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  1. Leverwalker

    Taboo Topics of Discussion

    Thank you for the thread, and to the many people coming forward to open up. Not an easy thing to do. PTSD, long history of severe depression, suicidality and anxiety. Nightly, violent nightmares I act out, though much better now than any time in the past. Not good, because among other things...
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    Rattling late/post rut. Fake? Stowing while stillhunting/tracking?

    Rattlin' bag, right. Thanks.
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    Rattling late/post rut. Fake? Stowing while stillhunting/tracking?

    I used to rattle with good success while bowhunting the rut in farmland in S. WI and woodlots, etc., out by the Mississippi in NW Illinois but that was decades ago. Haven't picked up a pair since turning to rifle hunting, but thinking of bringing a pair along for our season, Nov. 18-26, and...
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    Newb question on manufacturer brass

    I'm like Taper - for precision benchrest shooting, I know a lot of shooters who sort by lot, and very tight tolerances (on everything, not just brass), but for hunting purposes, I don't think it makes any difference at all. I reload 45-70, 30-30, 30-06, and .338 WM, used to load .44 mag. Never...
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    Back again after long time - budget setup?

    Awesome, thanks. I know like most things where we might say "the XXXX-XXXX years' run of Marlins were crap," it's a matter of experience in order to know, but maybe you raise a general question - what kinds of things do you look for, to compare these "peak v. valley" years? In this instance...
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    Back again after long time - budget setup?

    Awesome, thanks. Have the site up right now.
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    Back again after long time - budget setup?

    Was on a short backpack camping trip and just got back. Thanks, helpful info.
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    1st timer out west, older: diy v. cost/benefit of guided

    Hey Jake, just noticed your locale. USN basic and A school there, corpsman. Raised in Ventura, avid diver off the Channel Islands and of course, lived in the ocean, surfer. Miss it!
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    1st timer out west, older: diy v. cost/benefit of guided

    I get it, and packing out is something I will have to make plans for - same age as you. And I certainly don't think of one or the other as somehow lesser or "real," just a kind of quest I've long wanted and want to accomplish before my roll on the planet is up. I know the time is coming when...
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    1st timer out west, older: diy v. cost/benefit of guided

    Was away on a short backpacking trip guys. Just wanted to say thanks for the additional information. I'm going to give the true backcountry experience my all, as far off normal access as I can reasonably accomplish. I appreciate the perspectives on the "true costs" of trying DIY over time, v...
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    1st timer out west, older: diy v. cost/benefit of guided

    Az and Taper, wanted to say thanks. Excellent food for thought and really helpful. Thanks to everyone else as well.
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    1st timer out west, older: diy v. cost/benefit of guided

    Thanks much. I should probably clarify a couple things, bit of background info. Absolutely agree, the adventure is a thing unto itself and any chance I can to get out where I can, I feel a deep sense of gratitude. Spent some time in the mountains but it was never as "back" as I intend this...
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    1st timer out west, older: diy v. cost/benefit of guided

    Really hoping to get out west with my son over the next two years. My predisposition is DIY everything, but with an acknowledgment of age, and a body that is not going to be hanging in there forever, wondering peoples' thoughts on doing a sort of "training" guided hunt at least one year, to at...
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    Back again after long time - budget setup?

    Never knew of them. Thanks - poking around.
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    Back again after long time - budget setup?

    Thanks, good idea.
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    Back again after long time - budget setup?

    DL is 31", but not sure yet on final draw weight - older guy, working on conditioning, big and tall, historically athletically strong but some substantial neuro-medical issues , want to keep good form so developing up in weight only as long as my form stays clean, not looking for weight for...
  17. Leverwalker

    Anyone solo backcountry hunting over the age of 60?

    Perfectly said. It's a war to get up every day and decide to train, knowing it's going to hurt like hell. But there isn't an alternative. Move, or turn to weak stone.
  18. Leverwalker

    Back again after long time - budget setup?

    Thanks. That's good to know - figure better components over time, wondering people's thoughts on the bow itself so that's helpful. 31" DL, so that also checked for me. Now just figuring out arrow and broadhead weights. I remember nothing - can only say that in rifle hunting, I prefer heavier...
  19. Leverwalker

    Back again after long time - budget setup?

    Thanks. Learning curve again, for me. It's been so long.....I vaguely remember paper tuning my last bow (I think it was a High Country?), but I don't remember exactly what I did. I'm almost certain I didn't have a drop away rest - I seem to recall two little aluminum prongs. And if I canted...
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    Back again after long time - budget setup?

    Great, thanks, hadn't even thought of used...probably a better used bow over a lesser new bow, I'm guessing? 350's, 125 grain broadheads, medium whisker? - thoughts?

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