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    12 Gauge Choke Tube

    If you have to ask what time you can legally shoot coyotes in Arizona, you really think you can tell a male coyote from a female in the time it takes one to come into shotgun range and get killed? Do you let the females turn tail and run? How old are you??
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    12 Gauge Choke Tube

    The extra tight chokes rarely work well with buckshot, even the smaller #4 shot. I have found the Patternmaster and Pure Gold to work best in my Benelli and primarily use the Pure Gold because I CAN shoot slugs with it-required for lions. If you check with folks who make tubes specifically for buckshot (deer hunters?) you will see they are not nearly as tight as like an extra full turkey choke. Then again, I don't care for the dead coyote loads themselves- I get far better patterns with the #2 and BB Hevishot.
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    new gun!

    Do NOT put a muzzle brake on that rifle. At your age, the last thing you need to do is screw up your hearing. One shot from a 300 mag without ear protection WILL cause permanent hearing loss. Muzzle brakes are for target rifles and prairie dog rifles, they are not for elk or deer hunting rifles. Who goes around with ear protection on while hunting. Or, better yet, who can call an audible and tell the deer to hold still while you break out your muffs? Nope, muzzle brakes are bad news. They do work but with a terrible price. Put a decellerater or equivalent recoil pad on it, get the trigger adjusted properly and make yourself a sissy pad for range use (I use a heavy piece of leather with a strap on it). Good luck
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    Best Mexican food in Globe / Miami

    I'm with Kent, I like Guayos el rey for sit down and Burger House for take out. I can't imagine driving there from Mesa to eat though when there are at least two or three places in Mesa that are better than Guayos or Burger House.
  5. Someone stole one of mine last year, bear box and all! Now I set up a camera in a hidden location to watch the camera that I am using to target something. They will only steal from me once.
  6. Looks like Navajo Lake to me!
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    Rings for 50mm Scope?

    Generally, you can get away with medium rings with a 30 mm tubed scope. I have one right now that actually hits the base that protrudes too far forward but that is rare. As for Talley bases and rings, they are good, but not the only thing out there. I have shied away from the Redfield style bases/rings (twist-in) in recent years as I don't like the lock up that you get with the cone screws that secure the rear ring. I prefer a steel Weaver style bases (Warne Maxima, Weaver Grand Slam, Burrist XTR et al) and Leupold QRW type rings. Very strong and very available. I like Burris Signature rings that have been modified with a bigger cross-bolt. If you want ultra light weight, get the Talleys that have the bottom ring and base as a solid unit.
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    first or second week

    Everything Lark says is true except I don't think most guys go home now like they used to. A bull elk tag during the rut is become so glamorous that most guys stick around most of the hunt- maybe taking off a day here and there. Last year there really wasn't much of a rut. That is evidenced by far fewer calves than I normally see. I have no explanation or even guesses as to why it happened. Two years ago, I had a tag in unit 10. I hunted a couple of days in unit 9 during my hunt (my buddy had a tag) and talked to a few hunters. EVERY elk that I saw dead and every elk that someone told me about was killed on water. Not one guy out of about 10 dead bulls I saw successfully called one in and killed it! In 10, we called in quite a few that we could have killed, a few that were missed and a few that weren't big enough. That wasn't the case for us in 9. Different areas call for different strategies- you can hunt water anytime.
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    Finally checked the cams after 4 months!

    I do believe the lithium batteries are better- I use them in my camera and rangefinder. When I am setting trail cameras though, I can't see a reason to use 4 lithiums that cost $10 in lieu of 8 alkalines that are only $2-$3. I guess if you are backpacking 7 or 8 cameras in and are trying to save every ounce, you might notice it. I just buy 40 packs of AA alkalines and replace them every time I pull a card if it has bee more than a couple of weeks. If you are putting a camera out and know you can't check it for 6 months ( can't imagine why I would do that) and you can somehow set the camera so it doesn't fill up so fast, the lithiums might well serve a good purpose. I really like the lithium batteries for my cordless drill- they are less than half the weight! It gets heavy packing that thing!
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    question about tripods

    If you are going to shoot off a tripod that is rated a 6.6 lbs, you are going to have considerable flex in the legs. You can do it, but you will have to learn how to "load" the legs so that they don't wobble too much. You won't break the tripod. I think it has to do with that amount of movement that is allowed and what the locks will support. I tripod rated at 6.6 lbs is pretty light duty. Even the Manfrotto 190 series are 8 lb tripods. I thought they were a little too flimsy. BUT- it will still be a lot better than not using it!
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    Leica Geovids or 15*56 swarovs

