I’ve been run out of the high country a few times since I started hunting in there in 1967. This was the worst, people were getting stuck 1/2 mile from the end of the pavement. We were camped on top, made it out the night before the season opened. Easy for us, we live between Elgin and La...
Bears are doing well in there. I was going to shoot one that busted cover as my bull hit the deck but Catherine called me off. Said something like we wont be out of here until dark as it is and it’s not that big a bear.
Classic Walla Walla bulls. Seeing 8 or 9 good bulls is a pretty good hunt. They are there, bumped one oh sh** bull during the spike hunt, had to be pushing 400. Hope the adventure was worth the points for you.
I know, I’m just hoping to get my tent up before it all starts. Unseasonably warm and dry then look out here comes the first pacific storm. Area I live in gets 12 inches of rain a year. Weather girl said to expect 1 inch of rain on Saturday, but it might be snow up on the mountain.
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The first year they came out I was skeptical. One of the other guides got a set and sent them back, later models have not been a problem. I’m older than dirt, got the enlarged prostrate and drink coffee likes it going out of style. I pea at least once an hour, probably more. 100 + days guiding...
Wore Simms for 20 years on the Peninsula, in and out of boats, wading every day, hiking the tundra, in and out of float planes, that kind of life. Just purchased my 4th pair; G4 with a zipper. Good lord that zipper is a good idea.
During my lifetime I’ve been in four DLP shootings. Only one in the last 20 years guiding on the Alaska peninsula. We encountered bears every day. Always carried spray and a handgun or rifle. Over the course of the summer, once it became available, I’d spray several bears a year, always worked...
The advantage of the larger cylinder stoves, you dont have to stuff it full and while I don’t under stand the physics involved it runs cooler than the same amount of wood in the smaller stove. I have two tents and two stoves, when I take the smaller tent, the 16 vs 20 I always take the larger...
Plus one on the esp. Send a copy of your hearing test and they are programmed to account for your hearing loss, if any. My hearing loss is rated at moderate to severe and these are fantastic. Keep in mind however they only offer about the same protection as soft plugs. No idea if insurance would...