New Year "New Season"

[les welch]

Chicken in a biscuit. One of my backcountry treats.


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[les welch]

7 bags of Idahoan potatoes.


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[5MilesBack]

How are the Danner pronghorns holding up and how are they for hunting in the mountains?

They're called "Pronghorns" for a reason. Flip flops have more support than the Pronghorn uppers.

I've never hated a single piece of gear more than those Pronghorns. I wore them one day elk hunting, then figured I'd use them around home. NOT. You couldn't give me another pair. I'd rather wear tennis shoes while hunting.......or working around home. No support, no traction, very uncomfortable.

But I know how kid's feet grow. When I was in 7th grade my parents bought me a pair of Adidas shoes. Within two weeks my feet had grown so much, they separated the toe caps from the rest of the shoe. My mom swore she was going to wrap my feet in burlap bags for shoes until they stopped growing.

 

[tim tarras]

7 bags of Idahoan potatoes.


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Do you add something to it or eat it as a side to a mtn house? And is that a full bag or split into portions?

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[les welch]

Do you add something to it or eat it as a side to a mtn house? And is that a full bag or split into portions?

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It's a half bag. I eat with a single serving mountain house.


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[les welch]

I'm trying to get out elk hunting gear ready and this kid is fishing like crazy every day. Biggest Brown I've ever saw out of our small local small stream.


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[MtnHunter]

7 bags of Idahoan potatoes.


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Great idea! I think I'm going to add this to my Mountain House this year!

 

[ljalberta]

Seeing this makes we wanna step up my food game. Thanks for the ideas. I'm heading out in 8 days, so I'm enjoying following along as I do my own prep.

 

[les welch]

Been out of service for the last few days enjoying my last vacation of the year. Now it's time to get down to work.

Last night's workout was teaching one hour of Strength Yoga, and then backing it up with 50 minutes of lifting. PR'd Triceps, Chest, and Back. I'm feeling good for elk season!

Shooting tonight, more gear prep, and working out. I'll start dropping gear pics.

 

[Gerard Marcaurele]

Do you "practice" packing your gear before the season? I mean, do you get it all together and see what works best as far as where each goes in your pack?

 

[Gunnersdad49]

Crispi Lapponia. They're a cross between trail runners and hikers. I'll test them out tomorrow morning with a pack hike, straight out of the box.


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Really? Nobody is going to make a Crispi Creme joke?

 

[Northernpiker]

I'm trying to get out elk hunting gear ready and this kid is fishing like crazy every day. Biggest Brown I've ever saw out of our small local small stream.

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That's a dandy, where'd he catch that.

 

[les welch]

Duncan Creek

 

[les welch]

I guess you could say things are getting serious. Swim and shoot last night. 2 hour bike today and then more gear organizing.


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[les welch]

Picked up my final food this morning, we'll finish final sealing tonight, and get most of the packaging done.

Yesterday was an expensive day. Ordered a new Slick 634 carbon spotter and Benro S2 head from S&S, they shipped this morning. Picked up a Peak Designs clip and UL Jimmy cover for my A6000.

Only a couple more things on the "need" list and we'll be good to go.

 

[les welch]

Swapped out the Woodsman for the Reckoning. Next up is putting the Tahr on a 26" frame from Hunters current 24" frame. He's grown 9" since the last hunt


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[les welch]

This will hopefully be my link to the outside world and allow me to get updates out to you guys following along while I'm in the Gila.


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[les welch]

Peak Designs clip and Jimmy tarps UL cover for the A6000 showed up last night.


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[MIKEYB]

Where do you plan on mounting that bad boy?

Have you shot with it on? I want to rig mine to mount on the belt so it carries better.

Hows the weight on the peak designs? I have a knock off brand someone gave me, that thing is heavy duty and heavy. One thing for me is the QM plate is not interchangeable with the Outdoorsmans head.

Love my Inreach, hardly use my GPS anymore. GPS seems to have more points of interest. make sure you download aerial/Sat maps to the device your using. They came in handy on my scout trip. also and maybe Im missing something, but my Ipad was in ariplane mode and not connected to the inreach but the explorer app had me pinpointed on the map. . .thought that was cool.

 

[les welch]

Where do you plan on mounting that bad boy?

Have you shot with it on? I want to rig mine to mount on the belt so it carries better.

Hows the weight on the peak designs? I have a knock off brand someone gave me, that thing is heavy duty and heavy. One thing for me is the QM plate is not interchangeable with the Outdoorsmans head.

Love my Inreach, hardly use my GPS anymore. GPS seems to have more points of interest. make sure you download aerial/Sat maps to the device your using. They came in handy on my scout trip. also and maybe Im missing something, but my Ipad was in ariplane mode and not connected to the inreach but the explorer app had me pinpointed on the map. . .thought that was cool.

I'm thinking mounting on right side of belt, will test some options this weekend.

No I haven't done anything yet, it just came in last night. I'll weigh it and play with it tonight/this week-end. It's definitelyheavier than I anticipated though.

Thanks for the tips. I'll also play with the InReach this week-end and try and figure the intricacies out. Looking forward to this.