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How did the hunt go? What bullet in the FED PREM load? I just got out hunting with my son this year he was in the Army for 7 years.

Where are you located?

We picked up our pup from Bryce July 1. She is 7 months old in the sprinkler video. She is very fit and very good looking and smart to. IMG_1188_TRIM.MOV

Been using action packer or heavy cardboard boxes (sure they wear out but cheep and replaceable) but considering plano's plastic boxes

For my liking I go with light and glass sitting. I have been using a Vanguard Espod 232CB unfortunately they now longer make it. The closest current tripod is the Alta Plus 233AO 1.6lbs $140.00.

Wishing you guys many more such adventures.

Another buck with a kicker out of the side of antler bud

I bought a pair of Cabelas Instinct Euro HD's 12X50 for this years hunt. My son was coming in form out of state for the hunt and was going to use my 20yr old Zeiss 10X42's. It was a short notice purchase and I compared the Cabelas Euro's to the Swaros and could not see enough difference just trying in the store to go 2.5 times more$. Are the Swaros better no doubt, Was very pleased with the Euro/Meoptas for 5 days of hard glassing.

Youth 20, the nicest home defense shotgun. Won't recoil to much and not hard on the structure and It Scares the F out of me thinking of being on business end of 1 OZ of #2 lead.

S AZ had snow in Sonoita a couple days ago looked like 3/4 inches more forecast 4 tonight.

Does shooter also have your altitude and current local barometric pressure to calculate Density Altitude for your shot?

You used some kind of "app" to generate numbers for the tape. Wether it was published paper tables or on line app that built you a table or something, that or you just have a mind for imagining the right drop chart.

I use a density altitude app and plug the resultant DA value into my ballistic app works nice.

StrelokPro will also tell you what velocity to use based on your corrections. Do other apps have the reticle view that Strelok has?

Maybe not "Superior" but better supported, better adopted & more commercially successful.

Depends, if it was eyeballing me as intensely as my Marine DI then throw them out.

I have had a a 7-08 or two and liked them ok. I have one with a Broughton barrel from when the old man was making them and I had a hard time getting it to shoot sub MOA. Also with 140 SGK was able to get them going about 2850 fps. I think hand loading the 6.5C you can get 140's to 2800 and change. So for my perspective its 6's. Now take a 270 WIN spitting out a 150 at around 2900 and I know what I prefer.

I read the book 'The Beast in the Garden" a while back and was impressed by how dangerous these big cats can be. It does not happen often but there is a definite potential for these predators to be killers of humans. The book chronicles the encounters between humans and their pets and mountain lions in Boulder Colorado leading up to a lion killing a 18 year old young man out for a run on the edge of town.

I have shot 6.5C Hornady factory loaded 140 Am Gunner, 140 Match and 143 ELD X Precision Hunter out of two different rifles and get at least 1/2 inch groups all the way around. I have never come across anything saying the powders in the Hornady loads are a blend of powders, is this correct? Now only my impression, from talking to others at the range and at shoots and reading, but I think hand loading the 6.5C would give me better velocity and groups than Hornady loaded ammo, is this others experience ?

Its a little like the Marines pictured pissing on Taliban dead. As far as I am concerned they could have taken a video of them defecating on em. If you ask those Marines today if it was a bad photo to have out there they would probably say yes.

When I was promoted to a position of responsibility in charge of the well being of my team one of my first lessons/rules (for my own personal conduct) was never NEVER bring up or discus religion.

A very good point and should be every hunter/outdoorsman's touchstone. My own personal perspective is that i am a outdoorsman and conservationist as much as a hunter. I dislike the term "sport hunting". Hunting is the fall outdoor ritual, a ritual passed down from my father and uncle and goes back several millennium. We play a part as the Apex Predator, Fish and Game monitors the big picture with the goal to balance heard size to habitat to hunting pressure. The poor predator has low priority, the goal for now is manage the pressure so we don't wipe them out (otherwise they become endangered species). Yes I still get that "Thrill of the Hunt" feeling but feel that we are more than takers. We have a synergistic relationship with game, wildlife and the outdoors. Many hunters are involved with conservation as in the many groups along the lines of Ducks Unlimited and the different Elk Societies. Not every hunter is involved to that level but their Pittman Robertson taxes and political support help keep conservation and FG Dept. healthy and viable. Habitat enhancement and habitat protections supported by hunters helps all, that is ALL wildlife not just the game species. There has been attempts to tax other outdoor equipment ala Pittman Robertson act, you could hear the cries of no from coast to coast. Without the hunting constituency Politicians would take money out of conservation and use it in other ways to buy more votes. Without hunters Audubon Society, Sierra Club would not have enough boots on the ground or as big a voice to support habitat enhancement or protection. Habitat out west is so chopped up by cities, highways and other development that without a FG Dept. to monitor it all and unchecked predators would eat out these isolated island of habitat and the resulting level of wildlife would be much lower. DO NOT EVER EVER GIVE YOUR ENEMIES EASY WAYS TO ATTACH OR HARM YOU

True this is the first step. This is also true, it gives the first step to banning awesome traction.

I am a traditional hunter and strongly believe in fair chase. Also strongly believe fair chaise does not apply to coyotes. That said, in this day and age killing contests like this have very bad optics.

No, but thanks for the offer. I should have asked "What is your comfort level with reloading brass that ran a little hot?" Not asking to bust your balls more interested in others perspective. But we got a good real world experience from lance so looks like he answered the question.