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Thanks guys. I stopped into a little archery shop that my neighbor runs and asked him what his opinion was. He looked up his price on them and he cant even buy them from a distributer for that price. Figured I would go with a 3 or 5 pin sight. She hasnt taken bow hunter's safety yet so this will just be backyard fun shooting for now. So I dont want to overwhelm her with a bunch of pins. If I do end up with a 5 pin sight for it, Ill just drop the bottom two pins down to the bottom so she doesnt have to worry about those for the time being.

i couldnt get to town but I had a buddy pick it up for me! I bought it for her for a birthday/graduation present but it will be hard waiting until then to give it to her! It came as bow only so now I gotta get it set up with all the goodies!

Hey guys. I need an opinion on a bow. My fiancee and I have been talking about gettin a bow for her for a couple years. A while back we looked at a Bear Homewrecker and she liked it but the price was pretty steep being $399 for the bare bow. We looked today and they dropped the price to $199 for the bow only. Anyways, any of you guys have any experience with the bow? Im thinking I might have to just jump on it for the price.

Thanks guys. I appreciate all the well wishes and welcome back's. So here is a little bit about the pictures. The doe in the first picture was my first deer of the year. She was walking from my left to right about 230 yards out and she finally caught my wind. Right then, I let her have a 140gr Fusion from my new little Remington Model 7 7mm-08. Antelope-My dad and I snuck up on a herd of speed goats one morning after we had been having trouble finding any antelope the first week of the season. I shot him with my Remington 700 ADL 243 Winchester with 95gr Nosler Ballistic Tip handloads. Next is my buddy's buck. We hunted hard all weekend and finally made an awesome stalk on this buck. Had to sneak past some does about 40 yards from us, spooked a few but they didnt blow the stalk. He made a great 200 yard shot with his 270 Win. Next picture is my #2 and #3 does for the season. I had a nice little hide out in a bush. They jumped the fence about 100 yards from me and I dropped the first one where it stood, and the other one just stood there looking at the other and it dropped right in its tracks also. Used my 243 with the 95gr Btips again. Next is my buck. I was only able to get out after work and my dad had been out all day. He got cold so he headed home. It was snowin like crazy and about -10 out when I saw a doe come out. I started to go after her and she went back in the brush. So I found a good spot to watch where she might come out and all of the sudden this buck came flyin out of the brush about 65 yards from me. I led him and knocked him down. Put one in his neck to end it. He ended up being alot bigger than I thought. 7x7 and scored 148". Once again, 243 Win and 95gr Btips. Next is Dad's buck. We put a decent stalk on him as close as we could get with no cover. Dad put him down with his Rem 700 300 Ultra Mag with 180gr Accubonds. Little brother's buck is next. Once again we got as close as we could but there was no grass taller than about 6". He is a crack shot and made a 500 yard shot with his custom 7mm-300 Weatherby and 160gr Accubonds. My dad, little bro, and I all killed out bucks in -10 degree weather. I got mine the evening before Dad and Sully killed theirs the next morning. Next picture was when we got back from Dad and Sully's hunt. I threw my buck in for the picture. L-R. Dads buck, Sullys buck, and my buck. Next is my Fiancee's buck. She hunted hard with me all season and finally got her's the second to last day of the season. 100 yard shot with her Ruger 77 Hawkeye all weather and 130gr Federal Fusions. Next is a picture of Dusti and I with her buck Next is my last two does of the season. Got them on the last day if I remember right. Smaller one was a 150 yard shot. About 10 mins later, I shot the mature doe at 380 yards. Both with 243 and 95gr Btips. Next is my younger brother's buck. We made an awesome 500 yard stalk on him. Dad and I stayed back while Hayden got a little closer. He shot him with his 338 Win mag. Next is my little sister's buck. I believe the shot was around 200 yards. Used her Marlin XS7Y 7mm-08 and 140gr Accubonds. First coyote picture was one I shot while on the way out to my honey hole. 350 yard shot with my 243 and 95gr Btips. 2nd coyote pic was one of a pair that I called into about 75 yards. Shot it with my Rem 700 22-250 and 50gr Nosler Ballistic Tips.

