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  1. hardscrabbletoo

    What's in your bino harness

    I have an AGC Cub, too. I despise having a bunch of stuff hanging off my neck all day. The only two things worse are getting caught needing binoculars having left them in camp or having them along but banging on you all day because they are hanging from a strap. Thus, the Cub. I don’t...
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    WTS Misc Gear - Bags/Pads/Mags/Tents/Stove etc

    I’ll take the Mountain Rambler.
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    Restored Rokon

    I really, really wanted one of those when I was a kid. That’s a bunch of work that really turned out.
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    What gaiters does everyone prefer to use?

    I just received a pair of OR Crocodiles for a hunt this fall. I have had them on once so take this for what it’s worth...they are noisy. If I was hunting with archery gear I’d send them back.
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    Tibet vs Hanwag Alaska

    That’s me...narrow heel that will slip around in most boots. I’m breaking in a new pair of Tibets with about 50 miles on them now. Love them. Great fit. I’m real disappointed to think they may not be good in snow, especially since they seem to handle creek crossings dry as bone.
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    WTS Kifaru Duplex Belt Coyote Large

    Up, please.
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    MeatEater and Weatherby?

    I read all this and it just confirmed my opinion that one should not join a tribe that wants to throw your ass out because you disagree on where the damn campfire ought to go.
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    WTS Kifaru Duplex Belt Coyote Large

    SOLD he conditioning program is working faster than I thought. This belt is only a few weeks old and has been on a half dozen conditioning hikes. It has had stuff hung on it and it has touched the ground a time or two, otherwise new. Unlike Kifaru, I will ship it for free. Paypal F&F, add...
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    Resizing Die Getting Stuck

    I could have been a little more help. Some things that make a die sticky: Dirty, especially with built up lube. Not enough lube on the case. A little lube is necessary inside the case mouth so the button doesn’t drag. I have seen bent decapping stem hang in the primer pocket. It sure...
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    Resizing Die Getting Stuck

    Are you getting any lube inside the case mouth?
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    Elk fourm question for experienced guys.

    The internet is just like a library with millions of books. Some of those books are filled with old information. Some are filled with wrong information. Some are meant to be fiction and offer no information useful in real life. It’s easy enough to think ‘well, if we could just get rid of the...
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    Egg heads

    I wonder why the same guy who says “I don’t like statistical information from recognized sources because I eat cheeseburgers every day and I feel fine” is also the same guy who hikes 6 miles into the middle of nowhere because his third cousin says he saw a ‘nice buck’ up there 3 years ago.
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    Custom Rifle Builder?

    Second the above. I have one of Lex’s (Rifles Inc) rifles in 280. I’ve owned that rifle over 20 years and it’s been back once for re-barrel/re-coat/re-paint because it’s been used so hard. It’s accurate, it weighs around 5lbs with the scope and it’s going elk hunting this fall. Lex’s rifles...
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    Incredibly disappointed

    I’m getting on up there. I’d like to think I have another 10 or 15 good ones climbing ridges and sitting in trees from daylight to dark, but I’ll be lucky if I get that many. (Although I’m training hard for a Bridger-Teton elk hunt this fall which is why I’m spending time here studying up.) If...
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    Sous vide

    I sear with a propane torch. It’s fast. It’s clean. It doesn’t screw up my cast iron. And who doesn’t like playing with a torch?
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    What gear was a pleasant surprise?

    This is a useful thread. I will second prAna Zion stretch pants. The first pair I purchased set me back $90. They are something like $58 on Amazon right now. They are light, tough, stay clean and best of all extremely comfortable. I will second (third, etc) AGC Cub binocular harness. I had...
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    Best lightweight chair for blinds

    Helinox has been coming up on Camofire (I don’t have an opinion on them) a couple times a week. Don’t remember the price, but I remember thinking it was pretty good compared to what I paid. I really like the Helinox (the larger one) because it’s light and packs up small. One lives in the junk...
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    Rattlesnakes in October in Wyoming

    One of my close encounters was in October on a fairly cool day while walking the Custer battlefield. The little so and so was right in the middle of the path through the rifle pits up on Weir Ridge. When it gets cooler they are less active and less likely to get out of your waybefore you get...
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    WY Results

    Here is my first post. I turned 65 in January and I haven’t hunted elk in going on 40 years. (I am a dedicated eastern whitetail hunter, and I hunted elk only a few times back in the late 70’s and early ‘80’s, then got busy with a career and gave it up.)I was talking with my old college...
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