BASS

That shed is weathered really cool, I like the way it looks also. As for the boar skull, that too is very neat. I wouldn't mind having one of those cleaned up nice, and bleached.

That's that I was thinking to the letter. I would love to try it though.

Yeah, I would have to be pretty hyped up to stick an eight dollar arrow into a tree.... on purpose.

The only problem is that they get to choose if it died of natural causes. But yeah, ussually they are pretty cool about it.

Really? I was told there was one up near Alpine. The owner of "the bear wallow" restaurant said it was just a few miles away. I guess as long as there are people like the ones in this thread there will be many.

Atleast I know I'm not the only one. Dang body guarding trees.

I can't wait for it to open. Maybe I'll pay with a check so they have to check my ID. "And here is your receipt... Mr. Bass"

I was expecting something else.... maybe a little moist and smelly. Good to know they are starting to drop now, every year it seems like it takes forever.

Yeah, from the looks of the size of these tires, they look like they came off someones rhino.

Yeah I never (well I did once, and got very lucky that the guys in the photos didn't snag it) put my cameras near roads, water, or salt. Put them away from where you want along the game trails. Just another tip.

When I bought my bushnell at cabellas the guy at the counter told me the general rule to use when buying them is to find the longest distance you would want to shoot, then double it. The range finders that say 400 yards accurate (like the bushnell scout) will only range a deer sized target out to 200, but can do trees and such out to 400. So I figure I want to be able to shoot 400 yards, so I think the 800 would be good to go for me. Has anyone else heard anything like that?

I don't know which one is best, but I have the Bushnell Pro and it's alright for archery. But I'm thinking about the Swarovski 800 for when I build my rifle this summer.

One of our builders just carries his cell phone, and a GPS. Last year he didn't tag out, but got twelve illegals.

What do I think? I love her, she has great plans to help us all live happier lives. Sad thing is, she actually has a chance.

Just a heads up, but not too many people will post their secret near by hunting spots. You may get a few private messages though with some good leads.

Just call it in and give them the basics. Who knows, you may end up with a nice skull.

A buddy of mine has only had one issue down south on a hunt. He drives an old body style suburban, and the rear springs are pretty much shot. I guess he's been pulled over every year by border patrol for suspision of smuggling. If you have ever seen that truck it does ride like there are twenty people in the back of it. But Outdoorlife just said that is one of the top ten most dangerous hunts.

Is that the secret? Here I've been waiting until 6:50 pm to drop mine off the day they are due; just to make sure it's on the top. But then again my apps have been rejected so maybe that wasn't work so well.

Looks good to me. How did you join the two back together? I have a pair that is older than the hills, and have been broken.

Well if you have ever owned a nice pair of sunglasses, they ussually give you a micro fiber cloth to clean them with. Each of my pairs of binos has it's own little cloth, and my spotting scope has it's own too. Ussually on the cooler hunts I rub a little scopedope on the lenses, then clean them with that. It keeps them from fogging up too much, and gets the hard grime off. When possible, try to keep the covers on them to keep dust and crap from gathering on the lenses. And when you go to clean them, first try to blow all the garbage off before you touch it. That way the little grain of sand in there isn't rubbed on the glass, scratcing it all up. I think sportsman's has some of the scopedope for like $5, and the microfiber cloth is near the sunglasses for about the same or cheaper.

Well the good thing with digital is that you can record an awful lot of stuff on a very small item. I have a cheap ( I think like $20) one I bought from an office supply store that works great. I can record up to two hours of straight talking. I use to use it for our club meetings when I first became the secretary and couldn't keep up when they were having a debate. That would also be cool to have so you could record the elk talking around you.

That's what I'm looking to end up with. Thanks for the info.

Good luck everyone! I guess I'll put it soon, hopfully I'll get that bull tag I want. Yeah, I know that draw is already over.

Those are some very nice mounts, who did them? I like the one on that far left the most though... but only because all my coues look like it.

I'll tell you what, just because I'm a nice guy, and I like the way you talk. PM me your adress and I'll let you have this one for a steal at $20. BTW I love that beanie. It's great, not too thick but not too thin, just right for here in Arizona. Over the weekend it was 26 degrees one morning, but I was nice and warm, and lookin' good with it on. Thanks again.