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    Elevation change to stop other hunters

    In my 10 years of mostly successful DIY elk hunting in the steeps of NW WY, I have found it takes >2000' of vertical, well away from any horse trail to end up without much or any competition. However, if you also pay attention to the other things elk need, it is often fruitful.
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    Would you keep a cow moose hide?

    I had a bull moose hide tanned and am glad I did. I even traded the balance of the hide for a custom traditional archery back quiver hand-made by a local craftsman. Because the moose hide is so soft, he lined it with bull hide to get the necessary rigidity. That was 25 years ago, and I still...
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    Lightweight Suppressor Comparison and Poll

    Does anyone have experience with the Diligent Defense Co Enticer Sti-S? Pew Research gives them very high marks. TIA.
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    Flattops GMU 25 and 26 or no?

    I disagree. My first DIY elk hunt was in 2008, I prepped Hard, I scouted G Earth, and after a 3 .5 mile climb in, I killed a 5pt on my 1st day (200 yards from my "#1" location from Google Earth scouting). Lucky? Maybe, but in the 9 hunts that have followed, I've only eaten tag soup twice, but...
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    Eastern Idaho Open Elk units

    Hi, just a couple US Soldiers who have been hunting elk & deer in NW WY for the last 10 years & we are going to try ID for the first time this year. Basing out of Thayne WY, so looking at the Palisades & Tex Creek zones. We are mountain fit backpackers with no stock & are looking at elk 'A' tags...
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    Idaho Archery Elk Unit 61 and 62A

    I guess that makes you Grizzly Adams! I'll bet you needed new underwear!! ;)

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