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Getting it done! Nice job.

Cabela's went down the tubes as soon as they became a corporate enterprise, IMO. I was a life-long Cabela's shopper for years - best customer service, best products, best selection, best prices. When they went public it all crumbled. Everything became MSRP, expensive shipping, plus sales tax since they have an in-state retailer, customer service went down the tubes. In the short-term, Amazon has become my new Cabela's but even they are starting to price everything at MSRP these days. FWIW, I never like Bass Pro - some things you could only find there, now just over-priced.

Awesome video!

Really hoping this gun is still around when I have some extra $$. Great gun, great price.

Happy Birthday, Chef. I hope it was a great day with family and good food.

Totally agree that what you have is sufficient. The .270 has been a long-time go-to gun for just about any game in the world. One thing I've found, and this applies to rifles and bows - shoot what you are most comfortable with. If you trust your equipment, you spend more of your energy really hunting and getting to the point where you get it done, then you do your job, they do theirs.

Impossible sir, It's in Johnson's underwear. All kidding aside, nice shooting!

That's amazing!!! Great story - one I'm sure all of you will remember forever. Thanks for sharing it here with us.

I was right on the intersection of 305 and 340, just NW of Red Butte. Big old water tank there, not far from the old air field. We were off the 347 road. Everywhere that we scouted before season must have been where almost everybody else did also. We took a nasty two track that was puddles of water most the way and found a buck that was away from everyone so it worked out for us opening morning. Awesome! Congrats on getting it done. It was tough with all that pressure out there. I'd love to see photos of the buck you guys got. I saw a pretty good one up there off the 347 up the Rain Tank wash, but I didn't figure him to be over mid 70's. Where I found him sounds like maybe the same area. Super muddy 2 track that goes through a basin, then back on top where you can look back in toward Anita station.

Awesome job getting Emily on a fantastic buck! Talking with Russ back in town, sounds like they were ready for a long shot - 68 yards, that's impressive! Huge congrats on putting them on that beautiful buck.

Hey Bob. Nice meeting you out there. If I had *really* gotten stuck, I'm sure you could've gotten me out the jam. Nasty mud for sure. I would love to see your pix. Feel free to PM me etc. I'd like to hear how your game plan evolved out there.

Happy Birthday, Gino!

I was right on the intersection of 305 and 340, just NW of Red Butte. Big old water tank there, not far from the old air field.

6.5x284 Norma, the first rifle I built up myself. Based on a Savage .270 action, Shillen barrel and Boyd's stock.

Not trying to derail all the derailments, but it seems the 6-wheel thing didn't really fly well even in side-by-sides. More axles, more tires, more things to go wrong, so besides "it looks cool" what could be the appeal? While I'm pretty neutral on Chevy, this looks 10x cooler IMO. http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1106455_military-hydrogen-powered-chevy-colorado-zh2-launches

Thanks! Seems the harder I hunt, the luckier I get, lol.

Would not surprise me. She was probably late teens, and based on their optics I'm sure she had access to a serious long-range rifle. All of them were super nice - I hope she got a good one.

BTW, idgaf, if I could like your post twice I would. We get to choose this year between a half-wit dip-stick (words chosen for kids) or pure evil. Hooray, I get to vote for a clown, as opposed to the devil herself. Hey guys, buy up all the AR lowers you can get your hands on, hi-cap mags and green tips. Better than betting on Wall Street, IMO.

Watching the last season of The Walking Dead. It's the perfect way to prepare for our upcoming election cycle.

Just makes me sick. Stealing alone is bad enough - taking someone's stuff. When you resort to stealing someone's hard earned trophy, just hard to get any lower than that. I guess the only good news is he has the memory of that hunt and nobody can take that away.

Absolutely amazing the accuracy you are getting out of it. Even if I had a rifle that shot that well, I don't think I could make it shoot that well. Excellent marksmanship for sure. Thanks for sharing all the details. I've had a really hard time with Bergers in my 6.5 - not sure if it's a bad batch but I'll load some right up to the lands and they seat well, but tight. Others I've backed off as much as 20/1000 and they still won't seat. One side hits the lands - probably need to straighten them - where they hit is always the same spot. Congrats on an outstanding rifle, and of course being able to shoot it to its potential.

I hope it's around in a couple of weeks.

Original Swaro adapter and Stud - came with SLCs. Used. $90obo. Will ship.

I was going to do a build with a friend and bought all this stuff but decided to go another direction. I'd like to keep it all together, but we'll see. I'm in Lakeside, so I can't ship the powder or primers without a big hazmat fee. I ended up loading 5 rounds but never shot them. 1 lb Hodgdon CFE 223 Nosler Ballistic Tip Varmint 32 grain (95 in the box) Hornady unprimed brass (45) RCBS full-length dies Federal 205 Small Rifle Primers (95) And the 5 loaded rounds made with all this stuff, lol. New cost was approximately $115. I'd like to get 90 bucks for the lot or make an offer.

Not meaning any disrespect, but racoons are as prevalent as cockroaches in this and every other state in the nation. Show me a place that doesn't have racoons - now THAT would be interesting.