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I have the same rifle in 308 and like it a lot. Congrats on the hunt.

Which model did you decide upon? I bought the 3x15 Conquest HD last year to replace a 20 year old Leupold VXll and the clarity difference was noticeable. I got the Z PLEX 800 and I did not find out until after I bought it that for the ZPLEX to be accurate the scope needs to stay on 11.5X for the load I use.

I have a foam pad I got at Dicks that sports fans use for sitting on in stadiums. It was maybe $5 and in the past I have used foam pads I got in the Garden Supply Dept at Walmart. I have also used a small fold up stool made of metal and canvas I bought 20 years ago at an Army/Navy Surplus shop here locally but they went out of business a few years ago. I have not found anything small enough to tote around that also gives back support. I do 95% of my glassing sitting down in the shade.

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Can you email me a picture of the Bobcat?

Take the Beer Goggles off Bubba. You are replying to a post that is five years old.

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The earth can only absorb water at a given rate then it runs off creating flash floods. The vast majority of the soil is rocky and clay based which is also why we see standing puddles for a couple of days in rutted out dirt roads. When it rains very slowly for a time a lot of the water soaks in but get a couple of heavy downpours during that time and swoosh the excess water ends up in the canyons and washes.

Get Involved.

"I parked my truck well before light on a little tiny two track and it was the only road up into this country." Not trying to start a fight here mc just going by what you posted originally about parking ON the Only road that was going into the area you hunted. You said nothing about parking at the END of the road or that they went cross country and got onto another road.

Please don't block roads, especially on public land and by doing so you could have prevented or impeded a vehicle responding to a search and rescue or a forest fire. Another hunter could also been coming into the area to recover an animal.

Why not just make it easy on yourself and remove all doubt by calling G&F?

Your Welcome at my campfire anytime.

Thanks for posting this. As a non-trapper I had to look up what a castor is. Can you explain why it isn't referred to as beaver?

Well aushunter you have certainly come to the right place so welcome to the site.

I would not do that, especially without going over the other person and talking for a bit. I've had similar situations happen to me in the field and can only surmise that the other person hunts that area year after year and feels they have some ownership to it. A couple of years ago my son and I setup off a road to watch a tank that was a couple of hundred yards across a field a few hours before sunset. A truck drove past us and parked just around the bend. We were about 10 feet off the road in the shade so they could not have seen us as they drove by. They walked past us about 5 minutes later and upon seeing us they walked back in the direction of their truck. We sat there until just before sunset and put on our packs for the mile hike back to camp. I was amazed when we walked past them sitting less than 50 feet away. The guy was definitely not a novice as he and his wife had the latest Swarvo optic's and he had a carbon fiber barrel on his rig.

They only come in Opti Fade

The stock one (which I'd like to keep) is gritty and has some take up (creep) I'd like to eliminate. Looking for a week or less.

Yeah, only Mel Gibson could pull that off.

I don't think we need another forum dedicated to just that as whenever a "trophy sized" rack or one which is unique people either ask or comments are freely offered up. Or maybe I'm just cranky and working too many hours. LOL

Yeah they are. LOL I have a pair of 80's and they are huge. Ask Ernesto. But,,, They do get it done. The cost is the space they take up in my frame pack and the weight.

I have a rifle with a brake like the one Rossislider shows in his first picture. It has been on the rifle for 20 years and does it's job reducing 7 Rem Mag down to about a 7-08. I have never shot it prone, ever in all of the years I have taken game with it so I can't comment on flying dust as I am equally a rifleman as a hunter and have not needed to shoot close to the ground and don't own a bipod and have taken some pretty long shots. The second brake he shows throws the concussion from the round back in a full 360 degree pattern from the muzzle as I experienced when a 'DUDE" had one on an AR (223) at the range and you did not want to be within 15 feet of him when he touched off a round which included standing 10 feet behind him. He liked it because he could use it for 3 Gun, supposedly taking very long shots and not loosing the target in the "recoil". That's what you have spotters for.

I have a tendency to do that also so I set a reminder in my phone.

I have the same rings and bases on my 700 ADl and have had not problems with them in the 20 years they have been on the rifle. This past year I removed the VX11 that has been on there on put on a Conquest. I love the rifle but it is not light. LOL

Understanding terminal ballistics of the round you are going to use and what the limitations are will go a long way in helping you to pick a caliber for the range you intend to shoot game at. Knowing bullet drop and range estimation becomes critical at long range. With a 50 yard zero on average a 150 gr bullet at 2900fps is going to drop about 65" at 500 yards. At 600 it will jump to 100" and at 1000 yards it is about 360". http://www.millettsights.com/downloads/ConsiderTerminalBallistics.pdf