Savageman2506

howdy neighbor. Nice rifle. Make sure if you end up keeping it (or any other Christensens) to follow their "break-in process" or your warranty is voided. GLWS

The short answer is no. I'd do your original plan. Call GFD in a week or two and figure out how to get a Resident License for the June draw.

Welp, OTC deer hunting for me. No elk or speedgoat. Congrats to all who drew! I believe they're showing results on the E-tag app for what unit, tag # etc. Should hit the portal today or tomorrow.

Hey y'all, First time poster, but I've been lurking for a while now. I'm much more active on another Arizona hunting forum but this site is great as well. I haven't hunted coues deer yet, but I've been doing a lot of hunting in N. AZ and I've decided that now is the time to up my glassing game, especially if I want to get into coues hunting in the future. Currently I've got some Leupold 10x42 BX-2 Alpine binoculars, not great but serviceable until I can save for Swaros. What's a good tripod that can support binoculars and a 65mm spotting scope for around or under $250? I know you "get what you pay for" but unfortunately I can't afford the "best of the best" right now, being a college student and saving for an engagement ring for a special lady. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated

You sound bitter to me too lol. Be happy for others, odds are your chances were low anyways

Well, did anyone get hit yet? Nada for me, as usual. Lol.

AZGFD just announced the CC update deadline and final purchase for Pointguard is March 6th 2023. That makes the over/under for March 7th a losing proposition for anyone who said under, lol.

Yeah, those M70's are heavy for sure. Solid rifles though, especially the pre-64's like yours.

I don't own a Swaro (or vortex optics, lol) personally, but my close friend has a Swaro Z5 3.5-18x44 and that thing on his rifle is a laserpointer. The quick adjust turret points are very nice, they're color coded. He has them set to 200, 300, and 400, and then has his dopes in a book for adjustments farther than that. he can adjust from 100-400 yards in a matter of a second or two, very handy for hunting.

Beauty of a rifle. However, wood stock and light don't generally go together. GLWS

They probably used international notation. So February 9th would be 9-2-2023

More coming Saturday night into Sunday. 6-12" reported for up here.

Dang thats a good deal. GLWS

Congrats on getting it back. Glad everything appears to be okay.

We got 6" or so on my side of town, hard to tell how much we actually got because it's all being blown into drifts. Those winds were no joke! Finally calming down some, fingers crossed

I'm 6' but I think it will work. I try to glass down or equal in height to myself anyways so i can set the tripod slightly below me if need-be. Thank you all for the suggestions

Yeah, I generally sit to glass, but my buddies who hunted in 36B this year said there was some areas with grass so tall they had to stand to glass. I'm considering the manfrotto 290xt because of all the suggestions and the fact that with a bino adapter it will be tall enough to glass with standing, I think.

That's good to know too. Maybe one of the local shops will have a display model I can check out. I'm not too concerned about weight, I don't "backpack" hunt for multiple days, and I'm young and dumb 😂

I looked for the xc325c and it appears to be out of stock everywhere, possibly discontinued? I couldn't find it on the promaster site either, although the xc525c came up. Slik tripods also look pretty good. I want to get a tripod that will last me a long time and hold up to abuse. My buddies both had Vanguards that broke/lost pieces this past deer season, so I don't want that happening to me.

I'll check it out. Thanks

My plan is to eventually buy a Sirui VA-5 head, as apparently it's the end-all be-all for glassing heads. I follow Jay Scott on social media and that's what he always recommends, as well as many others.

Well, we're slated for more snow all of late next week. Hoping for as much as we can get.

I agree. The federal "wild horse and burro" act needs to be repealed and states should be allowed to manage them, including culling and/or allowing harvest by hunters.

Good deal, wish I was in a place to get them. GLWS

It's usually three weeks or so from the deadline at a minimum. It's usually two weeks+ for the credit card update deadline.