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  1. Gunnersdad49

    Self pep talks

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    We are under attack!

    I've had this one here three times in the last three days. Chrome browser on a windows desktop.
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    This turned out much different than he planned

    In my time on a SAR team we rescued a LOT of dogs. People would leave their St. Bernard or Great Dane or something in their apartment all week, then try to hit a 5 mile trail with a couple thousand feet of elevation with the pooch for the weekend. The dogs were so out of shape, they crapped...
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    Do you need a bolt that locks when the safety is on?

    The contender is a single shot break action, maybe a Compass or Venture?
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    Do you need a bolt that locks when the safety is on?

    I dispise the 3 position safety. I can’t justify it, I just hate it. I hunt mainly with REM 700 or Weatherby style rifles, and usually have a round in the chamber the entire time I’m away from camp. Never once in over 30 years of hunting have I had a bolt come open accidentally. I’ve hunted...
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    Kifaru slick bag?

    I have had 2 slick bags. One was stolen and I bought another because I love the design and roominess. I stuff my puffy and other clothes into the foot box. My 20 degree bag definitely benefited from a Woobie in addition to it when we got in the teens and low twenties. For COLD kind of cold, I...
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    Africa Recommendations

    It was on mine too. I really enjoyed the experience, and justified it similarly; I couldn't do a guided elk hunt in my home state for less than 4 animals I never get to encounter on the other side of the globe. Watching the warthogs and monkeys and everything else was pretty amazing. I really...
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    Africa Recommendations

    Roundtrip flights from Denver to Johannesburg were about $1600 per person. We flew coach, but the booze is free on Delta international flights, so we managed. The hunts all varied, my buddy shot a cape buffalo, and we did a 5 day dedicated hunt for that. His hunt was about $10k plus tips and...
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    Africa Recommendations

    I had mine done in Africa. My reasoning was that they see thousands of these animals, while a US taxidermist might see a couple a year. That and the cost was about half of what a US taxidermist charges. With shipping, I think the mounts there vs here and the larger shipping crates for finished...
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    Decision is IN!! Shoulder Mount or Euro Mount?

    I vote Euro because it is pretty heavy but narrow. The full head and ears will make it look smaller than a Euro, and not show the mass as well. And, if I know anything about you CNelk, you'll have her on a bigger one next year.
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    2022 MULE DEER MEAT POLE

    Hunting buddies bailed. Solo hunt, passed on 4younger bucks before this one.
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    Upland shotguns

    One of my favorite things about hunting with an over and under is the safety factor of knowing that a gun is unloaded/unable to fire. I've been hunting with a lot of folks that use pumps or semi autos and they piss and moan about unloading the two shells from their magazine to jump in the truck...
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    how many trips?

    If you are a one trip kind of guy, shoot a little deer. Problem solved! I've done deer packing about every way you can think. I've quartered them, I've halved them, and I even once tried strapping the front half of a mule deer buck to my pack to drag the rear half. That last one was stupid...
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    Upland shotguns

    CZs are great for the money. I went with a Ruger Red Label because I like the look, but it is super heavy compared to a Browning Citori or something.
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    Christensen Arms Ridgeline Reviews

    I like mine in .28 Nosler, and it is a great shooter. It is long, and I am planning on a larger bolt knob, but overall, it’s a keeper. I did notice that it took me a bit more to get stable with it from an improvised field position on my mulie this year than a normal steel barrel. I just need...
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    BOAL IS HOME

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    Anyone seeing Mule Deer Rut yet?

    Rutting good in Northwest Colorado. Watched bucks acting like teenaged boys this weekend. Does were grouped up and there were one to four bucks dogging every group. Bucks were out during the middle of the day, noses up the tails of the does.
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    New Puppy Name

    With curly haired dogs like that, I'd be tempted to name her after any one of the characters on the TV show Golden Girls.
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    FirstLite - is it truly quiet?

    My hunting buddy calls my corrugate guide foundry pants my “loud pants”. The merino stuff is quiet though
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    InReach SOS use summary

    I found an interesting article about the first 10,000 SOS uses from the Garmin InReach. It looks like hunters aren’t the only ones hitting the help button. https://bikepacking.com/news/garmin-sos-data/

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