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5 pointsIs it sound proof? Like as if someone screams while in it can you hear them from the outside?
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3 points2018 General. Installed Super Atv offset A arms shortly after getting it so the 30s would fit. Built the rack and bumper. Love this thing. Does everything I need it to do.
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3 points2022 Pioneer 520. Added roof, 1/2 windshield & mirrors, swapped factory headlights for HIDs, 5+2 offset ITP Delta wheels and 26x9-12 tires in front and 26x11-12 in back During hunting season, 2 rifle gun bag behind seats
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2 pointsUp next on my list of items I'm upgrading are these Kowa 66 Big Eyes from Adam's Adapters. I loved these big eyes so much I have decided to upgrade to latest and greatest Swarovski STC model. Glass is in perfect condition and I'm including the 20-60 eyepiece for getting a close in view after you spot a buck with the standard 30x eyepiece. Soft case is also included as well as the original boxes and paperwork. Happy to send additional photos of whatever part of them you want to see. Live in Ahwatukee but travel all over the valley for work. $2500 Tom 480-868-9664
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2 pointsFinally drew my first antelope tag. Drew a archery hunt here close to home in New Mexico. I knew the unit well but knew this unit wasn't easy and it was going to be a grind. Opening morning found my son and I on the very north end of the unit. At first light we pick up what I think is a good 78-80" buck with 3 does. We put the stock on and get to about 130 yards. They peg us and move. We play cat and mouse for over two hours. We would make 40 yards they would move 40 yards. We finally get to the private border and we back out. On the way to some other country we spot small buck but give him the pass. We get to a new area and and glass a herd of does. I move to a small rise and glass a big buck cruising from our left to right. He is moving quick and we have about 800 yards to get to where we can be in range. We take off and get to the point where I think he should be soon. I'm glassing and frantically looking and he is gone. I put my binos down and 150 yards to my left he is staring us down. Luckily we were hunkered down pretty good. I had a heads up decoy attached to my bow. I threw it up and he immediately started to trot our way. He got closer and then something startled him as he came to a screeching halt. He was somewhat quartering towards us and with my son on the range finder he said "he's at 80 dad". I drew back and settled the pin just in front of his shoulder. Right as I was letting it fly the smallest gust of wind came and pulled that decoy a had attached to my bow. I watched the arrow fly like in slow motion to the left and high. The arrow sunk deep into his neck and into his chest cavity. The buck took of and I could see he was bleeding good which calmed me of my botched shot. After a short tracking job we found him piled up in some malpais rock. I knew he was a good buck but walking up I could see he was just a little better than good. I was sad that when the buck crashed that lava rock split open his lower jaw, split his gums and some of his nose. We got the buck taken care of and headed home. I called my good friend who is my taxidermist and is an official p&y scorer. We met up at his place to cape the buck out gave him a quick run with the tape. Last week we did the official scoring and he was better than.I thought. I am blessed to have these opportunities to hunt with my oldest son who's passion for hunting burns as hot as mine. This was a first for me and who better than to get to experience it with than my boy.
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2 pointsYeah thats kind of stupid. Lots of reason people need storage. Take me for example, We sold our home (about 3500sqft) with a 2 car garage, we now live in the home I grew up in (580sqft) No garage. I have about 20 mounts that take up about 480 of that sqfootage so yeah I need a storage unit for the rest of the mounts and tools and ammo etc.........until I build another home.
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2 pointsWhat’s reprehensible is taking 40-45 cents of every dollar I earn with little to show for it in return.
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1 pointI like seeing how other people set up their rigs. Ours is an older rzr, a 2012 900xp with a freshly rebuilt motor, little brother ran it out if oil. We also had the shocks revalved and eibach springs installed. Just put the rack and the spare tire holder on. Just need to mount the Kolpin gun boot and Im all set up!
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1 pointCheck this out. Sounds like it could fit the bill for you. https://youtu.be/sBTPV_vOUXk?si=smRLkVVSHbBu0BZB
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1 pointFriday my son and I were unable to go out. My dad went out with my mom. After a few hours of not seeing anything, my mom glassed up a herd with her chest binos. She does not hunt she tags along on some hunts and does not glass for anything except for cows and predatory birds. Once the herd was spotted the pigs bedded down and they were able to get in to 120 yards and he took this nice sow. Saturday my son had a flag football game in the snow, he got to play in 2 inches and had a good ole time and his team got beat badly. The weather was not good for us to go out in the sloppy muddy conditions. Sunday Colby and I headed out in the dark and his hunt was similar to his junior hunt. We were glassing far out 1-3 miles and we weren't seeing anything. Right below us at the glassing spot, a herd of javelina popped out feeding at 220 yards. We snuck in to 96 yards and he laid the hammer on this pig. Blew out the right shoulder taking all critical organs out. We were able to cut up the pig and get back home just in time for the super bowl game. I'll be headed out next weekend to try my luck.
