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Mr. Smith thanks for the offer, but no thanks at this time. Fortunately enough, all three of my boys are hooked up with bows. Whitey

Look into "Crispi" boots. $ but worth every penny!

Ring has been sold thanks

Alright guys, this is what I am thinking.... I won this brand new 1.5 total weight diamond on white gold ring at z 's jewelers. It is brand new, and never been sized. I would like to trade it for hunting items equaling similar value. The ring sold retail for $1,500 bucks. ( yes I have authorized replacement cert for insurance purposes) With Christmas right around the corner, I thought someone out there might have hunting items they don't need and want to surprise the wife with a gift of a life time...... I am interested in any/ all firearms, high end optics, and archery equipment. Pretty much any hunting items worth similar value..... Or item plus cash to make it rt. either way.. All offers will be entertained, so don't be shy.... The worse I can say is no thanks Please pm all offers, Thanks

Dave, that picture is not "good lookin" enough! Good times... Whitey

coyote machine!!!

I agree that the nosler accubond is the way to go! I have tried most of them and now shoot the accubonds in a 300 win, 300 wsm, and 270 wsm. They fly great and work fantastic on impact! Good luck Whitey

Thanks for all the info guys!!! I think I am going to sell on my long range rifles and go back to a 30-30 open sight!!!!!

In the past month ballistic calculations have been a huge topic of conversation between my hunting buddies and myself!!! I have worked up several different loads, researched many different bullet options, set up a mark 4 8.5x25 on my go to rifle and advised a friend on setting up his rifle for a sheep hunt... At any rate, we noticed that different ballistic comp programs would spit out different wind and and drop data when given the same inputs. After hours of research and problem solving it comes down to barametric pressure and bc being calculated in different ways... Word to the wise for those of you calculating your drops..... Be posssitive about how your bullet manufacture calculates the bc on your bullet ( g1 or g7), be sure that the program you use it set to the same bc, and make sure that the barametric pressure is measured in the same way from where you are abstaining your info and the program you enter it into! It will make a difference! That being said....... I am 90% sure that nosler lists their bc in g7 measurements, but I want to be sure. Can anyone verify this??? Thanks Whitey

I am looking to buy some nosler accubond 30 cal 150 gr. bullets. Let me if you have some you could sell or trade. I have some rl 19 i can trade Thanks Whitey

Where is the pack located

I could use 100 , but would settle for whatever you might have . Just checked on Saturday.... Sportsmans had 180 and 165, but no 150 ab Thanks Whitey

With that said, if I were starting over I think I would try 140 accubonds! Good luck Whitey

130 ab in front of 64 grains of imr 4350. Work great for me! Killed a coues two mule deer ( one at 450) and an elk this year. Fly out of my gun at 3340. Good luck Whitey

I have tried them all and did not like any of them. I have a canvas top and no windshield and love it. Get wet when it rains and if it is cold I layer up and slow down.

TTT

Hunter's hunt started on wed afternoon with some scouting. In 40 mph winds we did not see a deer..... Thursday morning we were out in the rain before sun light. We did not see a deer one... The rain stopped around 11 and the deer were everywhere... Hunter said he wanted a coues deer and would not shoot a mule deer even though his tag was for any antlered deer. We found this buck Thursday night we glassed up a monster bear, so I went after it... Along the way, my 300 wsm got banged up pretty baddly. I got 622 from the bear but no shot; it got dark. After a pretty scetchy climb out of a bad spot I finally returned to the ranger around 9:00 Friday morning we hiked into our glassing spot in the dark. After glassing several small bucks and a ton of does my buddy Jay said the magic words, I have two good bucks". The deer were over two miles away. After a good hike we were sitting 540 yards from a 110 and a 90 inch buck. My son hunter laid down behind the 300 wsm And I dialed it up for 550. Jay kept saying what a huge buck it was, and I gave him the shut up look! First shot... Hits high! I was sure itwas hunt and not the gun. Second shot hits just over the deers back! The big buck walks up the hill slowly and beds. The second buck beds next to him. We regroup and reload. The bucks are now at 578 yards bedded. We have a quick chat about the first shots... Hunter says, " dad i was rock solid! Your gun is off. I said, " impossible"! We take one more shot and yep you guessed it, just high. The 110 5x4 buck walks off into a thick. To my surprise the 90 inch just stayed bedded. After more discussion about trying to find the big buck later hunter decided to shoot the smaller buck. At 578 I dialed my gun for 500 due to all the high shots. Wack.. Done deal. We did not get the 110, but what a great memory! We hiked the dear out and checked the gps. 4.9 miles. I would say he earned it. I want to thank Jay wyatt for all his help. I would never tell him, but he is a glassing machine! I shot the gun at a target today and it was 5 inches high at 200 yards! Mad is an understatement.... O well. Good times had by all. Good times, good memories!

