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Firefighters shot responding to wildfire in North Idaho

I have a friend who installs high voltage transmission lines. Someone in the company he works for was out in the woods, inspecting for transmission line installation. He was shot in the back with a rifle. Police believe it was an individual protecting illegal grow operations, typically Mexican mafia where we are on the west coast.
They are out there, especially along the PCT. Sadly, gov will not go in there and get rid of them. People like to sweep it under the rug but they out there. Cartel and illegal growing that is.


We've had 2 noted incidents there w/ dirtbikes and always park at that trailhead. We take 34hr brake there, park , spend the night, and ride all day. Lots of meth'd out looking people come and go there.


6/21 - At that trailhead we finished riding, came out to parking lot, loaded bikes up and were sitting between our trucks maybe 15 min (not visible to trailhead) and a guy in a ghillie suit, painted face, and sniper rifle (Big PRS, not hunting rifle) walks out with another guy in jeans and white tshirt behind him.. He was parked right beside me in some ratty old service mini van w/ WA plates. I noticed him and told my friends... like WTF? He went to the back of van and could hear him drop mag and cycle the bolt and eject shell. It seemed off. I dismissed it as someone probably making youtube videos.


10/12/22 - We rode up the side of that mountain (3 guys on dirtbikes) and passed a hunter... then rode down the other side (quite a ways), stopped at a clearing and Y at a gravel road. We had been sitting there maybe 10 min and that hunter approaches us (with rifle slung on back) and said this, along these lines - "I seen you ride by and had some really bad thoughts, I wanted to come over and apologize or having such bad thoughts, people wait all year and take off work to come out here and hunt and your motorcycles scare everything away... again I want to apologize because I had some really bad thoughts when you passed me up there."
He repeated himself a few times, I get it, but he seemed like a psycho.


Im patiently awaiting them to release the guys pic.
These people are everywhere. Always something that’s bothered me in hunting season. You wearing orange, someone likes to think animals ain’t comp enough and decides to go full up camo ghillie in the woods and you walking around with a bright Orange target on your back. Hell even hiking during hunting bothers me because most of the time it’s shared land and people stomping along trails would be easy.


our leadership is allowed to buy votes to keep/put them in office, as well as take money once in to line their pockets for their votes on XYZ bills,... its as simple as that.
The premise in/of the script for the movie "Shooter" is the reality of this country's system. The only thing that will ever change it is what took place in the last 10 minutes of that movie. The public thinking their voting is for change is laughable, & if you think those inside will be voting for term limits, you need time on a couch.
Yep. Agreed. But nobody wants to start it and if yo do you’ll be labeled a crazy terrorist. But I’m inclined to believe that’s all that will get their attention these days. Were you aware of the no kings parade in AL? How about that Mayor Woodfin was proud of them? How about the crazy lefties battle plan to literally turn the SE blue?

The shooter deceased according to the morning news
Yep. Found him later last night, except witnesses claimed there was more than one.

Ever notice how these high profile shootings take place about the same time that any pro-gun legislation is advancing?
Yep. Interesting huh?

300 Norma Magnum Build – Solid Setup or Would You Do It Differently?

Just go 338

Seriously.
Yes and no. Heavier bullets make seeing splash much easier but the cost to get there becomes prohibitive. 338 LM isn't enough to get it done and you have to go with something like 33XC. Speed matters.

Rifle Scopes Deciding on deer rifle optic

This is not popular on the sniper/competition site, but while I like big, clear, high field of view scopes for hunting, I detest a tiny FFP reticle on low power. I have a NF NSX SFP on several hunting rifles, and I love the fact that it has a full sized reticle on low power (where most shots occur). I put a Razor on a hunting rifle years ago, and wanted to love it and love dialing for deer, but I hated it. It sucked, and I'd have to waste time fooling with the scope and dealing with a tiny reticle on low power. If you're going to insist on a FFP scope then you definitely want good illumination so that you can see the damn thing when fully pulled back, but SFP makes way more sense for hunting ungulates at chip shot (under 400 yards) ranges.

If you're shooting antelope at long ranges then SFP makes more sense, but even for Elk I prefer SFP. You can also get way more scope for the same money to go SFP and MOA, and WGAF hunting? Now, I probably have five times as many FFP scopes in mils, but I don't hunt with them. I only have four or five, sporter-barrel, hunting rifles and they all have 56mm SFP or LPVO scopes on them depending on the terrain. If you want to take long shots and hold over you can always go to max power and then the reticle is correct. This just is way more comfortable and makes more sense to me.