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I'm not sure. Won't be for a while since I made an unplanned trip last weekend for my Grandpas funeral. That ticket was crazy high, cross country ticket the day before a flight, not cheap. I'm hoping to get back this summer for a visit. I'm craving the river house in Georgetown for a long weekend!

Yeah, wall space is going to be an issue. I should be getting my Canvasback back within a few weeks and have a widgeon in the freezer I need to drop off. Not sure where to put the Can, thinking about moving the mallard up and to the right some and then the can centered below the canada and mallard. I need your house William. When is my move in date?

Got the ol' Canada back today. And the other side of the room

Sounds like an invite...... I will put in for tags this spring, but think I could do a few day hunt this coming season for an over the counter unit, if you're game.

Yep.

Got a call at work that my bear was done. So, left worked early to pick it up. Turned out exactly how I wanted it and am very pleased. Please excuse the crappy lighting and cell phone pics, not sure where my good camera is. Here is the kill thread http://www.realtree.com/forums/lounge/108712-spring-bear-down.html

It was fun Tim! Happy holidays to you and the family and looking forward to next year.

You could be on to something here. Taking 2 .5 mgs sounds like the ethical thing to do!

Yeah, that's not ethical.

But but, that's not ethical! I dont know you, dont know how you shoot, what you shoot, what your parents, grandparents or hunting mentor taught you about hunting and shooting, but I can tell you what you do is not ethical!!!! You should be ashamed of what you do, all of it!

It's taken you this long to figure that out?

Congrats Ruth. If I didnt know better, I would say this buck was the same buck as the 9pt you killed last year, with a year of growth. They look so similar, yet not really, the right beam the way it drops some, the G4 and main beam looking like a huge crab claw in the first pic, the left beam g2 and 3. Sure do remind me a lot of that 9. Looks like 2 huge deer on the wall this year! http://www.realtree.com/forums/taxidermy/107147-2011-archery-buck-euro-mount.html

8 years without cleaning or a malfunction? You have to be shooting under 500 rounds a year. Especially shooting cheap loads, they're always dirty. I shoot on average 20 cases a year, 5000 rounds. My gun's action finally slowed to a crawl just this past week and needed a cleaning, after 2 years. I have shot my other guns, autos and pumps and both slow way down from so much gunk around the 4-5k mark. Jeramie, go get you whatever you want. In todays world, any high end gun is going to perform well. Some better than others, and they all might have their issues, but they will all be good guns. The difference will be in 10 years, which ones are doing what. Personally I would never shoot a gas gun over inertia. Its like a mechanical and fixed blade broad head. Fixed, way less things to go wrong and worry about. To each their own. I will continue to shot my SBEII till it falls apart. Which will happen as I am using it to break ice, paddle my boat, swinging limbs to break them or using as a walking stick through the mud. I am harder than anyone I know on my duck gun. Guys I hunt with make comments daily about why do I do things with my gun that cost so much money. I just laugh and continue to do my thing. Gun still fires everytime I pull the trigger, unless it's coated in a sheet of ice. No gun works then, not even pumps, Time to go home to a fire at that point.

One thing to research before your purchase in a gas gun are which ones are now made with aluminum. Everyone is trying to go lighter weight and use aluminum these days. Customers see the word aluminum and think, oh so fancy! BUT...When you put enough shots in an aluminum gun it will wear out mulitple times faster than a steel gun. Just be aware and have that thought in your mind when buying. I shoot 18-25 cases of shells a year through my gun. From light 2 3/4 to 3 1/2 BBs. The only issue I have ever had was it freezing one morning. But, it was -11 degrees, snow and ice everywhere and using the gun to break ice that would build up within minutes. Out of the 4 guns that were out there, 2 autos and 2 pumps, not a single one worked untill we kept the recievers under our arm pits till the ducks were in.

Save a few extra months, suck it up and pay the big bucks for a new SBEII. I dislike the vincis and have seen a few have some issues. I have shot my SBEII for the past 4 years. Never an issue. I have 3 hunting partners that have them and the Extrema IIs. The Extrema IIs have been sent it for work, the SBEII have not. You want something that you can shoot for a very long time without issues, without having to google things about small changes to make the gun better, and researching why something happened when you pulled the trigger. Get a Benelli and be done. You will notice that everyone that buys a new shotgun always seems to compare it to a Benelli, good or bad, it always comes up (happened on RT very recently) There is a reason there name is so known.

Congrats on life dude! Glad to see you still checking in. Congrats on the deer as well!

Good luck Tim! Im not sure how much posting I am going to be able to do tomorrow to Saturday. I am going on a non planned elk hunt into the unknown, a place I've never been, for a few days. Would have texted sooner to let you know, but didnt have plans until today. I know the other guys are quick posters and will do you well! Again, good luck and I look forward to the text and pics!

Yeah, well kind of. I did the skull work and antler work and then had my taxi friend mount the moose shed to the wood since I dont have any of my saws out here from my move. Going to keep my eye out on a piece of drift wood to replace the wood with. Just had that laying around and wanted it on the wall till I found something cooler.

Got my mount finished up today. Turned out how I wanted besides the nose piece that the dog decided he wanted to eat while it was drying.

Get better ASAP old man! Please do not hesitate to call me if you need anything at all. I'm assuming you are not suppose to be doing much of any hard work, so if there is anything around the house you and/or the bride need help with, please let me know. I can make it there in 2 hours. Take it easy and rest up Orlan!

From Tim. Well, good and bad news. This morning right at first light we had a shoorer buck being chased by 5 wolves, what a sight! As they raced by at 90 yards I took a poke at one, legal in Manitoba. Unfortunantly I just knocked the hair off. When we got down and followed the trail to make sure it was just hair we had all 5 start howling all around us. All on video, then walking back we saw 2 more off our backside. cool but eriee! in camp now, been pouring for 2 hours.

From Tim, "Gage got ahold of Campbell Cameras, they got us up and running. No more deer. 7 hours dow 5 more to go. Btw I can feel my toes now, lol, either that or they are numb."

Post all you kill pics here.

Heck yeah, luck is for sure headed his way. Dont forget to take pics during the hunt!