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    Elk Tip #9

    I'm glad you posted that. I hope a jillion permit applicants catch that. As a guide who's trying to get permits, that really helps me out a lot. Thanks!
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    First Time Elk Hunting / Solo?

    Pay close attention to this phenomena. People being as they are, in terms of self preservation and the "me, mine, I" mentality so pervasive in American culture nowadays, they'll quickly throw you under the bus and take a hotspot if given the chance.
  3. M

    Chasing Coues

    If this weather keeps it up another 6-8 weeks, we'll have a pretty good recruitment rate for next year, Coues and mulies both.
  4. M

    Range of your Goat Kill(s)

    Roger that.
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    The right questions for biologists..

    Only in the most vague terms, if at all. In the two states that I guide in, you can't find that unit/area specific information by way of an internet search. The only way you can get it in those two states (per individual unit or specific area) is by obtaining actual hard-core data from the...
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    The right questions for biologists..

    Valid points. However, a couple things that Google Earth and weather surface charts won't tell you, are hunter density, hunter effort, historic kill rates, composition of the kill. Just sayin' ......
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    50# Pack Limit List

    Things that non-pilots don't realize and that have significant bearing on a pilot's day-to-day thought process when considering his aircraft and associated economics involving said aircraft, are temperature, dew point, humidity, winds aloft (speed and direction), elevation, topography, approach...
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    50# Pack Limit List

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    50# Pack Limit List

    An 180 lb hunter (sans wardrobe) and 50 lbs of gear definitely gives a commercial pilot --- or any other penny-conscious pilot --- piece of mind, in terms of airplane parts (lol).
  10. M

    50# Pack Limit List

    I explained my reasons in an earlier post this morning and it's pretty much the general theme, from a Part 135 certification perspective.
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    50# Pack Limit List

    Altitude (elevation), temperature, dew point, relative humidity and strip length are all (in combination) one of the reasons why there's weight limits. One of the other reasons, and it's probably the primary reason, is how often do you want to do unnecessary maintenance and unnecessarily replace...
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    Where to set-up camp for mid to late September elk hunt?

    A couple years ago I had a hunter who booked an 11-day trophy bull elk hunt with me. We went in two days early and set-up an overnight camp alongside a four-wheel-drive road in a saddle beneath a high mesa. There were bulls everywhere next to that road, but I told my hunter that we were going to...
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    First Time DIY Drop Caribou

    Generally speaking, bull barren ground caribou in Alaska begin to shed velvet on or about August 30th to September 2nd. However, I've seen bulls carrying strands of bloody velvet as early as August 23rd. By the same token, I've seen mature bulls that were still packing full velvet as late as...
  14. M

    Where to get a scapula?

    A small piece of 3/16ths underlayment ply works real well and also acts as a visual. Small, handy and light weight. It also has good resonance. Kind of like carrying a Jim Shockey canoe paddle, yet smaller and lighter.
  15. M

    Rain in steamboat

    One of my Arizona hunters happens to have a ram tag in S44. He said that it's drier than hell around there right now.
  16. M

    Where to set-up camp for mid to late September elk hunt?

    On occasion, this tactic has also worked well for me.
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    First Time Elk Hunting / Solo?

    There's no reason why you can't. In fact, if you have prior backpacking experience, I would highly recommend it, instead of you doing a truck-camp hunt. A lot of my first hunts for various big game species were backpack hunts. I didn't have a mentor. I just grabbed the bull by the horns and went...
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    The right questions for biologists..

    In my several decades of dealing with biologists and game departments and whatnot, across the United States, specific area biologists or regional biologists are pretty free with sharing popular locations where other hunters tend to flock to or where the bulk of the kill happens and/or when that...
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    Where to set-up camp for mid to late September elk hunt?

    If that's the only amount of elevation you have for each of you to haul 5 gallons of water to camp at the very beginning of the hunt, then I'd camp up on top. I routinely do that in Arizona. It's only a couple thousand feet and 5 gallons of water only weighs 45 lbs. It's a no-brainer.
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    Rain around New Mexico

    Antler growth will be great, yet again. We've had several wet years in a row. Last winter was dry, but just one dry winter isn't going to hamper antler growth. Expect great antler development again this year.

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