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    Winter house heat setting?

    Soap stone wood stove is the answer. I like it cool in the winter 70 in the main room. 65 in the bedroom at night to sleep. 4 cords of wood a winter. Plenty to keep it warm all night. Thermostat rarely gets turned on. nighttime temps are warm where I live tho rarely gets below 25 f usually...
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    Barriers for new hunters? (Poll)

    I’m an adult hunter who is learning Woodsmanship and marksmanship. I hunt a popular OTC in my state, use older outdated gear and enjoy hunting my units. There’s tons to learn & lots of easily achievable milestones and goals. i think think id like to have better gear, and access to better...
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    Trials bike vs dirt bike/TW for hunting.

    What about running trials tires on a trail bike? Seems like it could be a lot of fun. Wr250f with some dunlop D803gp trials spooned on
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    Trials bike vs dirt bike/TW for hunting.

    I got a heavily modded wr250 it’s a nice dual sport that will do easy to slightly harder trails. It’s not a dirt bike by any means. But you could modify it for hunting and get pretty far back. I run street legal tires on it but the harder DOT compound doesn’t hook up like proper tires( Dunlop...
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    Relocation and property/building advice

    If it doesn’t have a well drilled I’d get a water Witcher/driller out there and have them check it get your gutters hooked up to a 5000 gallon tank bigger if you can afford it. Defensible space or water your landscaping. you build a shop you can get a lot of water off the roof. It’s dry...
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    Does, does and more does.

    they are nocturnal at lower elevations rn. you might get Lucky and see one moving around. But for the most part 10-15 mins before full darkness is your window. What I’ve seen is smaller bucks recently with 1-2 does in tow, and studs seem to be solitary and smart. Even tame backyard bucks...
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    Relocation and property/building advice

    good luck in Dayton.
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    Legitimate benefits to lifting a vehicle?

    Small lift of 3-4 inches seems like a good move on a TRD equivalent taco/4Runner. 285/70/17 should fit without rubbing and you should be able to get most places with that setup and still be street legal. But if you don’t wheel then there’s no reason. Keep it stock
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    FNG from Northern CA

    Welcome, I’m OTC D3-5 rifle and it’s thick timber, I’ve been at 8-9k looking for mule deer next to the X zones and it’s not easy. They are around but the big bucks have been elusive. Im going to jump down to 3-6k and target black oaks next. It’s going to rain tonight/sat where I’m at so that...
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    FNG D3-5 California foothills

    1st day of rifle nothing. Found the mulies but only saw the does. Ran into one guy which was a surprise. he had trail cams in the area and said the stud was nice 4x4 with a couple 3xs with him. Maybe he got him idk I peeled out to another spot at 2pm. Didn’t hear his gun but his truck was still...
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    High fence “private game preserve”!?

    Flying in on your private plane, Bull Elk double header with your buddy . IDK sounds like those guys are definitly having fun. theres levels and im not on this level yet. but having (to me) unlimited resources to pursue your vision is the very defintion of fun.
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    Lever gun scope

    Just put a Primary arms slx 23mm red dot with acss reticle on an old win 30/30. Used a Pearson tac rail as it is a top eject. 70 rounds & Like it so far. It’s accurate enough at 100 yards for hunting. Quick target acquisition, and light enough. Looks wise it’s not too “aesthetic” but it’s...
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    Big Blacktails on Trail Camera

    Typical 4 point, 3k elevation in CA. he was chasing that doe around didn’t care at all I was 10 yards away. This was Xmas 2022 on my buddies property. I thought he was going to mount the Doe but she ran off, there was a couple other bucks with him. Unfortunately it was Outta season. I grew up...
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    Hunting in grizzly territory

    Anecdotal but my friend fishes commercial and has family in Egegik AK, south of dillingham/ Bristol bay . It’s a native village ans hes 1/2 upik. His stories of culling grizzlies involves ARs. And a lot of dead grizzlies.
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    Toilet Paper out in the Field

    Rip the sleeves off your T shirt, macho man style It’s one of my signature move when out in the woods and I’ve found you’ll get a lot of laughs.
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    Puffy Pant vs Ski (Insulated) Pant

    As stated above they are way louder , making a scraping noise. You could fix this easily I suppose. Good materials ( goretex, rab) offer a lot of waterproof/breathability. They rate them https://www.ridestore.com/mag/waterproof-ratings-and-breathability-explained/ ^Like this if your...
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    Did any of you guys go directly into big game hunting as opposed to small game hunting first?

    Hunted deer as a teenage kid, because it was the most inexpensive way to hunt. And you could easily eat with your friends. Also shot hundreds of “bunnies” but would rarely eat them as we viewed them as vermin. So yeah I guess I was a small game hunter 1st.. Just dawned on me. Years later I...
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    Anyone call/bring in blacktail or black bear?

    That back to back at 5 yards sounds like a good campfire tale. Nice bucks. This thread has some quality info.
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    Ticks - Blacktail in CA and PNW

    Central gold country foohills here at 3k elevation. I see ticks on all the deer that I’ve killed in rifle ( sept 20- Nov 1 ) but I rarely get ticks on myself that time of year. Usually just a couple on the underside. Early winter rains ( Nov-Jan) they really come out. Mostly on my dog but...
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    How Have the California Bears Reacted?

    Agree I thought cat initially mostly due to the shape and hair. It “looks” like it. - it was on a prominent place. Not buried. -Would a cougar eat hooves and bones? -all the cougar kills I’ve found were selectively eaten and hidden. All these kills were adult sized animals though. The...

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