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    ****2014 Elk Story with photos contest entry thread***

    Monitors could you sticky this? Thanks Mark Time is getting close So here is the thread to post your 2014 Stories and Photos. Cant wait to read the stories and see some photos so post away. No cell phone pics accepted do to the poor quality of the photos. Please refer to the thread link below...
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    ***Back from Montana!! Great Trip****

    Whew what a world wind trip!! But a great one. Lots of Elk and Some nice ones. Here is a recap of our DIY Public land archery Hunt. Mark I will preface by saying that this Elk hunt was probably one of my favorite yet toughest hunts out west to date. One of my favorites because I had a chance to...
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    Montana update

    Quick update. One down one to go . It took about 2 hours but finally was able to call this one in for Danny. His first trip and a nice one. Took us twenty hours to get him packed out and to a meat freezer. Cached the meat in a high mt stream. More details at a later date. Mark
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    Out of here!!

    Heading out in the morning to Montana. Good luck to everyone that is headed out. Will try and be in touch while out there but haven't had much success in the past. Will be back the first of October. I did decided to bring the video camera again this year so hope to have some good footage for you...
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    Cooking eggs on in a JetBoil !! Finally right!

    Alright so I like eggs and I have dried different brands of freeze dried eggs and didnt like them. So last year someone here recommended OVAEASY egg crystals so I tried them. The Jetboil or similar stoves get to hot to cook them in like a real stove and they get scorched or burned on even the...
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    Doged a bullet before the trip!!!

    Dodged a bullet before the trip!!! Man I almost started to panic!! Leaving Wednesday for Elk Archery season in Montana and the truck started to loose power and went into limp mode. Luckily I was only about 2 miles from the Ford dealer so I pulled into the service Dept. It felt like I lost...
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    Best Elk DIY Public lands hunt / Elk harvest write up contest 2014

    Alert To all Eastmans’ Forum Members that are EBJ or EHJ subscribers. If you are a Elk hunter this is for you!! Welcome to the second year of the Best Elk DIY Public lands hunt / Elk harvest write up contest. This year on the Eastmans Forum we are going to conduct a contest for the Best Elk...
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    Jordans Montana hunt..(Eastmans Show)

    I was just watching Jordan's hunt and saw that he was pushed down the mountain like I was on Sept 24th. Glad to see he was able to get back in and get one. Nice. It was at the end of my 2 weeks and I never made it back in. Mark :rolleyes:
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    New Elk hunting partner......

    For this year!! I am excited but cautious about having someone elk hunting with me this year. I put the word out a few years ago that I was interested in having someone else hunt with me. It has taken a while but I think I have found someone that has has the passion for hunting like I do. I...
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    Post up your Pack in Packlist......

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    Tire Input

    Hey everyone. It is time to get some new tires for my hunting truck which is a 2001 7.3 Excursion. The tire on it now are the tires that were on it when I bought it. They are Michelin LTX/MS 285/75 R16. They have been good tires but more of a Highway tire. I am looking for a tire that would be...
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    What should I expect hunting in Montana?

    This thread will be for anyone to post there experiences hunting in Montana. Just give a General Area you hunt no honey holes or secret spots. For example NW SW etc. Just give some Idea of what a hunter should expect while hunting that part of the state. Give info on what type of hunt, time of...
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    What should I expect hunting out West!

    I was sitting here looking at many of the threads going on right now and many of them have to do with the "What should I Expect? " question. Maybe it would be a good Idea on each of the state sections to have a sticky where people that hunt each state to post a little bit about the area. I don't...
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    A few sales

    I saw where Santana Outdoors has some Sitka and First-Lite Items on sale. Thought I would pass it on. http://www.santanaoutdoors.com/servlet/the-Clothing-cln-Mens-cln-Sitka-Gear-cln-Discontinued/Categories http://www.santanaoutdoors.com/servlet/the-64845/First-Lite-Short-Sleeve/Detail...
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    That time of year!!

    Well its that time of year again. Tags are starting to be drawn and looking at the calender I start thinking about the season coming up. Like the past few years I am always trying ways to get the pack weight down a little before season. This year I sold or gave away a bunch of older stuff and...
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    ***Boot Lacing Techniques****

    There were a few folks on another thread that wanted to see how I lace my boots, It was easier to do a video then trying to explain it in writing. Remember this is by no way the end all way to lace boots!! This is just a technique that works for me. I think the key to this technique is the use...
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    >>---> Weekly Workout Schedule's <---<<

    Hey everyone lets see what your Weekly Workout Schedules are in the off season. It would be neat to see what everyone does and maybe get some other ideas to change up the schedules.
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    **Part 1 Elk Season daily video journal**

    **Part 1 - Part 3 Elk Season daily video journal** Since it has been raining here I thought I would go through some of last years video. This is a little of Archery Elk season. When you are solo its tough to do a bunch of video when you are running around the mountains. Most of the video that...
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    ** What are you concentrating on for the next hunt?**

    I have always tried to work out through out the year in anticipation for the next hunting season. When I hit the age of 50 I totally changed my workout routine to work on areas of my body that have given me problems in the past. I still do a lot of cardio, endurance,and core exercises paired...
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    **New pack ordered!!**

    Feels like a early Christmas!! Cant wait to try it out. Thanks to BitterrootBulls for some pack information as well as Joe and Aron at Kifaru for taking the time to get my order right. Cant forget to thank Angie for updating my order for me after I decided to add something else to the Pack. I am...