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Lark.....sorry to hear of the drought...that has to be depressing. I have to admit we have been lucky in our family. Over the last 20 years with me and two of my boys putting in we have drawn a total of 5 bull tags.......one archery and 4 late bull rifle. That seems meager at best, but not in comparison to your numbers. I start out fresh this year with one bonus point.........

You don't gain anything and you don't lose anything......right boys????? According to what I understand about it.....

That is exactly what my boy decided.......he has been waiting 8 years to draw an elk tag and he is not going to let little brother tag along on his application. Little brother drew elk tag last year so I don't feel bad for him......he can pay his dues along with the rest of us.....

Trying to locate a Rem. 700 short action to use to build a gun. Thanks, Jeff

Tony, don't take it too hard....trying to keep up with G&F is like trying to keep up with the IRS.....both of which fail to follow the simple KISS rule...........thanks.....

Thanks guys....that is what I thought but was letting myself get confused on the issue,.......

Never enough pics......nice job on the pig hunt...or should I say the hunt........good job of getting the kids going on a great sport and family affair......

Sorry, I hadn't seen the other post about the AZ Roadkill...my bad......same kitty though.....

lion.bmp Oh,yeah, there he is..........this monster has been eating them.......got this from a friend.....what a cat......

When I am talking to my Jr. High students about motivation and desire, Sir Edmund is the name I use. Course the kids don't know who the heck he is most of the time, but truly a great accomplishment on his part, among other things.

That is exactly what I told him, poor bull was probably suffering from lead poisoning....yuk...that doesn't sound good, might scare some vultures off......

Mouth watering to say the least....makes me want to get off my ars and go find the other side....nice job.

I was showing off your bull pics to my 10 year old....he wants to know how you got that bull to sit up so nicely for the picture. He said, "Dad, did he push that bull up all by himself".......I said, "Uhhh, I don't think so but we can ask"......kids.... beautiful looking beast by the way.....

And judging by what went on next door....it is going to get deeper than any of us want....... How highs the water Momma....10 feet high and rising.... How highs the water Papa.....10 feet high and rising...

I have heard some say that we shouldn't come on here and do any E-scouting....but I was wondering if anybody out there has any strong input or info on who seems to be the best candidate in regards to guns, hunting, and that type of stuff. And another question.....does the immigration issue and gun control go hand in hand. For example, if a candidate is a pro legal immigration candidate and wants to enforce immigration laws, do they also seem to be a supporter of gun rights? Sure seems tough to find a package deal on a candidate, gain something in one area and lose something in the other.

Nice Farve analogy, I like that. As stated in the first post, very hard to find any of them that really jump out and grab me. I heard a report this morning that the Democrats in Michigan are jumping on the Huckabee band wagon........hoping that he wins there because they feel he is the most beatable Republican. I don't like the system, they should hold all the primaries on the same day, state wide without any TV coverage of polls or any of that crap. Course that kind of sounds like a Hitler tactic I guess, I just get sick of the media having control over what we hear on the boob tube. Same with the final election. And plus....we are paying matching funds tax dollars for every one of these candidates who are running for president????

OK, so here is the story.....a while back I told my boy I wanted him to make me a .17 Remington, always something I had wanted and he told me I was wasting my time....and advised me to get a .204. I already have a 22-250, but decided he was right....so the last I knew...I was getting a .204, maybe for Christmas....but to my surprise...he had built me the .17 Remington. Took the action from a .243 Mohawk and put a 20" barrell on it, nice and compact, easy to handle, quick, light, and man we smoked this poor dog, bowled him over. The hollow point factory load completly disentigrated in the poor guy, tore him up. One small entry hole...no exit...dog down......looking forward to putting some rounds through my new toy.

Tony, That is why I love hunting coyote......the flea bitten varmint.....

As a kid growing up, my dads pigfarm had of course, pigs that died every day. We had the "rose garden" where we took all of the dead pigs every day. That was one of the most productive "bait" stands in the country, morning, noon and evening you could go out there and have the chance of catching a bonus dog out there getting a free meal. Never thought twice about it........probably still wouldn't, but I guess technically illegal....

How about hunting over dead horses...that obviously fell into an illegal catagory. Was it killing the horses that was illegal, was it killing the bears that was illegal, both??? My boys and I were out looking for coyotes a couple of days ago, did a couple of stands, driving along to our next stand when we see three coyotes bust out, maybe 300-400 yards away from us. The only reason really that we saw them is my 10 year old asked if he could shoot at a crow(illegal??).....and we noticed there was about 30 crow out there, exactly the same spot the coyotes had busted out from. I decided we needed to go take a look, I had a hunch there was a dead cow over there......but low and behold, two dead horses....looked like the rancher had drug them out there, bone yard type of deal.........so if I go shoot coyotes off the dead horses that are laying out there.....is that illegal? I didn't put them there, I didn't shoot the horses........just found a spot that I could get a bonus dog........

In addition to attending the meeting, is there any way to contact people who will be talking about this subject matter or voting on the issue?

You are right about that Amanda, I stood by and watched my boy miss a coyote the other day, it is harder than heck to let them learn while you stand and watch. A few years back my 12 year old had a rifle bull tag, and it was very difficult to let him take the shots by himself.....but that is what makes it so dang fun.....

That is what it is all about....nice job.......kids are the greatest and the expressions the give the questions they ask......keep up the good work.....

Good job on the details in the story....and you will get the chance to rewrite this story, there is another day my friend and the story will end better next time...thanks for the easy reading story.

My boy showed me a group he shot before he gave it to Santa.......three shots covered with a dime.....and it he claims he jerked on the third shot, the first two rounds were touching each other and the third was about 1/4" to the right. I haven't put it on paper myself yet, I can't hold it that still anyway. Course, with the bullet being so dang small you would hope you could cover it with a dime, but I was very happy with the way it performed... My 10 year old shot it several times and asked if he could use it for javelina, he just loved the gun......is it legal for the little pigs??