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The patch looks to have TAMs lion.

Cancer took a friend at a young age leaving behind a wife and two daughters. His widow posted this to Facebook yesterday 12/6. Next time you go to the store, grab a birthday card or two and drop them in the mail. Peyton’s 14th birthday is a month from today. She’s having a lot of feelings about her first birthday without her dad. He passed away 2 weeks after her birthday and was sick and couldn’t stay away on her birthday. I want to Surprise her with a bunch of birthday cards from as many people who can send her a card. I know it would put a smile on her face. You can send them to 24 e Caribbean lane Phoenix, AZ 85022 Thank you in advance

I feel like the trade offs for FFP are much too great unless you are using subtensions for your shots. I won’t own a FFP scope. I don’t do competitions or games, just hunt. Here is my list of pros for a FFP 1: subtensions are the same at all powers here is my list of cons 1: reticle is way too small at low power and hard to see in low light (hence why almost all FFP are illuminated) 2: reticle is way too thick at high power (when you need it fine). 3: subtensions make a reticle “busy”. People that don’t shoot a lot (often my guns are used by friends and family) get distracted by them, heck even I do when I get really excited. I personally look for SFP scopes with a “clean” reticle. I prefer Schmidt and benders D4 reticle or a plain duplex. I dial every shot. If there isn’t time then I don’t shoot. If it’s under 300 yards my turret is set to 2 MOA so I can hold right on and shoot like any other rifle. SFP isn’t tactiCOOL, but I would argue a majority of guys that own FFP bought them because it’s just what the world told them was best and have no idea how to use the subtensions nor the skill to do it quickly if needed. There are certainly plenty of guys out there that understand them and use them but I would be it’s a minority.

Pork loin, mango salsa, and cucumber salad...

If you're lucky enough to draw a tag, just enjoy your ramburgers.

Lunch today. Pan seared panko cilantro encrusted bluefin tuna with sesame oil, shichimi togarashi, miso furikake and toasted sesame seeds over steamed rice and green onions. Fish I caught off San Diego.

So after a month between when we found the bull and when I went back in and got a look . He had been cleaned up by the scavengers . Not much left of him at all . I did recover the head and give it my best at a euro . I do think it came out good but it's definitely not something I would do again. It's a chore and it's better for me to just pay to have it done . What do you think?

Going forward all my scopes will be FFP. The reason I like FFP is for wind holds. In a perfect shot scenario, I dial for distance and hold for wind. The negative for me using an FFP scope is the bottom end magnification is almost unusable since you can barely see the reticle. Illumination helps with this issue. CDS turret is a nice if you typically hunt the same area and your DA is typically within a certain range. Environmentals start to have a good effect on ballistics around 400+ yards. Of course, the negatives are no easy way to adjust for significant DA changes and you are locked into the bullet you set the turret up for.

Poor thing must be trapped here by the border wall. 😂

Tuesday morning we spent trying to find a nut for the power steering pulley but ended up with out one. So I spent the rest of the hunt with no power steering which wasn’t bad. That evening we went out and stayed up high with no luck. Wednesday was spent down low and in the evening time we got on some elk but had to back out cause the snow storm that came in. Thursday, the last day was a little more exciting, we cut some fresh bull tracks in the snow and decided to go for a walk. Less then 20 minutes later we had a 330-340 class bull at 100 yards but since we basically went straight up a mountain my neighbor who is 57, a smoker, has bad knees and hips was winded by the time he got in place and the bull took off. We stayed in the area till dark to find him but he was gone. Finished the hunt with tag soup. But did learn a little about a new unit I’ve never hunted before.

They’re on Instagram and Facebook.

Savage model 99 in 250-3000 savage lever action for sale. $600 located East Valley Mesa.

I was talking to a buddy who recently killed a mountain lion about the patch I got in 2004 when I sent in the tooth from my lion. He sent me a picture of what he received. Slightly different.