Im back again guys! Hopefully to stick around longer! Just been crazy busy with work. Some of you may have forgot me or not know me but anywho, I finished up my bachelor's degree in Communicative Sciences and Disorders in December. Got engaged on Dec. 23 to the most amazing girl in the world and the wedding date is July 7th, 2012. We are both super excited and cant wait! I applied to the U of M graduate school program and praying that the Lord will help the faculty make the right decision! lol. I got a job working for a special needs cooperative as a Speech/Language Paraprofessional. So I do speech/language therapy under a supervisor. Its the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life. To be able to see the look on a kids face when they finally produce the correct speech sound is priceless! I am incredibly blessed. Im living back in my hometown and Im not ashamed to admit that I sit at my parents dining room table every evening to eat a home cooked meal instead of the Ramen and mac and cheese I was so used to and sick of for the last 5 years! Had an awesome hunting season. Between my fiancee, 2 brothers, sister, my dad, my buddy and I, we killed 15 whitetails! I was able to fill all 7 of my tags with 6 does and a 148" 7x7 whitetail as well as a 12 1/2" antelope. Killed a few coyotes as well and the gophers are startin to come out! Here is a few pics for ya'll! So thats whats new with me. Hopefully tomorrow Ill edit and add who is who in the pics and maybe a little story with each!

No man, we dont have an disease over here. My buddy guides for Milk River Outfitters and i just got a text from him the other day saying they most of their deer are dead from some sort of blue tongue like disease. Ill be sure to keep you updated though. I think my neck is starting to swell already...lol

Nice buck bud! Im itchin to get out. Got an either sex antelope tag burning a whole in my pocket. Hopefully I can cut a couple notches in it in a couple weeks! Ive got 7 deer tags to fill this season too! Goin all out!

I just brought my boat home out of storage earlier this week too. Last summer I got a flat tire on the trailer and put the spare on. I guess I forgot to fix the original flat tire so the first time I went to get it a couple weeks ago, a tire on the trailer was flat as well as the spare. So I got that fixed and went back and brought it home. Its been raining all week here though so I still havent taken the cover off to charge the battery and get it cleaned up. But Im looking forward to getting it going. I too love the sound of the 2 stroke running with muffs! I think the weather is supposed to be nice all next week so I may take her out and fish a little.

About 2 weeks ago I graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from the University of Montana. The program started back up a few years ago after not being available for 2 or 3 decades. Turns out I am the first male to graduate from that program since it started back up! I thought that was pretty neat. Although, I still have a few classes to complete. I taking two summer classes right now and one in the fall and then Im totally done with that. Im about to start filling out applications for Grad schools to get my Master's degree. Summer classes are only 5 weeks long but they squeeze a whole semester's worth of homework and information into those 5 weeks. This next month is going to be busy! They are just nonsense classes to fulfill the requirements so Im taking Intro to Photoshop and Linguistic Analysis. So if anyone has photoshop experience and could give me tips I would greatly appreciate it! Ive never used it before but it should be fun. Anyways, I hope I can make it around here more often now!

My best buddy Jaeger. He will be 2 this May. The whole bird hunting thing finally clicked with him this year.

156" in MT

Ive got 2 270s, a 270 Gibbs which basically an Improved 270 Win, and a 300WSM. I use both alot but being a gun salesman, buy what makes you happy. If nothing else, buy more ammo and practice more, upgrade your scope, or do a little customizing. Im planning a new rifle purchase as well, and Ill be going with another 270 Win. Why? I have no idea. Looking to go lighter, and wanna try out a Winchester rifle since all my others are Remingtons or Rugers.

We didnt weight it but I held it up and I guessed it would go at least 25lbs. That could be way off but it was HEAVY for a cat. Yep its the first one they have caught. First one I have seen up close. Ive called them in while coyote hunting but it wasnt bobcat season.

Last weekend my brother went out with his buddy to check his traps. Look what they came home with... My brother is about 6'3" for reference

My thing is Reloading and rifles. I love sitting at the reloading bench, learning from my dad, tweeking loads to get the most accuracy possible out of my rifle. If you look at my gun collection, you can tell that i love bolt action rifles. 95% of my firearms are rifles. I can sit at my computer for hours on end, researching the latest thing out, reading reviews, and learning about new cartridges. This in turn, also helps me be more helpful to my customers at work also.