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That sounds like a lot of hunts I have been on with my son. For me, as was for you, I feel more rewarded helping another hunter fill their tag and have eaten tag soup a few times trying to get him a shooting opportunity and into position when I could have made a clean shot in a couple of seconds as he struggles to see the animal or just get on target but I have zero regrets.

As in years past I will be pig hunting.

G22. For plinking I put the 9mm barrel in. For camping I leave the 40 Cal barrel in and when the spirit moves me I put in the 357 Sig barrel.

Bump for a great deal. If it doesn't sell as a package I'm be interested in the sling and Mag Pouches.

HaHa, story of my life. Good Luck that is a good area, looking forward to pictures.

I'd be more than willing to "Tag" along especially considering how much you have contributed to the site but I'm bound for 16A after lunch. (Crossing Fingers)

I'll be on my way to 16A early Friday afternoon and maybe staying until Monday. I will be using an AR in 223. Good luck to everyone and be safe. I agree with EMR about keeping an eye open for Rattle Snakes. This warm weather may bring them out.

Very good news to hear and best of luck to Mr White on his recovery.

Welcome.

Sometimes you just have to buy the most tire you can afford and hope for the best.

Really nice pictures and I never get tired of seeing them. I have enjoyed watching them at Woods Canyon Lake in the summer stealing fish from the Ospreys. I wish the one I see by Bass Pro would develop a taste for Cormorants.

You remind me of my brother. That is all he fishes with although I did buy him a Garcia Record Reel last year. RIP Mr Cabela.

I have a few different bullets but I am going to use 45gr V-MAX.

Same weekend as General Javelina also.

I believe that in 2005 the front clips changed but a lot of guys swapped them out on the older trucks to make them look like the 2005's which could be the case as the headlights look wrong for a 2000-2003 model but the 2000-2001 headlights are crap and don't give very much light so most of the owners have upgraded them to a new style.

I am a member of the Arizona Powerstroke Group Forum so if we are pretty sure it is an Excursion let me know and I'll let the other members know and they can see if it is one that someone recognizes or maybe one of the Shops in the East Valley know of it. It shouldn't be too hard to track down as there are only a handful of shops that work on these and there are not a lot of them running around.

I downloaded the picture and enlarged it but I was not able to make out the front grill. Any idea what year it is?

Vortex really aren't in the same league as Zeiss but they are a great glass and good buy. They are close to the top of the "second string" binos. Leica, Swarovski and Zeiss are still the Gold Standard but if you don't have that kind of budget you can pretty much justify the rest of what's out there.

Read this. Especially the past about EXIT PUPIL. It is important to understand Field of View (FOV) to expect what you are going to see at a given distance but it is really insignificant on higher power binoculars since you are using them to routinely dissect the terrain at distances which usually begin at 500 yards and can exceed 2000 yards unless you handicap yourself by using a power less than 15. You are using them to find game that is bedded, in shadows or slowly feeding. Using a lower power the FOV will be greater, but it can lead you to glance over an area faster. Think of magnification in the same terms as horsepower and you'll be OK. When you are out either scouting or hunting and deer are "out n' about" you should have no problem seeing then without bino's at up to 300 yards. The "Big Eyes" really start to shine once you find a vantage point in an area that looks good. http://www.chuckhawks.com/binocular_basics.htm

If you call him I love to hear his opinion.

Looks like a late model Colt.

A Timney is going to help you for shooting longer distances. After that, good quality rings and lapping is never a bad thing. A quality scope will give you the clarity and repeatability you need. Do these things and then address the stock if need be as money allows. A quality stock that has a pillar bedding should be all that is needed. The only custom stock I ever purchased was one of the original H&S Precision stocks I used when I actively shot High Power Silhouette. I didn't have a torque wrench so I used a T Handle Allen Wrench to "snug" it up and would routinely take the action in and out of the stock with no change in zero out to 500 Meters. Which is a long ways out there.

Here is the Press Release from G&F. http://azgfd.net/artman/publish/NewsMedia/Plan-announced-for-2014-Mexican-wolf-releases-in-Arizona2.shtml

If you want mileage as in better MPG then go with something like the Michelin LTX A/T2. I have an F250 with 260K miles I have put on it since Y2K when I bought it new and have had the Goodyear tires which came on it (lasted 35K), Dunlop Revo's (25K), Bridgstone Dueler's (40K), BFG A/T's (45K), Nitto TG's (55K. The Nitto tires don't give good MPG but they work well off road and are a little harder rubber then the BFG. My truck probably weighs close to 8K and I have learned to only use Load Range e tires and when they wear down to about the last 20% off they go. My sone has a Chevy Colorado and we put some Dyna Pro's on it about 3 years ago and they have held up OK but, they have an aggressive tread pattern and tend to collect rock's.

I always bone them out in the field and get them on ice in an hour or so when I get back to camp. When I get home I remove any fat and hair (there is always some)and then put the meat in a 5 gallon bucket with a few cups of salt and a couple of bags of ice to make an ice bath. I leave it for 12 hours then drain and repeat. This works like a charm and removes the stink and blood.