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I spent a couple nights in my 10x14 flexblow north of Flagstaff in December. It was low temps in the 15* area, but windy. We had a single canister buddy heater running on high all night hooked to a BBQ tank, and another buddy heater on low running on green bottles. It wasn't cold in the tent, but it wasn't warm either. When the heater on low ran out a green cylinder you knew it, and would wake up to put a new one on. Our bags are probably +20* sleeping bags though so that doesn't help. If it hadn't been windy I think it would have been manageable with just the 1 heater on high on the BBQ tank. A big buddy dual cylinder heater hooked to a BBQ tank would probably rock it in one of those tents.

What is the reamer setup to set the overall cartridge length at? I need to see if it will fit in my magazine.

Look at Burris Veracity or the step above. I have two of the 3x15x50 veracity's and like them better than my Vortex 6x24x50 HS-LR. The Vortex is nice enough, but at 24x, it seems like the reticle get really light like an over exposed picture. I like the scope overall, but I like the Burris better.

Let me know how they act on an animal. If they kill well it just may be the info I need to push me over the edge and rebarrel my 257 weatherby to a fast twist to run the blackjacks...

Those are pretty big.

Dont overlook toyhaulers. I bought a 21' weekend warrior last year from a buddy. It is really nice to open the back door to load up trailer with totes and stuff. I even roll my traeger right in and secure it with the vehicle tie downs. I have 1 queen bed overhead, 2 twins on the sides, and a pop out queen in front. I love it. It is small enough to be easy to get into places, and with the pop out queen we can fit alot of people if necessary. It is easy to put a 3rd queen bed down with an air mattress in the toy box floor.

I will take the koa please.

I am going to test the scope and mounts soon. They are new, but I know I double checked and torqued them correctly, so unless the scope is the problem, it is probably the barrel.

I did that before my elk hunt and it was all over the place at 500 yards, that is what really prompted this thread.

My guess is at least 800 rounds down the tube. I am not in a rush. I am going to try the scope and rings first, but I am sure i need to have it looked at sometime.

I would like to look at the Browning/FN if possible. Do you work out in QC too? I travel town alot, but Chandler is about as far as I get east usually.

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.

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.