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I freeze 16 oz water bottles and take them in a yeti cooler frozen. Then remove frozen bottles and place one layer of frozen bottles on the bottom, then a game bag, lay the meat out and place another game bag on top, frozen bottles of water and game bag and lay more meat until all is in the cooler lasted for 8 days that way and the meat never got over 36 degrees. We were in a travel trailer and it enabled us to refreeze the bottles and add frozen bottles to the top of the cooler. We make sure and keep the cooler in the shade. Did it similar two years ago down south with another deer in another ice chest and it worked fantastic that time as well. We processed both these ourselves the weekend after we got home.

I second that motion!

my pack weighs around 32# add 13.5# after that for rifle.

that will be hard to top! congratulations

I bet he will look fine on the wall!

Elk is same only more

Did my own keep it cool and process when you get home. No doubt it is a lot of work but worth it.

Used Isnipe and it was good but required all the inputs to be accurate now I use a g7 range finder and it has been spot on every time out to 850 yards I have tested. It also accounts for angle,temp,Baro, altitude.

did this last year and had a good time hopefully will make it again this year

Bought a tikka and has been the easy set up, accurate rifle and more! Love it

read azgfd regulations and I believe a electronic rifle (tracking point) is excluded from fair chase by description. Meaning that you cannot use it.

It all depends on situation and ability. I have had hunters kill animals on our hunts at 60 yards and say thats not where i was aiming. Practice any distance or shots you may take, use the best equipment you can afford that has proven itself to you, and make sure you are comfortable with any shot you take.

Everyone is different in what their description of a quality animal. Azgfd has done a great job in my opinion of animal management to accommodate all hunters. If they impose a point minimum what impact would the numbers have on that unit? Total buck deer would rise and may use up all the resources and actually cause a decline of animals in that unit do to starvation, predation, and possibly other problems of health. We seem from my experience to have great opportunity to hunt in this state. It may take a few years or 20 to get a coveted tag but it seems to me that if you want to hunt every year you can take a lesser tag and have a opportunity.

I got a few boxes of precision hunter from hornady for 6.5 creedmoor and they measure .130 off the lands of my rifle and they shot 1/2 moa.

I had two successful shots this year 535 on a cow elk and 579 on a whitetail buck. Both one shot kills and double lung. I had perfect rests and great conditions(no wind). I closed up to distance on the deer from 793 to 579 and it was a cross canyon shot from prone position on my normal shooting bipod. the elk was from my backpack as a rest on a large rock for a stable platform. I practiced alot this year and learned if my rest is questionable dont take the shot. Am I good to a thousand NO.

I cut the breast off the bone and salt and pepper them, then soak them in lime juice, and tequila.

frost free or manual defrost? chest or upright? my grandfather stored alot of animals and said they keep longer in a manual defrost freezer. anyone have input on this

I have used a few different apps and they all require exact inputs to work correctly. I was able to purchase the g7 rangerfinder and it is spot on. point and adjust scope pull trigger.

Awesome I want to play too!

redding is all i have used

the cost of ammo on the 410 is what got me I moved the youngsters to a 20 gauge semiauto has about the same recoil

I would keep it for nostalgia sake and buy a new benelli !

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Never registered my bitch and she was fine with it. She had a great litter of pups and were great dogs still know alot of the owners who have them. Your dog do what you want with him.

I shoot a 9mm in competition easier to stay on target, carry a 45 acp big slow and hits like a sledgehammer. When I,m out in the wilderness 45 acp is my choice for protection because more round capacity. If hunting with a pistol I choose a .357 maximum (larger than magnum) ballistic is almost same as 44 magnum but round count is low. Different strokes for different folks does not mean wrong or right. I get crap from my hunting camp partners because I use a .338 lapua but they are shooting 300 win mag and 308 win I've never been a fan of 30 cal rounds. But 30 cal is the choice of most people and the reason their is so much support for 308 caliber.