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Congrats to Cody! It was an awesome morning to be out shed huntin' with all the cloud cover! JIM>

Hey Scotty, I was thinkin' along the same lines as Shortypants.....NUTS!!!!! BUT....You obviously have some big ones to take on that challenge Awesome to see you met your goal and you and your buddies made it back safe! A huge congrats to you guys and thanks sharing it all with us! JIM>

HEY........I saw this same truck! It had a "Rainbow" sticker in the bottom left side of the back window and a license plate holder that read: " Gay and Proud" The guy was driving it when I saw him.....I thought about waving at him, but I didn't want him to get the wrong idea sorry david

Hey guys, I went fishing/campin' last weekend in the White Mtns. The trip included the ol' lady, my two kids "Harley" and "Drake", my dad, sister, and bro n' law. This was to be Drakes' first time in the woods, and it was awesome to kick back and watch him discover it all. I know he's a Lab, and I should have em' out chasing ducks, but I don't have the time....so he's not a workin' dog.......same with Harley (GSP), she's just a momma's girl with tender feet! We caught a few small trout but nothing really worth gettin' excited about, so 90% of my pic's were of the kids! So here's the pics I got of Drakes' first trip..... First is Harley on the ride up..... Next is Harley posing like she's cool....in a Pink Turtleneck! This is Drake and his momma after hiking in along the White River a ways...... And this is the rest of the crew on that hike..... This is why I don't think my bro n' law will ever fish with Drake AGAIN........... Here is the kids takin' a break........ This is a little Horny Toad that luckily Harley never saw.....so he's still alive... Here is a snake that I caught and stuffed into my tackle bag......so that I could scare my sister....... It obviously backfired.........she doesn't look too afraid to me! This is the only picture I have of any fish we caught....just a small Rainbow in Greer... I was able to get this great pic of Drake while he still was on his feet.......... BUT.....this is what he looked like for the remainder of the trip..........just a LITTLE wore out! It was a nice relaxing trip and the food at the Greer Lodge and Molly Butlers was incredible!!!! Greer is an amazing place, can't wait to go back! Thanks for following along and checking out my pics! JIM>

Very well said wklman That is a fact! Awesome video Andy, thanks for sharin'! JIM>

Hope you had a great day! Happy B-day! JIM>

It was good last year, but usually have more fun in the waterholes with the Largemouth! TON of snakes along the river, be careful! JIM>

Dang Lance....That "ladder" pic needs to be on a postcard or somethin'! Also thanks for showing me what a trout that is bigger than 8 inches looks like!....all I could catch last weekend were little "stockers"! AZP&Y.....I would give anything to be IN that last pic right now! Absolutely beautiful! JIM>

Hey ShortShooter.....I've got some tested and PROVEN 'yote calls over at my dad's (Pops) house! It's very unfortunate...but.....crying Labrador puppies will bring coyotes in runnin'! Dad's already lost two puppies to the dang 'yotes.......and the 'yotes still boldly strut around his house in the middle of the day lookin' for more! Can't kill em'......always seems to be people out watching the beautiful, harmless coyote cruise'n the neighborhood.

