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    Checking zero at camp?

    Does anyone check zero at camp? Example; 10 hour drive with rifle in a soft case in the cab of the pickup then a 15 mile ride with the rifle in the scabbard on a horse (assuming no rodeos) I know it’s a good idea, but does anyone want to be the a-hole sending a few down range at paper in the...
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    Short barrels and bullet stabilization

    I have a Remington 700 sps in .243 that I bought about 10 years ago for a coyote gun. It must’ve been the last good rifle Remington built because with factory 95 grain hornady SST’s it shoots sub 1” groups all day long. Instead of buying a new rifle for deer/elk I was thinking about building...
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    Horseback hunting questions

    A brief backstory. In 2019 a buddy and myself got the hairbrained idea to do a pack in horseback hunt in the Frank in early October and what a disaster. The majority of the wrecks were my fault, I didn’t do much pack horse training throughout the summer. I borrowed a solid mountain horse to ride...
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    Nalgene with straw?

    So apparently the hydration bladder I bought that lasted 3 years was a unicorn, because now I can’t get one to last over a month without leaking. So I’m done with those things. I guess it’s time to try the Nalgene with the long straw system. To the guys who are using that set up, I assume you...
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    Idaho sheep draw question

    I’ve been looking through harvest statistics for Rocky mtn bighorn in Idaho and their website does a great job of showing draw odds and harvest statistics by unit and resident vs non-resident. However, I can’t seem to figure out if the drawing pools are separated by resident vs non resident, or...
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    Sound difference in suppressor caliber

    Diving into the suppressor game and I haven’t been able to find much information on the difference in sound reduction between having a suppressor that is the same caliber as your rifle vs larger. I’ve heard lots of guys say to just buy a .30 cal suppressor and use it on everything that’s .30 cal...
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    Aggressive lion encounter

    Took the wife out Saturday morning to try and get her a whitetail buck. Drove 1/2 hour from the house to the end of a logging road, left the Jeep just before sunrise. About an hour later we were walking through some thicker country to get to a nice stand if big timber with no underbrush with...
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    Backcountry tree stand?

    Anyone have any experience with using any sort of ultralight treestands? I haven’t used a treestand since about 2006 and back then I was using ladder stands and gorilla stands because I could drive dang near to the tree and weight obviously didn’t matter. My thinking was next year I’d pack in a...
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    What dries best?

    Trying to get everything dialed in for mid-late October mule deer. Forecast is looking like mid teens-high 20’s at night so pretty chilly. My camp is about 1 1/4 mile from where I hunt and it’s fairly steep uphill. The way I hunt this area is hike up in the dark and I’ve got a few different...
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    Hunting from horse questions

    So, I’ve had horses my whole life. Grew up riding, spent 5 years starting colts, roping and brandings, team roping, blah blah blah but never really hunted off them. But I’ve found a few spots I’d like to hunt that using my horse would make it so much easier. I’m certainly not against hiking...
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    If you were to buy a timber gun…

    A lot of the places I hunt muleys are thick timber. We’re talking sub 200 yard visibility max. Not only due to thick timber but also convex shaped mountains that never let a guy see more than 100 yards at a time, even if that particular part of the mountain is pretty open. I’ve got a Bergara...
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    Books on tracking?

    I’d really like to improve my tracking skills, which are pretty much nil unless it’s snowy or muddy. In which case I can basically identify if it was a buck/bull, the direction it was traveling, and some sort of guess on how recent the track was made. So I’d really like to try and get better at...
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    Let’s hear some horror stories

    I’ve definitely had some disastrous hunts, let’s hear about yours. Complete gear failures? Extreme unpredicted weather? Guide or hunting partner bail or abandon you without warning? Forget something vital to your hunt and not realize it until you were miles from the truck? It’s the slower...
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    Cold Plunges?

    I did a quick search on here and didn’t find much discussion so I’m curious, does anyone do regular ice baths/cold water plunges? I initially wanted to try it just to help with mental toughness and willpower but the more I read about it there seems to be a lot more benefits. From reduced...
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    Best lightweight e-caller?

    So I’m thinking I want to try to learn how to hunt mountain lions on foot without dogs (since we can’t use dogs here). Starting out my plan is cruise roads on snowmobile, hope to cut a fresh track, follow it and see what I can make happen. I’d say it’s a good chance of following a track into a...
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    Summer movement patterns vs October

    After years of minimal success I’ve decided to get serious about scouting before the opener. This spring I happened to find a fantastic drainage, littered with sign from last fall, everything a mule deer could ask for, and best of all; it’s a real miserable hike to get into. I went back this...
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    2020 Cougar

    Calling coyotes just before dusk and this curious kitty decided to come investigate. 170 lb tom. Not much tracking involved with a face shot from a .243!
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    Factory .270 ammo for elk

    Hey guys I was curious on everyone’s opinion on some good factory .270 ammunition for elk. I know that what my gun shoots accurately is by far most important. I’ve shot Remington core lokt 130’s for whitetail in the past and they shoot pretty good but figured I would want to step it up some for...
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    Questions about frank church wilderness

    Howdy My buddy and I are planning our first mule deer/elk hunt into the frank church wilderness this October for roughly 8 days, I’ve got some questions and was hoping to get some advice here. We’re not positive on exactly where we’re gonna go but we’re thinking somewhere in the vicinity of...

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