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    You guys like your cargo panel, or did you switch it out?

    Hunted this season with both mountain warrior pack bag and cargo panel. It depends on how much gear you are trying to carry - cold weather stand hunting where you will be carrying quite a bit of clothing vs minimal gear while still hunting. I liked the cargo panel with a guide lid for day...
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    UL Packable Spinning Rod Setup

    Fenwick Eagle GT 4 piece rod - 7' medium light action. Great for long casts and has enough backbone to handle any mountain lake fish. I carry it in a florescent light tube cut to length. The section above the reel seat has to go on the outside because of the large eye, but have never had any...
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    Older Swaro Spotting Scope

    Wondering if I would be giving up too much performance by purchasing an older (5-7 years) Swaro spotting scope? Unit is in good shape with some extras. Price is negotiable, but possibly still too much. I believe it is a STM 20x60x65. I would appreciate any feedback. Thanks.
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    oregon situation

    Another link with more people from the community stating that the BLM & other agencies were trying to push the Hammonds off their ranch. I guess we can't believe these folks either. They all must be lying. http://www.tsln.com/news/18837869-113/where-theres-smoke
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    oregon situation

    This link was posted earlier in a kifaru forum. If half of what is said in this story is true, this family has been getting railroaded by the our government. I don't think the Bundy clan had any business to do what they did, but these folks probably don't deserve the treatment they have...
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    Lowell Massachusetts version of gun control

    Unfortunately, if you choose to live in a state with total liberal control, you will be subject to increasingly restrictive gun control. Don't expect any reasonable relief from the courts because guess what - the judges are all liberal too. Every road leading into Mass. has a sign that says...
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    Ultralight Duplex for normal-shaped backs?

    I ran a new duplex frame with arrows this season. I packed about 7-8 animals and there were no issues. Best internal frame I've ever used. I still like my bullpac with a kifaru belt for multiple elk trips, but not for hunting. Most of the animals I packed were deer with bone in. I could get...
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    Your personal experience hunting Deer/Elk in wolf country

    In the places I hunt in Montana, there are fewer elk now and they are definitely not as vocal. Elk typically leave the drainage if wolves show up. We got some early season snow in 2014 in an area we hunt. We spent 10 days hunting hard every day. We never heard a single bugle in an area that we...
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    WOLVES..."Do You Realize Now What You Have Done?..."

    The wolf counts published in Montana are categorized as the minimum number of animals and packs. There are considerably more wolves than are being reported. I've seen the wolf pack map for Montana and it looks like somebody blasted the map with a shotgun there are so many icons on the map. The...
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    WOLVES..."Do You Realize Now What You Have Done?..."

    There are multiple sources that discuss the "Public participation" - this is one : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1526-100X.1997.09702.x/abstract We all know that unless the push back is sustained and to the max, the feds will do as they please. The important point here is...
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    WOLVES..."Do You Realize Now What You Have Done?..."

    One of the reasons they are not back east in places like the Adirondacks, Vermont, New Hampshire & Maine is there are not enough animals to feed them. The deer populations in the central Adirondacks are 1-2 deer per square mile. The coyotes have pretty much kept those populations low for...
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    You Guys Might Advise Me... .22 Custom

    There are a couple of major dealers that regularly sell on gun broker.com. You may want to see if they have anything close to what you are looking for. If so, no wait time. The price will be the same either way. One dealer is out of PA I think and the other out of Mich. They have guns listed...
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    WOLVES..."Do You Realize Now What You Have Done?..."

    Climate change - now there is a reason that the elk population around Yellowstone declined. Must be the climate changed right there as elk in many other parts of the state didn't dramatically decline. I would expect that as widespread as climate change is claimed to be, it should be having a...
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    Lightweight scope mounts

    It doesn't get any lighter than Talley. I have Talley rings/bases on several light-weight rifles and haven't had any issues. I have also used the DNZ's combo as well, but I don't think they are as light as the Talley. They are a high quality setup though. Don't be afraid of the Talley, but if...
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    WOLVES..."Do You Realize Now What You Have Done?..."

    It's pretty clear where the lines are drawn on this post - similar to the Obama gun control post. One of the issues of introducing wolves into the landscape is the parasites they bring with them. Here is one link - there are others if you don't like the source -...
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    Co wolf reintroduction - CPW

    Do whatever you can to not have wolves. It has changed the dynamics in Montana forever. In northwest Montana, it has ruined the elk hunting and even had drastic effects on the deer herds. We had a winter die-off 5-7 years ago and it has slowed the recovery of both elk and deer. We still don't...
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    Forbes Rifles out of business?

    Someone mentioned it in a recent thread. Sounds like they are relocating but may be more than that. There are still some rifles for sale on gun broker.
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    Side arm holster??

    Check these folks out - they have been great to work with and are building my holster in January. The are incorporating a safari land ELS connections system into one of their kydex/leather lined holsters. It will be molle for the pack belt and change to belt when the pack gets set down...
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    Utah drops the ball IMO

    If you look at the national average age of hunters and the fact that hunter numbers have been in decline, Fish & Game departments look at options to stay funded. I can still see open sights pretty well, but my eyesight has been declining for about 5 years and I'm in my early 50's. I wouldn't...
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    Mounting Quiver on Kifaru Tahr or other?

    Hunted for years with different versions of a cat quiver. When I started hunting with a backpack, I tried for several years to get a cat quiver to work with a backpack, including several varieties of Kifaru packs. I finally gave up and went back to a bow mounted quiver. You could definitely...

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