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    Feedback on backcountry elk loadout

    hard to beat Kuiu attack pants for an all around go to, for similar quality, if you don't need camo I'm a fan of Himali guide flex pants, $138 full price and almost always in sale somewhere, close to bulletproof if they fit you, they are pretty slim fit. lots of mountaineering world softshell...
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    Feedback on backcountry elk loadout

    I'd suggest ditching the 3 freeze-dried meals a day, realistically if it's cold you're not going to be able to boil that much water with one fuel canister and a stove without a heat exchanger, at the very least ditch the lunch one and bring bars/trail mix/jerky/nuts, you're going to be craving...
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    Unfamiliar Territory

    I try to hunt new units/states every year, given your conditions I'd look at harvest stats and get a feel for units that have a good success rate and not a ton of private land to muddy the waters, look at a map/sat imagery to see if it loosely looks like you could hunt it how you like to hunt...
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    Plastic/double boots

    I can't imagine why you would get double plastics, especially used ones in 2023, there are a dozen or more supergaiter double boots available now if you really want something with a removable liner to put in your bag overnight, same support, half or less weight, and actually significantly...
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    How long would it take for you to give up?

    with all those considerations I'd probably say that quitting is a reasonable idea if you aren't willing to change your approach, whatever you are doing now doesn't seem to be working well, and it's probably not going to get better without some significant changes. Hard to tell what the exact...
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    Distance Travelled Archery

    Sample size of around 20 for me, I find that in general, the close range shots go farther after the hit than the ones at 40+ yards, I have a handful at 50 that have walked less than 5' after the hit, and a handful shot under 10 yards have gone 200+ yards, I think in general the elk at really...
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    First Day in Unit

    if you are rolling in after daylight I'd 100% be driving around and checking that your E scouting assumptions are correct, If you haven't been in the unit before you never know if the trails and roads shown on your map actually exist and are driveable, where other people are, etc, spend a...
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    Vomiting at altitude

    Zofran isn't doing anything for the actual cause through...you're still dealing with all the actual problems of AMS, you just aren't puking... walking in and out a couple of hours a day should be just fine for the first couple days, light packs and reasonable fitness and I would consider that...
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    2nd or 3rd gen Tacoma questions

    I've got an 06 with 328K on it, in that time I've worn out pretty much all the suspension components but zero engine work or repairs required, it's not fast or flashy but I can't bring myself to upgrade, it's as close to bulletproof as a truck gets.
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    Backpack base camp distance from elk

    I try to keep a mile or ideally a basin away, I don't think its just one time use that's the problem, it's the disturbance that comes from setting up and hanging out in one area for a couple days at a time, you can get away with a lot for a day or two, if you want an area to stay good for a week...
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    The Other Side....

    Back when there were not that many people out looking for sheds we matched up elk sets 4-5 miles apart a couple of times, usually just stumbled on the second side a couple of weekends later looking in an entirely different area, if an elk is moving when it sheds the first one it could be a long...
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    Colorado unit 61

    Is this whole thread a guy using chat GPT to post the entire litany of excuses for not finding a good bull in 61 in an attempt to get people to back out of the draw or turn in tags?? there's plenty of pseudo-science to be found on the hunting forums but this appears to be an attempt to cram it...
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    Archery- In front of or behind cover?

    I'm not a fan of "always" but this is one of those cases where it's like 95% at least, set up in front unless there is a really obvious reason not to, if you are getting busted you are too far away from cover or you are moving too much or both... FWIW I don't wear gloves, a facemask, a ghillie...
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    Bulletproof instant coffee- diy

    if you can find it Laird's superfoods instafuel is a perfect base for high calorie coffee, it's instant coffee with coconut creamer and MCT, add some powdered butter and you can get your coffee up to almost 300 calories, easy to get down and actually delicious... I roll with this and feel like I...
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    What pace when searching in archery season?

    I tend to move as fast as comfortably possible and not worry at all about noise most of the time, if I start getting into an area that feels "elky" then I slow down as needed, if it's nasty and thick that can be really slow, way less than a mile an hour... if it's pretty open that can still be...
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