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I would go with a 243 WSSM or 25 WSSM. Enough KE for deer easily and way better long range varmint round. Dtech rifles in MN made mine. It's sweet.

Didn't this happen during the spring draw too??? I will take an extra 13A or B tag if anyone has one

Thanks for your comment LEE. I thought this thread was just fine until you piped up. I've had a LOT of critters down in Aug, Sept. I also was in dental school when I shot my bull last year, on the last morning, I literally had to unload my camping gear to get the quarters in the truck as I was on my way out of there that day. I was just speaking of my experience with a certain processor that just so happens to be on the edge of 3C that will hang a bull for you for a fee. Dead elk does not = processing fee, you actually can cut it yourself, even if you use Millers, that's what I was trying to tell them in this thread. You would think a mountain man like yourself would know how to cut up an elk? Thanks again for your input.

There's an outfit out of queen creek that sets up a refridgerated trailer in Forest Lakes. Last year I had them do my elk, they did an excellent job, I would highly recommend them. If I remember right it's Millers Southwestern Processing. They had a fee for hanging quarters in their fridge truck and you just pick them up down in Queen Creek at the end of the season and you can process them yourself. I shot mine in the morning and it was 10 am by the time I got it loaded, the only thing I wasn't happy with was the kid running the set up had just learned to skin, I think my elk was his third. It was 81 degrees out and I wanted it in the trailer asap, so I skinned it myself using their hoist, he was really a nice kid, just didn't have enough experience to get it skinned quickly.

4th the outdoorsmans... don't buy anything else.... don't do it.... just don't.

I think you answered your own question, you did say it was a Dodge didn't you???

+1

They can smell better then a whitetail in my opinion. I also think it would help to get your blind up ahead of time. I had your tag a couple years ago. I had 3 bucks running together and on opening morning the two small ones came in to 20 yards and watered, but the big one stayed at 83 yards the whole time, bedded down at that distance for 3 hours, then got up and walked over the hill out of my life forever. I would've shot but I thought for sure when he got up he'd water as it was hot as HECK! (you'll see!). He ended up getting killed by a muzzy hunter and scored 87". It rained 3.5" the next morning, so I was stuck with spot and stalk the rest of the hunt, ended up with a 79 6/8" buck (in my avatar). Fun hunt, but they will wind you, and they can be scared of blinds, if you have no choice, then get after em.

That'll knock em dead. Run your ballistics and set your max range at wherever your energy drops below 800 ft/lbs or it goes beyond your comfortable accuracy range.

I think more Importantly look at the variable "range". Such as, a 3-9 has a 3x range. A 6-24 a 4x range. I look for a scope with at least 5x range, like a 3-15. Best of both worlds then. They make scopes with up to 6.5x range so you can get a 4.5-30. This is a fairly new deal, but most scope makers are figuring out that people want them and they are making more and more high zoom scopes. I prefer 20 power for shots beyond 300 yards, but would never go with a 6.5-20 on a big game rifle. That's just too much power for close moving shots, and let's be honest, for every 600 yard cross canyon shot I've made, I've shot an animal running through brush at 50 yards.

Any word on what unit he came out of? I have a pic of a bull from last summer that looks alot like that one.

None.

Make sure you format your card in the camera with the remote, not just clearing it on the computer, I dont know why that is, but it resets the card or something. Set it at 3MP and 1 shot every 20 or 30 seconds and you wont miss to much with it and you'll get 3000 or more pics easily. I have 6 covert II's and they have black remotes and will take 4GB cards, guess I got lucky and got later ones.

Good luck!!!!

Rage makes a 125gr. crossbow head with a 1 3/4" cut. It has a slightly deeper retaining groove for crossbow energy, but works awesome with vertical bows. Screw them on, leave your sights, kill stuff, that simple. I've killed a pretty good pile of stuff with them so far and love them, I'll NEVER go back to fixed blades. They'll go right through shoot through mesh as well.

Be sure to roll it good and tight and don't puff to deep the first couple of drags. I prefer a clip to hold it so I can smoke every last bit.

Dang. I had a few I coulda parted with, but I just moved back to ND. Where are you applying to dental school? I just graduated from Midwestern. Joined the workforce again for another 30 years or so.

Dang. I had a few I coulda parted with, but I just moved back to ND. Where are you applying to dental school? I just graduated from Midwestern. Joined the workforce again for another 30 years or so.

A good alternative to plastic wrap is the cheap plastic bags from walmart. I'm talking the really cheap ones, they should be 99 cents for 100 or so. They are just standard super thin bags about a gallon in size that are super thin, just like plastic wrap. They are wothless for anything other then wrapping meat cuz they are too thin, but drop your meat in it, spin it till its tight, then double wrap in freezer paper. I like to put all cuts in the baggies first, then go back and wrap that way I keep the my bloody hands off the freezer paper and it looks nicer.

There's some big ones in there, best in the country with the exception of maybe AZ, but that's arguable. How big is your ranch? If you have a good chunk, I wouldn't shoot anything short of 82" or so.

Haha... sorry, it was a joke, he's a notorious 7mm-08 hater. I don't know if he's even on the site anymore? Anyhow, sorry to get your hopes up! I have a cute little Browning A-bolt 300 WSM that I'd sell you, it's a really small gun, 22" barrel. You could get with someone who reloads and load up some reduced power 150gr. for it to duplicate 7mm-08 ballistics and you'd always be able to go higher with it. I'd take $450 for it, its a little bit dinged up, but a good hunting rifle. Only problem is I'm in ND so I'd have to ship it.

I think Lark has one for sale. PM him.

I use what the law allows. If you are a true purist, a .54 Renegade is too easy, you should use a compound bow... but if you are a true purist you shouldn't use a compound you should use a recurve.... but wait, if you are a true purist, you should use a spear, or rather, just your fists..... Anyhow, I use the most lethal weapon the law will allow me, I apply for muzzy tags all the time and hunt with them annually because draw odds/season dates etc are better. You can't go wrong with a T/C. I would STRONGLY recommend going with an encore as the accuracy is better then the Omega, not sure why but I haven't heard of an Encore that won't shoo the lights out. They used to b considerably more expensive then the omegas, but the encore FX is the same gun just not compatible with centerfire barrels, and sells for $499 at sportsmans. Best buy for sure. I second (or third or fourth) the Blackhorn 209. Good luck and have fun!

Draw results are up.... Shot down on all accounts

you found elk sheds in Texas?