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  1. Lucas B

    2023 OFFICIAL ELK MEAT POLE THREAD

    My wife and I have our third one coming at Thanksgiving. The subtle hints that I'm not going this year for rifle season have been getting gradually less subtle. Last night I heard something about elk hunting not being worth missing my child's birth...
  2. Lucas B

    Drop Proof low power scope for bears question. Trijicon? SWFA?

    I have an older Trijicon Accupower 1-4 mounted on a 9.3x62 mauser. Total weight is about 7.5 lbs. Recoil on that thing is not fun, but the Trijicon seems to be holding up Fun fact, with a 200 yard zero the bullet drop at 300 and 400 yards lines up well enough with the 300 and 400 yard marks in...
  3. Lucas B

    How do you justify sheep hunting?

    I found that the price that I paid for my trip was a lot less than the cost of never going on that hunt...
  4. Lucas B

    2022 Sheep Harvest Photos

    10 yr old ram out of the Brooks. My first sheep.
  5. Lucas B

    2022 Best Wild Sheep Hunt Photo Contest, sponsored by Stone Glacier

    Victory dinner with a nice arctic sunset.
  6. Lucas B

    Unfilled Tag on Guided Sheep Hunt

    Just got back from the brooks range with a very nice ram. Another hunter in the same unit that I went into came home empty. I met another hunter at the airstrip heading back to Fairbanks that also came back empty. Success rates are probay lower than anyone wants to think about given the cost of...
  7. Lucas B

    Alaska DIY Caribou (and so much more) by Billy Molls

    Now had I seen this earlier in the year I would have reached out. Golden North was a very under appreciated place to stay when I was looking around.
  8. Lucas B

    Anything compare to a Barney’s

    My wife never seems to have any issue with me buying more guns but for some reason she gets agitated when more backpacks show up.
  9. Lucas B

    Anything compare to a Barney’s

    This thread is definitely cold now but I wanted to update my comments on Kifaru vs. Barney's. I got a 26" Kifaru Duplex tactical and an Reckoning bag several weeks ago and have started my spring/summer training regiment switching back and forth between my Barney's and the Kifaru. The kifaru...
  10. Lucas B

    What kind of skinning knife do you use and why?

    Correction. That combo is $11.50 today.
  11. Lucas B

    What kind of skinning knife do you use and why?

    I have been through a few solutions to lightweight knives over the past several years. I am currently using a Rainier Fastpak. It's shown the best edge retention of any knife that I have to date. Late last year I came to the sudden epiphany that if weight was truly a primary concern, then I...
  12. Lucas B

    Anything compare to a Barney’s

    In considering my comment on quality of the Barney's pack in comparison to others I'm not quite sure that "quality" is the right word. Many of the details on the pack that I find to be above the benchmark of standard high end packs aren't really matters of quality but rather thoughtful design...
  13. Lucas B

    Anything compare to a Barney’s

    The detractors to this pack can be found as little tid bits on various forums but these are my observations. 1) Height of frame. It can be cumbersome to try and navigate dense wooded areas with this frame. The height is a huge advantage when hauling, but for day to day walk abouts it will hang...
  14. Lucas B

    kifaru sale

    Yep, they got me. I have a new frame and pack coming. Reckoning is also on sale so I grabbed one of those as well
  15. Lucas B

    Anything compare to a Barney’s

    I have been running a Barneys pack and frame for years. It's not perfect for every situation but it really doesnt ever lack at being a backpack. I have the smaller Hunter bag and run it with the meat shelf. It really just works out very well when you are hauling an animal, all that you have to...
  16. Lucas B

    Western Mountaineering/Feathered Friends Fails?

    Thanks for volunteering, and I am eagerly awaiting your results. Just remember, we are all counting on you. So no pressure.
  17. Lucas B

    Western Mountaineering/Feathered Friends Fails?

    This was never a question of whether or not these two companies made a quality product. I want to know what it takes to make this thing fail. There still hasn't been a good answer to that. There are a few explanations of things going wrong and the bag holding up fine, but still no examples of...
  18. Lucas B

    Western Mountaineering/Feathered Friends Fails?

    "Am mature enough to not worry about any Brokeback Mountain jokes." Oh come on now, maturity has nothing to do with it. Making jokes about people who end up in situations like that is just plain fun....
  19. Lucas B

    Western Mountaineering/Feathered Friends Fails?

    AZ, I had read a previous post from you about this incident and that is actually what spurred my question. If that situation did not result in a failure of the down to loft, what does it take? I can only presume that applied pressure is what would be needed, e.g. packing your bag away into a...
  20. Lucas B

    Trijicon Credo 2.5-15x42

    Validating dialing accuracy by shooting at extended range is a flawed test method. The error implicit with each shot is potentially well in excess of the manufacturing tolerances. If you really want to know dialing accuracy you need the scope/gun in a vice and a calibrated scale to measure it...

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