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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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Just wanted to say thanks to Ammon and Craig for putting on a great seminar last night. Lots of good information, and it was really nice having some hands on training with pot calls and box calls. I learned a lot, and picked up a great sounding box call that I look forward to using on my upcoming turkey hunt. All of these calls are hand made and the craftsmanship is top notch. Thanks again.

I thought I should post a little follow up on my situation and a few things I have learned along the way, just incase it could help somebody else someday. So after many calls to different insurance companies and asking lots of questions, I ended up with a separate policy for sporting equipment (guns, hunting gear, optics, etc.). It seems like every insurance company has different limits on what a homeowners/ renters policy will cover in the event of theft. Somewhere around 2k minus your deductible seems to be the average. To compound that situation, some companies do have limits set on firearms and such, (as mentioned earlier by a couple of posts). Adding a rider or a separate policy were my choices to get the amount of coverage that I needed to cover my guns and gear, (again the choices varied by insurance company). One other thing I learned was that your full coverage auto insurance may not cover things in your vehicle if it's stolen. This is where your homeowners or renters insurance could come into play. So once again, you want to make sure you have enough coverage. I did want to mention that Amanda's suggestion of talking with Luke Adam (sponsor of CWT and is with Farm Bureau), was very helpful. Luke answered a lot of questions I had and also understood how hunters can accumulate a lot of expensive gear, (something that other agents I spoke with had a hard time understanding). Joeeden, I'm sorry but I didn't see your post until today, otherwise I would have given you a call too. There's a lot to know about your insurance policy and it takes some time and effort to figure it out, but I think it's worth it to make sure that you're covered incase something happens. Thanks to all who offered their advice and input. Yet another reason why the CWT community is so helpful.

Recently a good friend of mine had his travel trailer stolen along with a lot of camping/ outdoor gear he had stored in the trailer while his trailer was in storage. After hearing about the red tape and countless ordeals that he had to go through with his insurance company, it made me question how good my insurance policy was. After talking with my insurance company today about coverage, I learned that my policy has good coverage for items that are lost to fire, flood, etc. However, items lost to theft are a much different story. My policy will only pay up to $2000 for stolen items. Now I'm sure that if anyone else who hunts were to start adding up the expense to replace your guns and gear, you could easily reach that 2k point in no time. Heck, that may not even cover a pair of Swarovski EL's. Needless to say, I am now in the process of looking into different insurance companies that hopefully will have a more suitable policy for me. I hope that I never have to deal with my gear being stolen, but I see posts on here from time to time about that sort of thing happening to other people, so I'd like to have a little more protection just in case. I'm wondering if anybody else has experienced this sort of thing before? What kind of policies are out there to give you more protection against theft? I'm not very knowledgeable about insurance and my current agent wasn't much help either, so if anybody has some advice on this subject I would be glad to hear it. Thanks in advance.

I have one of the smaller Pelican coolers ( 45 qt. I think ), that I received as a gift. I'm very happy with mine and have had no problems with it in the year and a half that I've had it. It keeps ice for a long time as long as you keep it in the shade. I'm not sure how the plastic latches will hold up a few years from now, but so far so good. The only advantage the yeti might have is that the rubber latches stretch and would keep some tension on the seal of the lid. The Pelican uses a latch that closes well, but doesn't seem like there's much tension on the lid seal. Maybe it doesn't matter much, it's just something I've noticed, and I don't have a Yeti to compare it to. Hope that helps a little.