looked back. This time I saw the ram bow his head and short stepped straight downhill before loosing his feet and tumbling to the bottom of the draw at the report on the rifle. 1st ram down, and it has gotten me excited for next months hunt! ning morning. There was a group of three rams that were hanging out right by the river that had two good rams. They were the best rams we had seen through multiple scouting trips. We decided to make a move on them opening morning, so I was sitting on them an hour before daylight. When it got light we got them located and made a game plan to get in range. Trevor and Hunter (tag holder) kayaked across the river and started climbing a ridge. My son Tate and I stayed on the access road where we had a good view of the rams and watched them bed down. Trevor had lost where they were and thought he and Hunter were a lot closer to the rams then they actually were. Thinking the rams were only 2-3 hundred yards down the hill, Trevor started looking over the rock outcrop they were standing on. The rams, being about 5 hundred yards, immediately spotted him skylined looking over the rocks. Up they got and away they went! Tate and I jumped in our vehicle and followed them around the hillside. They were on the end of a big ridge so all Hunter and Trevor needed to do was hop over ridge and they were able to keep track of them for a little while but lost them when they dropped into small side canyon. Tate and I had them all the way and climbed up the opposite side of the main canyon to get enough elevation to keep track of them as they came out of that side canyon and went up another, finally stopping and began feeding again about a 1/2 mile away up into a bowl. I radioed to Trevor and told him I had them located and they had finally stopped. He replied back and said “ yeah, we’re right on top of them waiting for the big one to stand up.”. I was completely confused, how could they have gotten that far down the main ridge to get above the bowl that fast? Then it hit me... they were on the wrong sheep! I jumped back on the radio and said “Trevor, I think your looking at the wrong rams!”. This time he was confused, he asked “are you sure? I saw those rams go right here and I think the big one is lying right below us!”. I told him I was sure, but if they were sitting on a big ram to really look him over because now we had options! After close to an hour of sitting and changing positions trying to get a better vantage point, I finally saw the ram they were looking at stand up. They were right, he was a good ram that carried his mass really well! While I was looking him over, I saw him jump then heard the crack of the rifle! The ram didn’t look hit but he ran about 50 yards sidehilling down and away from them then stopped and looked back. This time I saw the ram bow his head and short stepped straight downhill before loosing his feet and tumbling to the bottom of the draw at the report on the rifle. 1st ram down, and it has gotten me excited for next months hunt! He ended up scoring out at 174 with 3 inches of deductions for 171 (unofficial until the 30 day drying period of course).

****SOLD**** SAKO 243. Forester L579

Those were guides.

Yea man good people are still out there. Years ago, in unit 10 on a cow hunt my pack with my binos, tripod, field cleaning kit, batteries, first aid and other misc. items (a few thousand bucks' worth of stuff) fell out the back of a faulty SxS tail gate onto a major road in the unit. We didn't notice it until we had turned off to a smaller 2 track headed up hill and other stuff started falling out. Freaked out, we hauled butt back and there was my pack sitting up on the side of the road with everything in it. I was in diss belief. I was very fortunate that the right person came across my pack and left it for us.

I lost my bugle tube on Friday evening in unit 8 it fell off my pack on a road by Wagoner Hill. Whoever found it put it on a rock about 6” tall in the middle of the Jeep trail we were on. Needless to say I found it Sunday evening. If whoever found it is on this site I would like to give a big thanks to them. They could have easily kept it, but to put in the middle of the road for me to find it was awesome. Not an expensive item, but very cool to have got it back. Again a big thanks to you if you on on this site!!!

This is a very nice Kimber 84M Select Grade chambered in 308 Win. Purchased new in 2021. This rifle is unfired. As new condition. Cut and paste specs from Kimber's website: Specifications Approximate weight (pounds/ounces): 5/10 Overall length (inches): 41.25 Barrel Material: Steel Finish: Matte blue Contour: Sporter Length (inches): 22 Twist rate (right hand): 12 Grooves: 4 Match grade chamber Trigger Adjustable Factory setting (pounds): 3.5-4 Stock Material: A-grade French walnut Finish: Hand-rubbed oil Checkering: Panel, 20 lines-per-inch Length of pull (inches): 13.63 Drop at heel (inches): 0.54 Drop at comb (inches): 0.43 Recoil pad: 1-inch Pachmayr Decelerator Ebony forend tip Sling swivel studs Steel grip cap Pillar bedding Glass bedding Action Type: 84M Material: Steel Finish: Matte black Magazine capacity: 5 Front locking repeater Mauser claw extractor 3-position Model 70-type wing safety $1200

