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7e had a fair amount of bugles. I only got close enough to 1 bull with what appeared to be 1 trailing cow. It's tough to get close though with your 3 year old in tow talking and stepping on every branch and pipe cone. The bull was average at best. 3x3 or small 4x4 maybe. He was calling though alot. We also heard a bunch of shots last night around dusk. I hope someone or two cashed in at the water hole south of me. We heard 6-7 shots pretty close by. Harley

Getting some bugles in 7 east this morning.

I am going to build my weatherby vanguard action some after I shoot the barrel out of it that it has now. I got lucky and with practice and handloads I have been able to shot .5" groups at 100 with a factory gun except for the timney trigger. More luck than anything I am sure but I am not going to mess with success. I had always planned to build a 6.5-06 on a Howa action many years ago, but now that I have this I will prob stay with 257 weatherby or maybe a 6.5 weatherby mag. I like things that are a little different though caliber wise. The generic calibers are boring to me. I shot 257 weatherby, 38 super, 45lc, 16 gauge, etc. So building a rifle on a 700 action isn't my style. Harley

My home owners will only cover $10K for theft. They will go higher I believe but it gets pretty costly if I remember right. They will cover them completely though in case of fire damage or things like that which is honestly more of my concern. Their is a better shot of my house burning down and ruining everything in my safe than their is of someone breaking into it or stealing it whole.

Fixed it for you.

The 3 year old has been scouting with me for javelin for the last 2 years. He doesnt understand exactly what we are doing but he has fun being outdoors. The 6 month old isn't quite ready yet. We are doing a family camping trip to my elk unit in a couple weeks though so we can relax some and scout some at the same time.

1. Fill a big game tag. Hopefully my cow elk tag for 2015. (I have never actually taken anything 100% on my own. I have 50% stake in a cow elk, but that's it sofar) 2. Repeat Above. 3. Help my son's with #1 & #2 if they choose to hunt.

any updates on this?

6.5-06 ackley for sure. I have always wanted to build a rifle in that caliber!

dang fine rifle setup. I love my 257 and have always wanted a sub-MOA version. It sucks you have to give up this nice piece because of some scum.

100 yards or less it shouldn't matter. I would look at something like a Nosler partition or some other more blunt bullet, even a round nose. Transfer as much energy as possible.

Is it a 2 3/4" chamber? Matching number barrel? Any cracking in the forearm?

Man I want this. What choke?

One of my hunting buddies in Whittman is going to do some scouting Thursday and Friday on his days off near them to see if he can dig up a few places. Thanks for the help. I am going to get see if I can get some scouting in before 2nd season. Harley

Anyone having any luck on the northwest side of Phoenix this year? My normal spots out near Wickenburg are sucking it up over the last couple years. I thought this year with as much steady water as we had we would have a good year but that isn't the case. If anyone has any recommendations it would be greatly appreciated. I love to hunt dove but I could only net 2 birds yesterday, and that wasn't from missing many opportunities. I need to change something up. I am not looking for any special spots or anything like that, maybe just an area that has been producing decent numbers so I can try and scout out some locations to look at. My area used to be pretty good normally and some years it was fantastic, but it hasn't been that great of the last 5 years or so. Opening Saturday usually tends to be ok, but after that it is pretty dismal. Harley

Weatherby Vanguard in 257 Weatherby mag. It shoots .5 MOA with 115gr. Berger VLDs.

I will send you a pm.

BILSTEIN 5100'S

I will take them. I am in Peoria.

My Choices: Dodge Ford Chevy In that order.

If that is unit 7E and you mind sharing the location of those cow elk let me know! I have a December cow tag in 7 east.

+2 for Randy's in Mesa. He has built some pretty stout diesel transmissions for my buddies Dodges in the past. He has built a bunch of my rockcrawler buddies transmission for there rockcrawlers too.

State to State on Bell Road if Bill is still running the joint.

I didn't go there to by 22lr. I went there for other stuff and looked to see if they had any. I needed to get my bird stamp and get my 3 year old out of the house for a little while to burn off some steam.

No orange for me.