HaYen

Hoping this isn't a duplicate, I did search for Ultradyne first. Looking for a tripod that is built solid, can go as low as 6" for prone shots or 60" for standing shots, lite to carry, strong enough to hold my Bergara 300 PRC. I found the Ultradyne and it's many heads online. It's pretty pricey but seems to cover my requirements. Is this a good product? Is there another you would recommend?

Thank you.

IT works from home anyway.

Being an application developer for 35+ years yeah I can believe it. Personal responsibility ensures a scape goat and a bad name in the industry. Fire the CIO and move on

Twig...stop it you are making too much sense 😂😂😂

You make a good point Eddie but for me personally I can only afford an Elk hunt or Deer hunt but not both so planning on buying a point or entering a draw is kind of a big deal for me, again personally. YMMV HaYen

Ok. You make a good point but let me offer up a small ... excuse. You develope a system that takes input, goes through a series of processes and produces output. There should no dependency on size or more specifically you design for worst possible case ... 1 million applicants. If the system does not change from draw to draw, it should operate the same. Now introduce a change, let's say rewriting the second and third draw algorithm (in theory they should be the same just recycled inputs) because someone found a flaw. Fine, you put together a project plan, document what you are asking for and what will change, make the change and TEST AND REGRESSION TEST. If the issue is a change that itself introduced a flaw, than it should have been caught during regression testing. They have all the data from the last five draws. One thing they can not test is what's call a velocity test (regression testing with a full size record set) against a card brand (VISA, MC, AMEX, DISC). Those platforms would allow 10k records to flow through their tests systems because everyone and their uncle uses them and the card brands don't build their test systems for that kind of capacity when their live systems need it. So maybe they changed their credit card processor? Very few cc batch processing systems can handle 100k transactions in a day. They should but very few merchants process batch transactions and those who do (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple) all have their own home grown cc processing applications.

Jeff Magnum? Near 27th Ave and Indian School? (Inside Shooters World)

Over the past few years G&F has been upgrading their draw software. I'm going with their software developers also wrote the election tabulation software. ID TEN T's

Do I'm imaging myself right now sitting in that blind in unit 9 facing Jenkins lake waiting for ...G&F to start hit credit cards. I keep telling myself breath just breath

There is a lot of good information on this thread and even more out there. LR rigs can be put together on a limited budget. I'm not going to list actions or triggers or calibers again a lot of that is already listed. I will say outside of those topics what are you looking for in a rig? Does weight matter to you? Comfort? You stated you have a Savage already. How does that fit you? Have you ever shot off of a bipod? Sticks? Backpack? Will you be mostly hiking with this rig or short tracks? Scarab vs sling. Do you reload? If yes then options = the world else factory supported calibers. Before jumping to brand x because someone said it was the best, see it for yourself. Case in point, you should see my tackle box 👍. Away the journey you're on is half the fun. Post how it goes. HaYen

Ok I don't HAVE to vent but I want too. On a recent Elk hunt in Alpine AZ, I was talking to a shop owner who said two elk's were taken on her street. In her neighborhood. The shots were so close her ears were ringing. She called G&F but the "hunters" was able to load 1 and a half elk before fleeing. They left half an elk behind. I was told ... you know when you are hunting and you stop by the local town and ask "Hey where are all the elk?" Well I guess some of the locals said "right there go shoot them." Well it would not have been that individuals fault had that "hunter" missed and hit a kid or baby. We have a 1/4 mile from the nearest occupied building rule in AZ. And they chose to ignore it just to bag an elk. I was wondering why not one but two G&F officers told me to remember my distance and we had so many G&F in the unit. My elk was shot over 10 miles from any building. I get it, it can be frustrating. Working hard to find these animals just to see them, almost flaunting themselves, in front of you in the middle of town. But its actions like this that hurt hunting in general. Ok I'm done

yes but what kind of try hard would do such a thingOne who wanted to hunt close to houses.You can't hunt any closer to houses with a bow than you can with a gun legally can you?Yes you can. Its illegal to discharge a firearm within 1/4 mile of an occupied building. No different than an air rifle. Perfectly legal. On a side note there a few areas that have specific regs that say no hunting w/i 1/4 mi of an occupied building. 26m,11m, and Prescott area come to mind. I was told by G&F launching an arrow has the same restrictions as firing a gun as far as distance from an occupied building. Now I could have argued but ... ever see the news where some individual is arguing with a law enforcement officer and they win? :-D I will respect the distance.

