Before I killed my first bear I was camping on a good friend's ranch. His dad came by camp at 11 am one day and said "Why aren't you on that pond right now?" Told him his son and I figured climbing out for lunch and break before returning at 3 pm would work. He informed me that he had seen 3...
Hunted some old haunts for the first 3 sits this year. Very little berries and almost no acorns. Saw a sow and 2 cubs. Moved 20 miles south and found loaded berries and acorns. Sat Tues night and saw the largest bear I have seen in CO at 725 yards on the move. Tried to move on him but couldn't...
Reread this thread and my trophy expectations for a bruin on my upcoming very short hunt have been lowered. Any legal bear may be looking at a birria recipe lol.
Hunt Redi and Final Rise are two I have been around and would serve the purpose described well. Those companies both support the VDD-GNA so I tend to try and use them as well.
See pics. Mounted currently in Seekins rings that are not included. There is one small blemish shown in pic, looks worse than it is. SWFA low rings included. $490 delivered. Venmo or personal check.
Typically use Seekins, have an Arc set, some nightforce. Can't really tell a big difference in any of them. I'd buy a used or demo Nightforce for any scope I needed these days.
That is so hot for drahts. Good luck in the test. Regardless, I found the test training helped all facets of hunting so I was a big fan of that. Anxious to work another pup down the road myself.