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I'm helping a friend post this up and sell it. Please contact him if you have any questions or interest. He's a stand up guy. Savage Axis II .243 in Muddy Girl Camo with Bushnell 3x9 Scope. Brand new - still in the box. Won at a banquet. Cabela's has the same gun with a Weaver 3x9 scope listed for $489. Asking $350. Located in Pinetop. Phone 520-237-5824 ask for Jim.

Give Jim a shout. I think he still travels to Tucson now and then. I told him to be prepared for the rifle to sell fast!

I recently bought a S&W M&P 2.0 Compact in .40 SW. I've been a 1911 guy most of my life, but decided to go back to a medium frame pistol for easier concealment. Any recommendations for holsters to try for this particular pistol or one like it if you don't have that pistol? Its got a 4" barrel on it. I've always carried my 1911s concealed in a small of the back holster, so I'm not opposed to that option, but I'd like to see what else is out there to check into. I get pro deals on Blackhawk! and Uncle Mike's, but I'm not committed to either one. I want a holster (concealed and open, for that matter) that is going to be comfortable and durable. Thanks!

Winchester AASC207s (7.5 shot) did the trick. We went outside of town after school yesterday, and his shotgun cycled a box perfectly. He shot the last two sets of five rounds as fast as he could safely control them, and now I think I've created a monster! Thanks for the tips and insight everyone!

My son has a Weatherby SA-08 youth in 20 gauge. We took it out this weekend quail hunting. We didn't see any quail, but he wanted to try and shoot it anyway, so I threw a few rocks for him until we can get to the trap range. That's when I noticed the issue of it not cycling the loads. Spent shells were jamming or the action wasn't cycling back far enough to eject, so it would just reload the spent shell. I had the "light load" valve installed because I knew the Winchester loads (2-3/4", 7-1/2 shot) were light loads, but I didn't expect that. I called Weatherby this morning and found out that his shotgun has a minimum fps requirement of 1300 to cycle rounds properly, even with the light load valve. I don't know if it will ease up after the recommended 100 rd break-in, but until then, I need to find 20 gauge loads that are moving at 1300fps. I don't really want to spend the whole day researching it, so I'm asking you all for help on this one. Does anyone know of any 20ga 2-3/4" loads that will work for quail? I'd like to keep him in the 7-1/2 shot size, but if I need to go to 6, we can do that. Or do I need to get him 3" shells for upland birds to get that 1300fps? Thanks!

That's why we have Lance on the site!

Hope it stays there too. It will stay there a lot better if you buy it for me!

Gonna need one of those in my vest this season, I think!

That's awesome! Remember there is a 50-question multiple choice final exam. If you are reading it to him, I'm guessing he'll do fine. We're trying to work on getting the wording of several questions changed to be more user-friendly. I've seen several kids get test anxiety or not read the questions well and not pass the test. As soon as we read the questions they missed to them, they nail it on the first try. Please keep us posted on how he does this weekend. You're reminding me why I do what I do, especially when I feel life telling me I have too many irons in the fire. GOOD LUCK!!!

Got it and replied!

Very nice!

Since AGFD uses Federal dollars for many things, including funding the HE program, they are required, by Federal law to make reasonable accommodations to help students like you have described. Taking the legal requirements out of the picture, as an instructor, we work with kids like you describe all the time to help them get where they need to be. And, yes, there is a box to check to let us know that there are special requirements. You can help him with the online portion and then help him with the field day portion to make sure he understands. All of the instructors I know and work with across the state are great at making the necessary accommodations. If you have any questions, let me know.

Went back in and checked the bp option and it popped right up. Went back to choose my hunts, and it fizzled. Then it automatically refreshed and now I'm golden. Thanks for convincing me to go back and look!

I just went to apply for elk and, after the "choose a hunt" or "choose a bonus point" page, I got an error message. Can some of you back out for a while so I can apply? Thanks!

I picked up two boxes of the Winchester AASC207 loads this past weekend and we're going to sneak away Friday after school to test a few rounds. I guess I was always spoiled by my dad's Rem 1100 20ga Light. It reliably shot everything I've ever put in it and this is the first 20g semi I've had since that one (its almost older than I am). I looked at some of the various 1oz loads and, according to Weatherby, those with 1200fps won't cycle, but then I haven't tried them, either. As long as we can get these AASC207s to cycle reliably, we're golden. I just want to get any kinks worked out before he takes it turkey hunting this spring, but I'm far from worried about his turkey loads not cycling!

You just wait until I tell your other favorite hunting buddy what you said. She's likely to uninvite you from her turkey hunt! once she hears me yelping, clucking and purring on some of my new calls she will forgive me I have faith. Custer had faith, too...

