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    Archery Hunting CO high country for mulies. Do I HAVE to glass?

    The area we hunt generally ranges from 10,500-13,000 so terrain ranges from well above tree line to dark timber. A few real sizable meadows but a lot of smaller meadows. They seem to bed right on the edges, sometimes edges of the large meadows, sometimes the very small ones. I'd love to have...
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    Archery Hunting CO high country for mulies. Do I HAVE to glass?

    In my mind I'd love to have a giant buck, but having grown up as a meat hunter I might have a hard time not shooting the first mature doe that crosses my path. I guess I've spent too much time white tail hunting a farm where the landowner wants at least one doe on the ground before you take a buck?
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    Archery Hunting CO high country for mulies. Do I HAVE to glass?

    So it was an encounter last year that had me questioning glassing. I was stalking a meadow edge and was 50 yards from the biggest damn buck I've seen in the wild. I hunt a lot of whitetail for the freezer and honestly deer don't excite me all that much...this deer was DIFFERENT. Given this was a...
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    Archery Hunting CO high country for mulies. Do I HAVE to glass?

    So I've been hunting a unit in COs high country for elk for a number of years now and want to try for mule deer this year. It's a draw unit but odds seem pretty high for getting the tag. Already excited for it and have been watching endless youtube videos of folks going after mulies and without...
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    Talk me out of, or into a canoe

    If the deal is that good you need to buy it. The question is do you hang onto it or sell it.
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    Sold PRIME ALLOY optifade

    I'm interested in buying this for my son...still available?
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    Must-Haves for Western Hunts

    This right here...
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    Elevation change to stop other hunters

    I think the key here is not where 'nobody' will go, but try to get where 'few' will go. For rifle season we try to find the goldilocks spot where we're further than folks will hike from the trailhead, but not as far as the ones with horses will go. Where we are that tends to be in the 2.5-6 mile...
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    Questions about floorless shelters

    Ding Ding Ding! If it's not cold enough for the stove I'll be sleeping under a tarp in my hammock with a bug net on it. Once it's cold enough that a stove is wanted either as a luxury or a necessity, it's time for the Redcliff. Only the mouse issue remains in that type of cold, and as stated...
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    Must-Haves for Western Hunts

    Lots of debate on boots here. I too hate a stiff/heavy boot. Last year I did first rifle in CO with super light Irish Setters and really regretted it...the sole was simply too soft and I got pretty bruised up on the bottoms of my feet. Also have two buddies who broke ankles hunting out there...
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    Tipi Hacks

    I have a SO Redcliff and it wasn't until about the 9th night in it that I came up with the very obvious hack to help with condensation. I say hack, not solution because there is still some condensation present, but much much lower down the wall. Unzip the door at the top so about a foot to 16...
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    Anyone have a tricked out .22 pistol they hunt squirrels with.

    Damn bro...that's a lot of coffee!
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    If you were going to ThruHike

    Cliff notes: To immediately shed 5-7 lbs get a lighter pack get a lighter shelter (shelter, not tent) after that shit gets expensive for weight savings remember you are there to hike, not to camp...pack like it I didn't thru hike it, but spent 8 weeks on the PCT a little over 20 years...
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    Seek outside Cimarron cold-weather pitch

    It's stupid expensive and took years and years, but I have two teenagers of my very own and god damn can they pack in a lot of weight!
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    Seek outside Cimarron cold-weather pitch

    I camp/hunt with a notorious lighter thief. I use a 3 foot length of paracord and tape one end the lighter, tie the other end around the center pole of my redcliff. Works like charm. Wake up in the morning, feel around in the dark till you hit the pole, grab the cord and boom...lighter in hand...
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    New to backcountry hunting

    Best advice I ever read: Always have a set a spare batteries for your headlamp. So you don't loose those batteries, keep them in your backup headlamp.
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    Colorado Elk hunting with youth, any advice?

    Whatever brand puffy that is cheap and warm, then an adult size camo shirt over the top. Especially handy if the camo shirt happens to be in your size. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Elk Camp - Ice House

    I've used our pop up ice shack for hunting/camping a few times. MN rifle deer it's awesome, because it's usually cold it works amazing. Used it once in the UP in MI and we got 7" of HEAVY snow. The roof collapsed a few times over the course of the night, not awesome...not even a little. I'd say...
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    Who shoots grouse with a Ruger Mark IV?

    Does that mount screw right into the pre-tapped holes or does it require new holes?
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    Anyone have a tricked out .22 pistol they hunt squirrels with.

    After all the grouse I saw during CO first rifle last year I'm planning on bringing by Ruger Gov Target 6 7/8 with me next year. I have a red dot on the way. What are folks with similar setups using for a holster? I have a bino harness rig for my 10mm for archery season, but think the barrel...

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