SALE: Browning Medallion A-Bolt, 7 mm Mag, Excellent Condition, 22” polished blue barrel, gloss walnut stock, checkered grip and foregrip, recoil pad, swivel sling mounts. luepold VAR X II 3x9x1 scope, weaver mounting rings. 2 boxes of Winchester Super X, 7 mm Mag, 175 gr, 40 rounds $900. for package,obo.

I will trade you one pound of Retumbo for a pair of Swarovski NL Pure 10x42 Binos

95% sure we will be there. Caliche will be using his marlin 30-30 bought by his great grandfather for his grandfather which is now handed down to him. Looking forward to it!

Same for me. I’ve had a foodsaver that has served me well for years. I have found it is very cheap to get the bags on Amazon.

House is sold! The buyers did a fast close, rate lock was expiring. We parked at a rental for now. Downsized square feet by about 1100SF. It sucks, but it'll help weed out what we need vs what we want. Big gamble to see if the market dips or takes off again. We are flirting with the idea of just buying land and going from there. Anyone ever built their own house?

I think mine is called Foodsaver. I use the heck out of it. No issues in over 10 years with it. Bags are easy to get anywhere. That LEM is probably better though.

Found this today, the old hotel before it was moved to it's present location.

Been building mine for 10 years. Hind sight I woulda bought one already done.

These Binoculars are in like new condition and come with all the accessories. (box,case, straps, cleaning cloths,and paperwork. I’m also including a Marsupial harness with them. I used them on one hunt. No scratches in perfect condition. $2,750 firm. Text Dave at 480-849-0609 if interested. Thanks

Good to know! Thanks Eddie!

I've seen a few others do the same it just now hit me it was from a copy & paste. ctrl-shift-v (versus ctrl-v which most of us know) will copy the text without the formatting. Only trying to pass along a tidbit I learned not that long ago. Eddie

I had sent the story as an email to someone and it ended up with the white highlights when I put it here.

I appreciate everyone’s replies and offers. I ended up going with an older used beretta bl-3.

If you could post the bolt hole width I’d like to see if it matches the span on the frame of a trailer of mine. Thanks.

My most recent experience is just the opposite. I was sitting water, 2 guys pull up, see me and then drive away honking their horn. It just reenforced my belief that there are a lot of assholes out there.

Not sure. I can take measurements when I get home Wednesday afternoon. I am camping until then. Feel free to send me a reminder.

Here's my disappointing story...My wife and i were hunting Coues about 10 miles this side of the Arizona/Mexico border. We saw one camp off about a 1/2 mile away as we headed toward our camp spot a day before the season. Opening morning we heard a series of shots the next canyon over. We had a great observation point to just sit and glass early opening morning so we kept our eyes peeled in that direction. Fifteen minutes or so later here comes a buck at a dead run down the mountain from us. I shot, and he ran another 50 yards and collapsed. It only took us 10 minutes to get to him. Within 30 minutes there was a group of 3 hunters coming toward us. One claimed he had shot it first and it died in front of us. I was pretty adamant about it was MY one and only bullet that made the hole in its chest. I even went as far as pointing where the blood trail started. They finally went on their way, but first asked if they could "HELP" carry the buck the 400 (+-) yards down to the nearest Jeep trail. I declined and told them we got it handled. It was going to be cold enough to skin, put a deer bag on and hang the deer in a mesquite tree without worrying about spoiling that night. I thought it was over and done with UNTIL about 9:00 that night I see headlights coming toward our camp. We were WELL off the beaten path. They pulled up to the hanging deer and put their high beams on it and got out and started spinning it around, looking for another bullet hole. I could smell the Tequila before I was within 10 feet of them. I did not want to walk out with my rifle when I saw what they were doing, but I DID strap on my .45 auto under my coat, just in case., I decided if they wanted the buck I would rather give it to them rather then have some serious sh** go down. After they did their "examination" and found no other bullet holes, they went on their way. We got out of there at first light.