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Nice bull. It does look a lot like the country in Colorado in elk77's defense. I drew a Kiabab tag one year and spent a lot of time shooting out past 500 yds only to shoot my buck at 35 yds when he walked past our glassing spot.

When I shot my bull this last year I was within 20 yds of cattle. They were all together. So I don't know how much the cattle affect them. It might just be the time of year for them to start moving like others have said.

I have seen pictures of some monsters that have come out of 23. I have been putting in for the early mule deer hunt for a couple years. I have never seen one though in all the years I have been hunting 23. Which is close to 15. I have seen some very nice coues deer and bulls though. Maybe that December tag is the ticket to seeing them.

Looks like I am not alone. I have been right at 195 for most of my adult life but the last few years I got up to close to 220. I have really felt it in my knees. At 45 it is harder getting around the mountains than it used to be. I cut out soda (mt dew) a few months ago and almost instantly dropped 10 back off. I am actually just starting to go to the LA Fitness on Signal Butte and Baseline. Speedygoss, I think this is the one that you are going to.

I used his map service 6 or 7 years ago. When I got the maps at first thought I was kind of pissed off. They were forest service maps with areas circled and some arrows pointing in different directions. There was also a couple sheets of paper with notes printed on them. The more I got to reading and looking at the maps the more impressed I was. He gives you areas for if the weather is still warm and also if they get some snow and freezes. More importanly he tells you how to hunt the areas that he has sent you. The important thing is to try your best to get up there at least once and look at the country so that you can actually see what is on the map. I was so glad that I did the map service. If you are doing it this year I would hurry so that he can get everything to you. I shot a nice buck and the other guy that split the cost of the map service missed a 200" buck. He miss judged the distance and shot under it. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

If you can find them and break up the flock you can do some calling. They are like quail and once the flock is broken up they will call to relocate each other.

If you are after paper maps go to Flatline Maps. They sell maps by the units that you want and they are bullet proof. Some of the guys that i hunt with instantly bought them once they saw them. I'm not sure if they are a sponsor on the site or not but I do know they had a deal on here last year helping out Josh with his wife. They are still working on getting more units but have a pretty good list so far. Great maps! http://www.flatlinemaps.com/

I took Duwane Adams glassing class some years ago and it was the best thing I ever did. I knew how to glass but he taught us when and where to glass. Deer are where they are but for the most part they are predictable. I think it is worth looking into his class.

I know families that draw great tags every year. The thing they don't say is that they all put in separately and someone gets lucky and draws. That way they get to hunt every year. Not all of them but they get to all go as a family. That could be the case in this situation.

Hoyt Rampage 29" draw 70lbs 100gr Shuttle T Lock I shoot out to 70 yds but my max shot in the field would be 50 yds and maybe 60 if the conditions were perfect which I haven't seen yet. My furthest shot on anything so far is 25 yds and my closest is 3 yds. It is fun getting close.

12 AW mule deer and muzzle loader mule deer. I get to hunt coues deer in Mexico.

Here's one.

Those switchbacks coming down off the rim have always been horible. I always come into Young from the south side. Has anyone heard what caused the fire to begin with?

That is too bad. I sure hope they get it under control soon. I shot my first bull not far from Round Mt a few years ago.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I ended up going with the EGW rail and rings. I went with the HD 20 moa rail and the low rings. According to their site I shouldn't have any problems with clearance. I should have the rifle all set up by this next weekend. I already had a muzzle break installed so it will be ready for Mexico this next year. Next will be working up a load for it.

Ok, so I recently bought a Tikka T3 and am in the proccess of putting a scope on it. They come with the scope rings that fit directly onto the rifle but they are 1" and the scope I am putting on is a 30mm. I called Berreta to buy the 30mm rings and found out that they don't sell them. So I am going to have to go with a rail or some other bases. My question is what is everyone that is buying the T3 and installing 30mm scopes doing for set ups? Picatinny rail or another one piece base or what? Thanks for any imput.

Azpackhorse, looks nice. Which scope do you have and what height rings did you go with? I have the Vortex 6.5-20X44 that is going on it. I would like to keep it as low as possible. Thanks for the replies.

I am a home inspector and see more bad salt systems than ones that are actually running. Most are turned off and just running with chlorine tablets. Try pricing a new salt cell and decide if you want to go that route. Luckily my wife doesn't like the way it makes her skin itch after swimming in so I didn't install one on my pool. Plus if you ever see a pool that has had a salt system for very long the decking will be damaged because of it. Look at what salting roads does to cars. Good luck

Congrats on finishing dental school. You made out for only living here 4 years. That is some luck drawing some of those tags.

The fire that is burning along the border of the indian res. and unit 23 is really close to the Valentine camp ground area. I have camped there before and was on a Jr deer hunt there last year. Hopefully it doesn't take off and do too much damage.

I have seen a lot of the intel guys over at Archery Headquarters when I am over there. Especially at lunch time. Hope the semiconductor world is good. I was at Motorola for about 14 years.

Jimmyc, have you already put the muzzle brake on your rifle. I just bought a Tikka T3 270WSM and dropped it off at Accuracy Speaks out at Usury pass to have mine done. I have had them do one other one for me and did an excellent job. It was $175 and there is no way of knowing it is threaded on it is so smooth.

What would be really nice is if there was a place or website that all of these projects were listed so that someone like myself could go see what is coming up. Maybe there is but I don't know about it. The only time I have ever volunteered for any of these projects is when I was scouting and happened to drive by when a group was working on a turkey habitat area. So I stopped and helped. But I would be willing to help out a lot more if I knew what was coming up and where.

Great scope. I have two of them. Got both of them from Cameraland. Lowest price you will find.

That is a great outcome with the boy. And a ton of bone you guys found. Holy cow.