Remington 1903 sporterized in (25-06) with a bull barrel, timney trigger, and a heavy stock. $450 Shipped

Since when has a court stopped poaching guides from continuing to be dirtbags? Look at the Ward family for example…

Leupold track like garbage

Hatfield SGL 12 Gauge Single-Shot Shotgun with Turkish Walnut Stock. Basically brand new. I shot two shots to try it out and works perfectly. Have no use for it. $100 OBO. In South Gilbert. https://www.sportsmansoutdoorsuperstore.com/products2.cfm/ID/272136/ush12w/hatfield-sgl-12-gauge-single-shot-shotgun-with-turkish-walnut-stock

Me too, and the fish, and the scantily clad parapalegics

Can we take bets who’s gonna kill this one ?

When I had my ram measured it was the 3rd ever measurement the lady did. I didnt care what she wrote down to be honest. I haven't had it measured since.

People that are upset about this probably have a ram teetering on the 160s I would bet. Nobody wants to log a 50s.

It gets recorded and published which does matter to people who are looking for publicly available information. My experience is that it is highly dependent on their mood. Bring in a smiling happy kid, score gets bumped up a little bit. Be late and bring a stinky decomposing head, expect them to round down.

Smoked turkey, pepper jack, ritz

The alarm went off extremely early (0230) and we were off to Wilcox..... Hes the best co-pilot. Met with everyone and headed out. Blind was set, as were the decoys. Birds were working really well. Levi stayed in the blind, I was in a layout in front of the blind and it AWESOME! Levi was shooting my buddy Steve's shotgun.... and shot it extremely well, likely resulting in me buying it from Steve. He tagged his limit and had a blast!

Day 2 Hunt Update Another before-5 a.m. wake-up call had us dragging a bit, but we pushed back into the same canyon we hunted opening morning. This time, no other hunters were in there—just us, yes! As the first light started creeping in, my buddy with the tag whispered that he had an elk spotted. Hard to tell in the grey light if it was a bull, but based on the size and the fact we haven’t seen many cows in there, I was pretty sure it was. A few seconds later, I spotted another elk the same time my brother whispered he had eyes on a second one. Things were getting good fast. About five minutes later the light got just good enough, and we could clearly tell they were both bulls and one of was definitely a shooter. They were feeding their way across the ridge to the south of us and heading up into a draw. We were really hoping they'd pop back out along the ridge directly in front of us instead of disappearing up the draw. Another few minutes passed and then a third elk stepped out on the far side of the draw. Bingo. Three bulls, all headed in a direction that would put them about 300 yards in front of us. The three of us quietly glassed them and then all agreed on which bull was the biggest. My buddy loaded his rifle. I gave him the yardage—255 yards. Perfect. The bull stepped out from behind a bush, standing perfectly broadside, and my buddy sent it. Looked like a hit, but the bull barely reacted. The bull walked maybe 20 yards and stopped broadside again. I told him to reload and hit him one more time to be sure. And then the worst happened. His gun jammed. Probably ran his bolt too softly in the excitement. As he tried to clear it, I scrambled to sort out his mag. Five seconds… ten seconds… felt like ten minutes. The bull was still somehow just standing there. Finally got the jam cleared, took aim, and sent another round. Again, not even a flinch. We were all thinking, what is going on? Then the bull suddenly tipped forward and started going down. Yes! He went down for good and we were all super excited! As we were high fiving and giving congratulations, five more bulls came out from nowhere. It’s always crazy how many elk can be right in front of you without ever being seen. My buddy asked if we should’ve waited and I told him absolutely not—250 yards, broadside, on a great bull? I would take that any day of the week, at least that’s my opinion. Then came the part every hunter loves: the pack out. Took two full trips to get him off the mountain. Long day, heavy loads, sore legs, but totally worth it. Could not be happier for my buddy—his first big-game animal with a darn nice bull. Thanks to everyone following along with this thread, and good luck to everyone still out hunting. After roughly 20 miles in the last three days, I’m honestly looking forward to “sleeping in” until the babies wake me up probably around 6:15 tomorrow haha.