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I dang near spit up coke all over my keyboard with the "easterns".

Its not a custom shop, BDL, or CDL. It looks like a laminate. most laminates were heavy barel (varmint) or stainless, this one is neither. Ive never seen a lam ADL but there probably are some. Is this a factory stock? Nice lookin rifle though. Edit: did some pokin around and it looks like the Lam ADL. I always liked lam stocks.

Dont be scared of angled scopes, I hated them at first untill I got used to them. It is just as easy to find stuff now as a straight one. While you are there, try out an Outdoorsmans pan head. Outdoorsmans are great guys to deal with, always easy to talk to and super helpfull. You might as well look at the Zeiss and Leica spotters as well, maybe even the Vortex, killer warranty and easier on the wallet.

Always wanted to do the Hells Gate over a couple days. Hike at night in the cool, over a full moon and fish and relax during the day in/around the water. Ive been plannin it for years w/ my cousin. Never been yet, one of these days...

Dang Clay I'm gonna have to get me one of them blue screens so i can put my deer where ever I want. Pretty soon were gonna have coues livin in the sand dunes or on the moon

From my experience they are great glass w/ a great warranty. Fit and finish may not be up to snuff with the big boys, the rubber doent fit as well as swaro or leica glass. They find critters though for sure. I wouldn't hesitate to buy a pair.

I read 'em too, thanks SB. I also have emailed the link to a few people.

I thought your rifle was called Head Shot Take time giving it a name, you want something that fits. My rifle is genderless though.

The 10x50s are a great set of binos if you will only have 1 pair. They are a little on the big side for neck binos for me. They are great glass and you will be able to glass before anyone else on the hill. Vortex makes a great product in their razors. Their 12x50 are one of my faves. Leicas are great too. All depends how much you want to spend and what other binos you have at your disposal now. ALso take a look at the Zen Ray binos. RR has mentioned them a few times and one day im gonna have to get a pair.

My cameras and big spotter puts me in the hills a lot of days. I dont do too much from the comforts of home. The guys who have upkept a salt in a secluded spot know how much work it can be. Guys who run cameras all over the state know how hard it can be. Some lazy guy who hasn't put in the days, months, and years like a lot have, isnt going to be very sucessful. He might get lucky one day and arrow a toad over some salt, but it will be a fluke. When I have a tag, I want to find and take the biggest or most unique animal I can find. It is a challenge to find great animals. It is a whole other game trying to take that single animal. It can be a very humbling experience often, but when all the hard work, time, and effort pay off and everything comes together; It can be an extremely rewarding experience. I use all of the tools at my disposal, and that list starts with boot leather.

A wheeled cart would be too hard, thats why there are so many boats sitting on the shore, no one wants to haul them out. I dont know about the legality, im pretty sure it is not legal, but that doesnt stop too many people. I have a quad and small enough canoe to drive it in, but i prefer to hike in a float tube from the inlet side. The gravel road is maybe a mile long. It is a good wide road but there is a narrow gate there that they should close up for good(imo). When i want to boat fish i go to willow springs or woods canyon or some where else. I go to Chevlon to hike in and be one of few on the inlet side.

Kinda depends on what you want. The trail heading north from the south end (inslet side) is a hike. Its not too bad 15 min in, 30-40 out. I am usually hauling float tube rod flippers waders boots water ect. The north side is a longer "walk" less of a "hike" it is down a road. You can fit a narrow quad down it, I wih you couldn't. Its nice to have a lake so secluded and hike in only. Ive only hiked in all the times I've fished it. The dam side is more crowded, the inlet side is less crowded. There are plenty of lake up there with easier access too.

Another for the itty bitty goose. I tuck it back into the wrist strap when im glassin or doin somethin with my hands.

450 isn't that far if you practice a lot. 25mph is a lot. Thats why you shoot heavy high BC bullets. Im shootin but If i know that 25 mph is regular Id see if i could ge some practice time in befor then. Im gonna need more than 18" even with high BC bullets id say 30-32".

"Free processing for youngbuck and friends" would be great. But im sure Ill be using your shop for elk if Im ever out that way. Will you be open in time for this year's fall hunts?

noon? thats crazy

Glad to see they are taking a stand on it. I may be biased, but I havent see too many good thing come from wild horses or burros.

Every one has pretty much stated most of the facts. Ive never seen somethin "too" dead. I use a .30 cal for lots of stuff. I have a 223wssm that I wouldn't use on deer (I like the 55gr vmax too much). Scottyboy or one of his buddies shot a deer w/ a 223 wssm at a fairly good ways off if I remember right with some good barnes bullets. It could be done but you cant go wrong w/ a quarter bore.

Seems to me elk really like new camers. Maybe its just me but they seem to gnaw on my older ones less. Might be the plastic smell/taste, who knows. Anybody else notice this? Oh for my elk cams, I mount them higher in the tree. Nothin makes a good pic into a bad one like a glob of elk slobber.

Id look through all the good stuff; Kowa, Swaro, Zeiss, and Leica. Ive never been able to look through a Kowa, but would like too. If money was no object I'd also have the outdoorsmans pan head like RR suggested. Im not the biggest fan of pistol grip heads, especially for 60x optics.

Unless you plan on using it at high noon, go 80mm. At 60x you want to suck up all the light you can. Everyone who has gotten the 65 has eventually went to the 80/85's. They really arent that heavy. They are pretty bulky. The bigger spotters really help count tines and inches from a long ways off in less than perfect lighting.

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Man sounds like a great gig. Thanks for the pics, keep us updated with more when you can so we can have something to look at while we are in the oven, I love seing snow in June.

Pictures must be in chronological order(judging by the smiles). 1st pic must have been nearest to the quad breaking down. By the time you were catching fish you were havin some fun! That 2nd shed is really neat and bladed out. Looks like a fun day. I would have let the broken quad ruin my day, glad you didn't.

I saw a dark maybe blue dodge, and a white dodge w/ stacks. I also saw Amanda but didnt have time to chat. that place was packed, I parked off University, but drove through the parking lot on my way out. I was by around 5ish I think. Who else saw stickeres there?