tomgobbler

Sorry can’t help ya with scopes - don’t know anything about them - but you won’t catch a big old male coyote in a Iive trap - they are to smart and won’t go in them - no matter the bait- I guess I shouldn’t say never , as occasionally it might happen - my buddy and I have probably over 40 years trapping between us and he has caught 1 young pup coyote in a live trap in all those years - that’s it just the one ….. bobcats no problem , foxes yes , even a javelina will go in them - but very rarely will a coyote go in a live trap . a coyote wants to see all around him and not be boxed in even the dirt hole sets the backing needs to be no higher then about his knees as he wants to see over the top of it and see all around ….. that’s just my 2 cents on coyotes and live cage traps…. how are you setting in “ clusters of 4” not quite understanding that ….. how big is your place - ? A few scattered around with different kinds of sets( dirt holes , trash mounds , T-bone etc …. ) and lures should get them ….. with coyote’s unfortunately it’s never a “one and done “ they will always be there - when you take out one , another takes his place , but you should be able to keep them in check ….. have you tried snares were they come through the fence ? I know they are a no go as well - but with your statement -“ by any means necessary “ …….. what kind of livestock are you talking about ? Goats , chickens , cows ? you do have to be careful with the traps if they are set in a pasture were your livestock runs - #3’s will catch and hold a goat or calf ….. ( I have caught my own calf before ) - so that comes into play as well….. anyway if you want to pursue the trapping angle more and need to borrow a few footholds to try I’ve got probably 200 you can come get a few to try out if you want to .

Jeff you can get a raw rifle sling Leather kit from Tandy leather for about $20 bring it over and I’ll stamp his name and a deer head emblem in it .

So we’re is the pic of the buck !

On all angles either up or down - 200 yards is not 200 flat yards - it is a shorter distance / time that gravity has to pull the bullet down - in the situation mentioned by Titan gravity pulled the bullet down for 430 yards not 480 yards - the steeper the angle the less time it has to pull . so depending on how steep your angle was gravity may have only pulled on your bullet for 150 yards …, at 200 yards your 270 should shoot flat enough as bigorange said that basically from 100-300 it should hit shoulder and not have to adjust regardless of angle ….

Saw 4-5 coveys of mearns yesterday 3 miles in on the blue -was wishing I had a shotgun then ….. 2-3 coveys of gambles along the road going in deer hunting .

Ttt in time for hunting season

Been doing it for over 25 years and run about 6 months ….. thing we’re a little slower right during Covid and just after - the main tannery I use couldn’t work while Covid was going on ( in California and tannery wasn’t “essential”) but they could have there warehouse open to except salted hides ….. so they stock piled them and that took awhile for them to get hides back once they started back …… they aren’t quite as fast as they were pre covid , but they are getting to there . Getting forms and eyes and supplies is about the the same , was a little hard to get somethings for awhile / backordered etc …. but they have almost caught back up as well ….. still a few things that are a little slow - I made a big order about two and half weeks ago and 80% came in 4-5 days the other 20% hasn’t gotten here …. More of the specialty types of things - they use to have a bunch more forms already made , but now some they don’t even make until I order , for example I ordered a watusi / long horn steer form for a 6’ set of horns for a shoulder mount and they said - it will have to be made - it been almost 3 weeks and still not here … still run about 6 months with a few things a month or two longer depending on availability of the form etc …..

Sinkholes - there is one out there that snowflake high school used to actually hall a piano down into and they did performed school plays out there because the acoustics was so good- carved in the rocks at the bottom is the name of the plays and the dates …. I can’t remember the dates 1940’s idk I can’t remember it’s been a few years since I’ve taken anyone to it and looked at it ….. but it’s pretty cool - I can’t image how they got a piano to the bottom of it .

Chef - yea for sure - sheep camp was great - very much enjoyed hunting with you - I’ll bring ya something cool . Burls are my favorite to turn - the wood grain on the inside is incredible and one of kind - never know what your going to turn out .

I’ve got all kinds of hand made / lathe turned pieces - one of a kind bowls - flower vases- the flowers are even hand turned , platters , rough knots , burls , Christmas tree ornaments, goblets , ring holders ….. boxes full I’ve made over the years - I’m moving and need to get rid of some of this stuff- looking for someone that has a shop that might want to do a commissioned or any other type of deal …… this is a sample of the stuff……

1- Find a gun that fits them - to many of us hand them our big rifle and it doesn’t fit them - the youth model shorter stocks are key …..my kids shoot the Remington youth model 243 and have shot many cow Elk and have down just fine . 2- get them out shooting it ! 3-be patient - 4- have fun !! these are some of the funniest hunts I’ve been on - can be very frustrating….. but so much fun !

