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Sweet! Commission?

Once again, I forgot to clarify in my post. You will be the first one I send info to!

Hey Ted- Hope you are getting bites on this. Figured I'd get on here now that I'm back in town and give this a good bump to the top!

When I get some free time in the next couple of weeks, I'll dig the info back up and pass it along. My schedule is crazy right now with major deadlines.

Yes, knowing him from Iowawhitetail.com, i suggested he post his legit rifle for sale down here. It's not a scam and he is a good guy. It may seem too good to be true, but whatever happened to giving someone the benefit of the doubt? I mentioned the proximity to feral hogs in TX and NM. Good Lord!

Sorry, should have clarified that I only have access to these ranches because I'm family and am only allowed to bring immediate family with me. And one of those ranches just got high-fenced as a 300 acre ranch. The land owner decided to use gas/oil royalties to high fence and pay an outrageous price for "trophy quality" deer (bucks and does bred from supposedly 230" bucks). My brother-in-law who has the hunting lease has the choice of finding a new ranch to lease or go along until he can afford his own land. He as a TON of $$ invested as it is, so he's riding the wave to see what happens in the next 2-3 years. They will be making a strong effort to remove hogs from there now, but it will make it tough for me to hunt anything on that ranch due to the presence of $4k deer and fewer hogs. I was planning to take my daughter there this November to have a good, easy hunt at 9 years old before starting out here next year after she turns 10. I do know some areas and can drum up the contacts (using my work credentials) to get into the growing pig problem in southern NM....they want them GONE!!!

I've seen their aftermath in the Agua Fria grasslands on the Prescott NF as well as up on the AZ Strip in a couple of areas, including the Virgin River. I can point you to some of the areas on the strip where your chances of finding them are fairly good. The Virgin River has a bunch of private land mixed in, so that is tougher. As for TX, I'm fortunate to have 3 ranches that let me shoot all the pigs I want for free! I refuse to pay $500+ for 2-3 days and only shoot 2 hogs, which is fairly common on several of those outfits.

Well put Ben! As a Federal wildlife manager, I've had nothing but great experiences working with the AZ TNC on habitat and wildlife protection. One of the best outfits I've ever worked with. I've heard stories of TNC in other states, but had nothing but the best experiences with AZ TNC. Several of our meetings included sharing some good hunting/fishing spots with others. Not to defend the other groups, but not all of their lawsuits against Federal agencies are unwarranted.

My thoughts exactly! I can't wait until next April when my daughter finally turns 10!

All three of my rem 700s have the original factory trigger (pre X-mark) set to 2.75 lbs, which is about as low as you can get them without having problems with the safety. I absolutely love them and 2.75 lbs is plenty clean and crisp for me. In recent discussions with a gunsmith, if I were to swap them out to go lower, which I'm considering, I would go with a Jewell. Tried one of those on a custom rifle and it was set for 1.5 lbs. All I can say is WOW! Know nothing about Shilen triggers and have heard enough about the new factory Rem triggers that I'll keep my old-school ones or switch to Jewell.

x2!! Awesome!

My brother in law in Laredo, TX has a Ruger Mini-6.8 and loves it for hogs down there. I don't know if he's shot any deer with hit, but he's dropped some hogs. Can't imagine it wouldn't be just as good in an AR platform.

X2 for flatline maps!

Great horned owl and its a desert spiny lizard (Sceloporus magister). Clark's spiny lizards don't have that blue area on their back. They look similar, but there are behavioral differences, slight habitat differences, and their coloration isn't quite the same. Cool find!

Another vote for the Double Bull and another vote for not using the mesh and just wearing all black from the waist up. I shot through the mesh of a cheaper blind once with a fixed blade and, while I got the job done, I wished I had removed the mesh in retrospect. I can't get the mesh in my DB to tighten up enough to make me feel comfortable shooting through it with any broadhead. You won't regret the DB.

All items SPF. PM me with your contact info and I'll work on getting everything shipped this week during down time.

I've been organizing and cleaning stuff out that I've finally come to realize I will never use. I'm trying hard to not be a hoarder. Several years ago, when I bought my reloading stuff from a friend, he had a 100-count box of Nosler Ballistic Tip .30 cal 180 gr. I haven't counted them, but it looks like only about 3 or 4 are missing, if any. $30 for the box. I've had these gloves sitting in a tote in the garage for years and have never worn them other than to try them on. They are lightly insulated and, If memory serves me correctly, they were scent-lok. Size XL, realtree camo. $10 I brought these binoculars home after my dad passed away and they have been sitting a closet ever since. Bushnell 10x50. Glass is clean and they are in good shape. $15 Last is a Shooting Systems holster that fits a Govt 1911. I think I paid $40 brand new several years ago. In great shape. $15 No plans to travel to or through the valley anytime soon, but we can work something out. Otherwise, everything will go in an upcoming yard sale.

Sure, I'll do $30 shipped. Haven't gotten a PM yet, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.

