Recent content by El_Matador

Something that hits hard at 600 yards is not going to be a light recoiling gun for your wife and kid. Pick what is most important to you and go from there. With a good brake there are some great cartridges that will perform at long range and still be manageable for smaller shooters though. I...

Harvest age objectives are a bad way to manage elk herds. They only tell you the age of elk that were harvested (by definition), which is totally irrelevant. A 300" bull may be 4 years old or he may be 12. Some hunters settle for smaller bulls for whatever reason (its their choice), but that...

It sorta depends on what kind of truck it is. I use Diesel Place for my truck questions, which is a GM specific forum, but it's obviously geared toward the HD trucks with diesel engines. They have a lot of suspension, steering, chassis etc. type threads which would apply to HD gas trucks...

I run my dog off leash over there twice a day, every day. I have been there literally thousands of times and was approached by animal control only once. He buggered right off when I started quoting the laws to him. This is not actually in the city of Salt Lake but one of the other...

Don't worry, boys. Only 1 in 12,000 brackets are still intact now that day 1 is in the books. Its doubtful any of them will make it through today.

Close, I'm in Salt Lake City. I did some looking into the possible charges against the boys. Unless they were knowingly shooting at or toward people it looks like they're only facing misdemeanor charges. Hopefully this experience knocks some sense into them (and their parents).

Yesterday while running my dog at the local park I heard what sounded like a gunshot. Then another one a minute later. I couldn't be sure it was a gunshot but a couple of minutes later I saw a young man walking out of the wooded area. Should've called the cops but I didn't. This morning I...

Pretty sure that's the same one they used to sell. I bet they just ordered more from their manufacturer. The reticle subtends a whopping 2.5 MOA which makes it pretty crappy past 100 yards.

Interesting fact about your odds of picking a perfect bracket: If you assume each pick has a 70% probability of being correct then your odds are less than 1 in 5 Billion. Each year there are between 16 and 20 million entries on ESPN, so we would expect a perfect bracket about once every 300...

I actually think Utah's system is the worst around. In life there are many situations where the demand for something exceeds the supply. Concert tickets, raffle items, food, fuel, etc. There are 3 main systems of distributing such high-demand items. First is a random drawing. Second is...

I'm looking at a nice -4x scope right now. It's easy to see the target but everything is backwards and upside down.

Here is the wording from back in the old days, when magnifying scopes were not allowed: "must have open sights, peep sights or a fixed non-magnifying 1x scope;" I think they added the red dot verbiage because in general electronic scopes are not allowed. Only illuminated reticles. I don't...

The last youth rifle I bought was a 20" 7mm-08, Remington Model Seven. I personally don't like skinny bullets for deer, and the 7mm caliber gives you better efficiency from a short barrel. Shoot the 120 grain bullets for low recoil. The Model Seven also has a shorter forend, shorter length of...

I think you should get credit for time served. It really is quite unfair that the 5-year waiting period applies to all that draw, regardless of how many points it took each individual. For example, if a certain elk tag takes 15 points for a bonus tag, then those bonus tag recipients had a 15...

Back in my early 20's I got invited to go work on the St. Paul, Minnesota temple doing finish carpentry. I was young and foolish back then so I told the contractor no thanks. I really wish I would have taken that opportunity. I've only been to about 5 open houses and worked at 1 temple. I...