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Sounds like you wont be happy with the Outdoorsman pack. You better sell it to me for $250 and go buy a Kuiu ;-)

I don't have much experience with various scopes, other than.....the first scope I bought was a Nikon Prostaff. Waste of money. Then I bought a lightly used Zeiss 65mm Diascope with the florite coatings...night and day. I wanted 65mm due to smaller size/weight for packing. I am impressed with the image quality. All glass at high mag will be affected by heat mirage and junk in the air. How bad depends on the glass coatings.

It's brain washing....like the "frog in the warm bathwater"....a little at a time. Before you know it, a whole generation is thinking the same way. There greatest weapon is to create division..."a nation divided against itself connot stand". The "enlightened", more "intelligent" libs have swallowed it hook, line, and sinker.

Ive found a couple spots like this up that way, but not this one. Any trail cams or tree stands/blinds on it? Nice find!

Nice! Looks like it's in good shape, considering.....not all chewed up.

I have one set aside in the freezer...I'll have to try it.

Very cool! It's a great feeling when your kids develop the same passion.

My buddy's rack sold. I still have mine, if anyone is interested. It's the one pictured in the OP.

I am listing this for a buddy. It is a slide in, truck bed atv rack. This is not a bolt together kit. It is square tube steel with expanded metal deck and tie-down loops. All joints are welded. It is completely powder coated. Ramps fold in half and slide/lock under each quad. He used it on an earlier model Ford 250, but should fit any full size truck. It is designed to fit a 6' 6'' bed, with the tailgate closed, but will fit a shorter bed with tailgate down/off, or a 8' bed with room for a cross-bed tool box up front. Works well for hauling your toys and pulling a camp trailer. Also serves as a flat bed for hauling large items. The pictures are of my rack for reference, which is identical to his. If you are interested, please PM me for his contact info. If necessary, I can get the exact dimensions. $950 obo.

If I need to go light, just a butt pad. I have to sit on a downhill slope to take stain off my lower back. If I can stand an extra pound, I carry one of those 3-leg stools...the legs separate in half, held together with bungy cord, like a tent pole. It's really compact. To take the pinch off "the boys" I put my butt pad on it...really helps. If I'm close to the quad or truck, I use a light weight 4-leg chair with a back...and cup holder Sportsman's used to have them for like $9...I bought two. I have a couple other experimental types that sit in the closet.

What are the sizes?

I'd like to find a deal on a 550 model. I was at Dillons last weekend....whole startup package is around $1400

I gave the message to Paul. He is the owner. He should call you today.

Great RF and good price. I love mine.

XDm .40 3.8 11+1 compact mode...16+1 full size mag mode. I used to have an old Ruger P91 (.40). Pretty good shooter, but heavy and big. Those decockers leave marks on your rackin' hand. I love the XDm...great shooter and easy to manipulate.

Very nice! I'm thinking of doing the "jeep thing". This may be a little radical for what I need....but tempting. Does it have lockers?

is it for sale? Not for sale

I recently bought a 22lr over 20ga from a neighbor for $100, in really good shape. I did some research and found they are going for around $350.

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Interesting topic. We have a standing joke when we see cows...."better take a look for pigs". Where we hunt, for a few years anyhow, we found pigs feeding among the cows. I believe they use the cows as an alarm to danger. Dang cows will spook and stampede before the pigs know you are there. In the last few years, however, we are having trouble finding pigs in the same areas (37B near Oracle). Could be due to a few factors...one of them being the increased number of cows in the area. The whole area is torn up real bad. Vegetation, prickly pear, ground...all tore up....sh!t everywhere. Could be a serious competition for food. It seems that cows and native critters can co-habitate as long as the area isn't overgrazed. The deer, on the other hand, are doing great....go figure...

I visited their store for the first time last Saturday. A very pleasant experience. They had plenty of help to take care of customers and spent some time talking AR15....I am a newby to the AR world. I spent some money there due to the advice, prices and service. I will definitely be back...many times. I visited 4 stores that day, and they were the most hospitable, by far.

37B....down near Oracle. Matthews and XDm .40

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I don't believe any pack is completely waterproof....somethings gonna leak. I wouldn't chance it, especially if I am carrying a down bag...or any bag for that matter. i don't see carrying a rain fly as a big deal, they are really light. Dry bags are real light as well.

I have the Eberle X2...love it as a day pack. If you go ultralight, you might do an overnighter with it. A friend has the Team Elk and loves it. A couple friends have the Outdoorsmans Optics packs and swear by them. They do 5 day pack hunts with it. I think this is the one on my wish list. They are 7 lbs empty, just like the large Eberle packs, but have the external flexible frame. Watch some Meat Eater episodes to get an idea how they perform. There are a ton of choices. It would be cool to have all the top picks in one room, and a few hours to go through them.