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Sweet. Just got one or I’d be on this.

Love albacore. Chased em off the coast in WA. Most fun I’ve ever had fishing.

Yes

Awesome! I wish I coulda got down there for a velvet bull while the gettin was good.

Dang. If it was a foot shift I’d be all over this.

That southern express for sale on here is about the best you can get and it’s way cheaper then it should be

Sure it wasn’t a heron of some sort. There’s some cranes that nest in the mountains in UT and maybe CO but the vast majority of them nest north of the arctic circle.

I don’t think the Jim White is a fluid head but I could be wrong.

I’ve shot hundreds of cranes, while decoying is fun, I would say 80% of mine have been shot pass shooting. Go out a morning early and watch where they come off the roost at and where they go feed first thing in the am. Then find a spot preferably 1/2 mile out from the roost that’s got good cover and hang out there at daylight the next morning. Don’t really need a blind if there’s some brush, fence lines etc. Just spread out and lay super still and make sure they are directly over you when you shoot. If a flock slides by on the side don’t be tempted. They look way bigger from the side and are always further than they appear. You can kill a crane at 70-80 yards with high velocity steel 2’s or BB’s if they’re right over the top of you. They are one of the easiest birds to kill.

Clearing some stuff out and have a few stragglers that need to go FoxPro FX3 SOLD Leica 1600b with box. Well used but glass is great and it works. $190 shipped Outdoorsman Micro Pan Head Used for one hunt and wasn’t my cup of tea SOLD PayPal gift, Zelle or send me a check and I’ll ship it when it shows

Here in the US we have the ATF to shoot our dogs for us.

Thanks! No I never did. I’ll maybe try to write one this summer and post it before hunting season kicks off again. I drew a rocky bighorn tag in CO, UT mtn goat, MT breaks rifle elk, AZ late rifle elk, and that AZ desert tag so I had a pretty wild fall last year.

I had mine last year and it’s pretty much one of two things that I spend most of my time thinking about now.

Spotting scope and a phone scope are absolutely necessary. Take a bunch of pics so you can sort out what is what. Spend a bunch of time scouting. I’d find someone with the early tag and horn in on their camp and hang with them. Then have a ram picked that made it and roll him on opening day.

I hate to say it but Casey is probably right. I know in NV they spell it out in the regs and it’s 1st choice only for turn backs when they go to next in line. Which actually brings up an interesting strategy as most people swing for the fences with their first choice and then work their way down to what they’d accept. Had a good buddy get a turn back elk tag in NV this year and it’s one do the top units, but the later hunt, which he always puts as first choice because it works better for his guiding schedule. Made me really think about it, that there were probably thousands of guys who’s name woulda come up before him but they all had the earlier hunts for first choice, or another unit that was slightly better then this one. Makes me wonder if a guy might be better off just putting what you’re happy with as first choice and sending it?

We can only hope that happens. As of now funding for what we love falls 100% on hunters shoulders. If we could only get antis to chip in and not shoot a deer it would be incredible. Even if they submit a harvest report as a kill, the fact of the matter is they didn’t kill so eventually population objectives would allow for more tags and we could have our cake and eat it too. Bring them on, hopefully they tell their friends.

There is a ginormous blob of NR applicants with 15-20+ points. Thousands. There are about 30-50 tags a year that they actually want and are “worth” their points (in most applicants minds) so it’s essentially created a sheep tag like situation where the max point group is established and won’t go away until they die. Expect early kaibab to take 40+ points for NR before it plateaus and kaibab archery will be bringing 20-25 points in the next few years. Smoke em if you got em cuz there ain’t no saving em.

Only gotta go from 100% to 99%

Hopefully I’m wrong!

I think it’s over. New era of point creep both resident and NR. It creates a snowball. Leftover tags drying up lead to guys changing their app plans which lead to 100% odds tags become not so in a hurry.

Incredible. Those guys were a different breed for sure. Thanks for posting!

I’ll take it. PM sent

Should be a law that 22” barrels need to go on short or medium actions. I’m getting 2900 out of 195’s with a 22” 7mm Sherman Max. Just don’t see how a long action cartridge with a lighter bullet is doing 50fps less.

I’m getting 3175 out of 195’s with a 28. Can’t imagine you couldn’t get well into 3200’s with 180’s.

That’s a lot slower than I would have expected!! If a guys gonna run a long action you could just as well have a 28 Nosler and get 400 fps more out of the same exact gun.