Hey guys, I finally made it out with Shortpants and his little girl yesterday to test out the Jim White Tripler as well as the new spacer he made for it. Our test site was about 1/4 mile into the Superstition Mtns. East of town and in the evening. Our subject used in the test was a white "spray painted" cross on a boulder that I believe to be around 800 yrds ( forgot the rangefinder ). My test doesn't include any detailed specifics as I feel Doug (Red Rabbit) covered that nicely in his review. My review is more to establish the Triplers ease of use, adaptability to different binos, and compare it to the Swarovski Doubler. Please check out Dougs review for more detailed info on the Tripler's specifications at this link: http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/in...=5434&st=15 My first thought in doing this review is that there is NO gadget on the market that will "replace" a GOOD quality spottin' scope! My interest is whether or not this Tripler is GOOD enough to leave the spotter in the truck when on long hikes or backpack trips. I had my STS 80HD spotter with us and there is absolutely no comparison in quality, so I first off will say that the Tripler IS NOT better than most of the GOOD spottin' scopes on the market. First in my Review is the actual fit of the Tripler to the bino's being used. It was said to not fit right on the Minox and didn't really fit right on the Leica or other "Big Eyepeice" bino's either. You would have to "play" with the clamp feature to get the Tripler to line up good enough to the bino to get an undistorted veiw. I found this to be the case with my Swarovski's as well. I would want to clamp the Tripler to the eyepeice of the Swaro and not all the way onto the body because it seemed to "not fit right" and I would have to "play" with the clamp a little to get it to line up. When clamping the Tripler to the eyepeice of the Swaro's you would end up with a gap between the two units allowing ambient light in. By "tweaking" the clamp you can adapt the Tripler to ALL the Swaro's and to the Leica's and get a "good" sight picture, but it did not feel like a good fit! Jim White made me a spacer and sent it to me with the allen wrenches and screws to "modify" the original Tripler to allow it to work on the Minox. I added this spacer between the clamp and housing of the Tripler and it positions the exit pupil of the Tripler perfectly on the Minox. I then tried this "new" Tripler on the Swaro's and it made a HUGE improvement! My conclusion with the new spacer is that it is absolutely necessary if you own Minox....AND I would reccomend using the spacer even if you own Swaro's! I feel it would also be necessary if you own Leicas or any other large eyepeice bino as well. I wrote about this finding to Jim White and he said he could add this spacer to his new Triplers or send you the spacer kit if you already own the Tripler. Here is the change-over process for the spacer: Now that we got the Tripler to adapt to all our binos.....how does it compare to the Doubler? We first tried it on the Swaro 15x56 SLC's. Like I said earlier, the Tripler fits perfectly with the spacer added. It also is extremely fast to attach and lines up instantly. There are NO parts to unscrew off your binos and no risk of dropping an eyepeice in the dirt, which in turn....there is no extra wear n' tear on your binos when using the Tripler! The Swaro Doubler requires you to remove an eye cup and screw on the Doubler. This takes time that may or may not be available in the field and promotes wear n' tear on the functions of your expensive binos! The Doubler, once installed, is a solid unit and actually performs better than I had previously thought! I was surprised how clear and bright it actually was. The Tripler also surprised me with the amount of detail we were getting in somewhat low light. We realized the Doubler was a touch brighter ( due to less magnification obviously ) but the Tripler....with 1X more power.....was a touch darker, but had more visible detail because of the greater magnification! I feel that the Doubler is good but the Tripler is better.......I also feel the quality difference isn't enough to justify selling the Doubler to get the Tripler....unless you are doing it for the ease of use and versatility of the Tripler....then go for it! If you are deciding between the two...go for the Tripler! We had a little wind and I was hand-holding the camera.....but here is some pic's through the different units. The white cross in the middle is our subject and there is a paint drip on the left arm of the cross. That drip was our imaginary "Drop-Tine" that we used to arrive at our conclusions. Again, I believe this cross to be aproximately 800 yrds ( previously there......we didn't put it there ) and it was fairly low light. Do not go off the pic's to compare the quality, they are just to demonstrate the magnification differences. These are through the Swaro 15x56 SLC's, and I didn't crop or touch up these pic's at all. Through the binos only.....no attachments: Through the Swarovski Doubler: Through the Jim White Tripler: Again, I was hand holding the camera and it was breezy when I took those pic's, but i think it's fairly obvious how well the Tripler works by looking at my photos! Our "Drop-Tine" drip on the left side of the cross was hardly visible when looking through the 15X's alone....when adding the Doubler, you could tell it was a drip but it blended in with the rock and couldn't make out much detail.......when using the Tripler...you could see the shape of the drip and alot more detail about it. We then pulled out the big ol' spotter and you could have seen a large fly on the drip if it were there! So again, if you don't mind luggin' around a heavy spotter at 2 - 9 times the cost of the Tripler......then don't bother buyin' the Tripler! If you are like me and hate carryin' it around.....buy the Tripler! By adding the spacer to the Tripler it worked perfectly on the Minox, and works perfectly on the Leicas, Swaro's (EL's and SLC's) and Kahles. I'm not sure on the other brands, but with or without the spacer......it will work! Here's the fit on the EL's: Here's the fit on the Minox: In conclusion, the Tripler is a great product! I believe it is a great tool for anyone who likes to hike far and wants to pack light, or for the individuals who pack their camp in to hunt away from the crowds. This tool considerably lightens your load and still affords you the ability to size up a critter at "scoping" distances without having to haul around a scope! This tool is not better quality than most of the spotters out there, but it is better than spotters in the same price range and IS good enough to leave the big spotter in the truck when out on a long hike! I believe the Tripler to be a better choice than the Swaro Doubler if you are looking to buy one or the other, if you already own the Doubler...I'd probably hang on to it...unless you want something faster and causes less wear n' tear on your investment. I would reccomend getting the spacer kit with the Tripler no matter what brand of binos you have, but I believe it is better with the spacer on most brands and Jim White will furnish those spacers i'm sure with no problems! I'm buying this Tripler and I'm excited to add it to my optics arsenal.......them little Coues are in trouble this year Thanks Amanda for letting me try this new product out, and thanks to Shorty and his beautiful little girl for helping me out! JIM>

