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    What size and brand game bags?

    I make my own about 14"x30". I've found that size to work well for two cylinders side-by-side in my backpack at about 60 lbs each when totally full. I can squeeze a bone-in mulie quarter in there(sometimes requires a bit of trimming on rears), and boned elk quarters fit easily, even with the...
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    Help with WORK boots

    Xwhatever on Thorogoods. Hell I even wear them out on dates they're so comfortable. Mine are going on something like 6 years of construction work, although concrete is now taking it's toll on the leather because I just don't have time to clean and treat them weekly (concrete eats through...
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    Strategies for locating animal after the shot when solo

    Compass and rangefinder are real useful tools. Recent tool that comes in real handy (for stalks also) is to take a picture with your phone. Marking the spot on a sat image can work sometimes too.
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    2018 Elk Meat Pole

    Moments later, my plans to pack out the four miles to my truck in the dark over an exposed ridge were halted by three second counts between lightening and thunder. It was raining so hard I couldn't wear my glasses. I got everything in game bags and spent the night under my plastic from my kill...
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    2018 Elk Meat Pole

    The game bags I make here in Reno.
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    Photography- one photo a day

    Tagged out on our wilderness cow hunt. Packed out 4 in 72 hours.
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    2018 Elk Meat Pole

    Cow #3 from the Jarbidge Wilderness. 9 mile packout with 112 lbs (split my cow with a buddy). Slept in the wall tent and went back in the next morning to pack out cow #4 + my spike camp and two weeks of food. 90 lbs for 9 miles on the second trip. Cows #1 and #2 got split between four of us and...
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    Help Me Choose A Puffy

    Elk hunting partner wears an Eddie Bauer. I wear a Costco Gerry down puffy. Neither of us has any complaints. My Costco jacket has YKK zippers and was $30.
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    Trekking Poles for Tipi

    This^ when I'm solo and am hunting far from my spike camp. I also pitch mine with poles and then guyline it to adjacent trees above most of the time. Then I can take the poles out and have extra room inside. If yours doesn't have guylines at the peaks, you can gather the end with a rock inside...
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    Successful Himalayan Snowcock Opener

    The Upchukar Podcast Recorded the podcast Wednesday night. Keep an eye out for the video that Project Upland should come out with in the next year.
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    Which Bino adapter for tripod mounting?

    I've been using the Field Optics Research adapter this year. Happy with it so far.
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    Carrying meat in/on your pack?

    I use an 85 liter internal frame and just put two quarter bags inside my pack on top of my gear. I use a compactor bag over the game bags to keep blood out of my stuff.
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    Successful Himalayan Snowcock Opener

    All four birds went straight to the taxidermist haha. I believe that is what he was shooting, although admittedly I am not much of an expert on shotguns. I just use my beater 870 that's been dropped a dozen times haha. Thanks for all the kind words. It was probably one of the hardest hunts...
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    Steri Pen

    No. I have a SteriPen and a couple Sawyers. I use the Sawyers primarily because they are a lot lighter, but I've never worried about using the SteriPen. I typically use the SteriPen where I'm going to leave it somewhere during freezing temps and I can't protect the Sawyer. I.e. I leave a...
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    Pad Width

    I have a standard xlite, xtherm, and an uninsulated klymit. I'm 5'10 165 lbs. I'm comfortable on the TAR pads at 20", although if they were any narrower it would annoy me. I find the 23" Klymit pads to be roomy. I actually like them a bit more than the TAR pads as far as comfort goes. I make...
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    what r value sleeping pad

    I've used r-value of about 3 plenty of times in those temps. My x therm is only 5.7 and I've used it well below zero. You can take the sum of r values that are layered. Sometimes I use an r1.3 air pad and a ridgerest (2.3?) Under it because I like it for glassing and it protects my air pad...
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    Tape a barrel to keep out moisture?

    Electrical tape. I keep some in my pack anyway. It's got a lot of uses from repairs to first aid, or keeping your tag from getting ripper off antlers.
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    ISO Isobutane fuel canisters

    It's because the propane has a higher vapor pressure and burns off first. Butane and especially n-butane has a low vapor pressure even down in the 40s and doesn't give you much coming out of the valve. The higher the propane content and the less n-butane the better. Elevation doesn't effect...
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    ISO Isobutane fuel canisters

    Look up adventures in stoving. You want something with the highest percentage of propane and little to no n-butane. MSR is the best product I can find where I'm at. Snow Peak is also pretty good. Jetboil, Coleman, and Primus score low. I typically switch to white gas if it gets below the 20s...
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    Tyvek alternative

    2 mil painters cloth. $2.97 for a roll in your local hardware store or Walmart.

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