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Looks awesome. I might have to try some of those in the 6.5x55s I need to load for. Good luck to her. I am jealous of her luck to draw awesome tags. I hope to get another opportunity up there in the next 10-20years....my luck sucks most of the time.

Do the auto parts stores rent it? O'Reilly and autozone rent alot of tools.

Is the fn/browning setup to shoot 2.75" shells or just the 2 9/16th shells? Is the barrel fixed full choke, or what choke does it have?

It is always a little weird to see the antelope in the pine trees. My last hunt in 7e a few years ago we spotted a small herd in the middle pine elevations in early December. Congratulations, 7E is a tough hunt. The December cow hunt is even more of a challenge.

After opening day they ghost pretty hard, and go nocturnal. You are going to have to get into good glassing areas and get deeper. I would be looking in the transition areas between the 225 road and 220 road. Road 224 will take you down the hill if you need to go down to the 220. From the 220 you can glass back up the canyons up high. We had the hunt last year, and it was much tougher then I thought it would be. I put down a decent buck the first morning, but after that they were ghosts. We ended up pulling out a small fork horn near the highway south of Jacobs on day 6. We hunted pretty hard for days 1-5. 6 we resorted to road hunting because of my buddies knee being beat up, but it paid off with that little fork.

20a general javo here I come...as long as there isn't 18" of snow like last year...

It was pretty darn cool. The field work was tough but rewarding. We were covered in blood, and our knees and backs were not happy afterward, but it was well worth the experience and the meat.

congrats to your daughter, and you. I am sure you are a proud papa.

those are from blackovis.com If you watch camofire.com (blackovis owns camofire) you can catch them on sale sometimes. I bought the larger XL elk size bags and LOVE them. We used them last year on our deer hunt. Got them bloody and washed them out in a bucket. They cleaned up great, and we used them on another deer that hunt. Those are going in the washing machine tonight when the wife isn't looking.

I have a pound or two. I am in NW Glendale near Arrowhead Mall. I bought it during the last shortages thinking I would use it, or trade it for something I needed. I know I have at least 1 sealed pound, maybe 2. I will check when I get home.

Everyone has tough hunts. Those are some of the best in terms of learning about being humble and learning about yourself. I know you haven't mentioned the unit number on purpose, but I am sure if you draw it again someone from here will be willing to share some insight and info.

This made it all worth it though. We turned in about 400lbs of meat to the processor. It will be Traeger time in a few weeks.

Where are you?

My CZ 550 with full Mannlicher style stock in 6.5x55 got it done for me this year. My best buddy used his Howa 1500 in 6.5x55, and got it done too.

Yes it is.

I spent Friday morning in 23 yelling back and forth with 5 different bulls. It was freakin awesome.

Awesomeness! Great work to all involved, and I am sure it was an amazing experience for the ladies. I am headed to 23 on Thursday for the next cow hunt. I hope to have some success like you had.

The nipple on the YouTube video for the 209 primer looks larger. Sound like you need a different nipple possibly.

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209 primer?

Last year the squirrels were hanging out in the pines mostly, and you would get into pockets of them. You would see 1 or 2 here or there, and then see multiple all in 1 area.

It's bad timing, and maybe a little better planning on their part would be nice. That is what can happen when hunting public, mixed use land. It is a small price to pay for having public land to access. Hopefully they take hunting into account after your email for next year, but the land belongs to everyone, not just hunters.

Kill switch is pretty easy on most things. Or a valve on the fuel line to kill the fuel.

Call Randall's and Legendary and see. They seem to have a wide variety of different hard to find stuff.