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    Scope Leveling; Instruction that ran counter to everything I thought I knew

    The scope has to be level to the ground. Imagine holding the rifle upside down. Now your elevation is flipped up/down. Now imagine turning your scope around and mounting it on the action screws. Now it's normal way up/down again. If you Now dial 1mil down the POI shifts 1mil down.
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    Scope Leveling; Instruction that ran counter to everything I thought I knew

    Yeah that's of course correct -- my comfortable offhand shot with a pack on is different versus prone versus offhand no pack vs seated with heavy layering... but I think for most of these I'd not take a long shot anyway so maybe it doesn't matter because I am not messing with major windage or...
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    Scope Leveling; Instruction that ran counter to everything I thought I knew

    I do no long range shooting but doesn't that make sense? The point of leveling is that your elevation and windage are perpendicular to each other. In the extreme failure case of scope being at 90 degree angle, if you wanted to achieve a 1mil drop compensation you'd have to use 1mil windage L or...
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    Best budget coolers

    If you ever want to do a science experiment for the greater good I'd love to see how long 60 qts of ice stay frozen in each of these. If you want to do it twice you could even precool both first and then give it a try. My guess is the difference would be measurable and likely bigger with...
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    Best budget coolers

    Second on igloo or even Coleman basic ones off Costco or similar. I have done 5+ day car camping trips with a basic Coleman "marine" 120qt where I'd fill the cooler 2/rds food (all precooled!) 1/3rd freezer gel packs and everything leftover was still perfectly cold when I got home (admittedly...
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    Hunting outerwear vs ski wear

    Insulated leather work gloves would probably work for mild weather, for really cold I'd expect ski specific gear to win -- it's pretty different handling poles and needing to deal with a lift etc than glassing. But I don't own any glassing gloves either so I wouldn't know. Re the down jacket...
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    Hunting outerwear vs ski wear

    Oh yeah to add to this: in not too cold northern Idaho and Washington, I did Kiln or furnace base + not very insulated ski pants for bottoms, for tops I did kuiu 140 base + kiln or furnace mid + down for mornings. I run hot when skiing and hate being sweaty so other people may want to add...
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    Hunting outerwear vs ski wear

    I switched over from standard active wear to wearing Kuiu and first lite base and mid layers and it massively improved my ski enjoyment. Less sweaty, less cold, better temp regulation, i don't smell terrible. So definitely reuse any (wool) base and mids. Depending on how good the fit of your...
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    Mono Wound Channels vs Match Bullets

    Ok unpredictable was the wrong choice of words, I admit. Let's say unintended and certainly more meat loss than I wanted or would have predicted.
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    Mono Wound Channels vs Match Bullets

    Sometimes mono's can do unpredictable things. This is the front shoulder of a large bull elk and i already cut some pieces of destroyed meat off. The 139 gr lrx (500 yard shot) entered the bone, turned it into a grenade that destroyed 50% of everything above the shank, and then went into the...
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    My gear/pack layout from base layers to binos

    I did a side by side comparison of kuiu merino blend socks, mongulai 100% camel socks, and darn tough hiking merino socks -- one day for each (usually I'd not change socks 3x on a 3 day trip but this was for science!). I repeated this on two different 3 day trips but conditions happened to be...
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    Wifes new 6.5 Creedmore mule deer rifle ammo choice?

    My LRX out of a 6.5cm went thru scapula, a rib bone behind it, another rib bone on the other side, travelling approx 45 degree angle, and lodging at the back of the femur that it almost separated in halves on a blacktail last year. This was at approx 75 yards but still, do not worry about...
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    What age do the kids start carrying packs?

    My kids go to an outdoor preschool and walk several miles there every day -- some of it with a small pack. This one: REI 18 Flash. It will be too small for a 10 year old (mine are now 4 and 5, but did this at age 3). It has water, snack, and rain gear and an extra set of clothes in it. They...
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    2024 OFFICIAL ELK MEAT POLE

    My first elk hunt and had the incredible luck to draw the Monroe in Utah for it. Had a fantastic time with Russ and Jake from Utah Premier Outfitters there. After an unfortunate bump and then missed shots on a huge bull on opening day, we managed to sneak to 500 yards from this guy on the third...
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    2024 Best Elk Hunt Photo Contest, sponsored by Kifaru

    Utah Monroe unit, 10/07, my first elk, 500 yard shot and first round dropped him before he could run into an unpleasant draw. Didnt die much more than 2 miles from truck but still much more fun to pack out on horses!
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    Drew Utah-Monroe October Rifle -- guide or DIY as first timer?

    Thank you! 23 1/2 inches each!
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    Drew Utah-Monroe October Rifle -- guide or DIY as first timer?

    Quick update as I am driving home -- UPO and Russ Nielsen were amazing to hunt with and the Monroe is an unreal unit. So sad that I will likely never get to hunt there again. It was terrible weather (for hunting-- 85F+) and yet we glassed up and made stalks on humongous bulls. Russ and his...
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    FNG from Olympic Peninsula

    Welcome from neighboring Kitsap
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    Boots - are we doing it wrong

    AHaha yes heavy boots not good for rock climbing. But its kinda funny -- if you want to get to the peak of rock climbing technical mountains usually there is extended mountain ascent hiking over perhaps very bad terrain. What do people wear for that? Hard boots for scree fields and tough rocky...
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    Boots - are we doing it wrong

    Agreed that with side hilling exhaustion plays out different. maybe really intense side hilling counts as technical terrain for point 3 ? I agree the categories are fluid. I also, somehow, never have to do muvh side hilling so it didnt loom large in my recap here

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