    If you spent much time with your Swarovskis, you are going to regret buying the Minox. They are $1500 cheaper for a reason. Your original post was asking about the Geovids, another $2000+ binocular. My point is this, if you want to glass from a tripod, get glass withOUT a laser as you are handicapping yourself. This is fact. If you want binoculars with a rangefinder in them, get a small enough binocular that you can hang around your neck or harness. The Leica Ultravids are great glass. The Geovids are pretty handy when you get the 8x42s or possibly the 10x42s. The Zeiss Victory RF are really good too. I am scratching my head as to how this went from Swaro/Leica to Minox?? Good luck dude.
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    first or second week

    If you are willing to shoot any reasonable bull, the second week is fine, if you have a big one picked out, you better go the first day and stick with it or someone else will shoot him. Just saying...
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    Attack of the Killer Buzzes

    Some type of scarab anyway. I can't imagine a swarm of bees on 4 Bar Mesa, there's not enough pollen and nectar to keep two hummingbirds fat!!
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    Leica Geovids or 15*56 swarovs

    VOILA!
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    Drew The Wrong Tag?

    How come they didn't goof mine up and give me one???
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    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

    You lucky sucker! What a great tag!
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    Leica Geovids or 15*56 swarovs

    IMHO the 15 power Geovids are useless! Anytime you add a laser element to a binocular you cut down on light transmission dramatically. This means that for glassing purposes, you are giving up something just to have a feature you will probably never need. I can't imagine having to range something off my tripod and I am sure as heck NOT gonna hand those 15s around my neck. I spoke at length to a Zeiss engineer about this very thing. He told me that their new range finding binoculars give up several percentage points in light transmission to the regular Victory models. If you are going to buy 15X binoculars, get ones that are good for glassing ( I don't think there is anything out there as good as the 15x56 Swaros) I have compared them to the Leica Duovids (Red Rabbits), the Geovids (no contest) the Ultravids (still no contest) and the less expensive stuff out there like the Kaibabs and Minox. IF the Geovids were as good as the Ultravids for glassing, then I can see the range finding feature might be fun to play with to see how far away stuff is while you are glassing, but they are NOT as good as the Ultravids. If you have to use them as your ONLY range finder, you would be severely handicapped. The little hand-held range finders are far easier to use and just as accurate. I have thought this out quite a bit. The regular powered Geovids are great for guiding, not so great for hunting. I prefer the 8x binocs and the CRF range finder for my hunting and I have tried about everything.
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    Price check in sporting goods

    That is a guy that doesn't really want to sell that stuff but is just testing the waters methinks. Prices are too high.
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    Rutting bull already!

    HORNOGRAPHY
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    Rutting bull already!

    You guys gave me so much grief over teasing Cowboy Hunter that I thought I would go ahead and post a cow photo myself. You never know what's gonna show up, do ya? Be careful- Rated PG-13
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    Finally checked the cams after 4 months!

    I am not convinced that the lithiums are a good value in the camera except maybe in exceptionally cold weather. I easily fill up the stupid 2Gb cards before the batteries ever go dead. This is using Costco brand alkalines. I have taken 4000+ pics on one set of batteries and they were still working. The cards are the limiting factor. The new ones that are 16 Gb compatible are a different story. I will need to test one of them out and see. I also got 3800+ pics out of a moultrie recently but it uses 6- D cell batteries. They were still 88% according to the display! I went ahead and put it back out with a fresh card. I will see how many more I get from it. Down side is that it is HUGE. I really like the concealability of the Coverts. Nice pics by the way...
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    Rutting bull already!

    And he's color blind. Now we don't know what color the calf gonna be? Poor guy will be without identity...
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    Bull elk pic's

    That has to be the same bull we saw a few weeks ago,looking at that top he has. He's definitely a 300 class bull (300-399)
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    paws and claws

    No to the green prickly pear, in fact, I watched a big boar eating on some pears one year and he tested each one before he bit them off- I went to the bush he was eating on before he got himself shot and there were several pears with puncture marks that weren't quite ripe enough- Kinda like me picking out a water melon at Superstition Ranch Market- thumping them to test for ripeness...
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