And to go along with that small cone area if your minnow is swimming around even just a little bit it will swim in and out of the cone area

Trade back 8-10 spots – this years 1st, 2nd, and 3rd and next years 1st and 2nd picks. With the first pick the best OL on the board, their first 2nd round pick the top D-back on the board, second 2nd round pick best d-back or OL on the board unless there is a burner wide receiver on the board, the 2 3rd round picks need to find sleeper/project dbacks or OL. Ponder needs another year with a suitable OL and not having to play from behind every game because TJack could throw for 300+ yards and 3 TDs against the vikings defensive backfield. There are some very quality #1 WR free agents this year pick one of them up and start using Rudolph like they should….A solid number 1, Harvin in the slot, Rudolph and Shiancoe up the seams and one of the other WR from this year as a #2 and light it up. Ponder going from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds to throw the ball would help a lot too.

We have had ours since the middle of last season. We have had it out on some pretty windy days and it has held up very well, no complaints. I would have to say that you are still going to probably need that extra tub for hauling out the gear. With the seats inside the tub, and both sides of the tent being folded into the sled itself, there is very little room for gear. We leave some odd gear in the tub that pretty well stays in there all the time then stack our rod bags, flashers and pop and snacks on top of the folded in tent, but we still need a tub for the auger and our 20lb propane tank mr. heater, and minnow bucket. With everything folded inside it is pretty tough to get anything into the sled unless you pretty much set it up first, then load your stuff in it, then fold everything back in it and go. As far as fishing in it we have had 3 adult men and my 8 yr old son in it all at once, a little snug, but with a little creativity we were able to fish 2 holes each. We previously had a clam command post hub style that was a little more roomy, and very easy to set up and tear down with no wind, but took a little doing to anchor down in the wind. But it would be another option, and there are more options for seating in the hub too. We had a big enough sled to put the shack, auger and rod bags,strapped to it and then pulled a second kids plastic type sled with the rest of the gear. Would not hesitate to purchase another Denali at all, but when we go we usually have at least 2 adults to pull both sleds.

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I love my Remington 300 ultra mag makes em all very dead

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Thanks!

Really dumb question…….while I know that “1/2 MOA” relates to accuracy…..can you dumb it down for me? I have no idea what it specifially means/stands for

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If you do end up on a brown bear hunt later in life, it would be a GREAT excuse to buy another rifle.

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I like it….can’t have too many!!

Good to hear on the quality/accuarcy of the Remington 700 series

I wouldn’t classify myself as “recoil sensitive” but I don’t want a gun that kicks like a mule when it isn’t necessary.

I curently own a Remington Woodsmaster 742 .30-06 and use it for whitetail and have used it for black bear. My first two choices would be .300 WM & .300 WSM, but want to be sure that they will be sufficient for Moose, Elk, Caribou, Brown Bear, etc.

Also, if I ended up with a .300 WM/.300 WSM, would it be too much for whitetail/mule deer?

As for guns, I am looking at the Remington 700 CDL. What are the thoughts on that rifle. Are there better for less money, better for slightly more money? Is this something that I should stay away from?

My father in law reloads, so I will haev to look into all of the componets and weigh out the cost/benefits associated with it

I hear you on the scope. I currently use a Leupold 3x9x40 VXII on my .30-06, that I purchased about 15 years ago and am very happy with. The Leupold 4.5-14×50 VXIII CDS is the current front runner for my choice of optics for this set up

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One thing to keep in mind is the price of ammo. I believe the ultra mag ammo is going for about $84.00 a box.

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Good point, if the others aren’t in that same area, then the ultra is out

I am looking to spend about $1500 total for the rifle and scope.

$800 – $1000 on the rifle, and the balance on a nice scope, probably something like 4-14×50

what is the difference between a 300 win mag, 300 WSM, and 300 Ultra mag?

I had a buddy had the same thing going on with the vertigo, ended up being a chunk of ear plug form his work was stuck in his ear causing an infection, once removed all went back to normal in short order, dont know if you would fall into this category…. just a thought

Best of luck finding the beast….keep us posted

We finally got out after a few weeks of not fishing on Sunday. We didn’t seem to have as much luck as what everyone else has reported. we tried out all of our gps spots with little success, when we finally moved up by the groups of boats. We caught a few but no where near fast fishing. We took 10 home that were big 9 inchers up to one that touched 11. We only caught maybe another 6-8 fish that were under that, so quality was ok but quantity was lacking. I am guessing it was the change in the weather that slowed them down, or we just didn’t find them.

Cheese and Rice! That is a fricken MONSTER! Very impressive, and I am sure much better than going into the office

It seems that way….but if it is, that guy must not have ever hunted whitetail before….

Very Nice! Looking forward to the story!!

That makes sense, although, I do like pointer! The only thing that really could be considered different would be that the is a 6×4. Hard to see in the photos, but there is a small protrusion (his right G5) that may be possibly scorable

Any thoughts on the age?

Thanks for the replies guys!

I understand the concerns about the gun hunting, and will hold off on getting one until I take up bow hunting

Thanks again, and I am excited that I came across this board….there seems to be a lot of great knowledge, and I am excited to sort through it all!!

