AzDiamondHeat

Radar's drink of choice was nehi grape if I remember right..... I am trying to forget that I even know these things.

When I first started with the solar thing I wasn;t sure I wanted to commit $ without knowing for sure how effective it would be. I started with the harbor freight because on sale, it is pretty inexpensive. The panels are bulky and heavy and very under powered, but they work. I would not use them for "full time" battery maintenance due to the controller having a tendency to over charge and ruin your batteries. I did have one set of batteries ruined. I then upgraded the controller to an inexpensive but much better "sunpower" one. Worked great. My new trailer has a single panel that is more powerful and does a fantastic job. But obviously more expensive. In my opinion, harbor freight is "ok" for occasional use IF you don't mind the bulk. Personally I would spend a little more money and buy one that is lighter and has a more trustworthy controller. Those mentioned above seem to be well received.

are you looking for a portable system or mounted?

i just drive a sxs that nobody wants.

we are off. hunt starts in the morning

final chapter last hunt tonight to get brother in law his elk. got in them thick and had 5 solid chances. no joy. brother in law gets to eat tag. 3 of 4 tags filled. not bad im going home now. im tired. lol

no matter how i rotate it on my phone it comes out sideways. sorry

thanks eddie. Chapter 2. so the reason i am on this hunt is my father in law is doing work for the guy that owns this big ranch and has landowner tags. we did this same hunt last year and my father in law never even had a chance at an elk. going into day 4 of this year it was the same story. last night we went out fir the evening hunt and I was able to call a bull into 80 yds right before dark. he took what he said qas a good shot but there was zero sign. we went back this morning and after a thorough search were confident he missed. after searching we heard a few clise by bugles at decided to give chase. we got between 2 bulls and set up. i called fie not more than 2 minutes and one bull came in hard. our guide stopped him with a chirp and father in law dropped him in his tracks with one shot at 53 yds. first elk for him and solid redemption for blanking last year. i was so happy to be a part of it. very cool looking elk. wild jacked up genetics up here.

sorry about the sideways pic. doing this on my phone.. 5x5 but pretty small. the genetics here are very poor. this is a fairly typical bull for the area. so the story is pretty funny and embarrassing at the same time. we were driving across the river to our canyon for the morning hunt when we saw a big heard of about 100 elk. we stop to watch and these two bulls break off and start fighting. the guide tells us to jump out and shoot them. thats when things got a little western. took 3 shots but he finally went down. the other took 4 shots. evidently road hunting is legal on private property in new mexico... not even a little bit proud of the way it went down, but...dead elk. 2 for 2 now in new mexico. now the crappy drive home.

ok ok....

had a healthy bull at 200 yds dead upwind. i choked. coukdnt get locked on with the gusting wind. i am disgusted. 2 more days

due to the weather and post-rut activity i am carrying my new 280ai with some handloaded 168 bergers that houston donated(thanks again). i did bring my bow as well but nothing even close so far. 30 mph winds today. tomorrow is supposed to be good weather. game on.

awesome.

wind sucks. thats all i have to say.

if you think they would fit my 6yr old boy ill take em. if not ok

No, far north near the Colorado border in the Brazos range. No joy this morning. Had a nice 5x5 in my scope at 120 yds. 5 ft on the wrong side of the boundary. Didn't take the shot. 3 more days.

little guys got a pass tonight https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AqCw8hMwibc

morning was a bust. lots of elk and pretty chatty. buddy missed a shot at 50 yds on a nice bull. no other opportunities. walk of shame

Out of curiosity, what is she using for the rear stabilizer on her shooting set up? And big congrats to her!

Its just nice to see that someone on here finally offers up some camo in full grown man size....

Just post up some of that Nectar of the Gods jelly you made! That will make you more money than all your garage jetsam! lol

Its made of Kryptonite. one of a kind

c'mon Sean, you know darn well it is not the bullet. Flatten out that brim and the beast will drop like it should with a 300 rum. Represent! Glad to see you guys are having a good time. I have no doubt now that the winds are gone and the rain is here Draysen will poke a good one.