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Scott's Mongoose or lil' goose but like was mentioned before get the buckle strap

The PSE rest is the Phantom Drop-Away arrow rest. http://www.pse-archery.com/prod.php?k=6038...389&u=41323 It comes with a little foam arrow holder as shown in the picture but I couldn't keep it from falling off so I just put leather on my bow to quiet it when drawing back. Once you have the arrow knocked there is no way it is going to fall off the rest unless you hold your bow upside down. It does not matter what position the arrow is in when you draw back it falls into the 'V' in the rest. Has the benefits of a whisker biscuit in a drop away. I don't have any experience with other drop aways but I think that the only drawbacks with this one is that it may be a little louder after the shot (still pretty quiet though) and the fletchings don't seem to completely clear the rest after the shot (I still noticed a significant decrease in the size of my groups and my bow seemed to shoot a tiny bit flatter). Hope this info helped. I think that this rest is fairly new so I wouldn't think there would be very many reviews on it and once again I don't have any experience with other drop aways so I can't compare it with anything but it would take a lot to get me to switch because I really like what I have.

I have a drop away that is made by PSE (can't remember the model name at this time) that I like a lot. It doesn't seem to quite get out of the way entirely but it might just need some adjustment. The thing that I like most about it is that both before you draw it holds the arrow on its own. When you draw it then comes up and brings the arrow to the correct spot on the rest. The biggest complaint that I have heard about drop away rests is that it is difficult to keep the arrow on the rest before you draw (like during a stock), which this rest eliminates that concern. I'll look at the model name if you are interested.

I have the Bogen 3001BN with the 700RC2 head and love it. It has the sturdyness of any Bogen but the total weight is only 5 lbs. It is extremely sturdy and strong even under my 20x80's. Like was mentioned earlier, one feature that I think is a must have is the multiple angle legs. They really allow you to get under your binos and get comfortable. Good luck with your hunt.

I take it you didn't get an elk tag?

I still have advantage timber. 2-3 years ago when it was new I looked like a dark blob. After a couple years of use and tons of time in the washer it has faded a bunch and is now perfect. I am glad to see that there is finally a pretty large selection of lighter camos suitable for the desert. My old camo jeans are starting to look like there are more patches on them than the actual jeans so I think I'll be needing some new ones soon

You guys will get a kick out of these! The one on the left is a real giant I found the two tiny ones in unit 31 a few years back

I have the Cabelas 20 x 80s as well and as far as clarity I would say that they are an 8 on a 1-10 scale. The biggest problem with clarity that I have found is that they have to be adjusted perfectly for your eyes or the clarity heads south very fast. Even a slight adjustment changes the clarity a bunch. When I look through my brother's Swaro 15's it seems like they are always in focus regardless of how they are adjusted (they amaze me everytime I look through them). Now that I have had the 20s for a couple years that focus is very easy for me to find and they work great and the high power is very nice. The main con about these binos is that they are big, heavy monsters. I actually had to buy a bigger pack because they literally didn't fit in my old one. I also had to buy a bogen tripod because the weight of the binos snapped my cheap wal-mart tripod in half. My recommendation is that if your budget is under $500 and you have a good tripod and are willing to carry the extra weight then they are hard to beat but other than price, Swaros or Leicas can't be beat period!

When they came up with the loyalty bonus point I wondered the same thing. If you find out let us know.

The reason feeders aren't used in AZ is because so much of the land is public land and the Forest Service has laws against having structures up for more than a certain amount of time (like 24 hours or something farely short). Legally I believe this includes trail cameras, tree stands, etc but the law isn't heavily enforced. I have a feeling that they wouldn't let you get away with a feeder though. I think a lot of people also have ethical concerns about it and how sporting it is to kill something off of a feeder. Hunting tactics also come in to play. In Texas it is difficult to spot and stalk because much of the state is thick brush w/out significant topography so sitting a feeder works better where as spot and stalk is pretty succesful in AZ. I've always wondered how many ranchers or people in AZ who have a chunk of land have tried feeders or food plots or something similar. My grandparents used to have 15 acres in Sonoita and their orchard, garden, and flowers were sure popular with the javelina and deer.

I just got an email from the Game and Fish with a link to the survey. Maybe they did listen to your guys' calls.

I totally agree with you on that one KGAINES. I think that a good compromise could be reached to allow for more junior and HAM javelina opportunity but that it doesn't need to be by shortenting the archery deer and archery javelina seasons.

I had always heard the same as you Bigmoqui, that javelina don't have a specific breeding season like deer or elk but I am no expert. I definitely agree that the javi numbers are too high and that there is no need for them above the rim.

As far as the Javelina hunt being in the fall I just think that there would be way too many people hunting at one time. The october and november whitetail hunts are already overcrowded. On my october 33 hunt this last fall my bro and I set up a spike camp 3-4 miles in and then hiked another 2 miles every morning and we still saw quite a few hunters and I had a good opportunity at a great buck ruined by two other hunters who never even saw the buck. I think with the increased number of people that would be hunting, safety would also be much more of a concern. If I got drawn for a whitetail tag, no I wouldn't want to "share" the forest/desert with javelina hunters. But also if I got a fall javelina tag, I wouldn't want to "share" the forest/desert with 1000 other deer hunters.

