Maggie’s What's Your View II


There is no doubt about that. I've Predator called for many years. Use to be a bit fanatical about it. Knowing that Cats "normally" take up to an hour to commit, I cringe at how many Cougars, Bobcats, n Bears were in my wheelhouse and never even knew it. I'm a year and a half away from 60, and I've only seen 2 Cougar in my life, but I'm certain that's because we didn't have a bunch of them like now. Bears n Cats got hunted HARD, both by sportsman and professional hunters. All bets are off now. We're seeing numbers off the charts now. And then here come the fucking Wolves. That's not gonna go over real good though. ;)
 

Broke in the Vudoo yesterday. Burnt through a can of SK mag. Going back out tomorrow but lots of vertical stringing. Harris is suspect but so is the sd/es of rimfire rounds .. the ones I sorted by weight / Rim thickness seemed to do better but I was still fucking up with uneven loading
 
Went to JTAC ranch today to watch a bit of the tactical games match they had going on.



This stage is self explanatory. 4 trips back and forth with descending weight to move.

This stage involved a big assed water jug.





Of you zoom in behind her you can see some of the berms in the distance.
They go all the way to 2000yds.
Opening to the public in the next couple of months.
 
I try to take in every moment I can with her. She is a big time daddy’s girl so we do a lot of stuff together. We have lots of fun. In December we will be welcoming our second daughter into the world. Absolutely can not wait.
 
Hey 1j04 here is another monster buck killed.
Buddy found this today out elk hunting with his dad. He said he pulled it out from the ferns and there were cat track all over around it. We need to do something about these bastards up here. I have never herd of or seen this much cat sign.
 


Gawd Dammit !!!! They're being seen and heard all over the damn place now. Living proof right there that they don't just take the sick, lame, and lazy, AND fawns. They are killing machines. That really pisses me off !!!
 
My view is bleak.
Woke my wife up @0502.....by the clock on the stove. I thought her alarm didn't go off. Damn smartphones.
So I woke her up 43 minutes early. It was kinda entertaining watching her rush to get ready for work.....till she discovered she had plenty of time.
 
Here we would call it a 4 point. The little eyebrow tines don't get counted.

We do count elk like that though. 4x5 5x6 6x6

It is weird. Maybe out west our cocks are bigger so we dont need to compensate for anything.
 
Cash is sitting in the deer blind with Jamie’s mom this evening. His first year. It’s still only bow season so they’re just getting into the swing of being in a blind together and moving around with a rifle. And shooting squirrels and waiting for the nice grey fox ?.
He sends me this pic. The boy is beyond stoked to take his first deer this year!!!
 
Part of my weekend. Took the kids sledding. And they made a snowman with some old dad help.
2 werent sure about wearing goggles sledding without a ski helmet, so elected to wear that too. Goofy kids.....

We were out there for 2.5 hours. My shoulder is still a little sore from all the snowballs I threw at those turds.
It was a sopping wet mess as the snow had stopped by Weds AM and it was 50F while we were out there.