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Think it was a 6.5 creed if I'm not mistaken.

Looks like most are 7-08 or 270.Anyone have any experience with the ruger american line? There go wild line has a 7-08 with some good options that will keep the overall cost down .I'm curious as to how they shoot and function w/o having to replace anything like you'd have to do with the axis line .

They are outstanding for the ham hunts .You definitely get looks at the range when your shooting a contender,striker,or xp100 .Most have never seen one and are interested in how something that size can shoot such a big bullet.I can't believe I missed this one .I've been looking for one for a long time.

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Youth Gun Giveaway. To premote youth hunting I've decided to donate one of my guns. The winner will receive a sporterized 1903 30-06 .The gun comes as follows 1 1903 springfield- with a muzzle break just installed by axis works 1 vortex 4x12 scope- new with original box 1 skb hard case 2- boxes of ammo 1 trigger lock Dale Medders ( the gun stock refinisher ) has agreed to FREE OF CHARGE make any lenght of pull adjustment and fit a recoil pad of your choosing. Rules are as follows Must be a youth capable of applying in the 2022 youth only hunts. Must have a hunter saftey card or number The gun must be transferred to a parent who can pass the background check. Must be a arizona resident. The winner will be chosen at random and notification will be given March 31. All rules must be followed to claim .if for some reason there Not met a new winner will be chosen. Enter at youthgungiveaway@outlook.com Please leave a contact name and phone number. Deadline to enter is 12.pm Feb 28 Please feel free to share the info as the intent is to get kids hunting!!! Thanks chris

It was a pleasure to meet with Lawson and his dad Saturday.They elected to take a modle 70 given there choice of the three guns I had offered.I can tell you guys we will see some pictures of this kids success with his new gun.So I've offered to upgrade our second place winner to the 1903 and a soft case if he would in turn let our 3rd place winner have the other 50 gift card.Wich he's happy to do .I can tell you guys I will be doing this again next year just with new in the box guns .So if you have caliber recommendations I'm all ears .It would be primarily for elk but I'm not against going to a lighter caliber.

The roads will be open soon .They are closed for most of the wet season then open April or May depending.As ed67 stated sit water as most will say sun up till 10 and 4 till dark but I can say the elk are on to this and will water when they want.We've had elk ,deer,and turkey hit all day .The unit is a travel corridor and the elk move north and south with the weather .As the temps change close to hunting season the elk will move down from Flagstaff.Some of the older elk are on to the old blinds that have been used for years and will peek first to see if there in use my buddy got picked off in one .Water and blinds or 🌳 stands are always good and we usually have our elk within 3 days or less.

I'd build a custom 7-08 on a defiance action with a proof carbon fiber barrel ,manners stock ,trigger tec trigger ,Nightforce nx8 or atacr scope,Nightforce or sphur 20 moa mounts.My choice of build components is based on the need for a lighter 7-08 as my other is heavy .It is my grandfather's old interarms mauser action built by Keith at Phoenix custom rifles and is a absolute tack driver but was built with a long brux barrel 26 inches and a McMillan a3-5 adjustable stock and and a timmney trigger.

I'd have to agree with your wife .You can't beat a trailer when you can get it .Heat running water and a hot shower .Love mine but there are some hunts that just need to be done in a tent back in the woods.

I think this worked out great our winners are 2 boys age 14,and 13 and one first time hunter and she is 10.I will say if I can do this again next year I'm going new gun and all to eliminate all the stress.

Winners are posted in the contest and giveaways section.

First off I'd like to thank Boarman03 and his son for helping with the draw for the gun giveaway.So here is the draw video . Winners are Lawson Miller. 1st place rifle package Zane Thompson(Eli Thompson ) 2nd and a $50. Sportsmans gift card Randi (Cody Carpenter) 3d $ 50. Sportsmans gift card Congratulations to the winners pending verification of a hunter saftey card. I will be calling all the winners this afternoon . 0325221555.mp4

Warranty is a good thing .It saved my but on a new starter and a few other items on my defender.The service plan is kinda a joke its just real expensive oil changes as they don't cover much .They wouldn't even cover the air filter its that bad .So if you can change the oil yourself save your money.

There were 176822 apps for 217839 hunters per f@g web.

Heard they are for the youth hunts if you bring in your tag .My buddy had to get a tag replacement for his granddaughters hunt and they asked what caliber she was shooting and hooked him up with some.

I've got a 300 win and run 168 barns.The copper bullets are longer and usually you can get away with one weight bullet lower than a lead core to get about the same results.IF I run standard bullets in the gun it likes 180gr bullets and 175 gr and 168 gr copper .I loaded some 175 and got them to hot and recked some brass but they shot great .I need to come down on powder and then they will be good .

Sounds like they might hold true to the 90 day commitment to get the paperwork processed.That would give me about a month or so to get mine .Did e file mid Feb.

At 100 I'd use eathier.They would work .I'd probably run barns copper or hammer bullets .The copper will penetrate deep and usually hold weight better .No jacket to separate.If you guys have your heart set on old school lever iron sighted 45-70 shoot me a pm I could help with that.

5 days away from finding out who the winners are!!! Yes I said winners there will be three.Check back Thursdays morning I'll try and have the draw up around 8 or so.

The difference is being educated in the things you wish to change.I can absolutely read and your post clearly states the use of 700 yd smokeless muzzleloaders and if you read the regs they can't be used in a muzzleloader season.I've hunted in states that have primitive only regs and no scopes.It leads to a lot of poorly shot animals that suffer needlessly for lack of good shot placement most are due to pushing iron sights to far.Its about good clean ethical kills and if a scoped muzzleloader will do the job better than iron sighted so be it. A 1x scope is not much better than iron sights at a hundred yds.There are very few muzzleloaders in the woods during the muzzleloader hunts that will make shots past 300 or so yards and even fewer people that are capable.Remember everything we use to hunt gives us an advantage and we still come home empty sometimes.

Someone had a great idea on here a little while back and it went like every other year go primitive only .And I'd be fine hunting that .I do have iron sights on two muzzleloader and one runs a precussion cap .The point is everything is an advantage and to say otherwise just isn't true.If f@g ever went primitive I'd be in .One more season to hunt and probably not that many people will put in.

There is no smokeless muzzleloader season in this state read the regs .Must be black powder or black powder substitute only and we do not have a primitive hunting season.You guys piss me off with this crap .Everything you or I do when we hunt gives us an advantage period.If you think there is an advantage maybe you should try hunting w/o your binos ,maps,camo,tents,sxs,gun,bow,and so on .Get real everything gives us an advantage .I hunt with everything from a bow to a muzzleloader so that I have some insight into what it takes to do so.So if you choose to hunt rifle maybe you should only get 1 bullet and you must assemble it to hunt .Or only get 1 arrow no sights ,1 shotgun shell,and so on .This is a hunting site driven by hunters and to hear fellow hunters cry about some sort of unfair advantage is a joke .

When and if they do go to a different rule for muzzleloader hunts I hope they take away your scoped rifle,bow sight,rangefinder,binos,spotting scopes,and anything you might use to hunt with.Remember just because you perceive there to be an advantage there may not be and if you start in on one side and take from them it won't be long before those you say had a unfair advantage claim the same about how you choose to hunt.

220 swift at 4665 .That's screaming fast.

Has anyone who put in for leftover tags seen them listed on your port yet?