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Good looking deer, big congrats to you two.

I think the start of the Rut will come a bit earlier than last year but full on is last few days of December into January.

That's stinks. Thanks for the heads up.

Ended up getting the Z5.

So about 10 years ago I bought my young son a Tikka 695 in 30.06 and it is a great gun. Shoots MOA with factory ammo (because I'm too lazy to breakout the reloading stuff). The first scope it wielded was a 2-7X Leupold VX1. A few years ago I put a used 3-10X Zeiss Conquest on it I bought off of CWT. He told me today he would like a new scope, mo powa too and he told he was looking at a (ahem-puke) Vortex Crossfire. I took a deep breath and told him I would see what Camera Land has. Then I let him look through a Zeiss HD Conquest I got from Neil last year and told him I would sell off the Conquest and an older VXll 4x12 to finance a new scope. Now, I see this as my big chance to step up and upgrade the HD on my 700 by buying a Schmidt and Bender with some Warne Quick release rings and when he isn't looking I can do the ole switcheroo in the field. Works for me. I have Talley Lightweight 1" rings on his rig now. What do you think about going to 34mm? Care to recommend a scope from 3-18X? He thinks he wants one with multiple reticles but after using the Zeiss with the RZ800 reticle I'm not so sure it is for him since you are supposed to keep it on 13X, at least for the load in my 7Mag. I'd like to keep this under $1500. What are your thoughts? Another Zeiss, Leupy VX6? Huskema? I need to move on this in the next few days to get it sighted in for our hunt in less than 3 weeks.

One charge so far. Not sure if it for Turkey or Javelina.

Leaning towards the Swarovski in 3.5-18x44.

Always thought it was a poorly chosen location.

Nice work. They should buy you some donuts.

This was a relatively mild summer.

22-250. Sometimes an AR.

I am hunting a new area this year and have been out the last two weekends, as time allows. I have used Google Earth but I have also been doing quite a bit of glassing close to the road and spoke to a few other groups of hunters I met while driving around. I'll be out again this weekend but it's tough because the first hunt in the Unit started on 10/10 and there is a hunt every other weekend for 6 weeks before our hunt at the end of the month. I just try to stay out of an area if I can see there is another hunter or a vehicle around which is not always easy to do as some people either road hunt or hike a mile or three in.

Good Luck. I'm certain your Grandad will be watching over your shoulder.

Sent you a PM about the ammo.

Nice to hear someone post about Sanchez. I saw them post earlier in the year or late last year with an address and I googled the business. If I remember it was brand new and run out of a old house in a very sketchy part of South Phoenix.

Anything can be smoked, at least once.

Devils Claw. Yes you can eat it. But that looks like it past its prime. Cut off the pod and it will dry out the you can plant it in the spring and harvest the pods in mid to late summer.

They also do Game Processing. http://www.maricopaskillcenter.com/student-resources/campus-life/center-square-retail-shops/butcher-shop Main Campus 1245 East Buckeye Road, Phoenix, AZ 85034

I don't know of one around there but you can go to Von Hansons in the East Valley. http://vonhansonsmeats.net/

Keep the G22 and just buy a 9mm barrel and a G19 Magazine then you can shoot cheaper 9mm round and still put in the 40 barrel and shoot that when you want to. That's what I did. https://www.lonewolfdist.com/Detail.aspx?PROD=971&CAT=238 I changed out the floor plates for quick caliber ID. I use Blue for 9mm and orange for 40 or 357 Sig. Oh yeah I also have a 357 Sig barrel too. https://www.lonewolfdist.com/Products.aspx?CAT=225 PM me if I can be of help or answer any other questions.

Best thing about a chronograph in my opinion is knowing the consistency and extreme spread of your rounds.

Nice work. I guess I should throw away my calls and just follow you around. LOL Oh, and nice boots BTW.

It's been quite a while that I killed a deer in an area where they were trees to hang it from and only once did I feel it was cool enough out to even think about doing that. That was a late hunt in 29 up about 6500 feet and camp was at 4600 feet. All alone so that one was the first one I ever boned out and that was out of necessity.

I came across a few of them today scouting in the Galiuros and a pair doing the nasty LOL. I have also seen them over on the east side of 33 too. Big suckers that I am going to assume don't taste good since there seem to be a lot of them.

That's a heck of a deer and 6 miles is a long ways in AZ.