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I can manage my buddy's 12's just fine, but prefer to use them seated with my elbows braced on my knees. I also prefer him to be the one carrying them :p they're a bit over 2lbs!

It could be coal. One of my hunt buddies is a geologist and he's always pointing out interesting rocks. He showed me one that looked pretty similar to that one day and said coal comes in all kinds of forms and purity levels. Some varieties have too many iron and other impurities (which can make...

The skepticism is not because most health experts believe reinfection is unlikely (OR the opposite). It's because the virus is so new they actually don't have good data on reinfection rates yet. Immunity is a resistance that fades with time. With some things like Chicken Pox immunity lasts many...

I can't speak for the 338 but I've had great performance from ELD-X bullets in 7mm, if that data point matters.

I skip the liver only out of superstition. In the unlikely event the animal has consumed anything tainted/polluted it's going to be most concentrated there. (I would NEVER eat a fish liver but that's just me.) But I do save the heart, and the tongue as well. Not a shill for this book in any way...

Hornady ELD-X 150gr 7mm-08. I won't stand up and say it's "the best" - I don't think there is such a thing. But throw it in the "here's another one that did the job" pile.

I also have a Sirui, a carbon fiber T-025x. At 25oz it's one of the lightest out there with the strength I wanted. I have three adapter plates for it. One on my spotting scope, one with a Vortex Uni-Daptor cup on it, and the last on a Triclawps rifle mount. This setup works really well for me...

I have been informed by my wife (who is a neurotrauma nurse) that I will definitely be getting it. :D

I don't personally use what I'm about to mention, but some may find Colorado's "Drawn Out At" report to be handy. It's basically the same data as the Recap report mentioned above, but presented specifically for that one question: "what would I have needed to get that tag."

Hard to add to what JimP said - he's one of the forum's old-timers. But for convenience I can save you a few seconds looking this up and give you a sense of what he means about the "valid in some units". This is the table of "valid units" for a 2020 OTC Rifle 2 / 3 tag: So basically it means...

I carry two kits in Kifaru Ultralight Pullouts, one that fits inside the other. The smaller is my "day kit" and contains: 120dB whistle 3x lithium AAA batteries for my headlamp (it takes 2, but people I hunt with use headlamps that take 3) 2x Steristrip wound closures 2x Sterile Two's (gauze...

Where I hunted for CO elk Rifle 1, it was just as busy as every other year I can remember. I got out there the Sunday before the opener (6 days early) and it was full up by Wednesday. And folks were tagging out just as well. Honestly, there wasn't even any discussion of impacts from the...

Elk as usual. In 2021 I'm going to make a serious run at finding a nice buck in Rifle 4. Not looking for a record, just something to be proud of. Because of timing with work and life I've never actually hunted the mule deer rut, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes. Will do a fair bit...

2020 was good to me and I have a lot to be thankful for. I hope 2021 is as good for everyone else as 2020 was for me. That is all.

"Time gives nothing back. And long after you've lost the will to acquire things, it hungers just as strong to take them away again." I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope everyone cherishes the relationships they have, while they last. They go so fast...

I think it should be a judgment call, but with a heavier "max penalty". Poaching includes all kinds of things such as being too close to a GMU boundary, and I feel there should be room for a CPW officer's judgment here to let the offender off with confiscation of the animal and a modest fine...

It's all FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt). It's the same as toilet paper selling out at the start of the pandemic, and many stores still having 1-per-customer limits. There's no rational reason people need to buy that much ammo or toilet paper. It just makes them feel better - like they're...

Took this fellow this year with a Savage 110 Apex Hunter XP in 7mm-08 rem. It's SKU 57305 if you want to look it up. I love the 20" barrel combined with the 7mm-08. It's a lightweight but hard-hitting combo that let me make this shot offhand, with him quartering away, at 150yds. I was told this...

I have to admit, when this topic was first discussed a few years ago, I was leaning a bit toward it. Wolves were always natural residents here and righting the wrong of their eradication appealed to the conservationist in me. But this whole plan is a hot mess. It's hard to say what the worst...

I took a bull this past year with a Savage Hunter XP in 7mm-08 rem and couldn't be happier with it. It's several POUNDS lighter than my 30-06 Browning which both made carrying it and the eventual off-hand shot (I had 3 seconds to react, no time to set up a tripod) a totally different story. The...