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JimP called it about them "blowing up". In both cases, my MN deer were shot thru the ribcage and blew a baseball sized hole out the other side. I found chunks of lead inside the deer while butchering. I couldn't use the Powerbelts in CO, and shot my mulie with the Thor bullet. A lot of...

When backpacking, your food is likely only about a pound a day per person, so hanging isn't much of an issue. I bring plenty of line along (I find the next size up from P-cord works well). You can actually hang a 100# pack on the stub of a branch by using two lines. Have a good steel ring or...

After posting the picture of tenderloins on the grill in the above post, I saw that the fire appears to be surrounded by dry grass. Actually, we had been tent-bound in a snow/fog weather pattern and it had only melted that day. The ground was actually slushy to walk on. I was a firefighter for...

I love having a fire after we're tagged out or headed off the mountain the next morning. I never have a fire until then when I am coyoteing out.

Yeah, it sure was. It was one of those trips where I was introducing a younger hunter to the joys of deep immersion hunts in the mountains. He actually shot a very nice 4x4, but his job put limitations of only 5 days to hunt. So, in my case it turned into a meat hunt since it took a full day...

I am planning to put in for an elk point again this year (making it #11), and will put my app. for a hybrid tag for one of those NW impossible to draw without max point units. There are so few NR tags, that I wonder if they ever actually have any hybrid drawn. When looking at the draw stats...

Coffee brewing while on a solo mule deer hunt in the Maroon Bells, CO. I shot the buck with my MZL the next morning, and didn't get my coffee that day. Since then I always bring some chocolate coated coffee beans to munch on during the packout.

Canoeing in the wilderness of the US and Canada.

I am looking for some input from those of you who have shot both cow and calf elk. How do they compare as far as the quality of the meat? The reason that I am asking is that I have a late season type 6 tag in WY that is pretty much a slam dunk as I can access the public land where the herd...

I am a so-so shotgunner, a respectable rifle shot, and have always been a superb pistol shot. I think it goes back to my days as a police officer when I was on the state pistol team using my Colt Python. When I attended the FBI Academy 25 years ago, I missed the "Possibles Board" by one shot...

Here's a coyote that I got while snowmobiling in Montana last year. As a retired police officer, I have a CC that is valid in all the states, and in today's world find that I am packing most of the time. We were snowmobiling in ID,WY, & MT, and I had checked the laws on yotes and was good to...

Yeah Scott it sure was, but I still came back with a freezer full. Right on the shoulder is not my preferred spot, but from 550 yards, I guess that I can't complain about it too much. It does show just how tough those Barnes bullets are. I actually put 3 shots on that bull, the 1st thru his...

This was the front shoulder on a mature 6x6 bull elk. This was the entry side, and the bullet shattered the far shoulder also with the pictured bullet found in the meat of the far shoulder. 550 yards, .338 WM, 185 gr. Barnes TSX.

I finally got my photos downloaded. My CO deer hunt was unsuccessfull, but the guided WY elk hunt turned out to be another fabulous adventure. Six of us headed out from Minnesota on Oct. 20th, and spent a couple nights in Jackson to start the acclimation process. We ranged in age from 17...

There doesn't seem to be much activity ref. the state of Washington on this forum, and I suppose that is for a reason. I had previously researched the various western states for tags that are available to disabled veterans, but most are applicable to those without the physical abilities to hunt...

I just received my Leupold scope back via UPS. I have owned several of their scopes and never had a problem with one. Unfortunately my VariXIII took a hard hit on a 15' drop off my deer stand last season. Leupold acknowledged the receipt of the scope via e-mail, and ended up replacing a...

I can only reference this relating to WY and CO. As was stated, it is generally easier to draw a tag in a particular unit for the MZL season than for the rifle season. For instance, in the 3 units in CO that I have applied for or hunted in the past, it took 2 to 3 times as many points for a...

Gypsumreaper; clear your inbox, as it is full and won't take any more PM's. You must be a popular guy.

Here's what a 260" bull looks like. I have taken two others that were much bigger, but sure wasn't going to pass on this one. It only looks small when it is hanging next to a 320".

Congrats on a good trip. I also missed the earlier post, or would have made some suggestions. When any of us find a particular unit that we are successful in and hope to hunt again, we tend to be reluctant to offer much on line because it will change the draw odds. There's nothing like a...