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    2021 - Who Got Their First Elk?

    First elk hunt went well:
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    Packs in the rain

    Yup. And choose as many layers of protection as the trip and weather warrant. I’ve had good luck with a rain cover, dry bag compression sack for sleeping bag, then 50ish liter sil-nylon dry bag to line the rest of the pack. Or a contractor grade garbage bag.
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    Tract Toric 30mm reviews

    Been very happy with mine. It’s going to live on a Tikka 6.5 CM barreled action for next season, but I have it setup with a 20 MOA rail and ARC M10 rings. Easier for me to get proper eye relief that way…with a DNZ mount I have struggled to get the ocular far enough back on prior gun builds...
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    Tract Optics Toric 30MM 4-20X50 FFP MOA PRS

    Thanks for the write-up! I have had a Toric 4-20x50 in the regular MRAD crosshair reticle for over a year. Very impressed with its build quality and performance. If they could knock about 8 oz off the weight I would love it more, but looking around at truly comparable scopes it’s about par for...
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    FNG from north central WA

    Hello Rokslide, my name is David. Living in north central Washington. New backcountry hunter (this was my second season), but long time avid backcountry traveler. I spent my late teens through twenties backpacking and alpine climbing throughout WA and the mountain west. I was sort of phasing...
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    The 200,000 Mile Debate

    Have had this debate with myself a lot over the last year as I go back and forth between wanting to trade in and buy new, wait until used market dies down, or hold what I’ve got. One thing that concerns me with modern cost-of-ownership marketing and high-turnover ownership mentality: companies...

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