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  1. SaltySailor

    Suppressed vs Non-Suppressed Hunting

    ^ I too saw a moose shot with a suppressed rifle this season at 460 yards. The cow he was with didn't even move, in fact, she walked right up to him to see what was the matter. A minute later, another bull walked out of the tree line and went up to the cow and downed moose. I doubt that would...
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    Hunting in the 1980s and 90s

    Ahhhhhhh the late 80's. Flannel everything, uninsulated rubber boots to hike in and jeans. Rain jacket was PVC and bright green. Somehow we still got it done.
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    Game Bags not getting clean?

    All my game bags look like that. The stains of success!
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    First Moose Hunt

    Not sure I have ever heard a cow moose call before the 15th, pretty sure you were listening to other hunters cow calls. Bummer for sure about seeing other hunters, but the days of getting dropped off on a river and seeing nobody are long gone if the river leads to or comes from a town/village.
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    Moose weather - what is warm?

    Sometimes it being warm, which causes the moose to bed most of the time, works out to your favor. Plenty of hunts we found one bedded in the glass, and he stayed right there until we arrived. I will say gutting a moose when its warm enough for the bugs to be out really sucks though. Bring a...
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    What items do you carry multiples of while in the backcountry?

    Two knives. You lose your knife before taking a animal, you are screwed.
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    What a pack probably should not look like

    The last time I had a pack that weighed 75 lbs at the start, I was hauling in a 12pk of beer, a big bota box of wine, two 5ths of fireball, 3 rockstars, 3 liters of water and 2 cream sodas for my kid! I was younger then.........
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    Mauled by a brown bear and shoots himself

    Mine does........
  9. SaltySailor

    Ptarmigan in Alaska

    Get up above the tree/alder line.
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    Socks?

    Smartwool! I've beat the hell out of a couple pairs the last few years and they are still going strong.
  11. SaltySailor

    .243 for moose

    Pop the lungs, down they go.
  12. SaltySailor

    Alaska - Unit 13 Moose Hunting Closure

    "I haven't been able to drive my truck down the road and kill a moose in a few years, moose population must be crashing. Better submit a proposal...."
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    The gutless method. Why aren't you doing it if you have to pack out?

    I'm speaking mostly to getting meat off the ribs, its tough to clean them up and remove fat/gristle when they are a bag of soggy bacon strips piled together in a bag. Not much usable meat off smaller animals, but on a moose or caribou there is some good meat on them that's easier to get at and...
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    The gutless method. Why aren't you doing it if you have to pack out?

    Two reasons for me. 1: The unit I hunt requires meat to come out on the bone, even the ribs. 2: I process all my own meat and I like it to hang for at least 5 days before I start to cut it up. A jelly bag full of meat is not nearly as clean a process to complete that task as if it were on the...
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    bullet selection for mountain goat

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    What time did you shoot your Alaskan Moose?

    After thinking about it for a while: been a part of upwards of 30 successful moose hunts, I can only think of four that were shot before 9am, and yes, we are out there at first light. That's not to say we wouldn't love to shoot every one at first light and have the day to deal with it, that's...
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    White Bear

    Thats awesome! Thinking about the power required to claw through ice like that, would be tough for me to do with an axe!
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    Re-finding bumped bears

    Hell yeah!!
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    Trapping in yard with free ranging chickens.

    Chickens are naturally curious, ours loved loose dirt and would scratch and dig some pretty impressive holes if left to their own devices. I'd think a bird scratching down to make themselves a nice little dirt bath pit would still set off a trap even if set to a higher pressure.
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    Re-finding bumped bears

    Impossible to know IMO, personality of the bear. I've seen em 'bump' 100 yards or straight up a mountain 3000' and out of sight with no signs of slowing down.

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