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Found it this weekend.

Off topic, I saw a bull yesterday morning that had about 6" brow tines and 24" backs.

FYI, These were made in 2000, so 19 years old.

Looks like I have a chance to get out tomorrow. Plan on leaving Mesa by 2:00AM. Is the Dennys in Payson 24 hours?Would be nice to get some eggs and coffee. I figure I can be up on the Young Rd by 4:30 or should I leave earlier?

Breakfast in Dennys at 4AM and at Canyon Creek just after 5. Only had one vocal Tom that was about 800 yards away. I got to about 450 yards and had to drop down and cross the Creek which I chose not to do. I'll come back in another week with spare boots. I did see a Tom and hens driving Valentine Ridge but he wasn't sticking around.

I would start with a good stock. In mid 2007 maybe 2008 my only daughter passed suddenly of heart failure just weeks before her 19th birthday. Put me in a deep funk I wish on no one. I wanted a lightweight rifle and looked at a Kimber. The stock didn't fit me well and ended up with a T3 but not after I did some late night research and even then the accuracy was very, very hit and miss, pun intended. I really liked the looks of the Kimber and could have got it well below dealer cost but passed.

When it's windy fish deeper, and keep your line tight. This can be a tough time of year to catch in the high country, must be persistent and change lures every 20 casts, speed retrieve and depth as fish are either on the move or pooled up. Two weekends ago I hiked into Woods Canyon and managed three fish in 4 hours, fishing two poles.

In Unit 23. I found it laying on the ground and propped it up to take a pic.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh!

1/2 arsed would be a 200% improvement over what they have now.

It was empty/ I found it laying on the ground.

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So does she have family to be with after she gets out of the hospital?

Stop in at Sportsmans Warehouse and see what is posted on the board. The G&F Weekly Report went to he## in a handbasket a year or two ago and is completely worthless now.

Did it leave tracks? Could be a young bear, injured bear or an old bear just taking advantage of an opportunity.

It is possible the elk I heard on Friday was another hunter but the one on Saturday morning definitely was an Elk since there weren't any other hunters in the area. On Friday I was about 100 yards down the 200 rd.

That's a keeper. Pretty rare for a bone stock rifle. I had an XP100 in 7BR and a 700 Varmint Special in 7-08 that would do that. Sure makes load development a breeze.

Congrats great looking bird.

Congrats Bob he outta taste great. I got up at 3:45 on friday and drove to a spot on Colcord Rd. I was getting my camo on in the back of the truck a heard an Elk bugle. I got all my gear together adn wouldn't you know it I left my tag home and had to go into Payson Town to Wally World and get a duplicate. Drove back out to a tank I know off of the 102 Road and sat there for 10 hours watching Jays and Squirrels. LOL Usually it is a good spot so I headed out and setup camp just at sunset. Went back to the tank at 4:45 the next morning and at 5:30 I hear a bird gobble about 3-400 yards away just as another Elk bugles about 100 yards behind me. A minute later the bird gobbles again so off I go. It took about 15 minutes to get in his general area and after calling as I got closer and then in the general vicinity he went into silent mode. By 10:00 it was windy so I drove around and called about 15 different spots before heading back to camp late in the day. I thought I was in a offbeat spot but there was a flurry of ATV's yesterday evening. This morning I went back to where I heard the gobbler but turned up nothing. I drove about 10 miles this morning from 4:50 to 7:30 stopping every 100 yards to call but all I heard were crickets and no shots. I'll give it a rest for a while and head back out in two weeks. Another member sent me a pick of his bird yesterday and it was a dandy. Maybe he'll post it up with a story.

Is there a letter after the 110?

What kind of rattler is this?

I like H322

My issues with single shots is they are usually a lot lighter so felt recoil is more. Might be fine for a kid to shoot a few times standing up so they see what recoil is all about and to learn gun safety but my first choice would be pump. A good reliable semi is the Tri-Star and would be the way to go once they have some practical experience with trigger control and keeping the gun pointed in a safe direction. Just my opinion. Some kids are faster learners than others and react to recoil differently.

Is that a Leupold scope?

Sean that's just awesome. Congrats to Draysen.