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I am looking at burning 5 Colorado points after failing to draw the WY elk tag I applied for again. This is a unit I was considering. Anyone have any experience with it? Thanks for any help you can give.

I have been working on some handloads for my 25-06. I burned out the barrel in my Dad's old 670 Winchester 243. The 670 is pretty much a lower end push feed 70 that used a long action for everything. Anyway after burning out the barrel I decided to fix up the old rifle and had it re-built with...

I have been thinking of getting a warmer puffy jacket. I have the Kifaru Lost Park currently. I sold my pull over version and bought the full zip when it came out, and although I really like it for a lot of hunts I don't think it's as warm as the other one. I have mainly been layering it over...

This buck gave me a chance at 370 yards yesterday I couldn't pass up. I'd seen him for a few seasons and he never got any better or regressed, I think he was 6 years old this year.

I am supposed to help a buddies wife pick out a scope for his 243. It's a Ruger American Compact he got for a truck gun and coyote calling. The price range is under $400. He doesn't need to dial, extra crosshairs, or anything fancy just a good reliable scope. Thanks! Features needed in...

My first elk and first time packing game out on my back from 10 years ago. I made it much harder than it needed to be in a lot of ways, but I learned from it. It was about 3 miles out.

This tarp is one of the simplest but slickest shelters I've tried, and priced pretty decent for what it is. It's a 10x10 tarp with a re-enforced spot in the center for a stick or trekking pole. I used mine for the first time Friday camping on the river. We set up on an exposed sandbar to fish...

I got a pair of coyotes today. We had a heifer prematurely abort a calf today and I saw a coyote circling trying to get at the calf while feeding. I got a clear angle and dropped it at 220yds with my 25-06 and a 100gr Ballistic tip. It was sitting on it's butt and broadside looking at the...

I use horses if I can but have packed most out without them. Usually it's 2 or 3 of us and we pack the elk out in 4 or 5 loads. Each hind quarter is a load, head, cape, and loins is a load, and each front quarter is a load. If it's just 2 of us I will usually take both front quarters in one...

Well I got 2 today. One about 10:40 after I got done feeding but before the sun came out from behind the clouds. It responded at about 8 minutes and started to circle downwind of the call/decoy. I barked and got it stopped at 99yds and hit it with the AR, 55gr V max. It made it about 50yds...

I got an old broke up 10pt Sunday morning. It was the dominant buck of the main area I hunt, a giant bodied buck that I think was 6 but may have been 7 this year. It was a foggy, damp morning and I have caught bucks moving later several times on days like that. I came back from hunting...

Last 2 nights have been the best calling of my life, 6 yotes in 3 stands. Tonight I went out again at 3:30 to try calling. Wind was considerably stronger at 15mph from SSE. I set up with the call/decoy on one side of a finger of a pasture draw and I sat next to a little thicket on the other...

I got out calling for the first time this fall today. I usually get started quicker but this year it didn't happen. With a SE wind I could hunt some spots I normally can't with the more common NW or SW winds we get. First spot I went is a proven favorite. I saw a coyote on the walk in that I...

I was thinking about skipping the 10x42's for scouting and only packing the big binos, spotter, and tripod. If I do this I want quick access to the 15x's. I know they won't be great for handheld use, but I can use them well enough for quick looks to get an idea of what a buck is if I jump one...

I have decided to sell my Nikon ED50. I'm buying a new 55mm Kowa. I sold my 65mm spotter and have decided to sell this one also, just use the 55mm or my 80mm. This is a great little spotter so I hope I don't regret it. It is in great shape, I've hunted with it but always carried it in the...

I have one of these knives and would like to buy another knife or at least another blade. I have one blade for mine and a saw, I'd like to add a second blade with or without the guthook. Please PM if you happen to have one to sell. Thanks.

A buddy and I drew this tag this year. We have been looking at maps and Google earth already starting our research and have a scouting trip planned in late August. We thought we would draw elk this year and missed out, so we went for this as a back-up plan. It's our first time in the Unit so...

I have been going through my before and after daypack gear lists I've kept on my hunts over the last few years. As I began packing a heavier spotter and tripod I have been looking at ways to reduce weight in other areas. Most of my hunts have been to new areas as point creep has me searching...

I'm thinking of buying a big roto molded cooler for hauling meat on my hunting trips. I've always taken a freezer on the trailer to haul it in the past. How big of a cooler would the 4 quarters and loins plus some ice require from those who have tried it? If I shoot one it will be a mature...

I have a collection of packs I've gathered over the years that I don't use much as my hunts have changed and family keeps my wife from hunting much. I'm always taking more glass now and using the Mainframe with one of the zip on bags or Team Elk for big game, the X3 in camo for carrying my AR...