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  1. SonnyDay

    Colorado Northern Mountains Snow Cover?

    Hey All: Headed out for first rifle (elk) in a few days--Zirkel area in Colorado. As near as I can tell there's really no snow to speak of. Thinking about: Water (normally we melt snow for water) Tracking (much easier in the snow) Cooling meat (we stuff ziplocs with snow once we're back to...
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    Shout out to Seek Outside

    I have a 6-man Seek Outside tipi that has been great. I just re-did all the guy lines to lighten the weight and reduce moisture absorption /freezing in the paracord I've been using. When setting the tipi up, I noticed that the end cap on the carbon pole got smashed somehow (I blame children)...
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    Talk me out of a NeoAir XTherm NXT

    I have the ZenBivy Ultralight 10 degree sheet and quilt. Need a pad. I seem to sleep colder in my old age... In addition to the Therm-a-Rest NeoAir XTherm NXT, I am also looking at the Nemo Tensor Extreme Conditions Ultralight and the ZenBivy Flex Air. I hunt rifle seasons in the mountains...
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    Firearms in Canadian National Parks (Banff, Kluane)

    Hey Roksliders: My son and I are traveling through Canada on the way to Alaska where he will start school in the fall. He has a .22 rimfire rifle, and a 12 ga shotgun with him. Both are in soft cases with trigger guards, and are unloaded. From my understanding, these are unrestricted firearms...
  5. SonnyDay

    Painting a Canoe

    I have a bright red plastic (ABS) canoe and would like to paint it a color that blends in a bit better with the natural surroundings (like... say... green!). Looking for recommendations on what type/brand of paint to use so the paint doesn't chip, crack, peel, etc. Also interested in...
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    Tipi Hacks

    Hey All- I've spent some nights in my Seek Outside 6-man tipi with stove. Usually with 2-4 people. I live in Colorado and hunt rifle elk... and sometimes other critters even later. Usually backpack hunt but sometimes truck camp. Planning some winter mountaineering and ski trips as well. So...
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    Bull Elk Gets the Last Laugh

    This is just plain funny, worth a quick watch: https://sports.yahoo.com/watch-bull-elk-last-laugh-160112734.html
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    Colorado - Transporting Game through unlicensed GMU

    Hey All, I've looked around and have not found anything specific to this use case in CPW regs. Am I allowed to transport an animal (let's assume Elk) that I killed in a GMU for which I hold a valid license through a different GMU for which I do NOT hold a valid license? We're looking at some...
  9. SonnyDay

    The "tired" elk is back... question for you all

    https://www.outtherecolorado.com/news/video-elk-with-tire-around-neck-spotted-two-years-after-initial-sighting/article_09a9ce1c-252c-11ec-b126-53b42ccac73d.html "The animal was first spotted in 2019, by a CPW officer who was conducting a sheep count in the Mount Evans Wilderness. The officer...
  10. SonnyDay

    The Definitive Late-Season Colorado Rifle Glove?

    Sometimes you come to know a pair of cold-weather gloves that damn near does it all. They are on your hands for most of the trip. They make those other gloves you packed feel left out. Ever run into a pair of winter gloves like that? Lighter weight is nice... but performance trumps all...
  11. SonnyDay

    Elk Shed Whitening

    My son found a nice pair of 6x6 sheds while turkey hunting this spring. The bull dropped them both in a neat pile. We are going to mount them on the wall... but as it turns out one was sunny side up and the other sunny side down (and based on the sun-bleaching, they were out for at least a whole...
  12. SonnyDay

    JetBoil Performance / Fuel Quality?

    Hey All, My son and I were out this year on a backpack elk hunt for 1st rifle in Colorado. We had hoped to filter water with a Sawyer Squeeze... but it froze immediately when we tried to pump water we found under ice in a small pond/wallow (water was not terribly disgusting... I don't think...
  13. SonnyDay

    Colorado FNG

    Hey All, I've hunted a little in Alaska and Virginia a long time ago... but am excited to get back into it here in the Rockies. My oldest son and I rifle hunted (unsuccessfully) for Elk last fall, and did some small game hunting in December as well. Hoping to have some stories to share in...

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