Yeah

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when I decided to go back out, I had a, uh, custom Remington 700 built for me.

And then, uh, even that could get heavy at times when we went on the long walks, so then I bought a really lightweight rifle also.

So I take those two with me.

I take the custom 700, you know, when I know I'm not gonna be walking a long ways, and then if I'm gonna be putting on a lot of miles, I'll take that lightweight rifle with me for the day.

I was just gonna say, how's that connect to the truck?

So they send you a kit with turnbuckles.

And then what about the time in between your Wyoming hunts? Well, I saved deer points for 13 years, but

I was— getting a second choice tag so that didn't use my preference point that that allowed me to still draw a tag in certain areas and still be able to hunt but then build up my preference points um same thing with pronghorn so i would hunt a second choice tag several years and build points and that that allowed me to have quite a few points built up so these last few years when it's been harder i've been kind of burning those points as i go This last pronghorn tag that I drew this year, I've had four points into that.

Talk to me a little bit about maybe how that ammunition or your rifle has changed and what you like or dislike about a gun when you're heading out west to shoot these animals.

Yeah.

Well, I know the first year I went out in 2000, I had a Magnum.

rifle that i thought i needed out there and it was a heavy rifle and i learned after that first year that that's not what the way to go for me i'm not a very big guy so trying to lug around a 10 pound rifle wasn't a very good time so when i decided to go back out i had a uh custom remington 700 built for me and then uh even that could get heavy at times we went on the long walks So then I bought a really lightweight rifle also.

So I take those two with me.

I take the custom 700, you know, when I know I'm not going to be walking a long ways.