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    SW Colorado Forage

    How many total days of hunting this month?
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    SW Colorado Forage

    Nice!
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    SW Colorado Forage

    I think they are called "catkins" -there is stage in young aspens where they produce some type of seeds/mast. They are not actually berries.
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    Hydration system for cold weather

    I'm not a fan of drinking from bladders so I use a water bottle when backpacking/hiking/hunting etc. Unless its artic out, I just place the bottle in my pack or similar at night. That being said, I do use a bladder for backcountry skiing because I don't end up drinking enough water using a...
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    Need New Gaiters

    Yeah, I'm leaning towards these now with the custom fit. Do you just add your measurements to the "notes" section when you place your order?
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    SW Colorado Forage

    To be clear: You killed a bear in oak at 8500 with no acorns around?
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    Bottom of feet burning

    The burning ya'll are experiencing is from your foot sliding around inside of the boot and creating friction. Either your boot is too long, too wide, or you have too much vertical volume or all 3. Either you are wearing the wrong sizing or the brand is not a good fit for your foot.
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    Truck Batteries

    I looked up Odyssey batteries for my 4runner. The 2 options through Oreilly are $402 and $466. Dang!
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    Need New Gaiters

    The website says they are $140 USD/ $180 CAD. When I add them to my cart with the US selected as the destination, they are $180 USD + $18 shipping. Its cool they are custom cut based on your measurements, but $198 for gaiters is tough to swallow.
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    Truck Batteries

    Yeah, I've read that Optimas have gone down hill since relocating manufacturing, though, they are still a better option than most other brands. The Yellow tops are running in the $300-$400 range these days so that's a tough pill to swallow. Of course, with modern vehicles having starters that...
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    Need New Gaiters

    I have a pair of Kuiu Chucaghs that are 10 years old and hanging on by a thread. They've been to the repair shop a half a dozen times over the years for strap replacements and patches, but I realistically should have replaced them 2-3 years ago. They are fully delaminated. Anyway, interested...
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    Nanny or Billy?

    Nanny Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Trekking Poles for Quick Stix

    Same. I've been using them since 2020 and I also using them in the winter for backcountry splitboarding/skiing. Great ratio of strength to weight.
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    Ouray County Colorado wolves?

    While I agree there is a difference, very few people in Colorado have actually seen a wolf before. and, for that matter, many people have never actually seen a coyote. If you asked your average Coloroadian to identify a wolf vs. coyote while in the wild, I don't image the state would pass the...
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    Bino harness tourniquet holder

    After some experimentation, I use a cordura molle pouch and attach it to my hip belt on most of my various packs. It does get some abrasion in that location, so I did find I need an actual pouch for it. I was trying to keep it in relatively the same location for hunting, hiking/peak bagging...
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    Ouray County Colorado wolves?

    I'd also think that if 2 wolves were hit by a vehicle on HWY 550, it would certainly be news. There are people who swear there are still grizzlies in the San Juans, too....
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    Ouray County Colorado wolves?

    It’s certainly plausible, however, coyotes are routinely found at 11k and higher. I’ve glassed a pack crossing a pass at over 13k and have heard numerous coyotes in the 11-12k elevation profile in the San Juans. So, I’d debunk the claim that they are “never” At that elevation. I’ll also add...
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    SW Colorado Forage

    Hit another big scrub oak area this morning at 7,000 feet. Whatever happened there, appeared to have happened 2 weeks ago. There was bear poop full of acorn husks everywhere, but it was definitely old. Managed to get my bear fat rendered down and have been eating the cracklings ever since.
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    SW Colorado Forage

    Went out with a buddy this morning to an area that is usually reliable for bears in an ocean of scrub oak. No acorns at all this year in the entire area. We did walk right up on a sow with a cub, though. She had been eating nothing but Aspen berries according to her piles of poop.
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    Hunter’s safety card

    There has to be a more reasonable way to handle this. Relying on people to have a paper card from a class they may have taken when they were 12 years old seems like a stretch given modern technology. If states are insistent upon hunters safety verification, then they need a shared database. The...
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