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Respectfully disagree. Many hunters save and save for a once in a lifetime hunt and have also made plenty of personal sacrifices to purchase the gear they have. I've been on hunts where the guide had $100 spotting scope and made a point to say how he needed some new hunting boots and talked about former clients who gave him expensive gear and went on to admire my (rented) bino's wishing he could buy some like that. Don't get me wrong there are some class acts out there guiding and I'd imagine they do little more than break even or make a small profit. But I've also seen a few that blindside the client with other last minute costs which can and do add up. When a hunt is advertised at a fixed price then that should be the price. It's disheartening for a hunter when the guide brings more help into the camp and at the end says that they are there not getting paid and say things like the last client loved having them there and tipped them a couple of Benjamin's. I think some guides can't wait for the hunt to be over so they can see how much of a tip they get and in their case it's never enough and usually not the experience the client looked for getting patronized every moment of the day. Guides who run their business or judge the clients on getting tipped will be unhappy and the client will see through it and may not return, if he or she has that dream to do that particular hunt again. Guided hunts for some is akin to a kid going to a State Fair for a night with a ticket book who is probably not going to ride the same ride twice.

They get some good reviews.

Right at closing time no doubt.

I have not seen one. It isn't hard to do yourself. I use a can of air, an optics brush and also some eyeglass/lens wipes. The air you can get most anywhere and the wipes can be bought in most pharmacy's in the section where they sell stuff for contact lenses. I buy them by the box at Walmart either Zeiss brand or Bauch&Lomb, just depends which ones they have in stock. You can probably get a lens pen at Sportsmans or Bass Pro, etc. Just call and ask to speak to someone on the optics department. Most manufacturers also off this service but this time of year they may be backed up. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/202075-REG/Celestron_93575_LensPen_Tool.html http://www.walgreens.com/q/eyeglass-lens-wipes

I get over 50K on those tires on my F250, 205-55 Load Range E. Smokin Deal

What chrono are you using?

Great write up. Congrats.

Gold and death bring out the craziness in people. I hope it works out for you. Sorry to hear about your dad.

Did his boys not drop yet?

Not likely.

Did not know about that. Just this one. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/25/new-york-mayor-groundhog-dead/16233623/

He's just a dog and probably old and ready to die. (JK)

Adam, Go poke around on BladeForums.com

Don't follow any sports at all.

Thick is right, that is some beautiful country. Congrats on the great bull.

Make sure you identify which of the two before you shoot as I have seen both in some of the same areas. I'd hate for you to shoot a young Mule Deer mistaking it for a small racked WT. If you can hunt after the weekend there will be less people out there.

He will be Hillary's running mate.

I had just come out of an old abandon Military building after showing a young kid how to quarter up a Caribou and was standing on the gravel runway when one walked passed up at about 30 yards. Suprised the heck out of me and it was all alone too. I thought it would have been bigger. I didn't get a chance to eat any but the amount of different plants on the tundra is amazing so I imagine they have a varied diet and a lot of choices to eat. There were some willows and bushes but lots of red berries and blue berries, lichen, grasses etc.

+1. Good luck on the hunt.

G&F Weekly Report will be posted tomorrow. WC always seems to be on. I have had good luck with mealworms under a bobber or Power Eggs about 30" off the bottom using PLINE Flourclear 4# Test.

Can it shoot +P rounds?

Congrats, that's a nice one.

Never hunted over a dog but I try to get out every year. They are fun to hunt except when they sit tight and won't flush. I doubt I'll be out opening day but I will go out on Saturday. I don't have any special spots and usually try to hunt near water. Best I ever did was hunting Scalies near Sunazona back in the early 80's. I got a limit early and I think I only missed one bird after I figured them out.

Did you use peroxide in the boil?

And get rid of the hunt on the 24th and move it back to the 31st.