WHT_MTNMAN

I'm guessing wrong 23 woody. Great buck though

Dan Turley is the auctioneer and has been for many years.

I would build a 25 CM (I just had a 25SST built from Todd South that is about perfect except it maybe too much for ONLY Coues) You could get away with less if Coues was your only game. MY 25SST should hammer elk out to 800+ right now it has only killed a bull at just under 400 yards. I have a 25CM that has killed lots of Coues but it isn't a pack gun. So I would go with the 25CM caliber but built how I had my 25 SST built. Defiance AnTI action I love my proof barrel but I've heard they have had some recent issues with QC. 1:7.5 20-22" with suppresor. 135 Berger or 131 blackjack, I've been extremely happy with the performance on game. I really like my AG alpine hunter stock Triggertech Tangent Theta 315m Lots of Lances influence on the above build. I chose them for overall light weight but not compromising long range if necessary. I also like the 25 calibers because they have some of the best BC bullets available and not everyone is shooting them. Can't resist to post critters again. My 25 CM My 25sst

There are many more "comfortable" or luxurious options than a Pioneer but for true hunting off road capabilites, reliability etc...nothing I've seen beats the Pioneer. All of my polaris or can am friends make sure they run their machines in low and 4 wheel drive so they don't burn there belts up on the steeper drives. Almost all have had broken axles of some sort also. I manually put mine in 1st or 2nd gear and all but the toughest hills I can still climb easy in 2 wheel drive. The bed and doors rattles a little bit but I added some shrink tubing and that helped the latches keep from rattling. Bump for a sweet rig.

You should be able to find the best guides in the business, those late hunts are better than the early rifle bull elk tag in 36a.

Free Bump. Reminded of this. 😀

I'm sure I won't draw but here is a video my best friend since childhood took last fall. I don't normally like to post other people's videos but this one is cool. VID-20210910-WA0001.mp4

Big ol frame on that buck! Sweet character. Thanks for telling the story. Some of my favorite hunts are when I was hunting by myself. Great job

We used tennis balls when I was a kid. On a 22 rifle. Worked pretty good

Thats why I don't share too much on instagram and facebook, (last year or two) but this site is still "home" for me and one of the few places I like to share and support.

dang I was hoping it was going to be getting quicker. Thankfully I have a couple already but I'm waiting on two from July.

That's always cool. Those bulls get pretty dumb that time of year. Thanks for sharing. I wish more people would share experiences,pictures and videos.

Where is it located? Tried to send pm

I tried to avoid the valley as much as possible but I do get down there every once in a while. I have a few other people interested in some if you are not sure if you will make it or not. So keep me posted and I'll see if I have enough to share if we haven't met up

I'm not in the east valley but can probably get some to you. I have a partial opened 1lb and barely opened 8lber if you don't mind dipping into it. Just opened in Sept 565 is what I have

Often times if a female with kittens can't get the animal to the kittens or kittens to the animal it will keep killing not understanding of course that they are all locked up. Happens up here with friends of mine from time to time.

Talk with your accountant. I've had my guides license for 10 or 15 years off and on and have never guided for money, but we can always figure out ways to write off some amount of gear,fuel etc...Even if you took 1 client a year you can take a loss and get a lot of gear written off.. I bet you can "contract" out to an outfitter and write-off more than you think.

I have helped a bunch of guides and outfitters over the years and without knowing your guiding history, my opinion would be to start guiding for an outfitter. Mainly for these reasons 1. Don't have to worry about permits, Insurance etc... 2. It takes quite a few clients to build an outfitting business with draw odds these days. Unless you have a few dozen clients on stand by it will take a few years to build enough repeat clients and friends of those clients to keep an outfitting business busy. 3. Again unless you have a few really close clients with money that will hire you when they draw, not too many people will drop money on a new outfitter. Most people want to see a strong past history of getting their clients good animals. Not just one or two possibly lucky years. 4. It's one thing to be a good hunter another to be a good guide. You will have to put up with some serious babysitting. If you don't like it or don't want to keep doing it you haven't invested much more than some fuel and the cost of your guides license. I'm sure I'm missing some, those are the first things that came to mind..

I liked him..and almost got a shot

Haha. No ninja here. If you spend enough time you are bound to get lucky at some point...

Not that I'm aware of. I needed a bull to come 15 more yards and I could have shot at one the same distance i ended up killing mine.. We figured he was 365-75" hind sight I should have shot at him when he was within my effective range but closer is always better right???

This is my opinion only but you need to know the game you are shooting at and what caliber you are shooting to determine shot placement. If i was to shoot a 25 caliber into the shoulder of a bull elk at 1000 yards I doubt I would get the penetration I would want, so I would most likely shoot bigger caliber or shoot the bull in the lungs. Which I think my 25 sst would be ok for an Elk at long range. Not ideal but ok. With my 300 ultra with 210+ grains I would shoot for shoulder on elk that far, try to break a leg and push through to lungs, but I would most likely shoot a Coues in the lungs at anything under 200 or risk losing a bunch of meat. If you know and apply some of that info I believe that the Berger is an outstanding choice for most applications. It doesn't matter what bullet you use if you hit brisket or a pass through in the flanks, or guts you may lose an animal.

I may be...send me a pm with price and location if you are serious.

Thanks I have no idea what you said after this dig.

I have but my main reason to stay in shape besides health is to climb mountains and I figured bike or elliptical would be better?? Maybe I'm wrong I haven't done a row machine much at all. Just seems to be more back and arms