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    CO Mountain Lion Ballot Initiative: Continuous Updates

    If you follow this link you can see the map of the counties reporting in. It will surprise nobody. https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/122598/web.345435/#/detail/4010
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    CO Mountain Lion Ballot Initiative: Continuous Updates

    Yes, <5% reporting so far. These numbers don't matter at ALL yet.
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    CO Mountain Lion Ballot Initiative: Continuous Updates

    Some results are coming in but don't react just yet. It's only like 2 counties so far. We have a ways to go, folks.
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    Let’s talk carbon monoxide poisoning

    The installation manual for my CO detector says CO sinking is a myth: There’s a myth that carbon monoxide alarms should be installed lower on the wall because carbon monoxide is heavier than air. In fact, carbon monoxide is slightly lighter than air and diffuses evenly throughout the room...
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    What the closest face-to-face encounters you've had with animals while hunting?

    Mods, can you please close this thread to new posts? Marble has perfected it already. :)
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    What the closest face-to-face encounters you've had with animals while hunting?

    I can't remember if I posted this or not. I wish I had gotten a video of it - I thought I had pressed record, but had only hit the photo button and was so focused on the porcupine that I didn't notice. This one came straight up to me and sniffed around my pack sitting next to me for about 20...
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    Stirring the "oil vs loctite" pot

    You can have the best of both worlds. I use loctite on my optics mounting screws, but if you're really worried about corrosion a drop of WD-40 once that's cured will prevent the worst of it. For extreme environments, you could go with Cosmoline or a drop of nail polish. Acetone will take it...
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    Sharpening Knives in the Field

    If you really want to save weight, I weighed basically every sharpening option I could find and settled on the Smith's products. They have two options here that are great for use in the field. The CCKS is your typical draw-through, like most kitchen sharpeners. It's got a carbide "V" on one...
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    Rant - What happened to respect for other hunters???

    I mean... would I do exactly what he did? No. But was it public land? Yes? This might be an unpopular opinion but there's no "dibs" there. Getting there earlier doesn't grant more of a right to glass or hunt it. I've had plenty of hunters walk very close to where I was on their way to...
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    When do you need to take winter conditions seriously on mountain roads?

    There's a lot of good advice here so I won't repeat it. Let me just offer a Plan B. (I'm a guy that likes a Plan B, maybe even a C, D, E...) Bring an extra week's worth of water, food, stove fuel, and an extra gas can for your car. Bring extra blankets and a box full of hand warmers. Make sure...
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    Anybody get lucky and draw a NW corner of CO tag this past season?

    LOL mine was too, I just didn't do it as well. :)
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    CO Mountain Lion Ballot Initiative: Continuous Updates

    We've been told for too long by politicians, mass media, parents, churches, lobbyists, and grifters (some fit more than one category) that you have to be one thing or another. There is no "this platform is right, that platform is the enemy" - that's the biggest lie of our day. Facts >...
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    Anybody get lucky and draw a NW corner of CO tag this past season?

    Porn is much, much easier to find. It's something like 1/3 of all Internet traffic, depending on whose stats you believe. The real question is, do you consider insider info on GMUs to be pornographic?
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    Doubled-up in SEAK

    I mean, to be clear, my elk season is only 5 days long. If you're doing more than 4-5mi/day you're probably making so much noise or not glassing enough, and you're never going to see them. I can "hike" 20 miles in a day, but that's not the same as "hunting" the same territory. But the rest of...
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    3:1 Haul Ratio for hanging meat in the Backcountry

    I'm in the "never had a problem" category. It really helps if you buy the add-on bear tag - doing that greatly reduces your chances of seeing them. :p On a more serious note, a bear will take an easy meal if it can. We always hang our bags at least 50' from the carcass to be safe. That being...
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    Doubled-up in SEAK

    I'm going to regret asking, but on a scale of 1..10 how physically challenging would you rate one of these hunts? For reference, IMO, I'd call elk a 7. You have to be prepared for altitude and it's very common to have 1500-2000' climbs say from a base camp to a ridge or to get back out of a...
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    OnX Basic Now Totally Useless

    Yes. I'm grandfathered into an earlier version - prices have gone up like everywhere lately. They now have this thing called "Locoins" that you need to buy if you want the higher quality topos for offline use, but it's kind of a joke. It's $1.34/100 and that's good for 2-4 states (they vary a...
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    OnX Basic Now Totally Useless

    This year I finally discontinued my OnX sub. (I've been on Elite for about 4 years.) I use Caltopo (free, or $20/yr for a few extra features, nationwide) for topo, route planning, and public/private layers. I use Locus Pro ($4.99 lifetime) for my route tracking, saving POI's, hike stats, and...
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    New Hornady products 2025

    I'd appreciate them doing another run or two of their Precision Hunter ammo before they trot out new things. But that's just me.
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    What Factory 7MM08 Bullet for Elk?

    Midway. They're out of stock right now but if you put a "Watch" on their products you can get them a few times a year. Specialty hunting rounds like these and the Precision Hunter aren't made in mass quantities. The manufacturers usually run a batch through and the major distributors all get a...

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