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    Shelter setup recommendation.

    You are good with 9X9. I use 8.5X8.5 and find it more than sufficient. No concern for wolves and practice clean camping in Grizzly country as tarp vs tent does not matter in that regard. I have had cowboy camping conditions most nights. There were some nights with persistent light rain but I...
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    Budget pants for Idaho elk hunt

    I use the Union Bay pants also but have the Prana Zions and Kuhl in my quiver. All or good for Eastern Idaho but the UB does it much cheaper. Corrugates unnecessary as you probably will not be busting through thorny vines
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    Glassing pad

    I borrow this from my regular backpacking kit https://www.gossamergear.com/collections/shelters-sleeping-pads/products/air-flow-sitlight-camp-seat
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    Who bivies in the rain?

    Tried it like 25 years ago. A waterproof bivy collects too much condensation at temperatures which rain would be present. UL bivy (non-waterproof) and tarp is a better setup.
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    Another FNG from N. TX

    This year mainly from Ray Roberts. About to start on the summer pattern
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    WTS SJK Bounty 2.0 pack like new

    Sold
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    WTS SJK Bounty 2.0 pack like new

    bumping
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    Tarptent Stratospire 1

    I have always used it full. It should be good with 1 or both vestibules pulled in. I only run the fly also when I use this shelter.
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    Tarptent Stratospire 1

    I have one as my backup shelter now (stays in the truck usually). It was my primary when I carried more stuff and thought everything needed to be in a vestibule. The good thing is that the vestibules are large, the bad thing is large vestibules take up a larger footprint. You will not be...
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    Tarp vs tarp and bivy

    If you have a handle on the forecast you can get away with the lightweight bivy and leave the tarp packed many nights. It keeps your pad in one place and adds a few degrees of warmth to your quilt/bag.
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    WTS SJK Bounty 2.0 pack like new

    Bought for last season but decided to hunt from base camp each day so I used by day hunting pack (MR Mule). This pack has not been used except to try it out by walking a few miles with a load of sand bags twice to try out fit and comfort. This pack carries 80L, the bag floats for load hauling...
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    Re-thinking my layering system for early fall

    I am not much at stopping and glassing. I use the Corrugate extensively in while bushwacking in Texas (some of us really do this) as it is the only piece I own that will hold up to the thorny vines without causing me to overheat. That being said, in the mountains in September most all of my...
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    Idaho Senate hands defeat to ATV hunters

    So true - proving I am still a fng
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    Re-thinking my layering system for early fall

    For late September hunts in semi-arid ranges hunting between 7k and 9k feet expect temperatures from low 20s to low 70s sometimes in the same day Before I carried a light merino base layer. mid -weight wool mid layer and puffy which I never seemed to use by accident last year I put a thin rei...
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    Sleeping pad...value buy and warm

    Lots of affordable, quality, warm sleeping pads available. It gets tricky when you add "light weight" to the equation. Go to the website of everyone's favorite outdoor retailer. Set to filter on r-value 4 to r-value 6. Sort list by price from low to high. You will find that there are some...
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    Idaho Senate hands defeat to ATV hunters

    Wonderful news, the units I have hunted only allow ATV on roads for full-sized vehicles. Old ATV trails have mostly been blocked and signed. There seems to be good compliance where I hunt.
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    Where do you camp?

    I will take a shelf on the reverse slope of a ridge if there is one available.
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    What's in your bino harness

    In the Vortex Glaspack harness I carry my on-x loaded phone in the back pouch. Sometimes I carry a wind checker in one of the other pouches. I hunt archery season only so I usually carry 8X42 binos.
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    Dyneema Flat Tarps

    Good luck with the HMG, I just went through the same decision process. Each of the materials were a compromise this is the way I understood it DCF Pros Strength to weight, Light weight Least water retention Least Stretch Cons Expensive less abrasion resistance...
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    Poncho Tarp

    Your accounts are re-assuring. I will test the poncho in the next couple of weeks as it is lighter than my rain gear. It might even make it as my shelter as I see myself cowboy camping most nights. I will be trying out an 8.5 X 8.5 tarp as a shelter option also. Climate does not call for a...

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