She came in at 259lbs on the hook.

Good luck!!!

The only time I've seen someone get a late draw (like a week later) is when G&F messed up and gave them a tag.

Either Antlerless 10/20 to 10/26 or 10/27 to 11/02 Unit 27. And if by some miracle ... my third choice was Bull Unit 27.

I just called the issuer of my Credit Card. The charge of $135.00 was not a pre-authorization. So either I got drawn for Elk or there was a mistake and AZGFD will be charged for a bunch of reversal transactions EDIT: Ok this guy at work is B slapping me. Yes they could have submitted an Authorization amount but my CC wont get hit (charged) until the Settlement process. If the transaction (authorization) doesn't settle it will eventually fall off. That is called a negative hold on your open to buy. Which means that $135 is held on my CC until the merchant is paid or expires. So the issuer said it was an actual charge but I won't know for sure until the transaction settles. Even then if it were a mistake, they would have to reverse the transaction. Hope ur happy Mark D

Thanks Duck Hunter. I wasn't sure. I'm going to throw on some nose jammer and park myself in front of a tank

Have you used any of these products: Sugar Beets Acorn Rage Bomb Sweet Deer Corn Bomb How did it work for you?

Actully, the ones I quoted aren't illegal. I checked with the game and fish manager in the area I'm going to hunt. There is no estrus (pee) in them and they mist / fog the air. They aren't a product you can spread on the ground. Here is a link to the rule: http://www.azgfd.gov/inside_azgfd/rules/rulemaking_baitingProhibit.shtml Notice the allowed list has: Scent lures provided they do not contain cervid urine Chemical attractants provided they are not ingestible I was told by G&F that I could use an attractant that contains estrus but it had to be on a wafer or cotton strip attached to my hat or shirt. The thought was the deer was going to eat my hat or shirt. AND if they got that close without being shot, I had no business hunting lol. I was told ranchers could put down salt but not me. I can grow a food plot of corn butI can't spread corn on the ground. So anyone else use these products?

I am really glad for you and your brother truly I am BUT I am going to send these pics to my boss who made me miss my hunt because she made me work.

Drew a Dec 5th cow tag in 7E. My cousin and buddy scouted for me Thursday afternoon, while I got there Thursday night ready for opening day. We hunted from the Pinyon and Junipers to the thick pines; from the top of the unit to the bottom. We hunted hard from Safelight to Safelight. Our closest encounter was off of Cedar Ranch Rd (NF-417). Friday and Saturday mornings we got glimpses of white patches in the early morning We started each day walking in on a ridge off of 9010K road. We would stand there and glass for two hours before walking around the for another couple of hours in the Pinyons and Junipers. Again we knew they were in there because we got glimpses and saw lots of fresh scat. I seemed as if we were playing "hide and go seek around the tree". Where did I go wrong? Should I have continued to sit and glass from the ridge until I got a longer look? Was this late season hunt just as hard for everyone? Also, what is the pattern of Elk during foggy nights? Days? Thanks in advance HaYen

Thank you Hawkens. Hearing someone else say it was a tough hunt takes away some of the sting.

Thanks folks. While we were on the hill, we had the wind in our face, BUT after 2 hours of glassing we walked and I sure that is when they busted us. If I get drawn next year, I'll spend all day glassing. Even if they are bedded during the day, I'll just have to have more patience.