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    Newbie questions

    Ok I guess we can consider this some newbie high country questions. I plan to go this fall out to WY to do some scouting for next year’s deer hunt. I have been up in the high country but never stayed. I plan to live off my back for 5 days. So here are some questions I have come up with. 1. I...
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    alarm clock

    Might be a silly question but for those of you how hike into or close to a bedding area, what do you use to wake you in the morning without spooking game?
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    Deer unit 10

    I have never killed a western whitetail, what can anyone tell me about this unit? Or would Gen A and units 2 or 4be a better choice? Not opposed to paying a tresspass fee either. Are most of the whitetail going to be on private land river bottoms? I'm sure Gen A gets hammered with pressure in...
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    Options

    Well my mule deer plans for this year got buggered up. SO now I am looking into other options. I have a buddy wanting to do something also. So if you were in my shoes and wanted to hunt something out west with out using any points, what would you do? I was thinking something other than a 2nd...
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    best time to hunt

    Was wondering if anyone had a preference of what time of year they like to hunt? Do you prefer the early Sept hunts mid Sept or the Oct hunts? My self I prefer the mid to late Sept hunts. Weather is a little cooler and more predictable IMO. Oct you always have chance of snow and early Sept it...
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    Finally hanging some mounts

    Not the best picture, but finally getting around to hanging some of my mounts. Still have to add my turkey in a glass case. My next home will have cathedral ceilings hopefully lol
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    Precision Rifle muzzleloader bullets

    Has anyone ever shot the .357 190 grain out of a 50 cal? I have shot the .40 240 grain with great accuracy. Took my longest whitetail kill with them at 267 yards. Looking to stretch it out a little more with the 190's.
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    UTV's who uses one?

    Looking at buying a crew cab UTV. I'm thinking if the Polaris ranger 570 crew (mid size). Most of the time around home it would be no more then 4 buddies. or 2 adults and 3 smaller kids. Around home (midwest) would be used for work/play, more play then work. But then I want to start taking out...
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    WTS/WTT Bushnell Elite 20-60x80 angled spotting scope

    Just like the title says selling my Bushnell Elite 20-60x80 angled spotting scope thats in great condition. It's a 78-8045 Its barley used. You can text me at 574-215-5709. Price is $500 TYD Firm, won't go any lower, possible trades to consider are rifle scope, vortex rifle scopes hs-t or other...
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    freeze dried food

    Well was at local Walmart looking in the camping section and they had most of the freeze dried food on clearance. So I pretty much emptied the rack. Everything was $2-$3.50. I ended up with around $120 worth, here is about half of it, I should be good for this fall now.
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    BLM land

    Where can I find the regulations for driving, camping, those kind of things? I got in a discussion last night with a buddy about it. The discussion was about where you can drive a 4 wheeler. But then we started to think we didn't know where the regulations were located. I know for cooking open...
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    Nebraska turkey hunting

    Looking for as much advice or help I can get on some good public land to hunt. I took off from MI mid may last year to hunt some of the sw reservoirs. I was going in completely blind. They weren't talking at all. I managed to ambush one a day before tornadoes started landing around us so I said...
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    Nebraska turkey hunting

    Looking for as much advice or help I can get on some good public land to hunt. I took off from MI mid may last year to hunt some of the sw reservoirs. I was going in completely blind. They weren't talking at all. I managed to ambush one a day before tornadoes started landing around us so I said...
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    sleeping bag temp rating

    Whats a good all purpose temp rating for a sleeping bag? Is 30 deg good enough or bump up to 20 deg? It would be used from sept to late oct, and I know weather can very greatly.
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    Volcano lite backpacking stove

    Anyone use these? I did a search on hear and nothing came up, that might be my answer.
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    Big horn sheep

    Is there any area's that you can watch them either from a road or a short hike? My uncles would like to see some our next trip out. Or would Yellowstone be a better area to go to?
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    Antelope rifles

    Just curious to see what others use. I use a rem 700 .243 shooting 95 grain bergers This year I will be trying a 6.5 grendel with 123 amax, this will be a AR15 rifle
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    DIY Turkey hunt

    Not sure of they're range in WY but what's the chance of a DIY public land hunt? Would love to shoot a Merriam out there.
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    DIY Prince of Wales hunt

    Looking at doing a DIY hunt in 2017/18. Originally was thinking spring black bear but why not go in the fall and try for deer as well. I have been looking into this a lot lately, First trying to figure out best way to get there. Being in the midwest will be flying. Probably fly to Ketchikan...
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    Score this antelope

    Didn't shoot this one this year was wondering what people might think he would score? The third picture may not be the same buck, I can't remember?