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1 pointSeveral years ago, I started buying WY antelope points for myself and my son. I was able to draw back in 2019, but my son couldn't make the trip so I just kept buying points for him. Fast forward to earlier this year when I learned that WY would be instituting some changes to their non-resident draw program which would have a substantial negative impact on all non-resident point holders beginning in 2024. Even though the WY antelope heard had a substantial winter die-off the previous year. it just made sense to cash in his points and then get out of Dodge. My son drew a buck antelope tag for Unit 75, which is located roughly in the center of WY. We arrived late Thursday night after a 17 hour drive. Friday was spent scouting the unit as best we could. There were planty of buck antelope, but none came close to the trophy we were looking for. We finally located two bucks in different locations later Friday afternoon/evening. Although all the bucks we were seeing had short tops, these two had the most to offer in length above the prong. Buck A was located on leased land that did not allow hunting. Still, he was a decent prospect and we thought we might be able to pressure him off the oil lease land. Buck B was mostly on BLM land and tended to hang near a well-traveled dirt road. My son elected to go after Buck A as we both felt Buck B was an easy target and would be pursued by most other hunters at first light. Opening morning found ourselves glassing the heard of antelope on the oil lease. As it turned out, a couple of other hunters had the same idea. We used each other to try and pressure Buck A into moving off the lease, but that old buck seemed to know the score and hung tight in the middle of the valley. After an hour or so, we left him to go try our luck in an area we had not been able to visit the night before. We found another decent buck, but as soon as he would see our truck, he would leave his does and run like a bolt of lightning in the opposite direction. After three failed attempts on him, we decided to see what had become of Buck B near the dirt roadway. We looked high and low for any sign of him, but he was nowhere to be found. After driving back and forth on the road a couple of times and seeing no gut pile or scavenger birds, we felt he must still be alive and had moved up into one of several arroyos that came down to intersect with the road. We drove to a drilling site / gravel pit that had some elevation and began to glass. After 20 minutes or so of glassing without success, we decided to park the truck and start still hunting each arroyo until we located him. I pulled a quick u-turn to park the truck and just happened to look up. There across the gravel pit stood my son's target buck at 175 yds. He had found this gravel pit and was using it as his hidey-hole. He was by himself and was somewhat startled to see us. My son made a great shot and the rest was history. Although his tops were weak, he is still a great first antelope trophy for my son.
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1 pointGreat looking pups. Off topic but, wish I could find a female mini version. I would love a 25-30 pounder.
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1 pointif there is a way people will find it, everybody tries to get advantages on everything , taxes, wellfare, health insurance, is human nature to try to cheat the system, it is unfortunate but is there.
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1 pointI have not done this but to legally do it you would likely need to be a resident of the state where you will be registering the vehicle. Every state that I can think of requires this. Arizona law requires that a vehicle be registered with ADOT or registered in the state and county where the owner is a resident. Even if the vehicle is owned by an out of state person or entity, it must be registered with ADOT if it is primarily under the control of an AZ resident for more than 7 months. This is not legal advice by any stretch and I could be completely wrong but it is something to research and consider before you decide what to do. It could enter into your cost/benefit analysis. Here's an Arizona statute that seems to apply (I bolded the part that looked important to me): Arizona Revised Statutes section 28-2153. Registration requirement; exceptions; assessment; violation; classification A. A person shall not operate, move or leave standing on a highway a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer unless the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been registered with the department for the current registration year or is properly registered for the current registration year by the state or country of which the owner or lessee is a resident. B. A resident shall not operate, move or leave standing on a highway a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer that is: 1. Owned by a nonresident and that is primarily under the control of a resident of this state for more than seven months unless the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been registered with the department for the current registration year. 2. Leased by the resident for more than twenty-nine days unless the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been registered with the department for the current registration year. C. This section applies to a trailer or semitrailer without motive power unless the vehicle is disabled or is being towed as an abandoned vehicle at the direction of a law enforcement agency. D. This section does not apply to: 1. A farm tractor. 2. A trailer used solely in the operation of a farm for transporting the unprocessed fiber or forage products of a farm or any implement of husbandry designed primarily for or used in agricultural operations and only incidentally operated or moved on a highway. 3. A road roller or road machinery, including a power sweeper, that is temporarily operating or moved on the highway. 4. An owner permitted to operate a vehicle under special provisions relating to lienholders, manufacturers, dealers and nonresidents. 5. Motorized or nonmotorized equipment designed primarily for and used in mining operations and only incidentally operated or moved on a highway. 6. A motor vehicle that is being towed by a tow truck that has been registered and for which a permit has been obtained pursuant to section 28-1108. 7. A golf cart used in the operation of a golf course or only incidentally operated or moved on a highway. 8. Wheeled equipment. For the purposes of this paragraph, "wheeled equipment" means: (a) A compressor. (b) A forklift or a hay squeeze machine that is designed to load hay in an off-road situation. (c) A portable cement mixer. (d) A single axle tow dolly. (e) A tar pot. (f) A water trailer used for watering livestock or for agricultural or domestic purposes. (g) A welder. (h) Any other similar item designed and used primarily for construction or building trade purposes. 9. An all-terrain vehicle or an off-road recreational motor vehicle operating on a dirt road that is located in an unincorporated area of this state. For the purposes of this paragraph, "dirt road" means an unpaved or ungraveled road that is not maintained by this state or a city, town or county of this state. 10. A person operating an off-highway vehicle who is participating in an off-highway vehicle special event as defined in section 28-1171. 11. An all-terrain vehicle or an off-highway vehicle as defined in section 28-1171 that is only incidentally operated or moved on a highway. E. A person who owns or operates a trailer that is exempt from registration pursuant to subsection D, paragraph 2 of this section shall notify the county assessor of the exemption, and the assessor shall assess the trailer. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
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1 pointIf that guy knows so much about stalking elk with a bow, why did he hire a guide?
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1 pointI just sold 2 hand guns to joohnnybgood. He showed up on time and was a real nice guy to deal with.