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  1. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    3 blade broadhead recommendations

    You made me real curious, so I did a push test through some leather I had lying around... Iron Will Wide vs a VPA 1 1/4" with a slightly chiseled tip, vs a hand sharpened QAD Straight out of my quiver. 1st off, the Iron Will is stupid easy to push through leather, way easier than the QAD...
  2. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Old School Kifaru Bags

    Been rocking a Reckoning and Guide lid for 8 years now. It does everything I want.
  3. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    3 blade broadhead recommendations

    Could be the 1/8" difference in cutting diameter as well...
  4. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Should I change center serving one week before season?

    Yep. It's easy to redo serving. Take a sharpie and mark the top/bottom ends and you can match the total length of serving pretty easily. Levi Morgan has a video on interlocking wraps to keep the serving from slipping again like that.
  5. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    3 blade broadhead recommendations

    I stopped buying the blade angle argument after listening to Snyder and Lusk talk penetration being correlated to friction, not angle of attack. Basically short blades have less friction in any medium because there's less surface area. I believe @Bill V of Iron Will saw similar results in his...
  6. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Snacks

    Muscles use carbs for fuel. Body builders need carbs to go with their protein or they don't gain muscle, and any endurance athlete is using carbs to get them through their event. Snacks in the mountains need to have quickly accessible sugars via carbs or you bonk out... I get plenty of protein...
  7. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Snacks

    I have to fatten up before backpack hunts cause I can't get enough calories inme to avoid weight loss... eating at home vs in the mountains is two different things. That said, for backpacking I like sausage sticks, trail mix, lara bars, and fritos for my daytime snacking.
  8. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Broadhead selection for a short draw female archer

    With a 400 gr arrow, and those specs, she'll still be shooting a faster arrow than many trad hunters. You can definitely use a 1 1/8" to 1 1/4" cut head. I much prefer the Magnus Black Hornet to the Stinger, due to a stronger ferrule design. VPA 3 blades would probably do well if you can get...
  9. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Lightning safety while hunting

    I try not to camp on top, as much as I can help it... but sometimes you gotta camp pretty high. Definitely have just sat in the tent and prayed till the storm passed a couple times.
  10. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    3 blade broadhead recommendations

    I'm testing the QAD exodus with my longbow this season. 500 gr arrows moving around 180fps. Took the chisel tips and honed them and blades to stupid sharp levels in 5 minutes with a diamond stone and strop.
  11. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Putting Freeze Dried Meals in Ziplocs?

    I should have clarified a bit. I'm all for swapping from mylar to ziplocs. They pack way smaller. I just don't think the water waste to cook in your pot is that big if you plan that rinse water as part of your daily consumption.
  12. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    I Pushed SOS and Got Rescued: Lessons Learned

    Dang! Glad you're okay! That is exactly why we carry those devices. I remember a couple very scary times in the mountains when we didn't have an SOS option, and it's not fun. First time that happened I was 14 and had to help my dad hobble/get carried out of the mountains with severe altitude...
  13. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Putting Freeze Dried Meals in Ziplocs?

    If the water is in short enough supply I can't make coffee, I'm hunting elsewhere! How the heck are you supposed to hunt effectively if you're chronically dehydrated anyways? But in the spirit of water conservation, I generally drink the rinse water with all the leftovers of my meal before I go...
  14. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Putting Freeze Dried Meals in Ziplocs?

    I don't get the big deal about rehydrating in the bag. I just use the titanium pot I boiled the water in... It's also what I drink my coffee out of in the mornings. Give 'er a little rinse before bed, and that rolling boil will clean the rest out come morning!
  15. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Books to read while hunting

    I've never cracked a book, audio or otherwise, while in the mountains. I could see it being nice in the late season when nights are long though!
  16. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Learn the frontal if you want to kill elk

    If you have the juice... erring on the spine side of this shot is probably better. I was looking at the 3/4 line myself.
  17. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Deer Hunting in Colorado GMU 391 / Salvaging Archery Season

    Welcome to Rokslide. The forum rules don't allow naming units. All that said, I think you oughta just give it hell. Don't worry about buying onto land... OnX all the public lands available and stay mobile to avoid hunting pressure and find some critters. Door knock too, if you find something to...
  18. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Why do we buy soft shells?

    I love those older soft fleece's as well! I wish I could find one thatfits like the Kuiu fleece's do. Those are great too, but not quite as quiet.
  19. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Mauled by a brown bear and shoots himself

    So... the moral of this story is guns are still racking up wins in the bear defence game. Glad he's alright.
  20. Trumpkin The Dwarf

    Talk me out of a NeoAir XTherm NXT

    I can't talk you out of one. I love my Xtherm.

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