What’s your mailing adress ? Or stop by my shop and get some , I’m in Taylor

Had Terrible dealings with hatch’s in Showlow . baught a used car several years ago - that went ok until about 2 months later we get a bill from them saying we owe another $250 or something like that ( I can’t remember exact numbers ) anyway I’m like what the heck we paid for everything that day - title , reg. Etc …. Anyway the lady calls us on this bill and I ask her what it was for and she said your title registration fee on your contract was just a “guess” on our part and this is what it really came out to and you signed such and such a line on the contract saying you would pay the difference when it came back ….. I said I have no idea what you are talking about I signed no such thing and no such thing was ever discussed during the sale . AND YOU SALE HOW MANY CARS A YEAR AND CANT “guess” closer than $250.00 …. ON WHAT IT WOULD BE ?? I said no I did NOT sign anything ( I’m having my wife pull out the Paper work as we are talking ) and she said yes such a such line ….. I said lady I’m looking at my copy and NO my signature is not on that paper ( she didn’t know I was looking at it ) she just gasp as I caught her in a lie and said well I’ll take that amount of the salesman’s pay for not doing his job and she hung up on me .

Look at the teeth on this old girl - just cleaned a couple skulls and this old sow is about out of teeth . She also had fighting scars all over -

Two youth cow tags put in together -

I’m located in Taylor - waiting to hear back from one other- I’ll let ya know . Thanks

I have 2 new pair 1 kenetrek hard scramble - size 8 I wore around the house for about an hour they are too small …..$425 new sale for $300 I don’t have the box 1- danner women size 9 roughout still in the box $75

Hey Ernesto -long time no see , hope all is well with your family - yes sir 9’s thanks

Mine shows the hunt number and tag number

How does he use a ringtail or a weasel ? They weigh about a pound and you said yours was 35 lbs ? You could fit several of them inside a coati ….. there are only a couple commercial forms available - you have to carve a foam one or do a “soft wrapped body” custom made …. To the position you want . these are all 3 custom made bodies .

Good luck in your search - If you end up not finding it I’ve got several extra Buffalo skulls - I can even buy some caps and put on it for about $50 bucks or so - they would probably bigger then his original- if you sent a pic I could see what I could find that matched as close to his as possible …. it wouldn’t be his original - but he’d have a skull ….. to remember his hunt ….

7 cage traps - several fit inside each other. baught them from a member here and never used them ….I’m moving houses and getting rid of a few things $700

A big difference is what is your land ? Brush Desert 🌵 ? Irrigated Pasture ? How much is your water bill ? How often and how much time do you spend irrigating - ( is your schedule were you can spend that time doing that ) how’s your fences ? How much time money do you have to get them up to shape to keep cows in - so your not chasing cows - Feed is a huge cost - if you don’t have to feed very much until the end thats a big difference ….. or if you have to buy hay the entire time - ….. some people love the idea of growing there own and have nonidea , what it truly takes , and others are 100% prepared and ready …. I don’t know you so take this with a grain of salt for what it’s worth ….. they are a lot of work - but the end result is way better beef then you can buy at the store …. good luck

Dads been busy in his shop again & has a hand made pine box - stirrups for handles and bits for the handles of the lid - one of a kind - build with ole cowboy sweat , for an cowboy that needs a final resting place , many hand crafted hours went into this . $3500.00

At first I went to the office and had them do it - then I had another child get old enough for an account and I did it myself - so log in to your account Go to the manage your account Then hit the button “view details “ then scroll to the bottom after all The places it has were you can update your info - username - address- phone etc …. And at the bottom there is a a button that says “create dependent account “ and it lets you add them …… it’s a whole lot better to have them under my account and be able to see everything instead of 5 different emails and accounts . If they all ready have an account I don’t know if it will let you ? Not sure about that - as I had the last in the office so those ( before I knew how ) then a few months back when my daughter was old enough on added her - but she did not previously have one ….. I don’t know if they will be a hang up or not …. but I was sure happy to get them all under mine . But after you add them every time you log in it will txt you a verification code to put in ….. kind of annoying but that’s how they have it . hope this helps .