CatfishKev

So with less then a 16" barrel you are legal as long as there is no brace or foregrip?

Dam Tim, didn't realize you smelled like poop. I'm not smellin so fresh these days either. That's cool your kiddo wants to learn welding. Good on her.

Lol, swore you did it on purpose. The whites almost line up perfectly. Glws.

Great guy, Buy with confidence.

Looks like the carpet was your inspiration for the paint job.

It wasn't a dig at you, that's really just the norm when a new member asks for advice. Then they get it and never return. At least you responded. Sorry to hear about your mom though and good luck on your future hunts.

A dude sold a pair here awhile back with what I think was a homemade carbon fiber plate. Maybe a thin sheet of aluminum to start and then wrap layers yourself. Pretty sure I saw stuff on Amazon to make your own carbon fiber products but maybe you can buy premade pieces. Idk.

I'll ask the lady that told me. I'll see her Tuesday. I think they are hard to come by since COVID.

I heard some of the ones from the border were gonna get auctioned off but don't know where.

Nice to see an objective point of view from someone who actually has both. Given that you could get 2 big eye setups for the cost of the btx sure makes the kowas setup very appealing. If I had 5k to play with for optics I'd go NL pure 12s and kowa big eyes. If packing far pull one of the kowas and just pack the spotters. Curious as I haven't seen one of the Adams adapters. Could you drill some more holes in the plate to shave some weight off? I wonder how hard it would be to form a carbon fiber plate....

Really don't know details just a couple pics from a buddy and that it supposedly went 201". I have no idea when or where. Maybe someone can chime in.

@Edge no idea if that would work but it's worth a try. I bet a trapper on here would probably give you some gland lure, especially if it's just for one cage.

If it's just one on your property puncture a can of tuna if the duck parts don't work. Might catch a skunk though too

When I was the Naco dentist I asked if he knew guys down there that hunted mexico. He said he knows a guy on the us side that organized trips. Probably not the same guy but I'd be very surprised if he didn't know the guy you are looking for. I'd call Dr Martinez office and leave a message to try and get the guys number.

Wife had a few separate woman at her salon saying theirs stopped laying until they started feeding them their leftovers. Thinking about getting the coup going again.

Seems like broadheads breaking off the top of the arrow in the animal is my normal. Is this just a fact of life or do my arrows suck? Have had gold tips in the past and the current batch are maxima reds if I recall correctly. I'm guessing it's just the nature of archery hunting where you poke an animal and they jerk when the arrow hits causing sheer force on the broadheads as it's traveling through. Opinions welcome. Got 2 arrows left debating going same brand or just another round of fresh ones. Got my new archery deer tag and lion tag. Feeling the itch...

Like a regular day archery hunting when the shooter is Kev I guess. The buck fever was real, hope I didn't turn him nocturnal. There are 2 runner ups in the area so will see what happens.

A swing and a miss. Thank God for lighted arrow nocks. Was upset all day after not finding blood or my arrow. Went out tonight at dark and found it. Clean miss. I got a consolation prize though, found one of his old sheds right close to where I shot at him. He's much bigger now.

True. It doesn't seem to take much. Spent break time today trying to find tune my sight with the new release. Feeling good for the am. Saw my target at first lite. Positioned myself for the interception and he never showed up. Saw him tonight as well but too close to private. Saw another shooter I've not seen before. He's officially option #2. Got an hour or so before work tomoro. See what happens...

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.