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    Binos for sheep hunt

    That extra 16mm of glass increases weight, as does the increased housing size. Not that much weight, but it's some. Back in the 1970's I used to carry 10x50 Bushnell's. Then I graduated to 10x50 Leupold's in the 1980's, but soon thereafter I got a pair of Zeiss 10x42B's, because my Leupold's...
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    Binos for sheep hunt

    Your 8x42's will work fine. I prefer 10x42's, but your 8x42's will definitely work, no problem. I wouldn't carry 12x or 15x binos on a Dall sheep hunt, because you don't need that much glass.
  3. M

    Binos for sheep hunt

    10x42's. You don't need more than that for Alaskan Dall sheep.
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    Packing out caribou

    It depends on when you kill a bull, in terms of time of day. If you have all your daily hunting gear with you when you start packing, then it'll be two trips. If you're at the kill site with empty packs, then you should be able to do it in one trip. If there's three of you guys, then you...
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    Cabelas - Meindl

    Uniqlo, Army/Navy Surplus, Walmart, Sportsmen's Warehouse, REI and AMH have been my "go to" retailers. I never did buy much stuff at Cabela's, other than their Alaskan Packframe and the occasional Meindl boots. Oh well, no biggie.
  6. M

    Arizona draw results

    Give it a little time. If it's not updated today (Friday, March 8th) then Monday will be the day.
  7. M

    PWS deer

    Bear in mind that summer habitat is generally alpine habitat.
  8. M

    Rest for sitting shots with Rifle

    Exactly .....
  9. M

    goHunt - is it sometimes "off", or am I stupid? Probably the latter....

    Exactly. Arizona is the same way, whereas only the first and second choices on every application are considered during the first two phases of the draw. Third, fourth and fifth choices aren't even considered until the "random" portion of the draw and by then, first and second choices aren't...
  10. M

    Sheep Boots

    That's a bummer.
  11. M

    Fire starters

    I'm a Trioxane fan as well. I carry about a half dozen tabs of that in my pack.
  12. M

    Sheep Boots

    Cabela's Meindl boots are pretty good. My clients prefer those, hands down. I picked up a pair about ten years ago for in-town wear and light scouting in the desert. They're not bad.
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    Seriously overwhelmed with picking transporter

    My two pilots also do transporter and air charter stuff. Their biggest complaint about some of their resident clients and a lot of their first-time non-resident clients, is receiving SAT phone calls or InReach text messages at all hours of the night, requesting immediate evacuation or panicking...
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    New pack...don't know where to start.

    I've tried quite a few different brands in the field, under loads. Packs that my clients brought with them. I didn't notice any difference from the ALPS and the Cabela's and the Frontier Gear external pack-frames that I already own. But, that's me. I generally don't need to spend more money...
  15. M

    Booking with Alaska Airlines

    I wouldn't worry about that so much either. Alaska Airlines serves The Panhandle multiples times each day.
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    Booking with Alaska Airlines

    Alaska Airlines has a plethora of daily flights going in and out of Anchorage. I usually wait till the last minute to book my flights on Alaska Airlines, because the rates drop like rocks in the last 24-72 hours, as the airline is trying to dump open seats. It's not uncommon for me to find...
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    Are paper maps a dying breed??

    I've got boxes and boxes and boxes of them. Probably several hundred. I read them like most people read novels or magazines (lol). In fact, one of my clients made reference to that when talking with someone who called him as a reference. Anyway …….
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    New pack...don't know where to start.

    Like I said, I'm a professional hunting guide who's actually in the field ten months of every year and have been the past forty-some years. I see and have used a lot of packs in my line of work. In my opinion, I can't justify the prices for so-called "top tier" or top-of the-line packs that...
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    New pack...don't know where to start.

    No, I don't find any difference between the ALPS Outdoorz Commander external-frame packframe and any of the so-called "top tier" (lol) packs. I'm a hunting guide who spend ten months of every year in the backcountry. I've currently been carrying an ALPS Outdoorz Commander external-frame that's...
  20. M

    New pack...don't know where to start.

    Roger-roger. My hunters really like that ALPS Outdoorz Commander and I use one when guiding in Arizona, but I also understand that some people would rather follow popular trends. No biggie. I'm sure that you'll land on exactly what you're looking for. Best of luck. Mav.

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