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Looking for some information on Elk/Deer district 310. My dad drew the goat tag and I'm going to do OTC archery elk/deer in the Taylor Creek drainage. Any goat or elk info would be much appreciated. I have a couple of pack burros and willing to do some walking. Kinda of a last minute trip...

As with any animal you get what you put into them. These guys did great and even did a parade the other weekend. Off to Montana next week. 6 miles in to the wilderness in NM, 2k feet of gain. Also did a 12mile out and back resupply about half into our 11 day trip.

With my lack of elk/deer drawing this year, I'd like to still get out and do some hunting/packing for bear. I live in the ABQ area so I'm looking in the Sante Fe NF (Pecos Wilderness). I hear all sorts about hikers running into bears there. Is it worth a shot? Should I be looking in a different...

They are pretty fun, lead well and enjoy the work. Easy and cheap to keep, but still not free. All well and good except for one who despises trailering- But patience is a virtue right?

Thought some of you all might enjoy this. Bought two donkeys this year and I am getting them setup to pack with this year. Headed out in a week for a trip into the Gila Wilderness for archery elk, then to MT for archery elk. If anyone has any packing tips, they are greatly appreciated, I...

This year I set out to try and harvest two wilderness bulls with my bow. One in New Mexico where I am a resident and one OTC in Colorado . I drew Gila wilderness in New Mexico and picked a wilderness area in Colorado . This is all DIY backpack style. Long story short I got it done but met some...

colorado wilderness this week

Gila wilderness 2017

So questions about the Cabelas Lifetime Warranty came up in another thread. My question is - How far do you take it, how to interpret a lifetime warranty, and when should you take advantage of it? I have used it the last few years on boots, about every two years the gore-tex goes out. So I...

So after years of banging around cheap hot buy mallards I have decided to upgrade. I live in New Mexico with pretty well educated ducks and hunt a area that has lots of ducks but in small concentrations- so I'm looking at getting a hand full of top quality decoys. I've been looking at Avian X...

So I bought a sawyer mini filter kit for a upcoming hunt in the gila wilderness. This was a lighter weight option to my current Katadyn pump. Just wanted to put a FYI out there that filtering water with the sawyer becomes an event, not just something you do. Took about 45 mins to fill a 1.5...

I searched the forum for information about 16B and couldn't find anything but I do apologize if I'm the 1,000th post on the gila wilderness. I drew the first archery elk hunt for 16B/22 as well as the archery deer tag for sept/jan. I was in the unit last year with a friend on the second archery...

So I didn't draw a breaks bow tag so I'm on the search for a plan B elk area. This weekend I checked out the south little snowies (swimming woman creek) and the amount of public use suprised me. Has anyone hunted this area during bow/rifle season? Is it a zoo? I can see ATVs running around and...

My top three would be ether set of clothing by Rjall Raven or Kryptek and the Kenetrek boots! This November we camped in the missouri breaks during a massive cold front. -20 temps and blizzard conditions for 5 days but we still managed to get two bucks and a bull down all on public land DIY...

another buck and bull in the osprey

This spring will be my first black bear hunt here in MT and I would really like to attempt to take one with my bow. This brought up a question- how much bow do I need? I shoot a older PSE Bruin with 100gr Muzzies at about 60-65 lbs. Should I look at getting a heavier broadhead or upping the...

Even though it hit -25 this week here, for some reason I am thinking about coolers. I saw a couple videos about making a Yeti style cooler out of just about any cooler. Essentially they just put a cooler in a spray foamed or syrofoam insulated box. Has anyone on here done something like that?