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What caliber handgun do you carry in the backcountry? Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

If you were buying a new rifle tomorrow what would it be and why? Interested to see what everyone would get. Obviously everyone has different needs and priorities so it should be interesting to see all the answers. This is NOT a "what is the best caliber/rifle/bullet" topic. [emoji41] Sent...

Let's hear your bear encounter stories... Last week I was archery mulie hunting solo in the backcountry. Third night in I got woke up by a woof pretty much in my ear. Needless to say I sat up pretty quick and grabbed my pistol. I could hear it sniffing around the tent so I just kept the pistol...

Had a great time chasing high country mulies last week. Didn't bring any home but had a blast trying. The Pic of the bedded buck was the afternoon before season opened... Never saw him again. The video was Saturday evening and I was on that ridge the next morning at sun up.... Never saw him...

I've read through all the other threads and there's some really good info in them. I still can't decide on the best option for backcountry communication. I'm doing a solo 7-8 day high country mule deer hunt and looking for a way to communicate with my wife back home who will be 7 months...

Do you build a fire in your back country camp? I know Mike Eastman said in his book that he wouldn't build a fire when coyoting out. I've also heard that smoke can be used a cover scent. My personal opinion is the lower the impact the better. And Ive never found a cover scent that works...

I'm curious how many of you hunt by yourself. If you do, is it by choice or because you don't have/can't find a hunting partner? For me, it's the latter. I LOVE mountain hunting...it is absolutely my favorite thing in the world to do and I'd love to do more of it. But I'd like to find a...

Any body know any ways to help your body acclimate to elevation faster? I live at about 2,000' and every year when I go out I struggle for the first couple days. Ideally I would go earlier and give my body a couple days to acclimate before I start hunting, but it's hard enough to be gone for...

I'm training for an archery elk hunt and am going to be in Cheyenne for business this week. I have a morning open and want to do some hiking at higher elevation. I'm from Nebraska and don't get a chance to train at altitude very often so I want to take advantage of being out there. Can anyone...

Thinking about booking a hunt through these guys, just wondering if anyone has used them and what your experience was. Feel free to PM me if you'd rather not comment publicly. Thanks!!!

I've decided I am going to do a guided hunt for the first time this fall after doing a couple DIYs the last two years. I've been doing a lot of research, but honestly I'm overwhelmed. I'm looking at doing either a mule deer or archery elk hunt, which opens up a lot of possibilities. I've also...

I'm looking for recommendations on a back country, preferably horses to wall tent camp, outfitter. I've gone DIY pack-in in CO the last two years and figured out that it's going to take me a lot of years to learn the mule deer game at this rate. I have 7 points in both CO and WY. I'd prefer to...

My question is....Should I try to avoid the outfitters in the unit I'm hunting and find other areas? My group is going to be hunting a unit with a lot of tags for both mule deer and elk so there's quite a few people out there hunting. Based on my experience in the unit last year, scouting...

My "warm" gloves are shot. Time for a new pair. I will be using these primarily when sitting in cold weather (30 degrees down to zero). Mostly hilltop glassing and treestand sitting. What everyone using? What are your favorites?

I tell myself the lottos are a bad idea....but I just can't help myself.