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What is the handle made from and what steel is it, hardness, blade lenght?

90% of us just take binos into the field. A Spotting scope is for after you find deer that are far away so you can get a closer look. Most people are content with 10X and 15X binoculars as they have enough experience with bucks to know if it is a buck they want to shoot. Not a dang thing wrong with walking five miles. We have all done it and most do it regularly and it will give you experience you can't get by looking through a pair of binoculars like finding tracks and bumping critters and learning how to find your way out and back. Don't believe everything you read you are on the right track.

She's a beauty.

Welcome to the site. Get a bow and hunt the area in the fall archery season. Get a National Forest map and find some roads and water sources, lastly hunt the area for rabbits and quail so you know the areas and mostly know what you are capable of when it comes to hiking the terrain, types of plants and how well your gear holds up and how much water you use and how many calories you burn. Also don't put too much pressure on yourself and let someone know where you are going hiking and when you expect to return. Take a small first aid kit and a comb to flick cholla off you.

Childrens Hospital is a definite godsend and agree that hopefully they can get PT in Sierra Vista and maybe a monthly followup in PHX. Great to hear she is making some progress but she has been there for a long time and from the sound of it she has a long way to go.

You can watch a hundred hunting shows about bears and see a close encounter or two. All the bears I have seen shot were caught offguard and most went less than 30 yards before expiring. Some less than 20'. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Five years is a long ways away so you have plenty of time to decide on what firearm to take.

Boots on the ground will tell you that. The impressive pics are still 4-7 weeks out.

Same here. I used to use it to take my rods to Louisiana every year to fish with my brother. Then I bought rods and left them there but they are great cases.

Are you going fishing up north and just looking for one for peace of mind?

Glock Fanboy here and like the 10. If you visit the Alaska Outdoors website you'll find the 10mm is widely accepted. With that said a 4" Super Redhawk in 45 Colt or 454 Casull would be my GTG. When it comes time to throwdown you'll be in the minority if you get off more than two or three shots. Plenty accounts of people using 9mm and walking away too. If you're that deep into bear country less weight is appreciated , cross draw chest holster like the Diamond D or an Uncle Mikes is what I would use. Walking on muskeg drains you and going is slow. Having spent time in some pretty remote parts of the 49th state I can personally tell you that bears can be expected when you least expect them. 95% of the time they leave you alone and you see them when they are on their way outta Dodge. "If" I was going to buy a sidearm for protection it wouldn't be a 10mm unless I was recoil shy. Heavy bullets break bones and slow or stop the charge. I would not want to put my well being in a semi auto, even as reliable as a Glock is. If you have the coin I would also look at Bowen's offerings. Just my personal opinion.

Can and does at that elevation so be prepared. The two of us rode about 12 miles a day up to 11,500. Saw at least two yotes every day.

Going to be a long season.

We had six inches of snow on the last day, late October. We were camped at 10,000'.

Here is a really good article on Bighorns that talks about growth for both Desert and Rocky Mountain sheep. https://www.gohunt.com/read/skills/how-to-accurately-age-bighorn-sheep#gs.hnhzsd

Not even close to the definition.

Don't blow $$$ on the rifle and settle for a Vortex.

And the increased drag. Never know what is going to show up so I would want at least 50#'s of drag or even more so I don't get spooled or have to spend an hour bringing the fish to the gaff.

Big congrats to you on your hunt. I know the feeling of when you give it your all and are successful as nearly everyone of my big game kills has been done solo. I hear those voices too. LOL

Looks cramped for three cots. is it a 10x10?

Once you are away from the truck, as in this case. You are no longer in danger. If you take it upon yourself to re-engage and escalate the situation by reaching back into the truck in the heat of the moment to reclaim personal property after you are no longer in danger, well lets say that it wasn't the smartest of moves. The threat was over.

Call and talk to Trent Woods. https://www.woodslawaz.com/about/

I hunted the area behind Purgatory about 20 years ago and we camped at the end of a road to the south and went in each day on horseback and never saw another soul.

Wow that's crazy. Glad you all walked away, were you wearing seat belts of just lucky? What is the story behind that and did your insurance cover it? Got any pics of the buck? LOL

So how did you make out getting it out of there?

Look on Craigs List. My buddy at work bought a couple last year for stupid cheap.