It's definitely gonna hurt shellin' out that Sheep $$..........just knowing all I'm doing is lettin' them borrow my money so they can earn interest on it! Maybe that is what's goin on.........they don't get to play with all that money when doing the online stuff!

Thanks for your input Shorty! I did a little more research and realized we are using the term "exit pupil" incorrectly. The Exit Pupil is the beam of light being transfered from the binocular to your eye. If you hold up your binos ( or Tripler/Doubler ) away from your eyes you can see the small diameter veiw through the lenses......this is the "exit pupil". Shorty is talking about the "eyepeice" lense being considerably larger on the Doubler compared to the Tripler, which is correct. I just took both units out to physically see what the difference is and I can only see that the Doubler is a little easier to aquire a full feild of veiw than the Tripler. Also the feild of veiw is a little bit bigger on the Doubler, which is to be expected with the lower magnification. What I found interesting is the front objective lense (closest to the bino) on the units are the complete opposite. The Tripler's is twice the size of the Doublers. This may be bigger to allow it to work even if it isn't exactly lined up with the Exit Pupil coming through the bino's, thus creating the universal adaptability of the unit. The Doubler lines up exactly to the Swarovski's Exit Pupil because it's threaded on. The Doubler does seem a bit brighter in low light but I believe it's mainly due to lower magnification compared to the Tripler. The Tripler was a bit darker, but still retained the clarity to see detail better, but that can be contributed to the higher magnification. I also noticed the "Exit Pupil" was larger on the Tripler, which may be the reason the Tripler still did good in low light! That means more light is transmitted through the Tripler than the Doubler, according to what I've read about "Exit Pupil". The Tripler is on the Right in this pic, notice the larger Exit Pupil..... Regardless which unit we are talking about.......ultimately it boils down to what binocular you have it attached to! A 42mm objective lens bino will not allow as much light in as a 56mm objective. The quality of the lenses and coatings on your binos will ultimately affect how well this Tripler works for each individual user. I agree with Shorty that if there were a way to still aquire a 3x magnification AND have a larger front eyepeice for easier veiwing.....that would be better! But, I still believe the advantage of the extra power with the Tripler, outweighs any negatives caused by the front lense size.

