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    What type of shotgun for upland birds?

    My favorite upland bird guns (hunting wild birds behind Vizsla pointing dogs for over 30 years) and I've owned quite a few that are no longer in the safe. The keepers are listed below: 1. AYA #2 Round Body side lock SxS's with twin triggers, straight stock, 28" barrels choked IC & Mod. The...
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    How to extend temp rating of sleeping bag

    I used my old KUIU super down 15* bag which is very snug fit inside a larger 15* Mountain Hardware synthetic bag on a polar bear hunt in February. Also wore some head, top and bottom layers. Stayed toasty warm and didn’t have to buy a new sleeping bag I’d never use again. Huge loft and...
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    Yamaha or Honda ATV Recommendations

    The Kodiak is sized about like the pre-2015 Grizzly was. They are a bit lower, narrower and shorter length (if memory serves me right) than the larger 2015 and up Grizzly 700. And I really like my 2013 Grizzly 550 with power steering. Very comfortable ATV, same as the early Grizzly 700 except...
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    Black Bear Mechanical Broadhead Setup

    Trey, I don’t post photos on the net.
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    Tularemia in Colorado

    Had Tularemia about 30+ years ago. Caught it from a cottontail I arrowed in NW CO (Moffatt Co). Was antelope hunting in Sept. Got one, then added a couple bunnies. Had a nick on my finger from cutting up the antelope. Infection actually put a blood poisoning streak up my arm and gave me a...
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    Pump shotguns- Who is manufacturing the best?

    The Miroku built 20 & 28 ga M12 repros are nice, very well built shotguns. I’ve owned one of each ga, one called Winchester and the other Browning. Only things I hold against them is weight and barrel lengths at 26” only. The 20 ga weighed about a 1/2 pound more than my 1935 M12 solid rib...
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    Best beginner archery hunts for learning

    Elk were usually an easier bowhunt than mule deer, and better eating once you pack them out, haha. I Arrowed over 30 CO elk and has a freezer full those years. Probably only a dozen mule deer there, and probably that many whitetails. I’d start with elk but try them all! Antelope in a blind...
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    SuperCrew to SuperCab pickup

    We have a 2015 supercab F150 we ordered new. Suits wife and I plus the vizsla just fine for our uses. Has the 6.5’ bed and a canopy. Slept in many nights on trips to NBC and even the Yukon. Like the size all around and gas mileage. Been an excellent truck. We also have an F350 Powerstroke...
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    Kuiu Upland Field Vest Review ***Updated 11/24/24***

    Have an afternoon and a morning hunt in on mine. Comments follow: 1. Heavy, durable materials that should last very well. 2. Took a bit of adjusting to get the shoulder straps brought down in the front of the pack. Had to raise the shoulder strap harness quite a bit in the back to lower it...
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    Need some input on vacuum/chamber sealer

    We got one a year ago. It is big, heavy, and slow, taking over 55 seconds to vacuum and then seal the bag. It is noisy, about like my Dewalt air compressor and the pointing dog leaves the house until the job is over. It does a decent job, but I can't imagine sealing an entire moose or elk...
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    Best Eating Upland Bird Poll

    Excellent: Chukar, Quail, Ruffed, Blue (Dusky/Sooty), Pheasant, Huns, Turkey OK cooked with the right recipes: Sharptail, Spruce, Prairie Chicken, Ptarmigan Terrible (in my experience): Sage Grouse, Woodcock
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    Best Eating Upland Bird Poll

    Woodcock taste like angle worms to me, although I don’t eat angle (earth) worms either.
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    Anybody experience “Christmas Toes” what did you do?

    Mine would go away by you guessed it….Christmas.
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    Black Gold Bowsights Great Customer Service

    Yes, great service the couple of times I used them over the past 18 years.
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    Changing up Arrow build for Caribou

    Put some helical or offset on the vanes....I don't like straight vanes for controlling broadheads, especially fixed heads. Your 300 spine shafts should work fine at your draw length and weight, I would not drop to 330's at your draw length. I shoot a 29" draw and 65# bow I've shot 471 4mm gr...
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    Anybody ever regretted using Iodine tablets for water purification?

    Hate the taste of iodine in the water. Only used it once then pitched the bottle of tablets.
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    Snowshoe Hare with bow?

    We bowhunted snowshoes in the willow/creek bottoms and high country willow swamps above 10,000' in CO. Also cottontail rabbits in the desert/sagebrush. We always shot wood shaft arrows, or bent and re-straightened aluminum shafts, considering them all a one and done affair unless you were...
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    Hunting partner wanted for BC black bear

    The following info is out of BC online Game laws about a "Permit to Accompany": Who can be accompanied The applicant may apply for only one permit per season to take up to two people hunting, that meet definitions of a non-resident or a non-resident alien. A non-resident – a person who is not a...
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    Cargo Trailers

    My 10 year old Cargo Mate is doing well. YMMV
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    The G.O.A.T of upland

    Hunted them in CO, BC and Alaska. Some with the bow when big game hunting, some on dedicated ptarmigan hunts with the shotgun and pointing dog. They aren't the best flushers in most areas...they prefer to run or walk ahead of you. The dog helps flush them but they mostly fly low so be careful...

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