SORRY FOR THE LATE REPLY! I ended up getting the sg grumman jacket. It was a real hard toss up. My wife ended up pulling the trigger for me for my birthday. If I had to do it again I might have bought the arcteryx. The actual shell material on their jacket seems thicker and a little more durable...
Looking to see if anyone has any experience with an Arcteryx Cerium LT hooded puffy jacket vs a Stone Glacier Grumman puffy. I have the opportunity to pick up either puffy about $100 off. I tried on the arcteryx and it felt SOLID. Like it felt good. Outer material seems thicker than my Eddie...
This is true. I have the cds scope but I haven't had my turret made yet. Just using the regular dial. It's all the same. Just put together a dope chart and make some marks on your dial.
I've got a cds this year. So much easier than using a bdc scope imo. Less room for error. Zoom doesn't effect dialing like it does on BDC scopes. I've used it confidently out to 300. I could probably shoot further too.
I shot a buck in full velvet this year. Still spongey. Planning on doing a euro myself. What I've seen and recommend in your case. I'd buy some Velvet cure or I've seen people use acetone or denatured alcohol. What I gather is those chemicals essentially "dry" the velvet, pulling the moisture...
Took my velvet buck in to the taxi for a euro. Said 450 bucks... Seems a bit steep to me. Anyone out there have any velvet bucks euro'd and what was the price? I'm thinking I might go back and pick him up and attempt a DIY euro. Possibly with a sous vide so the steam doesn't damage the fuzz...
I've only hunted bears in california d3-5 a couple times. No luck. I moved to Montana and hunt spring bear here. I've always had great success watching hillsides as rain moves in and always catch movement as the storm get heavy. So essentially I'll hunt foggy days with rain anticipated and wait...