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I'm no expert but I'd listen to this guy!!

That kind of just happened to me this past weekend. Had to grab some milk at the grocery store. I used the self check out and someone had left all their change in the cash dispenser below the scanner. I took it and gave it to the check out lady. I'm sure someone came back for it. I don't claim to be perfect, but I will NEVER take someone's blind or camera or whatever I come across in the field. It's not mine and taking it is theft, plain and simple.

Gary, I live up in Prescott Valley. I took my truck to a friend of mine's shop. Northern AZ Offroad and Alignment. Let us know how everything works out.

I had a horrible case of the death wobble on my 08 Dodge with the 2 inch leveling kit. Take it to a GOOD reputable alignment or 4x4 shop. Have them adjust the caster all the way. I think mine went all the way to 7 or 8. Never had a problem with the death wobble after that. I did A TON of research when I started having problems with mine. I can't even tell you how many stories I read about people dumping thousands of dollars replacing every front end component trying to get rid of the death wobble. $60 and the alignment shop is all I spent.

To answer your question, Jake, I would still scout and hunt the area. Leave a note if you want, but don't base your decision on a response to the note. I've had this happen to me one time. On my elk hunt I sat in a natural ground blind that I built on a tank during a hunt a couple years prior. Someone put 2 blinds, one on each end, of the same tank. One of which was inches from the ground blind I built. I got to the tank first and since the blinds were empty I sat in the ground blind. I never touched either blind, even though the one next to me blocked a good portion of my view. Those hunters showed up and it got a little testy at first, but we agreed that I would sit in the ground blind and they shared the blind on the other side of the tank. The tank was 80+ yards long and I had no intentions of shooting to that side anyway. IMO where I made the WRONG decision was after that night, I decided NOT to return to that tank. That tank was getting hammered with elk every evening and I chose to let someone else change my hunting strategy. The regs clearly state it's first come first served and that's how you should approach the situation you are in. Keep hunting that area. If whoever owns that blind is there when you show up, then respectfully leave. If they aren't, well then you have the area you've spent all that time scouting all to yourself! Good luck to you!

For real man? You don't have any idea why it's been left out for so long. Maybe there is a legitimate reason the owner can't get back into the field to retrieve it? Maybe an injury or severe illness or whatever. There are lots of unexpected things that could happen to prevent a hunter from returning to the field to get his/her blind. Justify it as "abandoned" or any way you like to make you feel better, but bottom line is you just admitted that you will take something that is not yours with the intent of using it at a future date as if it was yours. That's theft and that makes you a thief. Period. I see more and more hunters with this "f-you" mentality towards their fellow hunters every year and it's disturbing.

Interesting for sure. I thought it was illegal as well. They certainly were not captive in any way so I guess this old guy has nothing to worry about. Well...except maybe losing some fingers when those pigs get really hungry! haha

My dad has 17 and has never drawn. I only put in for archery and have been lucky enough to draw 4 tags from 1999-2010. Archery is a blast man!

I'm hearing that you are one of many that has happened to. Let us know what you find out.

If that's true it would explain why my girlfriend didn't draw on a guaranteed rifle cow tag. I know a family of 4 that put in for the same cow hunt on different cards and only one had a hit on their card.

I would call your credit card company first. They may have considered it a "suspicious charge" and denied it. My brother used to work for Discover and that crap happened all the time with higher dollar amount charges.

email sent..

I'm in the market for a new (or used) truck. Looking hard at the new Tundra or Silverado. I've dealt with dealerships up here in the Prescott area and quite honestly would rather drive to the valley than do it again. PM or email me Lanoue25@yahoo.com Thank you!

I blame the Fox Pro. Before the ecaller I did a ton better with my mouth calls. Now (yes I have a fox pro also) my ratio has gone down hill a bit... I am about 50/50 using the FoxPro and mouth calls. I will use the FoxPro when I think I might have a chance at a bobcat and have to call longer. Other than that, I like the mouth calls. IMO the trick is to get a wide variety of mouth calls and not the ones you usually see at every sporting goods store in America. There are a lot of good calls being made out there by avid predator hunters. No one has more experience on what works and doesn't than the guys who spend 100's of days in the field every year.

I don't get out much calling anymore, but there was a time when I called a ton where I was probably 1 successful stand out of every three or four. Best day was 4 stands before 10AM. Called in 4, 1, 4 and 1 respectively. Worst streak is also right now. I haven't counted my outings, but I'm guessing I've only had 2 or 3 successful stands out of the last 20 or so.

3/30/12 @4:28 PM.

Finally got to test the 140's today. 48g shot .41. I believe 49g will be even better. I shot 2 through the same hole but pulled the third. Knew it as soon as the gun fired. I'll re test that one just to be sure. Getting pretty excited to finally see more and more progress. I've had this gun way too long for it not to have a good load yet.

Well done.

I was given some 123g AMAX to test and they did well with the h4831sc. Not so good with RL17. Best load between 50, 51 and 52 was 51 grains. Shot .4375. OAL was 3.01. Unfortunately I didn't measure to the ogive so I don't know what the jump was. I was just hoping to get close to see if it was worth going with the 140's or getting a new barrel. I'm really hoping the 140's work.

Sent it like a week ago. No biggie though. I was just updating you on some of the issues I was having with my gun that we spoke about before. Had some questions too but you've answered them in this post. I've got rounds loaded with 48, 49 and 50 grains of 4831sc ready to test. I'm using 210M primers as well. I can't get to .020 from the lands with as much free bore as I have but I'm hoping the AMAX will like the jump.

Glad to hear things are progressing Michael. I'm finally making some progress on mine too. Did you get my PM? You mind sharing your load data with the 140 AMAX and h4831sc? How far off the lands are you? That's the next bullet/powder combo I'm testing. Just waiting for a less windy day.

Oh my goodness that's horrible news. I actually deliver her meds to her home every week. I only got to meet her a couple times but she was always in good spirits and very friendly. My thoughts and prayers are with her family.

Looking for a good reloading press. Single stage is fine. RCBS would be my first choice. Thank you.

Thanks for all the offers fellas but I was able to pick a new one up locally here for about the same as it would have cost me to have one shipped up. I appreciate it though.

My PMs rarely work even though my inbox is empty. My email is Lanoue25@yahoo.com. Thank you.