As Desertbull said the blind sheep are the ones in the Silverbells. I may be wrong but I thought that G&F and the sheep society removed those and have started a new, healthy herd there. Any sheep society members know anything about efforts done in the Silverbells? I don't know much about the Pusch Ridge herd but know that at all of the trailheads going into the area there are signs saying that the bighorn numbers in the area are down and to try not to disturb them. Dogs are not allowed for this exact reason.

I have the cabelas 20 80's and love them. For the money they are really good glass, very clear and bright. The 20 power is really nice for coues. I have let a couple buddies use them and they said it took their eyes a little while to adjust but they liked them after that. They are very big and heavy so if weight or size is an issue then look elsewhere. I tried using them with a cheap Wal Mart tripod and they were so heavy that they broke it so I had to buy a new, more expensive tripod. They were also too big to fit in my old pack so I had to get a new pack too. After all that, how much did I really save? I am in college and knew that even if I saved my money I wouldn't be able to get the swaros until after I graduated so I bought the 20 80's to use for at least a few years. I like them enough that I will probably buy the swaro 10x42's and/or the spotting scope before I get the 15's to replace the 20 80's but I am sure that the swaro 15's are much better. I would say that if saving for the Swaros is in your budget and time table then do that but if it is not realistic then the Cabelas 20 80's are a very good, affordable, 'big' glass. Like az4life said comfort is a huge part of glassing, both your body and your eyes. Another component of comfort is a good tripod. I have a bogen with the legs that can be set at multiple angles which allows me to really get underneath my tripod and comfortable even on the steepest hills.

Getting back to the idea of game and fish holding a class on How to get drawn, I think that it is a good idea and have wondered why they haven't already been doing it. At the recent meeting in Tucson about the hunt structure changes they said that the two biggest complaints were that people were sick of not getting drawn and that the regs were too complicated (probably the same people complaing). I still think that in AZ if you know what to put in for it is pretty easy to get drawn for a tag almost every year. Most of the people in this forum know the regs pretty well and understand that when they put in for the better quality hunts that you won't get drawn every year. We all understand this but are willing to wait for the good tag. The people that are complaining mostly are the ones that really don't care what they get drawn for, they just want a tag. Having this class earlier would probably have eliminated a lot of the complaints that caused the whole hunt structure changes. I think that there are a lot of people that don't know that the draw odds and success rates are on the last few pages of the regs.

I've always thought that double main beams were awesome and quite rare, but triple main beams. wow

Another problem that can cause fuzzyness is a full memory card/camera. As the memory card or internal memory of the camera fills up it has to reduce the quality of the image to fit it into the limited amount of memory that is left. So even if you have it set on the highest quality setting it may not be able to take photos at that setting. With some memory cards, deleting the image off of the card will not be enough to ensure that this doesn't happen. A deleted image can still take up a small amount of memory(this doesn't make much sense but I have heard it from a few people at camera shops) You have to format the memory card to maximize the space on the card. This will clear everytning that is on the card so make sure that any photos that you want are saved on your computer or a CD or something. Another thing that can happen pretty easily while hunting is getting a dirty lens. My brother and I couldn't understand why some Gila Monster photos we took were so blurry until we realized that we could barely even see the lens it had so much gunk on it.

I saw this on the news too. Not quite sure why this is getting press all of the sudden because they have been doing it for years. Guess that the environmentalists were getting bored with their usual protests and decided they needed to find something new.

Like Dodger2 said the Modern Call Coues Deer call works good. I got one the beginning of January and have experimented with it a little. Within 125 yards or so it really seems to get the deer's attention. Hopefully I can see how it works in real close quarters this weekend. My Cabelas pack was a real bust. I got the Cabelas bow and rifle pack XL and after preseason scouting, my october hunt, and archery hunting in december and january it is falling apart. I got it because it looked like a nice design at a moderate price. It has a light internal frame but no matter how you adjust it the weight is centered too far back and it pulls on the shoulders. Cabelas claims that the material it is made of will not grab clingy vegetation, well they didn't test it in Arizona's clingy vegetation. It is now the best camo possible with so many grass seeds and twigs stuck to it. The worst part is that when I hooked my bow to it a few weeks ago (this is what the pack was made for) half of the zipper for the main compartment ripped out. Now I have to baby it because if the other half rips I'd be screwed. It just has to last one more weekend, I'll be getting the Just-One for next season. Still love my bogen tripod and head that I got last year. I don't know what I would do with a tripod that didn't have the adjustable leg angles.

I was just thinking the same thing ultramag

Ruttin pretty hard this weekend in 33. The rut has been pretty slow this year but it is definitely picking up. Started seeing some signs of the rut around the middle of december and then it started to pick up around the end of the month. Been mediocre since the new year. Last year they were going absolutley nuts the whole month of January.

I saw Amanda's this December. We were driving from Tucson to Show Low to visit my fiance's dad on the 29th and I saw her jeep parked off the highway. That was pretty cool. I talk about this site so much that my fiance even knows who Amanda and a lot of you other guys are (even though we've never met). I think its great that everybody is getting the stickers so that we can all recognize eachother.

great lookin bull, especially for a late hunt. Does it only have one eyeguard on each side or does the pic just not show it very well?