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I borrowed a couple Yeti coolers for my extended hunt last year and they were fantastic. Knowing I could be out for 2 weeks, I filled one with food and some frozen water/juice bottles, the other with frozen milk jugs and 2 liter soda bottles. My hunt ended earlier than I expected, but I'm sure I could have gone at least 10 days before running out of ice. No experience with the other brands mentioned here.

My two oldest boys started out with Diamond Razor Edge bows. Even the lower poundage limbs might be too much for a 5-6 year old, but these bows definitely grow with an 11-15 year old archer. When my oldest turned 16 we got him a Mathews Switchback, (used, on this forum), and he handed his Razor down to his youngest brother. Probably the "next step up" for your boys, but they sure are great bows for growing shooters.

Bummer - I have a huge soft spot for any baby bird, and owls in general. Probably just nature being what it is, but I'd sure like to see them at least leave the nest. Cool horned toad too - another one of my favorites.

Nice meeting you today.

We sure had fun. Father's day at our house is a little more like Mother's day since she gets overlooked all year. I spent the day cooking, cleaning the kitchen and shooting bows with the kids. Good ol' Southern breakfast of biscuits and gravy, sausage, hash browns, scrambled eggs cooked in the sausage skillet with all the "leavins". Shot and tuned bows with the boys, a little yard work, then cooked up my famous hot wings and elk burgers from my middle son's last elk. Both the elk burger and wing recipes are simple but always a hit. A few cold ones and a cigar I've been saving top it off. Living the dream, lol.

Great thread. Carp are one of the most under-utilized fish in this state. My family used to spend spring break at San Carlos, trying to catch bass, crappie and cats, but mostly reeling in carp. You get half a dozen kids reeling in 5-7 pound fish every 5 minutes, it's all good times. Hooking into a good carp with light fly tackle has to be a great rush. While they are commonly thought of as "bottom feeders" you see these big schools slurping the surface and have to wonder how it would feel to put something light out in the middle of the school without spooking them and hold on tight to your 3 weight rod and 2x tippet. Kind of like "hillbilly tarpon fishing". LOL.

My last bow had a Spot Hogg SDP which I really liked. My current setup uses an Axcel Armortech. Having owned both, I prefer the Axcel. Solid build, easy, no-tool adjustments. As others have mentioned, I wish I would have gone with .10 pins instead of .19, but that's just personal preference.

Yup. What Redman said.

I've got the same gun in blue finish - similar (Hogue) grips. Really like it, and the grips are great. When I bought mine (a long time ago) it was $450 new. That was cheap even back then. Jensen's in Tucson had ordered a whole bunch for the Tucson PD, and going from memory, the PD decided to switch to Glock around that time, so Jensen's sold a bunch of them really cheap. A quick scan on gunbroker, looks like around $475-$600 for blue, standard grips, depending on condition. This one looks nice, good holster. IMO a little over-priced, but hey, may as well start with what you would like to get out of it, and go from there. Agree with Ross about the reliability. I've had mine a long time, and don't shoot it all that often but I don't recall any failures, even with cheap ammo.

Happy birthday, Shelvin! And happy father's day too. I hope you get to do something fun today.

Nice, that's a stud buck for sure. Thanks for sharing the pix.

You know the feds, "don't let any good crisis go to waste". 4Falls, that's pretty much exactly what my wife and I said when we saw this. Couple of guys with chainsaws over a weekend - problem solved. But that's how big gov't works. Write up a "Risk Assessment" document, talk and talk, get lawyers involved, meanwhile tell the public to stay out. I want the feds out of our forests so bad... don't get me started.

You guys aren't looking close enough. It's got a sticker on it verifying it's authenticity - what more proof could you want??? LOL.

Kudos for trying to find the owner. Class act for sure.

I'll take the Garmin Oregon if you are willing to ship.

If you are trying to figure out the odds or get a grasp of how to predict it, I've got nothing for you. It's a lottery - luck of the draw. Some things my sway the odds one way or another, but in the end, it's just the "luck of the draw". I've heard of one guy who drew 13B one year and 13A the next. I personally know a guy who has 18 or 19 points for elk and is still waiting for his first choice hunt (3a/c rifle). Personally, I drew 24A December (15% odds back then) 4 out of 5 years. I drew unit 1 MZ and archery bull tags in the rut back-to-back, then a 13B strip tag with only 4 bonus points. Some guys I know have been putting in for the strip and have 17, 19 or more points. At this point, if I have a dry spell and don't draw squat for 10 years or more, I won't be bitter at all. Toss your name in the hat, and when your time comes, you get to go hunt.

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Bump for a super nice shotgun. I have the exact same gun and love it.

Nice job! Way to contribute to youth hunters.

Obviously not hunting related, but I've got this huge steel pipe that a buddy gave me a while back to build a smoker out of. Well I never got around to it, and this stuff is still just sitting around. Honestly, I don't know what it's worth, but probably quite a bit just as scrap. Anyone have an idea what's a fair price for this? The darker pipe is about 20" outside diameter and about 3/8" thick. Two are 24" long and the other is about 41" long. The yellow pieces are closed on one end with a thick ring with bolt holes on the other. It's not quite as thick probably at least 1/4" though. They are about 19.5" in diameter and 23.5" long. Thanks for looking.

Great looking rifle - I am looking forward to seeing how your loads work up.

"Dandy" is an understatement - and with a bow - nicely done, sir! And welcome to the best hunting site on the web.

You know usually I say whatever BofA hasn't messed with any of my gun buying and hunting stuff. HOWEVER, two years in a row my debit card I used to put in for elk and lope online got cancelled within a day of the update time. This year I fixed it in time, last year no dice so lost my loyalty point and the point or tag. Needless to say that got a profanity laced phone call about the timing of their crap when it happened this year. You know usually I say whatever BofA hasn't messed with any of my gun buying and hunting stuff. HOWEVER, two years in a row my debit card I used to put in for elk and lope online got cancelled within a day of the update time. This year I fixed it in time, last year no dice so lost my loyalty point and the point or tag. Needless to say that got a profanity laced phone call about the timing of their crap when it happened this year. Yeah, I had the same issue with the elk/antelope draw this year. I was putting in for myself and 3 sons all back-to-back. Turns out if B of A sees a whole bunch of small fees from the same vendor in a short time they consider it "suspicious" and can cancel those charges at their discretion. G&F was willing to work with me, but since I messed up and didn't include an email address on some of the boys' apps, I had no receipt for those and they weren't able to honor the apps. So, if you do go with a B of A card, try and spread them out as much as possible, and make sure to include an email address on the last step so you get a record of the transaction. This is the first time in years of applying that I had this problem, and I've always used my B of A card. We did lose a couple of antelope apps and the boys will have to start over on their loyalty point. But it sure beats writing hundreds of dollars worth of checks for G&F to cash, collect interest on then "refund" when you aren't drawn. This time I've got all the receipts and I've made sure the charges went through. All part of playing the game I suppose.

Nicely done!!! Huge congrats.

Nice meeting you today Bonecollector. Thanks again for taking the pipe down - that was really nice of you.