This thread is awesome! There is a culture in the west about not disclosing locations. I didn’t understand when I first moved West almost 20 years ago, but I quickly understood the importance of politely telling people to piss off when they asked about spots to hunt/fish.
Some places there are a LOT of bugles. Other areas, not so much. I’ll share some intel and specifics cause I know, no one I looking for my honey hole.
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My wife and I have MSR and have had no complaints. I have the extension on mine. If possible try to rent some from a retailer to determine what brand you prefer. We rented from REI a couple of times then we scored some used snowshoes from the local REI garage sale.
Swaro 10x50 el
Larger objective to gather light and mag is not so high that shake becomes an issue, at least for me.
What are you glassing? To me that makes a difference. Just spotting elk, one handed is easy with most glass, even on the move. If you’re trying to find bedded deer or even...
I snapped a section of calf muscle a few years ago. When it popped I thought it was my Achilles. Doc immobilized my leg for 6 weeks in a boot then PT to regain strength and stability. If you haven’t tore it that bad it may be a shorter recovery than you’ve read. Everyone is different and every...
I use my bottom pin. Because in the heat of the moment I’m not sure I would remember which pin to use if I didn’t set up the bottom pin as the “slider.”
I say if you wanted to try the middle pin set it up and try it for a while. If you don’t like it after a while it should be easy to change...
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I almost exclusively used the lamb skinner. Used it on several beef, 2 elk in the field and a mule deer in the field. Starting the first cut by the gambrel tendon down the back leg towards the mid-line takes a little getting used to, but is easy once you do it a couple of times.
I have...
For bringing the animals to the knife we use a standard plastic or metal butcher scabbard to hold our skinning, boning knives and have our steels hanging from a chain. Similar to this.
https://www.knifemerchant.com/product.asp?productID=8262
For our trips in on stock we fold cardboard in half...