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Fit is King, and you need to try the different brands and styles to find what suites you. I wear different half sizes depending on the mfg., and will switch boots depending on the season, terrain, and weather. Whenever I have the option I will bring 2 or 3 pairs on a trip, and change as the...

For the average long range "novice", the remaining energy often isn't even considered or even understood. I have used a variety of calibers and rifles in killing 8 antelope, mainly because I wanted to use some of my safe queens that I had never hunted with. 30-06, 7mm-08, 243, and finally a...

That's exactly what the anti-hunters and PETAphiles want. If a no wolves referendum ever gets on the ballot, then there should be wolf kill videos run non-stop, especially if there are some out there of them killing your pet dog. There's one where a pack is after a calf moose, and the cow...

I don't need music when I'm working out, but really enjoyed it when I ran. I had to give that up because of arthritis, but I remember the most inspirational tune was the sound track for "The Last of the Mohicans". I literally reached the point where I was running on air when I listened to the...

My first 3 bull elk were shot at 60 yards or less (after long, long stalks), but the next ones were 480 yards with my .338, and 128 yards with my muzzle-loader. I had told myself before these hunts that my max range to shoot an elk was 500 yards for the rifle and 150 yards for the muzzy. I...

Great character on that buck. A big 3x3 with extras, so I'd call it a 4x4. Cool, and congratulations to the shooter.

That's my dream critter for sure, but not likely to ever happen. It was interesting to read the story in Eastman's a couple issues ago about the deer in Wyoming back in the 50's and 60's and why they were so abundant then, and are continuing to struggle now. I saw a buck in the approach road...

I guess that it is fortunate that we still have real winters up here, as most of those exotic critters wouldn't survive past summer. Those are one more invasive species that we don't need. Some folks sure are stupid; turning stuff loose in the wild only to wreak havok on the native wildlife...

At least the wolves were finally delisted in the Midwest. I am headed to the deer camp in a couple hours, but haven't even seen a deer track in the last four YEARS there. 3,500 wolves in NE Minnesota definitely have a serious impact. However, hunting (legal or otherwise) will not have much of...

I've met with four forum members during hunting trips out west, and JimP was a great host. Unfortunately, Jim is the lone survivor here as one is deceased, and the other two haven't posted on the forum for several years. If I ever get out on a solo hunt again I definitely plan to make...

I've been trying to come up with a major project for my shop this winter, as the covid lockdown has pretty well eliminated most of my winter activities with friends. All my fix-it projects are done, and after a few days at the deer shack (with zero deer around anymore) I am looking at a long...

I'm a very conservative guy, likely more so than most of you here. I grew up in a family of Democrats, but I am with Ronald Reagan when he said that he didn't leave the Democrat party, the Democrat party left him. If he could only see it today. In any event, I have always felt that this...

I just can't picture C.C. piloting a Super Cub. Happy birthday to the both of you, and keep on hanging in there guys.

Marcus; What are you doing up at 3:01 in the morning?

Where those elk glowing?

25 contender covered it quite well, and this is pretty much the same process that I use. I always have the citrus spray in my pack, but do not add water to the powder in the spray bottle until needed so that it stays fresh, and doesn't risk freezing. The creek next to our last camp was 34...

Meat management is often the overlooked part of western hunts. Everyone gets so wrapped up in the trip that they don't fully consider the consequences after a successful hunt. I have packed out a whole mule deer with my camp solo from 11K' , (at age 62) and swore I would never do it again...

Just like with humans, the female of the species tend to live a lot longer than the males, even without hunting as a mortality factor, Cervidae females especially so. If I have to guess, then it is likely one of the cow elk that I killed was much older than even the biggest bull that I shot. I...

BC; With global warming the current crisis of our time, how is it possible that you had a "very cold hunt?" Here in NE Minnesota, the lake that I live on froze over last night...the earliest in the last 68 years????????

Do you have any points? If not, then it changes the equation and you have to look for an outfitter with landowner tags, or greatly limits your options.