Good question? I have three boys so I have wrestled with this very thing. I agree that it should be up to the kid, but let's face it their opinion is often a reflection of ours. My 13 year old gets caught up in the 100 inch or nothing conversations that some of my buddies have..... At any rate, we have always gone with get one under your belt first, and then leave it up to the kid. This last hunting season my son (13) started the hunt saying 100 inch or nothing... After missing a 110 plus on opening day he chose to shoot a 91 inch buck. At the end of the day he was pleased with his deer!! We were able to get my best friends son a 102 a couple of years ago 20 min into his first day ever coues hunting. Now he thinks it's easy.. Final comment.... Leave it up to the kid

One heck of a price. Should sell quick!

I will take them as agreed on. Thanks Whitey

I have decided to sell my Vortex Viper HS Long Range 4-16x50 scope. It has the "dead hold BDC" reticle. (Similar to the b& c that Leupold has) it also has 1/2 min of angle elevation target turrets, it can get you to 1000 with one revolution. It has been on one hunt, and is like new! I took a close up of the only scuff it has on the side ao adjustment knob. Other than that it is perfect. Glass is as new, I also have a custom target turret from Kenton built for: 30 cal. 150 accubond At 3275 fps Out to a thousand yards Msrp= 699 I have found them for = 599 I will take $500 ftf picked up. No shipping Pm any questions As all vortex scopes do, this scope has a life time full replacement warranty to whomever owns it! Thanks, Whitey

Scope is spoken for! Thanks Whitey

The story begins with my son's grandfather donating his cow elk tag to him. Grades have always been an " issue" with Ethan, so I made him earn all A's and B's the earn the hunt. Worked like a charm.. The first day we hike and glassed for hours. We got after one herd of about 12 head, but the bull just kept pushing the herd. No shot. Around lunch time E was talking about going to camp for lunch, but I wanted to try one more thing before we ate. We drove the ranger to a steep mountain where I knew from the archery hunt that elk bed during the day. We walked up to the beds and sure enough we jumped 6 more cows.. No shot; it takes a 12 year-old some time to set up! That evening we called in a bull to 80 yards, but he had no cows. Saturday morning we glassed up a herd about a mile away.... The chase was on. We hiked in and set up cross canyon from the elk, but never got a shot before they bedded in a thick. Ethan wanted to walk them up, but we decided to back out and try later. At this point Ethan was pretty wiped out. (13 miles toal). We decided to make " a lil loop" then sit a water hole. Ethan pointed out " Dad, your lil loops always end up big loops! Sorry kid! We found zero elk Sat. Afternoon. Sunday morning found Ethan completely wiped out. We had hiked a total of 13.9 miles combined in the last two days, and he was shot. Needless to say it took some prodding to get him out of the rack at 5 a.m. A short 1.5 mile walk in in the dark and it was all worth it... A perfectly placed shot with to .270 wsm at 150 yards and he had harvested his first big game Animal! It was starting to be a competition in our family because his brother has killed two good coues deer... So I am extra glad that he could get it done.. I think the smile says it all Whitey

Never mind on the rib role question! Did not look closely enough at the last pic! Well done on the follow up. Too many hunters would have chalked it up to a miss and continued hunting.

Great write up, and congrats to your wife... Two questions: What's up with the pajamas? And Why didn't you take the rib meat? There is a lot of good grind on those ribs.