And I mailed you your own personal invitation!

You just wait until I tell your other favorite hunting buddy what you said. She's likely to uninvite you from her turkey hunt!

The week before Christmas, we took a family vacation to Abaco Island in the Bahamas. We stayed at Treasure Cay and it was amazing. Of course, a trip to Abaco isn't complete without a bonefish fishing trip. It's the bonefish capital of the world, after all. The Marls is absolutely amazing. Jacob and I were in one boat and Minnie and Syd were in a different boat. Catching a bonefish has been a dream of mine since I was at least Jacob's age. Catching one on my fly rod is a relatively recent dream. I opted to forego the flyfishing for bones so that I could fish alongside Jacob. It was worth it all. We were in bones most of the day. I had three bites, but lost them, including a good one that broke my line at the boat. Jacob had a take, but didn't get the hook set enough, but that was enough to get him addicted. During a lull in the bones, I rigged my 9wt for sharks, after seeing multiple 2-4 foot black tips and a couple of -foot bonnet heads 10 feet from the boat. I cast to two different 3-foot black tips and they both turned and followed my fly, but passed it up. Later in the day, I cast to a 4-foot black tip and it took my fly, but I couldn't get the hook set right. The bend in my rod and that tug! But still, it was an amazing experience! By the end of the day, I won the first fish landed bet, finally catching my first bonefish. Addicting isn't even a good enough adjective. 10 minutes later, I helped Jacob catch his first bone. I knew as soon as I saw it, he'd won the biggest fish bet! Putting my flyfishing dream on hold was worth it all to watch Jacob fall so far in love with fishing. He badly wants to go back after bones. Who can blame him? When we met up back at the boat ramp, I learned that Syd landed a great bone, too. I cannot wait to plan another bonefishing trip! I just wish I could get the videos I took to load. The Marls This is a tradition pic Tailing bones There's a three-foot black tip in that photo My first bonefish Jacob fighting his first bonefish Jacob's first bonefish Syd's first bonefish On our third day on Abaco, we lounged on the beach; nothing exciting, but pure relaxation. On our fourth day, we did a mixed-bag trip that included bottom fishing, visiting the famous swimming pigs, and going to a cove where you could swim with, and feed, stingrays. Today is just pics of the fishing. We caught rock hind, strawberry grouper, trigger fish, and a parrot fish. I caught two of the trigger fish, but, generally, got outfished (again). I think my favorite part was watching the kids enjoy the action. When it was time to wrap up the fishing part, Jacob was genuinely bummed. He'd have stayed and fished all day (can't blame him) and it was hard for me to tell him that we couldn't! We had quite a few fish, but we ate very well for two nights after that!

Sorry, I was multi-tasking earlier when I did my original post. There are 7 or 8 decks of cards, with one for each chapter. I Have our chapter's deck of cards.

Well, crap! That's what I get for not editing it. If you buy cards and win, I'll do my best to have that honored. Until then, I'll edit it. Thanks for pointing that out!

That's one of the funniest responses I've ever read. I figured the steel shot would have less recoil, but I was wondering if there was something else I was missing.

A long time ago, I made fun of my brother-in-law for buying a .30-06 with a brake on it. Then I shot it. Then I seriously considered putting a brake on my .30-06 (still haven't). I put brakes on both of my kids' 7-08s to help them be more comfortable and enjoy the experience more. Shooting those two for load development made me love brakes even more. Like others have said, just keep ear plugs handy. Only twice its happened so fast that we didn't have time to use them. It wasn't that bad (that we noticed), but I always keep them handy. I have a brake on my 6.5 WSM because I love them so much and now I can't imagine getting a rifle without a brake. Someday I'll put on on my '06.

I'm going to start out with having him try the AA loads. The density is why I've always avoided steel shot, but switching to steel isn't intended to be the fix for this issue, though. Its strictly a professional/personal issue, especially now that I'm the lead biologist for our condor program. Dad always taught me to lead by example and this is a good start, especially for my kids. Cool. I'm not even speaking to the toxicity issues of lead vs steel, just that recoil is going to be different. At the risk of sounding dumb and having never shot steel shot, what are the recoil differences going to be? Are they that significant in a SA 20ga? All of my turkey loads are Hevi-Shot and the only difference I notice is because they are 3.5" shells. They certainly pack a bigger punch, but I expect that difference between 3" and 3.5" shells.

I'm going to start out with having him try the AA loads. The density is why I've always avoided steel shot, but switching to steel isn't intended to be the fix for this issue, though. Its strictly a professional/personal issue, especially now that I'm the lead biologist for our condor program. Dad always taught me to lead by example and this is a good start, especially for my kids.