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    Boots - are we doing it wrong

    Another aspect to this debate: it probably makes sense to differentiate: 1. injury prevention 2. foot and leg fatigue effects 3. technical features Across 1 and 3, I think there can be debate, for 2 it's a no brainer that a super lightweight boot would do better than a heavy one. Weight...
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    Boots - are we doing it wrong

    BTW in ski mountaineering they wear basically socks as shoes .. every pound of boot weight fatigues your legs as much as ten pounds of pack weight, or so they say. Skimo folks are crazy but they are carrying weight with speed as the highest imperative up a steep mountain... and they arent...
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    Best WA state big game compliant (0.24 / 6mm) caliber + rifle with factory ammo

    Thanks Jay! That does check out and matches what I had looked into. I already own exactly that tikka (with limbsaver!) in 7mm rem mag, so thats definitely the way i want to go.
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    Best WA state big game compliant (0.24 / 6mm) caliber + rifle with factory ammo

    I hope not redundant, didnt find it via search. I live in WA, realistically, most of my hunting days will be in WA, and I don't think I can afford the space and time (and also money) for setting up a handloading situation (3 little kids!). But I have been pretty convinced by what's routinely...
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    Washington High Buck

    Wow that guy has some wise and ancient look on him. I guess not wise enough for you! From lighting in the pics I'd guess this also wasnt very first or very last light either
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    Washington High Buck

    Can someone link whatever video was being burnt here :ROFLMAO: i feel i am missing out
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    Best budget processing setup for white in a home kitchen

    Yep fully agree -- you need to know what you and your family actually want to eat and then optimize for that. Didnt mean to imply people shouldnt buy a grinder or shouldnt go and grind a whole deer -- do what feeds your family! -- just wanted to emphasize that one first needs to think hard and...
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    Best budget processing setup for white in a home kitchen

    Oh another thing. Buy a book on butchery techniques to learn the cuts. I like Butchering Poultry, Rabbit, Lamb, Goat, and Pork: The Comprehensive Photographic Guide to Humane Slaughtering and Butchering by Adam Danforth. Goats/sheep are mostly comparable to deer in terms of cuts and what you can...
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    Best budget processing setup for white in a home kitchen

    Going to be the contrarian here. I have the #12 LEM and I think it's overkill unless you hunt a real ton of meat and your family mostly wants to eat ground -- be it sausages, burgers, snack sticks, or meat sauces. When I process a whole backtail buck, I get maybe 5-10lbs of ground. Everything...
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    Washington High Buck

    Maybe I should count my blessings -- ONP-side wildernesses are absolutely tiny (and I havent yet seen even sign of deer in them despite both hunting and camping in them lol) but at least I have them for myself ..
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    What shoes are worth it?

    Sounds like you need much more mininalist boots for your feet. id try some altra or vivo boots
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    Boots - are we doing it wrong

    I do love the pro boots argument along the lines of "people at this job would laugh at you if you were to show up with lightweight shoes". If the people in that profession *laugh* at the thought of trying something different, then by definition almost, they havent tried anything new. And without...
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    Boot recommendation for elk

    I think its a combination of getting used to it and where i hike. I have been wearing ultra minimalist (barefoot sole, zero drop etc) trail runners as my everyday shoe (office, normal walks, chores around the yard, short hikes, shopping etc) for years and the very beginning sure takes some...
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    Washington High Buck

    I made the standard beginner mistake suite of escouting only, no boots on the ground, followed by hiking way too fast way too deep -- but on trail -- into way too tough terrain versus just venturing more off trail. Didn't see anything mammalian bigger than a chipmunk but had an absolute blast...
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    Boot recommendation for elk

    I haven't worn mine for long enough but I have two positive sources re water proofness and durability: 1. Form on this forum likes them 2. My kids outdoor preschool (truly outdoor, no shelters, and in session every day of the school year in the rainy PNW) recommends the kids version and the...
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    Boot recommendation for elk

    I never wore boots for backpacking and am loath to use heavy boots now either. Vivo barefoot seem to be a great compromise especially if you are used to low or zero drop shoes. I bought Salomon gtx boots, about the lightest conventional hiking boots, and my feet are more tired after a 2mile...
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    Washington High Buck

    We better see some bucks posted here soon! [I will be in the wilderness till tomorrow night, wish me luck :) ]
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    Oryx -- long term (?) strategy

    Given that NM is pure random chance, and they report how many people entered and how many licenses are available, it's a quick calculation. Looks like even off range is single digit odds tho
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    Oryx -- long term (?) strategy

    Yeah Texas doesn't really seem like a good option for much. I am guessing most Texas exotics hunts are also less "real" than African safari hunts. I have heard some of the aoudad hunts can be pretty legitimately free range, but the expensive plains animals are too fancy to be left to roam truly...
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    Oryx -- long term (?) strategy

    That's pretty incredible! OK yeah maybe I need to start thinking that way medium term... one thing that bugs me about out of country hunts though is not being able to take the meat back home. I get it -- it's already kinda silly to say you hunt for the meat on a $700-1500 NR elk tag -- but still...

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