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I think I will pass on the hardcover copy of that write up and wait for the paperback. It is hard to cram 10 days of hunting excitement into a few paragraphs isn't it? Congratulations, glad to see you got a nice bull. I wish I could have stayed longer and helped you pack it out. After playing pack mule for Edge can you imagine the rant I might have gone on if I was lugging a heavy pack down the trail next to Mulepackhunter in the same week?

The pillars are just that, two small pillars of support. They keep the stock from compressing when the action bolts are tightned and also help keep the action bolt torque consistent. The bedding process literally molds the stock to the exact shape of the action. When the action can not shift around in the stock accuracy is increased.

Well you're down to the part I hate, trying not to glue the action into the stock. Looks like you should be shooting soon. Good luck.

I considered 3 possibilities. Hunter, antler collector and poacher. To me poacher was the most likely. There is a fourth possibility. I called the location in to G&F and they told me their officers saw the antlers of dead animals they locate and bring them in to be auctioned at the expo. I thought all the stuff auctioned at the expo was recovered from poachers.

Another thing to check is decimals in your data entry. Make sure they are not misplaced, missing or entered where there should not be one. It is an easy one to miss. I once entered a 0.6 FPS per degree powder temp correction as 6. It really screwed things up.

I've called the game thief hotline for illegal hunting on my property and it's a joke. They showed up 6 hours later. Hunters were long gone. They weren't even interested in what was going on. Why not call the sheriff in that situation? Their unauthorized presence on your property constitute trespass which is a situation the sheriff's deputie is prepared to deal with. In many cases game and fish only has one officer per unit. They simply can't be there immediately when you call.

H4350 is the new Varget. That stuff was impossible to find a few years ago.

Really? You thought" Hillary for president" was better than that?

I seem to recall Chris Rock providing excellent coverage on that event.

It was on again off again a number of times for a variety of reasons. One had something to do with world's Foremost Bank AKA Cabela's Visa. The on-again off-again cycle caused quite a bit of fluctuation in Cabela's stock. I made a 20% profit in something like 2 months. No complaints here.

The weathering on the cuts is consistent with the rest of the skull, the antlers were likely cut off at time of death.

OK, but why saw them off rather than take the skull or skull plate?

The technology has existed for many years in the form of the Tomahawk cruise missile.

Does anybody remember the knucklehead a while back who mounted a semi-automatic handgun to his drone that could be fired remotely and then posted a video to YouTube? He got a visit from FAA and ATF . I believe shiny silver bracelets were involved.

Assume it was operated by a radical anti Hunter activist and carried an IED. You would have to defend yourself wouldn't you?

Glad to hear a Happy Ending to this story. Someone once said that war brings out both the worst in the best in people. It would appear that hunting does as well.

The NSX compact scopes are quite a bit lighter. I run a NSX 3.5 -12 on a 700 7mm-08 AI. The gun weighs 7.5 pounds loaded and ready to go. In my opinion the gun is very well balanced.

pretty close. A marathon running former recon marine. Force Recon, sounds like you're in very good company. Had to look it up on the map to see where you were talking about. Looks like an interesting trip. Good luck and be safe.

Do you have a reference weight for your scale? If not put one of those 160 gr bullets on your scale and see if the scale thinks it weighs 160 gr. If your scale is somehow off you could be loading a larger amount of powder than you think you are.

For that trip I would be hoping my huckleberry was Doc Holliday.

Are the big signs that say "no motorized wheeled vehicle off road game recovery" still at points where you turn off the hwy into 5B south? My father and I got a laugh out of them. We happen to own a bulldozer. It would be fun to sit by that sign with the dozer and your own "non-wheeled game recovery" sign and wait for the FS to wander by. I am sure that would be an interesting conversation.

Can anyone help in 4B Mon to Thu? Call Tom, Lv2hnt, 480 760 3868. Also see his post under Tag Donation. I can be reached at 480-993-5507 Lee

One thing Tom didn't mention is that he does have a hunter for the 7w tag also. 3 for 3 on filling mid hunt donations in 2 days. Now that is impressive.

Looks like the wood cutting excuse was a bit exaggerated. Interestingly it does say they can use a road that's closed on the mvum as off-road travel to recover wood

Maybe those who harvest meat should band together and file a discrimination based lawsuit because they are not treated equally to those harvesting wood. Be interesting to see USFS defend themselves against that one. The rules on public land should apply equally to all users without discrimination against some groups of users.