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  1. BRobertson

    Delorme InReach vs Garmin InReach

    I am going thru the same thought process!! I would like to have something for use by spring bear season. I plan to do as much hunting then as possible because I will have our daughter here to stay with the wife ( first stages of alzheimer's). I will probably be hunting alone, so in order to...
  2. BRobertson

    Spotting Scope Recommendations: Something better than Vortex Razor

    I just called and talked with Neil at Camera Land, pleasant fellow. I have wavered between the Kowa 883 and the Swaro ATX for a while now. I quit making optics decisions based on costs approx. 45 years ago, when I got my first set of German binocs.(8x30 Zeiss). I always made the sacrifice in...
  3. BRobertson

    New hunting knife recommendations

    Benchmade HUNT series , S30v steel
  4. BRobertson

    Not " New", but gone for a while!!

    Hi, Thanks much for the thoughts!! I look forward to catching up !! Bob
  5. BRobertson

    Not " New", but gone for a while!!

    Hi Steve, Thanks for the note!! I very much look forward to getting together for coffee, lunch, dinner, any of the above!! Bob
  6. BRobertson

    Not " New", but gone for a while!!

    Hi Folks, A few on here might have noticed that I have been MIA, maybe not?? My last activity on here was before my bear trip to Kodiak this time last year!!(Hard to believe a year is gone!!) The trip was interesting, but unsuccessful as far as bears are concerned. The valley that my permit...
  7. BRobertson

    10 day solo Kodiak goat hunt

    Outstanding Greg!!! I hope you did not get all the good weather available on Kodiak for the month!! I leave next week for my trip!1 bob
  8. BRobertson

    8 or 10's

    I am 65yrs I used 8x30 Zeiss until 3 years ago. I got them in 1979. I now use 10x42 Zeiss HT. I still have the 8x30s and will always have them . They were upgraded by Zeiss with new lenses last year. They are still outstanding. My newer 10x42 HTs are in a class of their own. When I got them ...
  9. BRobertson

    Montana Grizzly Mauling. Badass Dude Videos Injuries.

    I have said several times on this site, and several others that if a person is willing to count on bear spray for their primary protection from an aggressive bear, then they are an example (or maybe I should say they might become an example ) of natural selection
  10. BRobertson

    8x42 , which brand is the best in a 8x42

    Zeiss HT if you want the BEST for hunting, low light-early morning-late evening Bob
  11. BRobertson

    Bear Hides

    I just have them tanned. You can hang them, use as furniture throws, etc,.
  12. BRobertson

    Hoffman packs?

    They are very well made, and more reasonably priced than other brands of shoepacs !! I asked them if they would make some uninsulated style and they are considering it. Bob
  13. BRobertson

    Moving to Alaska!

    Greg is correct, the Alcan is usually better to drive in the winter!! Road is smoother, and I actually see more wildlife in the winter!! Also no frigging 5th wheel campers!!!! I hate tourists pulling trailers!! Bob
  14. BRobertson

    Synthetic Bags

    This!! Highly recommended for our wet weather! Bob
  15. BRobertson

    Hilleberg and gear vs Bear.

    Yes, it does make you wonder!? Years ago, before the Parks Hwy was built, there was an unofficial dump just on the outside of the Park. Some idiot had dumped some old truck batteries. A Trooper friend of mine found where a grizzly had chewed one open . Must have had a weird vitamin deficiency...
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    Hilleberg and gear vs Bear.

    I have seen several ( 7 that I can think of right now) aircraft that were chewed on by our brown bears in Alaska. a couple were so damaged that they were not flyable without major repair. The bears love tearing fabric off of tube and fabric planes. They are very good at smashing plexiglass...
  17. BRobertson

    Rain gear advice please

    Helly Hansen Impertech, relatively light weight . Also, Peter Storm, if you can find it!! I have also never experienced truly waterproof , breathable rain gear!! They need to test all raingear in Yakutat, on the North Gulf Coast . 200+ inches per year!! They need to use it in the field...
  18. BRobertson

    Favorite "Celebratory whisky"

    I received the same flask from my sweetie!! I did not get the nice Pendleton pouch!! That is a great touch!! Mine will be full of Lagavulin for my trip to Kodiak this Oct. for bear!! I hope to be able to enjoy it!! Bob
  19. BRobertson

    Washington State hunters please read:

    In the current condition that this country is in, it does not have to be legal, only Politically Correct!!!!!!
  20. BRobertson

    Washington State hunters please read:

    Same thing has been going on here in Alaska for decades!! I am disgusted whenever I hear "subsistence"!!! If it exists, it should be by traditional means!! No modern implements!! No rifles, no motored vehicles, outboard motors, etc!!!!!!!! The so called traditional whaling is a joke here...

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