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  1. Holmes

    Best snowshoes

    There’s a Norwegian company that makes them for BD, name escapes me right now. Also, Altai makes a good strap binding
  2. Holmes

    Best snowshoes

    I specifically address those skis in my article too
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    Bird hunting on skis

    We hunt terrain with features like that. I’m assuming you mean with a lot more snow though. I’d feel comfortable hunting in features like that if there were several feet of snow. Full width/length climbing skins can go up ~20deg (36% grade) pretty easily. Steeper than that and it’s usually...
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    Best snowshoes

    I don’t use poles, I have a shotgun in my hand at all times. Ive used snowshoes and skis to do all of the things you mention I’ll choose skis every time. A big point of the article I wrote is that most people have experience with the wrong kind of skis. I propose a solution that works better...
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    Bird hunting on skis

    A picture of my ski quiver might help From left to right -> Black Diamond Glidelite Trekkers (supposedly good for hunting, not in my opinion) ** Two pairs of custom assembled hunting skis: wide, short, stiff, with tech-pin style bindings ** Lightweight mountaineering skis Lightweight alpine...
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    Best snowshoes

    one of the reasons I prefer skis is the ability to sidehill across very steep terrain, can't do that on snowshoes.
  7. Holmes

    Bird hunting on skis

    Nope, we sound similar. I need poles on normal xc gear. These skis are wider, and more stable, than my boots. Using a xc skis (sub 60mm waist) in deep snow sounds really difficult, you must be fit!
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    Bird hunting on skis

    We've taken out a few never-evers before. They all did great, full days of hunting in the backcountry. The main thing we learned is that those integrated-skin-ski products (Altai Hok, Black Diamond Glidelite) are not up to actual hunting terrain. We had them as loaners for newbies and it was...
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    Bird hunting on skis

    If you mean like doing turns downhill at a resort, they'd be pretty terrible. The skis I use to hunt are resort skis for 80-110 females. I never take the climbing skins off them while hunting.
  10. Holmes

    Bird hunting on skis

    It'd be a short hunting season in AK is we didn't use skis. Enjoy your sofa.
  11. Holmes

    Best snowshoes

    My opinion? Snowshoes are slow heavy torture devices. Every hunter that I've ever let use my skis has given up on snowshoes.
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    Bird hunting on skis

    When we bring out new skiers they often need one or two poles, but that goes away pretty quickly. One of the benefits of the ski setups we use is no poles are needed. We carry our shotguns like we would on any other hunting day. (note in the top photo, 6 pairs of skis, only 3 poles for the...
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    Bird hunting on skis

    I've owned the skis I see in his Youtube video. I find them pretty terrible for hunting. Those skis are meant for traveling long(er) distances at faster than walking pace. They're for exercise. Also note, the skis are so narrow and his bindings so flimsy that he needs poles to balance. A...
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    Bird hunting on skis

    seriously, I feel so bad for people on snowshoes. Like, what did they do to deserve that?!
  15. Holmes

    Bird hunting on skis

    If anyone is curious about building a hunting specific backcountry ski setup I wrote an article about my experience for Project Upland. This is specifically for people looking to put together a custom kit that outperforms snowshoes in steep and brushy upland terrain. You find the article here...
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    2022 Bird Season(s) Pics

    snow is deep enough now that we're hunting on skis, my favorite way to travel. The boy checking back in to see if we can keep up:
  17. Holmes

    Kuiu’s rifle cover is a copycat design

    Everything is a Remix (and, if you have more than 9 minutes -> here's way more)
  18. Holmes

    Food for back country hunting

    I turn some game meat into 20-30lbs of "meat sticks" at my local processor. That lasts me a full year until the next batch. They're preserved enough to not go bad on a 1 week backpacking trip, but otherwise need to be kept frozen. I put a few 1lb bricks in my fridge so I can always grab a...
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    Let’s see your bird vests.

    I had a Badlands vest. I wore it out in a single season, went right through the fabric in the pockets and the belt from pushing through brush. I bought a Q5 Centerfire. I've been pretty happy with it, it's very modular. I wish the backpack attachment wasn't so "little school girl" cute. I...
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    Lack of love for waterfowlers

    * I think * it pushed south-bound birds that might usually take a more westerly route onto a more easterly route, much further inland vs near the coast. Also, I think it pushed the birds in a tighter concentration than might be normal. We had weeks of strong southerly winds leading up to that...

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