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    Forum Banner Update Contest!

    Here's a couple more from an deer hunt in the Gros Ventre Wilderness.
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    Forum Banner Update Contest!

    North central Wyoming. Oct. 2019
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    The 2019 Elk Success Thread

    Thanks Scott. You should know better than to time your kids for birthdays in the fall.
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    The 2019 Elk Success Thread

    (Cont.) Sept. 13th - Ride-in day. I drove back to the same trailhead that I had hiked out of, and met with my guide Eric, and the packer Forest. We loaded up after I climbed upon a big horse named Marshall and rode for 3 hours into the camp. We had turned off of the trail that I had hiked...
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    The 2019 Elk Success Thread

    That's sure a pretty elk Tim. Congrats. I was finally able to figure out how to get my photos to post (by cropping them), and hopefully it will work here for my elk hunt pics. After six weeks of aggressive pack training, I headed out to Colorado for a solo backpack trip, followed by a one...
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    Antelope success thread

    I was finally able to post a photo (on the WY thread) by cropping and degrading my picture. If this doe posts, then I can finally do an update on the elk success thread. Still a couple years before I can get a buck tag in this unit. Here's a doe I shot at 420 yards. I usually get a lot...
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    October 1st and 2nd weather

    Finally, success at posting a photo. I had to crop and degrade the picture, otherwise it was "too big". Here is a pickup that was abandoned in the Wyoming mud. I hate to degrade my scenery and hero shots though. Photo was taken Oct 2nd.
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    October 1st and 2nd weather

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    Leaving In The AM

    Life's adventures Jim. It's frustrating to hunt with someone who isn't as physically capable anymore, but we may soon be there ourselves. Rest up and start planning the next one.
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    The 2019 Mule Deer Success Thread!

    Here's a couple recent examples a hunter would (as I just did) walk a good distance while hunting. 1. On my guided elk hunt, we left camp well before first light to get to a glassing spot. When/if game was spotted, we had to get ourselves in position, and if all worked out you still have to...
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    First rifle/ first elk

    That's a pretty bull. It's great that you wife shared the experience (and the packout) with you.
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    Gloves - 2019 State of the Union

    Just like buying boots, fit is king. I only buy gloves after making sure that they fit. Sometimes L,XL or even XXL. I have meaty palms, moderately short fingers, and a real short thumb. I need to restock since I lost a glove on my last hunt. The best work glove for me are goatskin leather...
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    The 2019 Elk Success Thread

    Not so little, that's a nice bull. If you had shot a monster and wanted to cape him out for a shoulder mount, then you would have needed to go get a chain saw. Congratulations.
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    Rethinking my loads/calibers for deer.

    CC, you mentioned the extreme angle of your shot. So, do you have a rangefinder with the angle range compensated for your ammo profile? They call it different things, my Leupold RX1000TBR calls it True Ballistic Range. I traded up to this after I shot a good mule deer at an extreme angle and...
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    Leaving In The AM

    Beats the alternative. Good Luck,
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    UTV users

    I have a 2015 mid-sized Polaris Ranger 570, and have close to 4K miles on it with no mechanical issues. You have to keep in mind that this is more of a "utility" type of UTV, rather than a serious off-roader. You can get everything that you want or need as far as power, speed, comfort, back...
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    Mountain Mule Deer 2019

    I went 23 days without seeing another human being on a wilderness trip many years ago. I wouldn't want to replicate that now, but my favorite hunts the last few years were solo jaunts in the mountains where I shot my smallest mule deer, and the other was my first cow elk. Lots of bigger...
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    The Buck I Missed

    Nice deer Trent. Hunting mule deer in a T-shirt. must be a Nevada thing.
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    Decoy for bucks

    I watched a herd of about 50 spook and run from one wiley coyote a few years ago. The bunch was about a half mile away on private land, and we watched them from our camp for over an hour. The coyote was working the fringes of the herd, and he finally got too close. The group came to within...
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    Idaho Trophy Species Draw Results

    That's a real beauty of a ram. Congrats.