Good on Outdoor Life. Based on the story told by old leg shooter himself, that was the correct outcome. As small and meaningless as the act may be, I will by a copy this evening. The memes in this thread alone are worth the 4 or 5 bucks. I'm sure there are other sketchy individuals associated...
I'm just glad my childhood passed before Instagram hunting ruined my reading choices. Would be terrible to find out that Patrick McManus didn't do some of the stuff he wrote about, or in some case he did, otherwise much like Outdoor Life I'd never read it again.
Just to add though your trip is done, i recently got a power bank to recharge electronics and found that at a certain temp (i was at 9°) some stuff is too cold to recharge apparently. So stick a toe warmer on your phone to keep it warm is my bit of advice. In your sleeping bag may work but i...
One step further than needed to get the job done is too far. If I am alone I try to stay within 5 miles unless I know I can keep the meat in good shape. Unfortunately i think we've all seen a nice animal well beyond where we would have liked to be, but we were there and thats what makes memories.
Bought a spotter and it doesn't fit my style of hunting. 20-60x80 diamond back with a tripod and window mount. Tripod and window mount are cheap amazon items that do their job well. $310 tyd
You can get a cheap camera from amazon to look inside the wall cavity. Pull the plate off at the mixing valve and stick camera there. Thats the stud bay the water comes in anyways so you'll know pretty quick.
I backpack in so weight is a concern for me that you are not limited to, but the lite outdoors stove has really been impressive in my using of it and they sell stove jack material so you can sew that into your tent.
Just got an xl jacket and shirt from them, jacket is great leaving a good bit of room for puffy underneath, shirt is massive in the head hole, so not a fan. 6'4 210 and usually a L or xlt in other items, first kuiu stuff.
Go lite shangri-la 3 i sewed a jack into 50oz, lite outdoors 18" 6' pipe 39 oz. 89 oz total. Switching to a quilt but hasn't arrived yet. Almost 5 lbs between bag, mat, and cloth so looking for that to come down a bunch.