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Sorry Scooter I'll keep it on topic!

I always get a kick out of how people know a "lion kill" when they find one. You have 100,000 guys running around banging away at deer and elk every fall, most of them don't even sight in their .270's and bought the BDC reticle and take 600 yard shots without even checking to se if they drew blood. I would wager that a majority of the dead bucks or "lion kills" as most people call them are somehow related to a 130 gr soft point and not a 130 pound Tom. The reason it seems like you rarely find dead does is that how often do you pay attention to a pile of bones if there isn't a rack laying with it? You don't, you just walk by it and make sure there isnt a rack. Not saying lions don't eat deer, not saying I'll ever pass up a chance at any predator icluding a lion, just saying that the two legged predators in jacked up trucks account for waaaayyyy more kills then the lions.

I missread your post, thought you were saying you could only shoot one with 4B out to 20 yards!

Most blinds have either shoot through mesh or blacked out interiors, or both, so they can't see in them. It might feel like they are looking right at you, but they are most likely looking at the black spot they see on the front of your blind. I don't like shoot through mesh, but a lot of guys use it. I use double bull and primos blinds and they have black interiors, I just leave my shooting window open when I put it out so they get used to the black window. Just get a good comfortable stool with a backrest and make sure you can draw your bow while in the blind, on the chair, no acrobatics needed. Good luck!

20yards with 4 buck??? You can kill coyotes with 7 1/2's at 20 yards! I wouldn't go larger then 4buck, especially for light furred AZ predators. I've killed coyotes with Hevishot and lead BB's at 50-60 yards. In my opinion 00buck is far to unreliable with only 15 pellets. Unless your gun patterns extremely well with it, I would stay away from it. A hevishot or lead BB will penetrate to the opposite ribs of any predator under 60 yards, I actually shot a deer with 6's at 50 yards and folded it once (another state another time

I've seen some big coues bucks in the 4's, quite a ways north in them I might add!

I shot a mule deer a few years ago just outside of Joe Montana! It does exist! SE part of the state between Baker and Miles City. More big game in that area then any other place on the planet.

Move to ND and drive truck in the oil fields! You'll make 30-40 and hour, you can work 7 on 7 off if you wish and hunt your butt off the rest of the time! Not much for housing in NW ND, where you would be working, but there's a ton of cheap housing about an hour and a half away, so you could work long hours on and commute and have a bunch of time off. Lots of opportunity up there.

Scooter's right on the money, first part of January would be best, but make sure you talk to someone at sportsmans center and get your ducks in a row. I would suggest looking off post for OTC january hunting, they got shot pretty hard on post during the Nov/Dec rifle hunts. There are some good bucks in there, concentrate on the places where they don't let you rifle hunt in Dec. Good luck and thanks for your service!

This is the best news I've heard in weeks!

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I believe SPOT already offers that technology and uses a smart phone to do the typing and the SPOT to send it as Redman said. The whole key is whether or not they actually work! I think I'll wait a couple more years till something comes out that works and gets good reviews.

I think he has unit 24 NEW MEXICO as this is in the NM hunting section. No A or B in that unit. I have no idea about the unit, just trying to clear things up.

Having worked for a butcher I will stop you for a second and tell you that when you bring in boned out meat, you get back what you brought in. This includes anything you got on it in the field. A good butcher will do his part in keeping the hair off your meet when you bring in a gutted carcass, but if you bring in a big cooler of boned meat that you butchered in the field, they cannot afford to spend hours cleaning up your 30 pounds of boned deer when they only get paid 85 cents a pound to process it. It sounds harsh, but the old saying goes, "sh1t in sh1t out", and if you had hair and grass on your deer meat, then you would be well advised to clean it up before dropping it off, or do a better job boning it out in the field. As far as your deer that "didn't taste right" there is nothing a butcher can do about the prep leading up to them putting the deer in the freezer, I assure you whether the carcass was hanging or on the floor in a walk in freezer, the fact that it was the correct temp in there was what mattered, if anything, being on the floor in the cooler would be better for your carcass. There are tons of good how to books on cutting your own game, give it a shot sometime, I find it rewarding and money saving.

I would look into the .25 WSSM however, that way if she ever wants to shoot an elk with it, you bump it up to a 110gr. Accubond or Scirroco and you've got yourself an elk rifle. Other good options would be a .260 Remington or 7mm-08, perhaps a .257 Roberts if you can find one. I would stay away from the muzzlebrake unless you want to wear ear plugs 24/7 while you are hunting, I've had my hearing destroyed by muzzlebreaks, had hearing proteciton in my pocket but forgot about it in the heat of the moment one to many times. Your shoulder will heal, your ears wont.

.243 WSSM has very minimal recoil, nearly identical to a standard .243, but with slightly better ballistics due to shorter powder column... perfect youth cartridge and perfect coues cartridge. I believe some of the above guys are confusing it with a WSM which is in .270, 7mm, 300 and .325, a much bigger cartridge and much more recoil.

Happy Birthday Marines! Try not to do anything stupid... nevermind

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I got a used A-bolt Hunter in .300 WSM on a trade that I would like to sell. I've got this on backpage as well for $500 but would sell it to a CWT member for $450. It's got a 23" barrel and only weighs 6.5 pounds. Would make an awesome mountain rifle. It has leupold bases and rings on it. It's got a few marks in the wood, you can see them in the picture. A nice gun for this price. Give me a call at 701-527-5747. I'm in NW valley.

I think they have a problem with the people with department ID's, all of my family's are ok, with their ss#'s, but mine shows that it's an invalid number using my department ID and my social.... not good... it still is correct on the phone....

I'll give ya $200 cash for it... probably be worth something someday

Still for sale, sorry my pm's were full... cleared some space so they should work now, or give me a call at 701-527-5747

Sorry the pics came out kinda crappy. PM me your email if you want bigger files. Overall this is a nice gun, the wood is gorgeous on it.

Barska = crap. Vortex are dang good. I wouldn't put a 6-20 on it if you only want to shoot under 400 yards. I would look into something in the 3 Or 4 to 15 pPower range.