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They are stiff, but break in is a relative term. They do not ever really lose their stiffness, but I like that for the support. With good socks I've never had a blister or hot spot in 6 years of various scarpa boots right out of the box. I think day hunting out of them is fine, I usually do. I hike around the hills for a living and I consider them the "Air Jordans" of hiking boots.

I love the Scarpa Terra GTX for anything from 2500-11000 ft., Early season elk to late season desert mule deer. Plenty robust in rocky condiontions, yet still light weight and quiet. I've worn them with rediculous loads on my back in uneven terrain with zero issues. They're even comfy right out of the box with litte/break in time. I also have ewxperience with the "fuego" "kinesis" and "wrangell" boots from scarpa, and they too are awesome. Quite a bit heavier, stiffer, and warm for most hunts in the south west. They are great boots though.

I just use brass nock sets without shrink tubing. There will be plenty of served section for this. How ever one could place them, test them, then press the bow and put shrink tube on them. You can get shrink tube any where that sells electrical supplies like ACE, home depot etc. I don't see a need for it though. In my experience they only boost speed and only by a few fps. G5 also makes a nice product called "speed studs" that adjust easily and are served into place when set. Keep in mind you will probably lose some speed with a quality aftermarket string. This is due to the manufacturers using a lean string with a lower strand count to boost speed specs. I don't worry about it though, I'd rather have stability over speed any day. I don't love most archery shops either, but you can usually buy some chrono time if you feel you need the speed mods and want to do the testing. Sometimes they will have them at local shoots as well. Got any buddies w/ a chrono?

They should come somewhat twisted to spec. But you most certainly should verify against your tune specs. I've had a lot of aftermarket strings in 25 years of archery and never been happier than when I bite the bullet and get winners choice. They will not come with speed buttons, which is ok, you should find the ideal location and amount through thorough experimentation, not factory specs. I would clean your cam tracks and I use "triflo" teflon lube, but I would use what is recommended by the manufacturer. Most cams these days have sealed ball bearings, but i am treating where the bearing rides on the axle. With winners choice strings, I usually put the set on and find and approx nock point, install my loop and approx rest speed and shoot the bow 100-300 times to allow the strings and cable to settle if they need to. Then get into the nitty gritty of axle to axle, brace height, cam lean, poundage, and rest timing. Then install peep and finish fine tuning with nock/rest location with paper and walk back tuning. When you get the bow shooting laser beams and you are happy, jot down all pertinent info on a 3"x5" card and keep it in your bow case. This will allow you to restore your bow to your happy specs if something does move or change such as if you do get a weird stretch or accidentally cut your string with a broadhead or other catastrophe. Hope this helps.

Pretty impressive considering he started with like a 25 word ad in the back of Field and Stream selling hand tied flies. Surely the American dream at its finest.

good deal. Maybe post a review after you put it through it paces

full bore on sale at camofire right now. looks made for hauling horns http://www.camofire.com/?

magpul ms3 sling is a good one. 1 hand adjustable, and quickly converts from 2 point to 1 point. Also the new v-tac sling from viking tactical.

Shooter

http://www.grandviewoutdoors.com/articles/3415-magpul-dynamics-ditches-colorado-moves-to-texas-and-wyoming#sthash.3bS0N3qC.dpbs Haley Strategic Partners is leaving CO as well. http://soldiersystems.net/2014/01/06/haley-strategic-partners-announces-move-from-colorado-to-arizona/

I tuned in to watch the game, but all that was on was a documentary about the slaughter of horses...weird.

El Guero Canelo

talk to Little Creek Calls on this forum. His calls are chock full of turkey sounds.

I shoot 3" lead BB with fantastic results out of a .675 (FULL*) choke. However when I run 4 buck I drop to a modified choke. I do not do this for fear of damage to my gun, I do it because out of my gun those options pattern the best. In my experience the larger the shot size the more open the choke. This is due to a tight choke compressing and deforming shot and therfore opening patterns. I do extensive pattern testing with my guns and loads to determine what patterns the most even and dense at the distance I intend to shoot. The only way to know how a given load will perform is to pattern it. Test out your chosen load through several chokes from IC to Full or more. Beg borrow and buy chokes to do your testing and find out where your gun shines. The way to cover your tail is to speak to the manufacturer of your choke and discuss maximum shot size with them.

sexy

I like a 10-20 degree bag

wiggy's is a good bag too, honeslty you cannot go wrong with kelty, Big agnes, marmot, mountain hardware, wiggys, Eureka, North Face, Sierra Designs, black diamond, deuter, granite gear, lafuma, rab, western mountaineering, montbell or any other quality bag. I would find the temp you want and the features you want and find the best deal from there. good deals and reviews can also be found at Backcountry.com

all about tuning: http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=539460 http://bowsite.com/bowsite/features/practical_bowhunter/broadheadflight/ http://archeryhistory.com/archerytalk/The_Nuts&Bolts_of_Archery.pdf http://www.thearcher.com/depot/resourceCentre/completetuningguide.pdf

600-800 fill down is the way to go imo, it's lighter, packs smaller and is warmer than anything else. A 15-20 degree bag covers most AZ endeavors. Kelty makes a great bag for the price. http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___41045 http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___41049 http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___41047

you can still pick up beater mod 11's on gunbroker

Brownells or Midwest Gun Works. Love the humpbacks, Best of luck.

I believe the "HD" stands for High Dollar or Huge Dent in your wallet.

mojado trail

I've had zero flight issues with them out to distances I'd rather not say.

All Wac 'em exit 125s with 4 fletch Gateway Razr feathers.