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Glad to share. It's been fun. May have to put a cam in my neighbor's yard now for thieves though. They've been hit twice recently. Hate thieves.

Had one young bobcat in our yard this morning...not scared of me at all. Later in the morning I looked out and momma and both young ones had returned. Turns out they had stashed a kill under a bush in our yard. One of the kits ate on it a while, then momma grabbed it and they all went over the wall into the wash. The young ones had a distinct orange tabby look to them. Could be hybrids with a neighborhood cat I suppose. Very cool to see...trying to upload video, but file size must be too large.

Think these dang sweet 16's fetch double that! Ok actually not sure what full 16 means.. Is this a Belgium made gun? Full choke? Have one of these in 12 that my dad gave me. Very nice. I can't remember how, but I was able to find that it was Belgian by serial number. This one pictures shows FN on it instead of Browning, so I'm guessing it's Belgian but not sure.

They came back twice overnight after these pics...once at about midnight and once at 4AM. Almost an hour each time. No pics since except the kids playing in the yard. Kids have had fun checking the camera though...

Good deal on a nice jerky machine...

Beautiful buck! Congrats and thanks for sharing.

I have the Havalon and Outdoor Edge. I've used the Havalon the most (couple of deer and an antelope), and really like it. The blade is a little thin (like a scalpel...by design) so could possibly have issues in joints, pelvis, or other heavier work, and have to be careful not to flex the blade too much. But like I said I love it. Changing blades is a little tricky at first, and would never change them with just my hands...always use pliers or leatherman. Got the Outdoor Edge as a freebie from Eastman's with a subscription. Haven't used it on any animals yet. Much heavier blade which seems like it would handle heavier work and flexing better. Seems to be a little easier to change the blades too. Hopefully introducing it to my buddy's elk tomorrow morning.

36C...has to be elk near elkhorn ranch. Had not heard about Empire in 34B. That's interesting.

That's awesome. Congrats! Can't wait to see a bull pic too.

Not sure I'd want to rent one of those unless it's been well-cleaned afterward. LoL

Nothing in 4b as usual but 3c has been going well. Lots of bugles in the morning.Not familiar with 4b...is it typically slow to start or later than other units?

+10! I met SirRoyal in 19a on my antelope hunt and he is a class act. Shared a lot of information that helped me on my hunt and I hopefully was able to return the favor.

Beautiful! Congrats!

Well done SirRoyal and Hunterdan. Beautiful goats!

Nice article about Fred Bear.

Didn't get a good look at the kill, but it was rabbit-size.

Saw a hunter on my antelope hunt using a Bob trailer to haul his blind with a bike. Seemed to work well on the walk-in access ranches riding the 2-tracks.

Great deal on a great sight.

Have run a smaller Buddy most of the night (until the small propane can ran out) in an older tent trailer...naturally ventilated as old tent trailers tend to be. Kept it warm and we all lived to tell about it. The guy with the smallest bladder got to fire it back up before the rest of us got out of our bags in the morning. Picked up a Coleman ProCat catalytic heater used a couple years ago, but haven't used it myself a lot. It works well and is advertised as indoor safe too. I always plan to use it instead of the dragon propane-hog in our travel trailer, but then I never do. Easier to flip the switch for that one without even getting out of bed.

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Nice glass. My buddy has a set of these and loves them.

This is awesome. I think I remember an old post about the lions. Both of my kids have said they want to bowhunt instead of rifle...can't wait. Might be 2 bows on the Christmas list this year. Big congrats to your boy and to you as well Dad. Well done.

That's very cool! Especially the bottle opener and cap catcher. Nice work!

Nice explanation Travis. Seems like a great idea to me, and sticking your neck out there trying a new business model. Good luck with it and hopefully pays off for both you and your clients.

Very nice. Thanks for sharing and great job Dad!