Dam.......that tall buck is what dreams are made of!!!! Great job, can't wait to see the finished product! Thanks for sharing that with us! JIM>

She's awesome! She just kicked back the whole time we were out there. She started doing a little "varmint calling" when it started gettin' dark and she got hungry! That was her first trip with daddy out in the hills! I think you will be fine without the spacer on the Nikons.......but not sure...I'm going off the Kahles which seem very similar in construction and size. On the Kahles...the spacer is just a tad too big and without the spacer it's just a tad too small......so it actually works either way........doesn't seem to be a difference in clarity or any distortions when it's off just a little. I'd go without the spacer for the Nikons.

I don't think it would work.....I think you would have a hard time getting both Triplers aligned to get a solid sight picture with both eyes simultaneously. Would be interesting to find out though! I do know the Doubler and Tripler can't be used together......we tried that and I'm sure it would cause some permanent damage to your eyes or at least create quite a headache! thanks, JIM>

Hey Casey.......some of us have a job that takes up our free time.......but, yeah....sorry about the delay I just wanted to emphasize that the Tripler DOES work fine on the Swarovski SLC's and EL's, as is, without the spacer! You just have to pull out the eyecup and clamp it over it. You have to snug the clamp tight to the body of the bino so it sits solid and steady. I still prefer using the spacer though and leaving the eyecup closed, clamping the Tripler over the body and not the eye cup, it is rock solid and attaches very fast this way using the spacer. I think a really cool thing about the Tripler is when sitting with your buddies, you can quickly share the Tripler with each other, just by passing it around. You don't have to crawl out from under your tripod.......just hand it over and they can adapt it to their set-up in a split second! I also wanted to add that the Tripler is prone to available light.....It does not work as well in low fading light. This is to be expected though with such a high magnification compared to the front objective lense of your binos. It did surprise me though, how well it still actually worked when the light was fading......I really don't think it's a problem to be concerned about. I'm sure Shorty will get on here and throw out his thoughts and ideas........ thanks, JIM>

You say there's "holes" in his ankle........two holes? If so, than it was a rattler.......all the other snakes I can think of up there don't have big front fangs like a rattler. He's probably lucky because it doesn't sound like a very potent bite.....otherwise he would be runnin' to the hospital! I know what he means about being hit by a Mack truck! My incident resulted in only one fang from the snake actually getting me and it was enough to almost kill me! Not all bites are serious, but I think all bites warrant a trip to the doctor!!! Good luck to your Uncle! JIM>

Great pic's! That is an AZ Black Rattler.....I think those are the scariest ones because you usually find them in areas that you wouldn't expect to see a rattler! Most of the ones I've found are usually not too aggressive though. JIM>

I think that would qualify as a "Branch Antlered" buck! Amazing shed! JIM>

OMG......that's awesome!!!!! JIM>

Hey Ernesto.....great to see ya back on here! I hope you recieved my package and I hope it all fit! Please let me know if there are any problems with it, take care, JIM>

It's amazing how true that is! I would jump back and forth between my recurve and the compound, and it would screw my head all up! Just taking the compound out once after shooting the "stick n string" bow for a while, will throw you all outta whack.......there is a huge difference between the two! JIM>

Awesome video Amanda! Some great photos as well! JIM>

The one thing I really don't like is having ANYTHING on my bow that is EASY to adjust!! I don't like the fact the pins can be easily adjusted.......what happens if a branch snags the lever? If it has flimsy or EXTRA components......it's more susceptable to breakage or accidental adjusting or coming loose! I would stay away from anything that is plastic, or has a bunch of little gadgets or components that really aren't necessary while out in the field. The Spot Hogg sights are ( my opinion ) the most dependable and rugged sight available........no plastic levers or pins, and all the adjustment components are very solid and dependable. I really like the vertical wire on the Spot Hoggs as well.......got hooked on that years ago with the Fine-Line sights. Good luck, JIM>

Hey Manny, did you notice how polished up them horns are? It's from the hours of me strokin' em over at GTT's house That's a hog of a goat, especially with a bow.....the pic's don't do that buck OR that mount justice! Looks great! JIM>