Last night, my 5-year old son asked if we could go out in the back yard and shoot our bows. Considering I had just received a cortisone shot in my shoulder to get me through until surgery this summer, it was hard for me to tell him no. He politely told me that he would shoot first and then I could go. A year ago, when he inherited his older sister's Nuclear Ice, I had to stand close as he drew it back and then help him hold it there so he could shoot, but he was pulling 13.5 lbs at 4 years old then. When he shot it, he hit all over the target, including frequent misses. Last night, he drew it back and held his anchor perfectly and is in the initial stages of grouping his arrows! Granted, he's only shooting at 5 yards, but considering how young he is, I just want his confidence boosted and his form to come together. He shot two or three groups, but he never got tired and never missed the target. I need to take him in to Bull Basin up here and have his draw length adjusted a bit, but his form looks great to me! He was so excited and he informed me that he was going archery hunting with me next fall! Unfortunately, I had to tell him that he was too young still and that, because of my upcoming surgery, my early archery season hunt was out, but I reminded him of my promise to let him sit in the blind with me and his sister in south Texas this November. I also told him that if he kept at it, we'd probably have to get him a newer, big bow like his sister's by next summer!

I don't shoot one and never have, but I have several friends back in Iowa that have been shooting Elite bows for years (before their new design, even) and swear up and down by them. Several have switched from Mathews, Hoyt, Bowtech, etc. to Elite for all of the reasons described above. I will be looking at Elite when its time to replace my Z7.

I started my daughter with a Fred Bear fiberglass longbow (painted purple for her) when she was 4. She's now 9, shooting a Hoyt Ruckus and pulling 27.5 lbs and drilling the bullseye at 20 yards. I started my son with that same purple longbow when he was 2.5 years old and he's never looked back. Feel free to show your wife! I don't know how I missed that picture the first time, but that is AWESOME!

No kidding! I keep telling my 9 year old daughter that when she gets her first elk down, it won't get itself out of the woods and I may be too crippled to do the work. By the time my son is ready, that may not be much of a joke!

I just discovered this thread. Thought I'd share our furry family members. We've always had German shepherds. We got our female, Jake, in January 2001. She proved to be a handful from the get-go, but came around quickly with good training. She turned into the best trail dog ever as she frequently scared the snot (and other bodily fluids) out of border crossers (including armed ones) when we were hiking down there or she joined me on wildlife surveys in the Huachucas and on Ft. Huachuca. She's 11.5 now and retired from hiking for a couple of years now. She is my Energizer bunny that just keeps going and doesn't know how to quit. She's had bad hips her whole life, but her active lifestyle has kept her in the game. She's slower to get up these days, but she still gets up and meets me at the door every day when I get home! Yes, she eventually ate the whole thing! In January 2002, we brought home Thor, our big white male GSD. He started as a small 7 week-old puppy, but grew into a beautiful 108 lb boy who would turn heads and part crowds at the same time. Unfortunately, last June, we learned he had a cancerous tumor on his left front leg. We opted to have his leg amputated and begin treatments because his prognosis was good. Everything was going great until this past January. We took him to the vet because he wasn't feeling well. Chest x-rays revealed three new tumors in his chest and our vet said we had about a month, maybe two, before we'd see his quality of life drop. It wasn't even a month and we were devastated. Not long after that, he woke up a completely different dog than he was the day before and we couldn't watch him suffer. Three weeks to the day after we learned of his tumors, we called our vet and she came over that morning to put him at peace. He wasn't a hunting dog, but he was one of our protectors. He wasn't a fan of most guys and, as a result, most guys kept a safe distance from my family. Anyone that would have tried to come in the house uninvited would have had to shoot him to get him to release his jaws from their throat. I watched him and Jake back down groups of 20+ illegal immigrants on the US/Mexico border, including some armed bad guys. He loved being outdoors with us and was on every camping trip, fishing trip, and a few hunting trips. My favorite day of elk shed hunting had him and Jake by my side. He wasn't named after a comic book hero, but the real Norse God. His bark was his hammer and that's all he ever needed to get his point across! He gave us 10 great years of loyalty, protection, and unconditional love. I know I will spend the rest of my life trying to be the human he thought I was. He loved standing next to me when I was fishing. He loved to chase the lure or fly. This is what happens when you leave a white GSD out in a February rain in Tucson. Two pics from my favorite day of shed hunting, because they were with me. A great pic from during a snow storm this past December, before we found out his cancer returned. His demeanor with our kids is every reason why there will always be at least one GSD in our house! Within a week of losing Thor, the silence in the house was killing me and we started shopping for a new GSD. We were lucky to find a good deal on a litter with champion Czech bloodlines. We told our daughter this would be her puppy. A week and a half after saying goodbye to Thor, we brought this big boy home. She named him Odin, in honor of Thor. He’s 5 months old now and almost 60 pounds. He’s going to be BIG! He’s extremely smart and very well behaved. Jake didn’t care for him much at first and avoided him at all costs, but has since accepted him as part of her pack. She won’t play with him, but she tolerates him and puts him in his place when she needs to. Jake showing tolerance finally My daughter's puppy

I'm in the same boat and am irritated at all the people hoarding .22LR! We bought our daughter a .22 last year for her 8th birthday and now I have to ration what she can shoot because I can't replace it. its absolutely ridiculous!! I was in a gun store in El Paso, TX a couple of weeks ago and they wanted $15 for a box of 100 rounds of Remington. I laughed and walked out. I refuse to pay $40-$75/brick.

Back in 2009, I managed to boat a small tarpon (5-10 lbs) on my fly rod. I know the feeling of planning another trip. Nothing like watching a silver king jump!