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We got a Denali IV last year, thanks to a great staff at Thorne Bros. We fished 4 people 2 were 210-225,6’1″ one was 195,6′ and a 9 yr old boy. There was enough room to fish had to be very creative with holes to get 2 per person, but it was do-able. With 4 people and gear, with all the holes it was tough to find room for the heater, but the heaer is a mount on tank sunflower type, a different style heater will probably work better. I was able to load and unload the shelter in and out of a 3/4 ton pickup by myself, lifted one end up and set on edge of tailgate, then lifted up and slid it in. With all of the snow last year, it got to be a pain hauling it by hand but hopefully all the snow last year was the exception, and not the rule. As a 2 man shack it is outstanding with all of the room you have. All in all I would not hesitate to buy it again.

I saw the pitch and the batter you were talking about, and that pitch was right down the pipe, Tolbert should have been swinging no doubt. I personally get more frustrated watching batter after batter watch that first pitch strike right down the middle of the zone. I have always played and coached that you shouldn’t be in the position to watch that third strike, jump on one of the first 2 strikes and take the third out of the equation. I understand making a pitcher work, and taking some pitches to give your pitcher a little more time in between innings, but these pitchers are always trying to get ahead early in the at bat, so why not take a good clean swing at those, rather than a defensive swing trying to protect with 2 strikes. Just my opinion…

We picked one of these up last year. We got it from a Mills Fleet Farm, couldn’t find anything for reviews on the Arctic Blast, but checked it based on the specs like the 2500 series etc…. I was figuring it was the same thing just packaged as Arctic Blast exclusive to Mills. As far as performance, it was flawless. Keeping in mind that we upgraded from an older eskimo (mid 90’s I think my buddy is guessing when his dad bought it) that did not want to run very well at all when it was real cold. We did a lot more drilling and moving last season because of the ease and speed we were able to drill holes. I don’t recall ever having to make more than 3 pulls to start it up even when letting it sit on the ice in -20 wind chills. Having never tried the other newer and lighter augers, I can’t compare this to them, but for the price I would buy this auger again without any hesitation.

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BUT… I want to try cutting it off raw (instead of cooking it first) and freezing with cooking. That way, I don’t have to make a big process out of it and burn my fingers on hot cobs. I’m hoping to just take it out, unthaw it, and cook it on the stove or microwave for a few minutes when I want to eat it.

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I read the part where it says cutting off raw and freezing WITH cooking that I assumed he was looking to do it the way I was describing. I am guessing with his responses he meant to say without cooking. My bad…..

I will have to try the cheese slicer thing though if and when we do it again this year. Thank you.

We have always done it the way you are asking about and it is some of the best corn I have ever eaten. It is my grandmas, and my wifes grandmas way of doing it (and everything grandmas make is excellent ) We take the raw corn and cut it off the cob into a cake pan with an electric knife. After all the corn is off, turn the blade around and scrape the cob, getting the juices and remaining corn off the cob. Yes it makes a bit of a mess, but it is worth it. Then we put the corn into big pots or kettles at a rate of 4 quarts of corn, 1 quart of water, 2/3 cup sugar, and 2 heaping tsp of salt. If at my grandmas where we are freezing for 10-12 families we are putting pots of corn on the stove, grills, and turkey friers just to keep up. You can double triple the batch depending how big of a pot you have. Put it on stove on high until boiling (and with big batches this may take a while) once boiling turn down and boil lightly for 10 minutes. Stir often. Remove and cool down in sink with cold water. We put it in ziploc bags at 2 cups per bag which we cook for our family of 4. It is a little time consuming and can be messy, but I have NEVER had a bag come out of the freezer mushy and it tastes very good.

Let me know if you try it and if you like it.

As a side note, the cheese slicer idea… is the slicer deep enough to get most of the kernal out? In my head I am picturing it cutting thin slices of cheese. If it were to work we could have more people than just me cutting the corn off when freezing for 3 or 4 different families. Do you think it would work on raw corn?

The new bobcats look like the rangers because bobcat and polaris formed an alliance last year and polaris is producing or in the process of getting into production, the different vehicles for bobcat to be sold by bobcat dealers.
Bobcat and Polaris

We went out today again on Big Spirit. Got on the lake about 4:30. Started out on the North end n 20 fow, we caught 3 bang bang bang, then sat there for awhile with nothing biting. We moved over to the area between Big and Little Stony in abot 21 fow. We spent about 3 hours over there. Same as last week, had to wait for the schools to come around but they hit when they were there. We ended up bringing 15 home that were 9+ couple over ten and one that touched 11. Did catch one good sized sheephead that had a huge belly, I assume that they have not spawned yet. When we cleaned the perch tonight it was interesting that they all had full bellies, like they have been eating well but they still hit our stuff. Todays hot producer was still hook and splitshot with a half of a belgium worm, only they seemed to want it tipped with a waxie or wiggler to really get their interest. Did catch a few more this week with pilkies though.

Last weekend we went out on Big Spirit. We headed out to the west of Big Stony in 20 fow. We were well away from the “crowds” but i guess close enough to be considered chasing the crowds. The action was spotty, when they came under the boat they het hard and fast, but we did have a lot of down time in between the schools. But what we did catch the seemed to have grown since winter. We put about 15 in the basket that were big nines and a few tens. Did have a few that fell in the 7-8 range yet though. I think if you are willing to move with them you will hammer them pretty good, we had my boys so we didn’t move at all. The most productive set up for us was a half a belgian worm on a hook and split shot, only a few hits on pilkies and mini jigs.

I too am trying leadcore for the first time this year, only tried it a little bit to this point. A question came up between a buddy and I the other afternoon, we were wondering first off how many fish are spooked by a bottom bouncer, and second could a lindy or spinner rig be run behind leadcore? Maybe with a splitshot just under the barrel swivel to help put that part on the bottom?