CatfishKev

Well shout out to crocket brothers archery down here in SV. Found out my arrows shoulda been 300 spine so I got a few. Also realized I was tweaking the string a bit with my release and possibly putting a bit too much pressure on it when touching it to my shnozz. So I upgraded my release. Found a target buck and don't wanna blow it. Got on him this am and just could not cut the distance in time. Tomorrow, maybe.....

Yeah I get that but there are areas you can glass off the palatue and maybe pull it off that way but I have no idea if that's a really viable option. Planned on doing it on a scouting trip and my starter went out and had to run up to the state line and it ended up costing me a day. Then on the actual hunt my truck broke down on the way up there and spent the night fixing it in the valley. Cost me another day.. Honestly time will tell what the the kaibab hunt looks like, I think it's still to early to say as of now but I wouldn't completely blow it off for Raymond ranch quite yet. That hunt doesn't sound too fun either.

A note to those who try the co op and then decide it's not for them. Before my hunt I coordinated with guys that had the tag before me. One guy did the co op and decided it wasn't for him. They ended up going on their own and got out to the salt by the park entry early. It pissed of Ned's kid and he got a bit belligerent with them and said something to the effect of if you can do what you want so can I. He went out in the meadow running around in circles to the point of redface and sweaty, then sat down right in the middle of the meadow. I was gonna post this way back when but decided not too just because I didn't wanna come off like a hater. But that was a BIG deciding factor for me to go diy and not even consider the co op. I ended up killing first morning with the help of running my own cams

Hold your phone sideways for pics. Problem solved.

Very cool man. Well done. I wanna go that route eventually but I wanna kill some more stuff with my compound bow first.

Way to go Tyler! Don't remember you using a recurve before.... Could be wrong. Awesome to have the kid with you 10x the fun! Congrats to your pops too.

I'm a fan of the 66mm even though they are not fluorite they are still great. Get 2 of them and build a pair of big eyes. Then you have the option of taking one off for a backpack hunt when needed. And for the price you could build 2 kowas big eye setups for the price of the btx.

I did my cow hunt diy. Made sure to get in way early to my spot before guided hunters show up but that was before multiple guides were guiding up there. Now I think guys will likely be getting into blinds super early and even possibly sleeping in blinds overnight to have dibs for a spot (not technically legal if within quarter mile of water since it could be considered "camping"). If you go diy expect guided hunters to show up with you and not leave. It sucks but it's a very real possibility. It was definitely possible before but honestly now it can turn into a real shitshow. See some of the earlier threads here... Same situation came up and a guy pulled a gun on video. Pretty sure the video got deleted but you get my point. Also if you go diy and are driving roads and whatnot the guides will not like it, it might sound alarmist but bring spare tires and a chainsaw. If you are a man of means and can throw money at it I might actually consider going guided, and I never ever suggest people going guided. But this hunt is sort of a wildcard hunt. As stated earlier there are multiple guides jockeying for position and this is relatively new so nobody's real sure what the hunts up there are really gonna be like yet.

Even though I hate the guys wacky politics gotta play devil's advocate here. Wasn't he supposed to point a prop gun on someone and pull the trigger? Ultimately I also doubt he will do time. I'm thinking this will fall on the armorer. I wonder what ever happened to the person in charge when Brandon Lee got killed filming the crow.

How much snow did you guys get?

With all the flooding I'm hoping they build an ark and sail west

Great price!

Wow dude! That's a dandy! I'll take luck over skill every time.

Yeah they look like big pigs. Don't boars usually run solo?

Very cool. How is it done, do you put glue on the skull then set one bead at a time?

Saw a buck fight this morning. Smaller buck won the girl. And another stud and his buddy with another doe. 5 decent bucks one was probably over 100

Whoa missed this. That's freaking cool! Looked back through this thread, some pretty cool stuff.

Good guy, buy with confidence. Nice rig Matt!

If you already have an 18volt tool set just get the same brand. They always do battery deal around Christmas too.

Nothing wrong with swinging for the fences but that's a nice bull man. I'd be stoked to kill a 335

Why's it all so secretive?

I'm gonna start meat hunting!

Posting for my buddy here in SV. Most definitely a good dude and I know they just put a lot of work into this truck. Bang for the dollar this is a good deal. I got the 6.0 myself and since that was his niche he gracefully helped me save a lot of money helping me work on mine myself. Phone number is in pic. I only took these 2 pics so call or text him for more info.

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I'm also a big fan of the pellet tubes. When I use my electric smoker that's all I use. Got a 6 inch and a 10 or 12. I also use it in the pellet grill depending on what I'm doing. I did use the "amaze n" pellet tray before but had a hard time keeping it lit. Since I switched to the tubes I've never had an issue.