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    Chamber vac bag recommendations

    I use 4 mm bags for everything. They tend to not get punctured as easily as the 3 mm when things get moved around in the freezer, or there is something sharp like a bone in what your packaging. The 4mm keep the product top quality for a long time although I cannot say they are better than...
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    Favorite Knife Sharpeners for Field and Home

    I like a standard Worksharp belt sharpener that I use at home and take with me hunting to use off the trucks electrical system. It works the best for me as I am a not good at holding a consistent angle and sharpening without a guide. Elk hunting I get two knives hair shaving sharp and don't...
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    McCall Idaho OTC Elk

    I hunted NW of New Meadows off the Smokey Boulder road during the 1990's and it was excellent but getting progressively more crowded. Went again this year and it was terribly crowded with hunters who gave no respect to each other. Still a lot of elk, but you need to adjust your strategy to...
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    Looking for better blood trails

    My experience is consistent with what Beendare observed " The COC heads go through them effortlessly....many animals don't know they were hit. Contrast that to some of he short chisel or mech heads where you hear a clear "Kerplunk" sound when they hit....that gets those animals moving like...
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    Lightweight mountain rifle

    I got a lightweight stainless Tikka 270 WSM. The perfect mountain rifle in my opinion with no modifications. Each year when I site in it takes me two shots to verify it hits exactly where it did the year before. Absolutely nothing wrong with plastic if you want a rifle that holds a zero, is...
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    What are the best vacuum sealers for the money?

    For my VP 215 I buy bags in orders of 1000 from a restaurants supply store. The two sizes that we use most are 8 X 10 inches 4 mil that cost $ 60 and 10 X 12 inches 4 mil that cost about $ 80 for a thousand. Vacuum Sealer Bags in Bulk: Chamber, Rolls, & More (webstaurantstore.com)
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    Vaccine?

    I see two sides to input from medical professionals. First, they know more on average so they should be listened to. On the other side, they make a living and profit from all things medical so they will advise at least in part based on self interest which may not always be the interest of the...
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    Vaccine?

    I will get it ASAP. At 67 years old with in-laws in their 80 and 90s, I have greatly limited social contact since this started. I generally believe the science saying the vaccine is 95 % effective with tolerable side effects. After the vaccine, I will go back to normal life, at least that...
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    What are the best vacuum sealers for the money?

    Another vote for the VP 215 (or a comparable chamber sealer). We do lots of elk and deer as well as halibut, tuna, salmon etc.. I use 4 mil bags which do not puncture easily and are cheap. The quality of my frozen product is far better than I could ever get with a suction style sealer or by...
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    Whats your shortest kill to date?

    Twice, when bugling elk with steady downhill thermals a raghorn bull comes in walking down the same trail I had been walking up and am now standing in at full draw. Because I am blocking the trail, the bulls stop at about 3 feet in front of me giving me an almost point blank frontal shot...
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    Who shoots Mathews out west ?

    I live in Oregon and also hunt Idaho and Montana mostly for elk. I see lots of Mathews when out and about, probably the most common brand in the elk woods. I have had a Mathews Q2 XL, a DXT and now a Triax. All have been great bows that shoot smooth and fast enough. Most of my elk are from...
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    Tikka T3X Lite

    I have the Tikka in 270 WSM. I love the gun. Groups under a MOA with factory ammo. I use a limbsaver recoil pad when target shooting and recoil is very tolerable. When hunting elk and deer, I take the recoil pad off and never notice the recoil. I also have a 270 in a Remington 700 which...
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    Oregon’s change to controlled archery deer

    First, I am talking about deer, not elk. You changed the subject because your point of inequity does not make sense with deer. Rifle hunters get a substantially bigger cut of the pie on a per hunter basis, yet they still think they are being treated unfairly??? That wrong, and I am a guy...
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    Group Archery Tactics

    I would divide the landscape into different areas and then let each hunter or pair of hunters have an area which is theirs to hunt until they give it up. The approach is to cover ground broadly until you find good sign, and then at a later date when everything is right, come back to those areas...
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    Oregon’s change to controlled archery deer

    I looked at the stats and it seemed archery deer success is something like 15 % while rifle deer tag success overall is about 25 %. Rifle hunters can also hunt every year in eastern Oregon as many units are undersubscribed. Overall per year statewide it looked like archers took about 4 or 5...
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    Oregon’s change to controlled archery deer

    I have hunted eastern Oregon archery for decades. Some areas are crowded while other areas have few hunters. It varies from year to year. If the area I am in has excessive hunters I move to an area with fewer hunters. Simple and effective. I have never been unable to get away from the...
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    Oregon’s change to controlled archery deer

    This is a move to increase and tighten government control. Oregon is a big government state. Archers in Oregon have low success on deer, much less than rifle hunters. It is not a biological issue. This will be bad for hunters period. The sad part of this is the government in Oregon...
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    What Broadhead Did You Use In 2020?

    Magnus stinger 125 gr two blade
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    Maccall idaho

    I hunted unit 23 just west of McCall during the archery season for about a week. Very disappointing. Lots of people, spooky elk with no room to bugle, and grouchy, inconsiderate people both nonresidents and Idahoans. I cut my Idaho stay short and returned to Oregon where I had better hunting...
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    Leaving elk quarters overnight

    I pack a wallet sized silver mylar blanket that I hang/drape over the quarters if i leave it overnight. The silver sheet blows and makes noise in the slightest breeze, is totally unnatural and looks big, plus only costs a couple bucks and has other uses.

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