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    Tree Stand Harness Recommendations

    Short answer: You won't fall out of a RCH. Longer explanation: I think the best way to explain the physics is imagining taking off a pair of sweat pants with one hand (attachment point) even with a super baggy waist you'd need to move your had around to the other side to get them all the way...
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    Switching from pickup to jeep wrangler

    Beyond the obvious truck bed vs no bed, there are a lot of stability trade offs with wranglers that I don't think are worth making for 90% of use cases. I'll probably get some push back from diehard Jeep fans, but much like the guy who bought a F150 raptor to tow his 100k boat, that capability...
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    MT Mule Deer Hunt 2021

    Bullet selection is a blackhole you'll never find your way out of. My advice would be to use a bonded bullet and find the speed node that your rifle likes. My 30-06 seems to like 2800ish and since I can push a 165 or 180 that fast I choose the 180s for more thump and better BC. I'm personally...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Day 9 Last day and really only ½ a day as we still need to do some cleanup and organization back at the B&B before we head home. The cousin and I split up to look in two different areas to maximize our chances. Moving along I spotted a group of 4 doe. As I worked closer, I realized that if I...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Day 8 With deer tags still in the pockets of the elders the cousin and I decided we would hunt some whitetail country with them since we’d be able to pop a doe if we didn’t turn up a buck. Cousin and dad went to the spot I shot the buck the first morning and the friend and I went to the spot we...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Day 6 Tagless again, the cousin and I took off in search of antelope. The unit his tag was good for is pretty tough. Not for lack of antelope but lack of public access. We were hunting 1-2 mile sections that have antelope moving thru but you have to catch them. Getting frustrated looking at...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Day 5 In the morning I made the drive to Bozeman to pick up the cousin and swing by the FWP office and get a doe tag. While in town I also planned to pick up some tire chains for the explorer. On the way I saw a large heard of elk crossing a BMA with hunters everywhere. It looked like a...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Day 4 Tired from the previous night I slept in a bit and then got to work caping out the buck and re-organizing the cooler to be more efficient with the meat. By noon I had all my tasks complete. The elders came back for lunch, so I decided to tag along with them for the evening hunt. One would...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    MT Buck Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Day 3 Opening morning. It snowed and didn’t seem to be stopping. After making the others aware of my route and with a full tank of gas I headed to the area I had seen the two “shooter” bucks the day before. An hour and a half into my forty-five-minute drive I was at my planned hunting spot...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Day 2 With my second day of scouting I decided to check out some new areas. At my first spot to look I spotted a nice 9pt inside 200yds. Man, I sure wish I had a rifle in my hands. Not wanting to disturb what I had found I quietly backed out. On my way back to the truck I bumped an even bigger...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Trip #2 MT Rifle Deer Day 0 Four weeks prior to our trip my dad tore his rotator cuff and won’t be able to make it due to his repair surgery being scheduled 1 week ahead of our trip. This is actually two problems because we were planning on driving his truck out there as my 200k truck isn’t...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Day 10 Overnight the rain changed to snow and we woke up damp and chilled. We got dressed and hiked out to do some early glassing hoping that the weather might keep the deer out longer. After an uneventful morning, having run out of food, and needing to head home the following morning we...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Day 9 The next morning, we glassed the same locations and struck out in the bowl but spotted a good buck (~150”) with a smaller one (120”) over the top. With everyone back at camp we decided to go after the buck. Leaving one person back at camp to keep an eye on the deer as well as our gear...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Probably gonna slow down a bit now that I'm done with plan rides for a bit... Day 8 In the dark we started our climb. Rifles strapped to our packs we clawed our way up on all fours grabbing brush trees and anything else to keep us from sliding down. As we worked our way up looking down into a...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Moose stare down. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Day 7 An hour before sunrise we were trotting up the trail like kids heading downstairs on Christmas morning. We reached a meadow at around 8,000 feet and decided to drop our camp and split up for the morning. Nearing my planned glassing point I turned a corner and found myself face to face...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Day 5 We got up two hours before sunrise so we could make it to our new area with time to get to a lookout before first light. Our plan in this new area was to get into our three glassing spots and then after the morning movement hike thru some different elevation bands looking for sign. We end...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    Day 3 I don’t even remember what a good night’s sleep feels like at this point. Cold sweats, lightheadedness, and nausea have become a way of life. Do I have altitude sickness? COVID? With the opener still being a day away I decide to spend most of the day around camp. I hiked up the ridge to a...
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    2020 Hunt Recap and Review

    I'm a bit late getting around to this but I've come to love typing these up to review myself and get feedback from the fine folks at rokslide. This is year four hunting the west. This year with four points we decided to draw at a WY September rifle deer hunt and were successful. Also, I’ll be...

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