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    Alaska vs NWT/Yukon Dall Sheep

    Tag for info. I wish there was a regional guide to sheep hunting by mountain range or similar. It varies so much and it gets confusing.
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    Berger Hybrids Hunter-Anybody have experience shooting Berger Hybrid Hunter for elk.

    Unbonded cup and core is 1920s tech. Why use that when bonded and mono bullets exist?
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    Wolf experts: Colorado officials should 'urgently' address recent wolf kills of livestock

    while I think it’s BS in blaming it on climate change, ticks are a serious problem for moose. NH, Maine…they get pics of moose that look like a wolf with mange. It’s ticks…tens of thousands of ticks. The hair falls out, moose dies. There is a legitimate link between temperature and...
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    bird dog caught in snare

    Predator control is the primary improvement to bird numbers for many of the birds we hunt. America has too many predators like raccoons, mink, skunk, coyote, fox, and so on. If you like to bird hunt, you should fully support trapping.
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    Who has ditched the trusted Nalgene bottle?

    take a metal bottle…in an emergency, you can boil water and cook in it.
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    Waterfowl Hunters!

    AK has a lot of idiotic game laws…go look at the “subsistence hunts” if you want to see unethical and things that would be multiple felonies anywhere else.
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    What “luxury” items do you carry on your back?

    Spiced rum, butter, and a metal mug to heat it in. Beyond that, I carry more med gear than most. I have a decent IFAK, two SWATTWs, hemostatic gauze, chest seals, tension pneumothorax dart, dressings, burn gel, SAM splint, hot bag to treat hypothermia…then a separate minor med kit with...
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    What tent are you tall guys using?

    The MSR Hubba Hubba is a good standard to compare backpacking tents against.
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    TIGHT Tikka Loading

    If you really want to know, buy a set of headspace gauges. That’s your 100% answer as the gauge doesn’t lie. It should close on a Go gauge.
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    Custom Rifle build, with help

    Chad Dixon at Longrifles Inc will gladly barrel an action for you and bottom metal is an off the shelf purchase from Sunny Hill. Your issue will likely be finishing. As I understand it, the hardest part of a build is final fit and finish…metal polish, blue, screws fitted and tightened...
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    TIGHT Tikka Loading

    Look at the back of the bolt lugs where they cam downward. Is it rough, galled, dirty? Is there debris in the lug abutments where they interface with the bolt lugs?
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    Disappointed in Nosler

    It’s surprising, but many gunsmiths don’t load a magazine full of ammo and cycle it all…. I received a very expensive target rifle and none of the magazines would feed. It included a fired case and proof target. The rifle was beautiful and well made… I called the smith and he said that he had...
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    Disappointed in Nosler

    Historically, Nosler rifles had issues. It’s been a thing since they started building them. They are good rifles, but they build them as if components are plug n play…and they aren’t.
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    Co to “prohibit hunting Bobcat Lynx And Lion”

    Coming soon to a state near democrats.
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    Kuiu kenai jacket vs super down ultra jacket?

    Does anyone make a puff jacket that’s durable enough to wear as an outer layer in the brush? I’ve torn up a couple trying to push through thorns and I’d like to have one that has a durable outer fabric.
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    Knife recommendations

    This is going to sound crazy, as I’m not recommending a rare, super expensive product…but the Buck 102 Woodsman is about the best all around knife I’ve found. I have a drawer full of custom knives made of magic powder steel from Denmark and similar. None beat out the Buck. I’ve hammered it...
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    KUIU Winter Sale - Save Up to 40%

    I like that puff jacket, but I wonder how tough the fabric is. I’ve had 2 puff jackets that just weren’t durable enough to wear in the woods, end up blowing out after a limb rips it open and feathers go everywhere…looking at you Sitka Duck Oven jacket…
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    Quality of Rams on Guided Hunts

    While I can’t speak directly to the topic of sheep, I have 100% seen outfitters put clients in sub par areas while putting other clients (that paid more, we’re repeats, representing a big bank with 20+ guys hunting, ect) on game. Example- I hunted as a party of two, me and a family member, at...
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    300 WSM load shooting heavies

    Compressed loads are ok so long as the compression is minor. You can use a long drop tube and it will make the powder fit without compression.
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    Members opinions of the Winchester Mod. 70?

    The Borden bumps fixed a major defect in bolt alignment on 700s that is caused by the trigger. You can watch the bolt tail drop down when the trigger releases. Why square the bolt face if it’s not in alignment due to upward pressure from the trigger? Borden bumps fixed it. For the money, I...
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