I would say they are thicker than most medium weight socks. They're more "rigid" than socks, in that they maintain their shape, but they're not stiff by any means. They fit snug and do not bunch up at all. Like I said, I would definitely recommend getting a pair to test fit them with your...
Moose hunting, for us, usually involves a lot of glassing from a high vantage. Sitting for long periods you will appreciate a warm boot. I have been wearing the AlphaBurly Pro 800 for a few years now and they are awesome - the best rubber insulated boot I have worn yet. I'll admit they are a...
I use the ATS 65mm HD with the 25-50 wide angle eyepiece for AK hunting including sheep. I use a Sirui T-1205X tripod with a Vanguard PH-111V head. It's a nice setup. The vanguard is not super smooth, but I'll stick with it. There are times when I wonder and wish for the larger magnification...
For years I simply put cut and wrapped meat into plastic grocery bags. The new bags from Walmart are much heavier and work great. Each bag is filled with a particular cut (steak, stew meat, stir fry meat, burger, etc.) and to label I just wrap a piece of masking tape around the grab handle and...
I've cooked Dall sheep ribs over an open fire twice. They have a lot of fat on their ribs in August, combined with being hungry on a sheep hunt, they were great - finger lickin good! I wish I would have taken pics of the ribs cooking on my first kill in 2004. I made a small fire ring from...
I had better accuracy from 35 gr Bergers in my .204. Not many kills under it's belt. I did shoot the head off a grouse at 198 yards. The most memorable was a running shot at a wolf. Dropped her at 205 yards with a shot to the back of the head/upper neck. She cart-wheeled and had no hide...
Get some aluminum rod stock, cut to length, put a bend in it, attach to pole with 2 hose clamps, and voila hang your gear. I have rods down low for gloves and up high for coats. You can also see that I have 2 sections of 1" aluminum angle fixed to the pole. When your shelter only has 1 pole...
Find a local beauty supply store and by whitening powder and 40 volume peroxide (liquid). You mix the two in a plastic container until it's like cool whip and paint it on the skull with a paintbrush. It will dry and then brush it off with a stiff brush. I usually repeat this "whitening" step...
Try not to submerge the antlers. Wrapping them as described should be okay. Simmer, do not BOIL. Pressure washer works well but you will have to scrape a lot of flesh off. For scraping tissue off the skull I have used a wood chisel with good results.
I got an old and outdated propane tank for...
A taxidermist did my shoulder mount caribou and used that same square stock method allowing the antlers to be quickly removed for easier transport and fitting through doors, etc. I would probably take it to a local taxidermist and have them use square stock to remount the antlers. You...
We stumbled upon the "Taj" a few years back while headed up the valley to fill a sheep tag. What a wonderful sight when we were soaking wet coming and going from the upper valley! We left a note, left it cleaner than we found it, and sure appreciated the "Taj"! Anyway.....good luck filling...
We have used these and they work well. Nice to have the rain flap. We installed them on ice fishing tents by simply stapling the strips of velcro to the tent and then slap on the stove jack.
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We use 7 inches between the antler bases as a guide to judge width. IMO, width can be difficult to judge because every rack is different and the distance of the animal is also a variable. How much leeway is up to the shooter. I would be counting brow tines and if your unsure of the width don't...
On 9-19-11, I harvested a big herd bull that was with a lot of cows and the meat was a little gamey and unlike early Sept. bulls I had taken previously and since. In 2004, my hunting buddies and I took some bulls around Oct. 5 on the North slope and the meat was extremely gamey and terrible. We...
After some calling and brush raking this 61 incher responded with some brush raking of his own. He would not leave his cow and never grunted back so we put the sneak on him and the rest is history. My hunting partner said he never thought he would get a bull like this one - boom! It was one of...
That's a great looking bull - congrats! As to your question, my bull measures approximately 57 inches from the bottom of the brisket to top of the antler, 48 inches wide, and sticks out from the wall 48 inches. That's a 12 ft. ceiling and his brisket is about 6 ft. from the floor. For...