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  1. Troutnut

    Photos & lessons learned from my first (cow, rifle, backpack) elk hunt

    After making mule deer my priority in my first four years hunting the normal West after moving from Alaska, and finally tasting success last year with a pretty 150-class buck, I set my sights on my first elk in 2021. My original, naive plan was to go for an early-season cow elk for some easy...
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    One item you wish you carried sooner?

    Hyperlite Mountain Gear insulated warming pouch for rehydrating freeze-dried dinners. I like to heat my water and add it to the bag without suddenly being on the clock to hurry up and finish all my other camp chores and be ready to eat before it's cold and nasty. This thing weighs next to...
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    Who would you hunt with?

    If I could bridge any time and language gap, I'd love to go back and hunt with one of the people who hunted the greater Yellowstone ecosystem after the bow & arrow replaced the atlatl but before Europeans introduced the horse. Imagine what those guys knew about finding and getting close to animals.
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    10+ Mile Days

    Ten miles with a hunting pack is a long day and probably means not enough time spent behind the glass in most spots. I had my first ten-mile hunting day this year, when I took the long way from the high country back to the trailhead, thinking I might stop part-way, but I decided not to stop and...
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    Havalon blade replacement question

    The stronger ones were 60A instead of 60XT.
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    Havalon blade replacement question

    I use a tiny multitool (Leatherman Squirt) to change blades on my Havalon Piranta. I also switched to slightly heavier blades and didn't have a single break this year cutting up my elk, unlike last year when I had a couple breaks doing a mule deer.
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    Unfollowing Hunting Social Media Will Make Hunting Better: Matt Rinella Essay

    This is an interesting take by Matt and very well stated, but I'll play a little devil's advocate here and respectfully disagree with his main point. I think social media is causing other major problems, but not so much this one. I agree with many of Matt's sub-points, especially about people...
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    Euro Mount Smell

    Never had even a slight stink to any of mine, though I don't climb up on the wall to sniff them. I've done most of them myself with beetles and had one done by a pro with beetles. Always degreased after.
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    I gots the Covid.

    The "with valid evidence" part is HUGE here, though. I think there actually is encouragement for people with valid evidence to question the consensus. Look at the response to the ultra-rare blood clotting issues with the J&J and AstraZeneca vaccines. When presented with valid evidence, the...
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    I gots the Covid.

    Instead of relying on personal anecdotes, somebody should do a systematic survey of Covid cases and their outcomes and then run appropriate statistical analyses to estimate the rates of each outcome. And somebody else should do the same thing with vaccines, and health problems people experience...
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    I gots the Covid.

    I think the mods should shut this thread down or delete many of the posts. It contains way too much of the kind of misinformation that's winning people "Herman Cain Awards" online, i.e. the award for people who mocked the threat of Covid, spurned precautions, and spread conspiracy theories about...
  12. Troutnut

    ID Tag Sales 2022

    I lucked into number 50-something in line and got my elk tag smoothly right at the start! Last year I was #650 or so.
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    2021 Idaho General Season Buck

    Just wow.
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    2021 - Who Got Their First Elk?

    I did! First elk hunt, Wyoming rifle cow tag. Had to hunt longer and harder than I expected, and adapt outside my comfort zone of spot & stalk, but it came together in a really rewarding way at the end. It was a very scenic hunt, but my camera's memory card failed when I got home. I'm hoping a...
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    Ethics regarding spot "sleuthing" - what's your take?

    I've had a lot of fun spot sleuthing, because it's a puzzle to solve, but I've never actually hunted or given away a spot I sleuthed out. That's not to say I would never do it, depending on the situation. But a spot that produced for somebody else isn't necessarily going to have a big buck or...
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    Photos & lessons learned from my first Idaho muley hunt (2019)

    Since this old thread just got bumped anyway (glad people are still enjoying it!) I might as well post the link to the 2020 hunt: https://www.rokslide.com/forums/threads/photos-lessons-learned-from-my-second-idaho-muley-hunt-2020.190770/
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    Humbled 1st Timer

    Sounds like our hunts had a lot in common! I'm also from Wisconsin (years ago, though) and had a lot of help from Idahohikker planning my Idaho hunt. I shot my first mule deer this year at a similar distance into the backcountry, but I had a lot of time to get it out (and needed it). Great job...
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    The 1 Thing You Learned- MULE DEER

    I learned a bunch of things from getting my first mule deer this year, and failing the past few years before that. The one that sticks out the most from this first success is that I didn't need to look for high numbers of deer to see bucks. Previously I'd been getting frustrated seeing lots of...
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    Photos & lessons learned from my second Idaho muley hunt (2020)

    I'm glad people are enjoying the story. I just got this one back from Skullduggery. Bob Bicknell did an awesome job with the beetle cleaning & bleaching the skull. I mounted it myself to a wall pedestal from Taxidermist's Woodshop.
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    Vaccine?

    "I live in the land of the free and I will choose to drive drunk." "I live in the land of the free and I will choose not to be sure of my target before I shoot." Freedom gives you choices. It doesn't let you off the hook for making irresponsible choices, especially when they're putting other...

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