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    My sweat smelled like piss

    Wow! I have historically lost about a pound per day when hunting but did better this year. I simply forced myself to eat more and really upped the protein intake. When I had a rain day in camp I ate nonstop to up my calories. Only lost one pound per week this year. Never had my sweat stink...
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    Thermarest neoair xtherm

    My Big Agnes air core ultra with R value of 4.5 was too cold late September at 9-11,000 ft this year. I was zipping my sweatshirt up and sliding it over the upper half of the air mattress, sleeping with a base layer in a zero F down mummy and still getting too cold to sleep from the bottom...
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    Gluten free backpacking.

    I too feel your pain. Sams Choice 5 grain gluten free bread is the best I have found. Ronzoni pasta is honestly as good as the gluten pasta. Best frozen pizza comes from Aldi. My wife and I are also low carb and love it. My wife has some gut issues if she eats gluten, I stopped eating it...
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    Stick a fork in me - I’m done

    Feel your pain bro. Headed home after 3+ weeks in a CO draw unit. Saw roughly a dozen elk total, only one legal bull. Packed in for a total of 9 days 2-4 miles in, rest of the days we hunted on foot from camp. Hunting pressure was not bad in this draw unit. Very little bugling and very few bulls...
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    Need advice on bringing an ATV CO unit 19 191 3rd season

    Good luck! I leave for an 18 hour drive (central Missouri) to Telluride CO in 2 hours! Stay safe.
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    Need advice on bringing an ATV CO unit 19 191 3rd season

    I should have read your post more closely. The key to finding out where an ATV gives you additional access is the Motor Vehicle Use Map. If the MVUM shows trails only open to vehicles <50" wide, then you would have access with an ATV that you won't have with our 4 wheel drive truck. In the...
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    Need advice on bringing an ATV CO unit 19 191 3rd season

    stop by any game license retailer and get your OHV permit for the ATV. Will need the VIN, if I recall.
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    New from Missouri

    Welcome! I am in Columbia MO
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    Your elk goals 2022?

    No tag soup.........
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    Arrow setup for new recurve

    Trad bows cannot be adjusted to accomodate spine so it is very different. You must adjust the arrow. I always started with 2 or 3 different spine arrows of full length ( I shot wood with my recurve but it doesn't matter). Shoot them all through paper and any that are too stiff according to...
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    Broadhead tuning.

    Always move the bare shaft or broadhead to the fletched field point. Always get the up/down corrected before addressing right/left. So I'd start with dropping the rest or raising the nock point. The bare shaft is the truer indication of bow tune because there are no fletchings to "correct"...
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    Broadhead tuning

    I was 5-6" right at 50 yds with broadheads. Using a dual micrometer I moved the rest left 0.005 ( 5 one-thousandths) of an inch and they were hitting just like the field points. "Move the broadhead, or bare shaft, TO the field point" my bow technician says. It works. He also said ALWAYS correct...
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    Trekking poles a necessity?

    I just started using them this year and will definitely have them with me. The greatest chance of injury is tweaking a knee or ankle in the rough terrain elk occupy. But I am also setup to pack in for 3-5 days at a time and will use them bringing camp in and out, and if I pack out an animal...
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    fasted exercise

    I started doing both cardio and weights in a fasted state in the mornings - eating only between 11:00 AM and 8:00 PM. Been doing it since february and no loss of performance that I can tell. Being on a low carb diet my energy stays very stable the entire day - which I have come to enjoy. Tom...
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    AUGUST IRON WILL GIVEAWAY!

    SB125 - Elk
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    To Spotting Scope or Not to Spotting Scope?

    It also depends on where you are hunting. I have always hunted areas that were primarily dark timber with very few open areas to glass. I own a spotting scope and only used it once. I also am a meat hunter so if its legal I am going after it regardless. I haven't even taken the spotter...
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    How to Add Weight to Your Pack?

    I took sand from a leaking sand bag and put them in 1 gallon zip locks. Then took the legs out of an old pair of pants, sewed the bottom end shut, slipped in a sand bag, cut the pant leg to the right length and stitched the top closed. Repeat 3 times for each pant leg until I had 6 one gallon...
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    Broadheads Hitting to the Right. New Arrows? Arrow Build Help / Advice

    My 335 IBO bow at 64# , 28.5" draw length shooting 300 spine arrows threw broadheads 4" right at 40 yds. Moved the rest over 5 one-thousandths ,(0.005 ") , and it brought them right to the field point impact. I used a dial micrometer to measure the adjustment. I was shocked that small adjustment...
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    Rain pant that goes on over hunting boots?

    Ordered some Sitka Dewpoint pants from Cabelas. I have "points" so they were "free"! Thanks Roksliders.
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    Rain pant that goes on over hunting boots?

    Sorry, I feel like a dunce - I had not noticed that they were available with zippered legs. Thanks.

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