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  1. JimP

    New Hunting Trailer / Camper / Toy Hauler build - Follow along!

    If you plan on putting in a holding tank for the waste water you would be better off raising the floor a little along with insulating it. On all the outside air coming in, get someone to take a flashlight and shine it along all the seams, and corners at night while you are outside of it...
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    jocularity

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    Alaska Bound

    My caliber of choice was .340 Weatherby, but if I won it I'd take the .338 Wm
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    Alaska Bound

    The rifle that I have for fowl weather is a Weatherby MkV with a fiberglass stock and stainless barrel. It survived 5 days straight of rain up in British Colombia and came out unscathed. But I still took care of it once we were back at camp and never did put it away for the night wet. But...
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    jocularity

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    jocularity

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    Angled or straight??

    It is hard to find a angled binocular
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    Angled or straight??

    Higher power binos are great, but there are still plenty of times that you need a spotter. On my coues deer hunt my partner had some 15x Swaros that we could spot deer with but to judge their headgear we had to pull out the spotter to get a good look. Now if your binos are 40x+ then you...
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    Magazine cut off

    I don't like cripples
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    Muzzy Powder Accuracy

    Sounds like you are ready. I know that with my eyesight that I have to limit myself to 150 yards when using open sights. That plus using a ML 150 yards is a good range. Plus the Thors will have no problem punching through a elk at that range.
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    Muzzy Powder Accuracy

    The ramrod adds strength to the stock and barrel and effects the harmonics of the shot. So either take all your shots with it in or out but not both
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    Alaska Bound

    The problem with moose is that they don't know when they are dead. A friend hit one 4 times with a 375HH before he toppled over. All the shots were into the boiler room from 150 yards
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    Alaska Bound

    Thousands of hunters have gone through Alaska and bad weather with good old wooden stocked and blued barrels and have done just fine. Just remember that if it gets wet to take care of it before a problem shows up.
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    BALLISTIC CHART

    I can work up a chart for you later this week. Here is the information I will need: Is the bullet a TSX (no blue tip) or a TTSX with a blue tip? The published velocity How high is the scope. Measure from the center of the barrel to the center of the scope What distance is the rifle...
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    Angled or straight??

    It is all in your personal preference. I am 6'4" so I prefer a angle one and hate trying to look through a straight one at a animal when someone has spotted it
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    BALLISTIC CHART

    To start with you need to know the velocity of the round out of your rifle along with what your sighted in distance is. The factory published velocity is usually 200feet per second faster or so. You can work up your own by just shooting at increased ranges. Start with where you are sighted in...
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    GETTIN OLD.......

    When I was over in Africa all of my shots were taken off of a Bog Pod. By chance I had purchased one before I went over to practice off of. It has three legs instead of 2 and it is very sturdy no matter what the terrain was. Most of the shots were from a sitting position but I also had a...
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    Altitude Sickness- who has gotten it?

    I had a great time but I was after a griz and we only saw one on the next two last day of the hunt and it was 578 yards away. I did manage a black bear on the second day there so it wasn't a total bust. We were 23 miles back in on horseback from White Tail lake where the outfitter had some cabins
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    Altitude Sickness- who has gotten it?

    Joseph: When I was in BC on my bear hunt most of the peaks were around 9,000 feet and we were seeing tons of goats 2,000 feet lower with nothing up higher on the peaks. It was to the point that I had a hard time understanding just what I was seeing. We were hunting in the Percell Wilderness...
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    Altitude Sickness- who has gotten it?

    Never have had a problem with it. But then I lived and worked between 6500 and 10,000 feet every day. But I saw a lot of flatlanders that had it when they came up to 8500+