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Just wanted to share my buck from the early Kaibab hunt this year. This was my first time hunting the Kaibab and what an amazing experience it was. I had heard people talk about how great the Kaibab hunts are and I've even read some books written about Kaibab, but it's hard to imagine such an incredible place until you've experienced it firsthand. The scenery and views from up there are simply spectacular, and the sheer number of deer that we saw on this trip was incredible. I was very fortunate to have a good friends' father help me out on this hunt. His ability to find deer in the most obscure places never ceased to amaze me. Anyways, this buck was spotted right before the sun was about to set, and one shot through a small window of oaks and brush with the 7mm mag was all it took. I couldn't be happier with this buck and this hunt is up there at the top of my favorite hunts. Thank you again Rick for all your help and making this a very memorable hunt, I learned a lot and couldn't have done it without you. Good luck to all those still in the field and those with the later hunts.

Well done Bradley, congrats on your first muley!

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Sold. Thanks again Bradley, it was nice meeting you.

Sorry Rick, I don't see that tire size on the list.

All PM's responded to. Bigorange, if my ad's still up when you're headed this way just let me know and we'll figure something out.

Sold. Thanks.

As already stated there are many youtube videos that will show you different methods. Outdoor Edge also made a pretty detailed dvd on field dressing a few years back that I thought was very helpful... not the gutless method, but it will walk you through how to field dress and quarter out an animal if you are by yourself. Might give you some ideas that could work for you.

H4831sc has been sold. Nice meeting you Armand.

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You may want to consider a 5th wheel toy hauler and adding a gooseneck hitch adapter. Converting from a 5th wheel hitch to a gooseneck hitch is the route I went with my travel trailer. I went with the Pop-Up brand converter. The converter clamps around the 5th wheel kingpin and bolts to the kingpin frame of your trailer. This also means that you can convert it back to 5th wheel if you want. It has adjustable height configurations so you can level the trailer, and there are converters available with an offset so you can gain a little more clearance between your trailer and the cab of your truck (good if you have a short bed pickup). As mentioned earlier, the gooseneck ball takes up way less room in the bed of your pickup than a 5th wheel hitch does. You're right about there being lots of 5th wheel toy haulers out there, and the only ones with gooseneck hitches that I've seen have been converted. Hope that helps.

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I'm looking at purchasing a Triclawps/ Claw (I think the name changed but still the same product), but I have some questions for those of you who use them. What kind of tripod head are you using with it? Any advantage to a ball, pan/ tilt, or fluid head? I'm guessing that since the Claw clamps onto your rifle stock, then some of that recoil from your rifle would be transferred to your tripod head and tripod, so do you need a beefy tripod head to go with it? I'm currently using a Jim White head which is great for glassing and it's really light weight, but I wonder how much recoil transfer it would handle. Too bad Jim White has passed away, or I would ask him. Has anybody used a Triclawps with a Jim White head? Thanks.

Thank you all for the help, it's very appreciated. This will definitely get me started in the right direction.

Here is what my Sierra manual shows:

Price drop to $175 obo.

I have a Leupold Spotting Scope for sale. This is the Sequoia model, 15-45x60. The glass is in really good shape, the zoom and focus adjustments move smoothly, and it has 1/4-20 threads for mounting to a tripod. Asking $175 obo. Thanks.

I drew an early turkey tag this year and wasn't able to get a bird on the first week, (came really close, but that's a different story). Extremely windy days and even some snow made things a little challenging. So I'm debating whether to make another trip up north to make another attempt to fill my turkey tag. I'm curious what kind of success others have had during that last 2 week period of the turkey hunts? Does it get very crowded on those last 2 weeks since it's open to the juniors, early, and late tag holders? Will the toms still be gobbling? I know that typically the early hunt has the advantage of taking the less experienced two year old birds, but since I'm still kind of new to turkey hunting any input is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Back to the top. Might be interested in trades of hunting gear. Thanks

Great looking birds! Well done Ammon.

The weather certainly did make the early hunt tough. The toms have still been gobbling in 3c, but only very early in the morning. Seems like once they hit the ground they're quiet the rest of the day. Good luck to all of those who have the late hunt, and hopefully the wind cooperates for ya.

Well done! Congrats for all.

Congrats Devan, that's a couple of great looking birds! A picture like that will get those of us with tags for the upcoming AZ turkey hunts stoked for sure.

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