If you spend your whole life taking in the outdoors, you come to appreciate that nature is pure and forever. Even that stone laying on the hillside is likely several hundred million years old.
It makes me sad to know that people actually make and follow this social media pollution. Hopefully...
Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I can't seem to draw these rare tags, but being there with my wife or other partners who did draw is just about as gratifying. Goats make you earn them!
FWIW, the 2 chest harnesses I've bought from Diamond D (Alaska) are great quality. Not cheap, but to me they seem to just become part of your body & you don't notice the firearm weight.
But yeah, there is a choice has to be made if using a bino harness.
If you truly have spark, service manual mostly points to fuel issues in troubleshooting ignition. My twin cylinder is hard to get at both plugs, but wonder if you can get it to fire with starting fluid sprayed into one cylinder?
My 2006 700 Sportsman has a few fuses inside the front rack box, below the headlight. A few 20's, a 15 and a 6 Amp. Don't know what they control, but it may be helpful to check them.
Human population = the demise of big game species. Montana is just now seeing what Europe, original colonies, bison herds, and current eastern animal populations have suffered due to pressure.
We'll never again see our hunting the way it was a generation ago. Admit it & recognize how it will...
Those comments on wet roads are no joke......
A D9 cat on speed dial, if it rains. Nothing else (besides big wind, or time, or frozen roads) will work to extract you from that gumbo on BLM.
I've found most of the YakTrax styles don't hold up very long when used on non-snow surfaces. The exception are the chain styles - which may actually work in your setting.
As above, the Hillsound and Kahtoola brands have held up over multiple seasons for us with pretty hard use on snow and...
You are wise, OP, to pose the question here.
I grew up hunting the Laurel Highlands of PA. In those days, it was generally more sedentary or stillhunting. "Gear" didn't exist, but needs were modest due to temperatures & terrain.
Being out west these last 40 years, I'll add these things to all...
2 years ago I ate tag soup when I let 2 cows each with their calf walk away, at 100 yds. Mid season rifle. In that moment, it was the right call, and still is to me.
It's a different story when they are in a bigger group and more anonymous.
Maybe I've just become softer with age.
Through the years we've skipped back and forth between camper styles & weights, which dictated what truck we've used. I've run 1 ton diesels from Dodge, Ford, and Chevy. And 1/2 ton hemis and Silverados.
A few things come to mind in my experience & uses:
1. Pulling anything up grade or...
Yeah, the sight picture doesn't change much at all with my 45-70 from 100 to 200 yards. And that's within my abilities & idea of ethics.
These things are remarkably accurate - with proper skills & tangs, one can hit a stop sign-size target at 800 -1000 yards. But that can mean 80 feet of...
For those shooting Sharps in black powder, 405 gr lead, what is your realistic max distance you feel good about with open sights?
Tangs are great, but not real useful or responsible for hunting. I've practiced with semi-buckhorn sights out to 150 yards range with full confidence, but have yet...