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    ~$3500 scope, made in Texas. What am I missing?

    Kudos to this optometrist. He found a market and is selling product to customers willing to pay a premium. There are a lot of optical engineers ("properly" trained plus an "appropriate" background) that design garbage scopes that work for optics companies pushing that same garbage on the...
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    Ethical “Time of Flight” for Shot on Game

    There is no magic answer as there are potentially an infinite number of variables that come into play on every shot. Use your brain to assess the situation and pass on shots where warranted.
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    Ethical “Time of Flight” for Shot on Game

    I’ll put up a $1000 and say more animals are missed and/or wounded at traditional hunting distances than at long range. Archery hunters, muzzleloader hunters, and rifle hunters miss and wound game all the time from 0-300 yards. This is the bulk of all shots distances for hunting. What is the...
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    Kuiu Tiburon Pants

    They are nice in the heat but anything with a point goes right through them including mosquitos. If the AZ variants can get through, I'd hate to see what northern varieties do. I just use the Kutanas since there is a point where it does not matter as all pants suck.
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    Back Pain Sleeping Pad/System

    I do have one and it is more comfortable than just a pad on the ground. I will put one of my pads (XTherm or big brown cot pad) on it depending on where I’m sleeping. I do live and primarily hunt in the desert where the ground is hard, rocky, and has a lot of pokeys (ex: cactus spines) that...
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    Advice on New Hunting Scope

    Here is an example for you... An individual can spend about $1000 on a Trijicon Credo HX (2.5-15x42) or an individual can spend about $1300 on a Razor LHT (3-15x42). If the 4 ounce difference between the two is too much of a weight penalty for a significant increase in reliability, then the...
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    Back Pain Sleeping Pad/System

    Have you looked at the Helinox Lite Cot or equivalent?
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    3-Season Sleeping Pad

    Have you considered something along the lines of Helinox Lite Cot? Sub 3# but pretty good support.
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    When do you glass up deer

    Folks tend to "glass" more deer at first and/or last night because the deer tend to be in more visible spots more at those times. They're heading to bed or getting out of bed to go eat and/or drink. But if a hunter were to stay out all day and actually glass, then they'd find a lot of deer...
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    Treated Vs. Untreated Down Submersion Test

    Had a WM MegaLite's foot box take a direct hit from a multi-hour monsoon (90-100 db from just rain) followed by a multi-hour soak. Top of foot box partially soaked through (still had a lot of water pooled on top) and all water that did manage to get through was pooled on the top of the bottom...
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    Treated Vs. Untreated Down Submersion Test

    Look at the waterproofness value (hydrostatic-head) for the material used on the bag. Most folks would not have any qualms about a Kuiu Mountain Star, Kuiu Storm Star, Stone Glacier Dome keeping or a Hilleberg Allak keeping them dry. Take a look at their (vendor provided) waterproof values on...
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    Moose Hunt Cartridge and Bullet

    Intent was to not hijack your thread but to indirectly get an answer to a question that I had about using non-traditional small cartridges in grizzly or brown bear country. Folks tend to use what they have on them. Shoemaker made a decision to leave his 44 and bring his 9mm. A lady in the...
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    Moose Hunt Cartridge and Bullet

    Take the most powerful one that you are consistently accurate with under field conditions. If grizzly are in the area, how confident are you that a 6 CM will stop a charge (as low a likelihood it is)? I ask since none of the "smaller is 100% always better crowd" ever chimes in on this...
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    What caliber to add?

    The 7mm-08 is not a shoulder buster so any 243/6mm variant is not going to do much for you other than get you membership to the in-crowd on this site. The 6.5 CM is out as there's too much overlap with your 7mm-08. The 7 PRC is nice but will potentially relegate your 300 WM to collect dust. Both...
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    Tikka 6.5 PRC & bullet selection

    So far the 147 gr ELD-M has (knock on wood) been a one-shot wonder on everything ranging from javelina to bull oryx.
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    Spotting scope help - Razor v Ares

    For AZ, you may be better served by continuing to save money and buying quality 15-18x binoculars for glassing. Swaro SLC 15s, Razor UHD 18s, and Leica Geovid R 15s are very effective; may be more products but those I actually have extended field time on.
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    Does anyone use a thermal while scanning before switching to traditional optics?

    So show us how it really is done with your interpretation of Fair Chase. Go walk to your hunting grounds, no modes of transportation other than your feet, no clothes, no shoes, no rifle, no bow, no food, no water, no shelter, no optics, no tools, no axe, no rope, no phone, no GPS, no maps, no...
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    Do you hunt solo or as a group?

    It varies. If I want to be out in the field but don't care if I kill, I'll hunt with someone else to help them out. This could be an acquaintance or something like helping out on a Junior hunt. The bulk of my hunts are solo. This can be by choice, target species dictates it, scheduling...
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    SG Chilkoot 0 vs WM Sequoia

    I have two MF bags (Antelope and MegaLite both with MF shell) and they have never let me down. While I have not yet had an opportunity to push my Antelope to its limits, I regularly do each year with my MegaLite. No issues taking it down to the low 20s and being comfy; lightweight merino top and...
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    Kowa Spotters On Sale @ S & S

    S & S currently has the Kowa 55, 66, 88, and 99 spotting scopes on sale. https://sandsarchery.com/collections/kowa-spotting-scopes

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