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    Colorado GMU 181/18 update?

    Was scorched, is scorched, and many long run conditions have changed such as roads that no longer are roads and trails that aren't trails anymore. The good news is you can walk about anywhere due to the beetle kill is gone, that bad news is there is not much reason to want to walk there.
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    Pack Stock For The Dedicated Mule Deer Hunter

    Be careful on high quality hay. I had two die in winter on 4th cutting alfalfa that was unbelievable quality. The old ones handled it fine I would be suspicious the young ones were like teenagers at a Golden Corral and didn't know enough to stop chewing and go for a walk. Both puffed up like...
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    Snowbirds

    I'm kinda flexing my wings right now. Yesterday at -3 and looked at the weather at my southern birds nest @86 and it made me realise I could float on water and cast rather than drive on water and drill... not really that tough of a choice to make.
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    Archery Harvest Pics for sheep?

    Got two on a 3rd hunt I passed on 5/8 hoping for a real ram and ended up with tag soup. Big ones with a bow are a gift from God...
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    Do elk cross large boulder fields

    Can they? yes absolutely Will they? no Once I was the second human contact for a group of 50-60 head at tree line. Upon running into me they panicked and thought they were surrounded (it was summer). The lead cow bolted up into friggin mountain goat country and I stood and took pics ( this...
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    Dogs on big game hunts

    And they never tell anyone where you were... Archery can be a problem due to being so close. Obeying hand signals really helps. Should go without saying that absolute obedience is mandatory.
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    How rare is a 200 inch mule deer

    I know I was making a joke based upon peoples differing perspective on legitimacy based on their personal ability or inability to access said private... never mind! T/U rhymes with "times up" and got caught blasting big deer on the wrong side of fenceposts here locally. It is a forbidden...
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    How rare is a 200 inch mule deer

    What are you some kind of rookie??? If I have access then that private is PERFECTLY LEGIT... If I dont then its not fair chase and probably should be illegal. Ask T/U a 1-200 yard post sunset drag can happen very quickly, it gets even quicker if you hear a tractor coming your way...
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    How rare is a 200 inch mule deer

    Great pics to show the many aspects of "adding" up to the magic 200" mark. Stickers and in-lines are the best/most common way but the least impressive to me. Mass is the greatest asset IMO but adds up the slowest. Those 200" typpies are the holy grail, and oh so elusive. A single broken...
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    How rare is a 200 inch mule deer

    You mean this lil guy? He was incredible.But I wouldn't bet my best dog that he nets 200 typpy. As mentioned above it is a huge step from 200" to 200 TYPICAL... Most 200" deer are 180 " deer with extras. Pics are not required but very illustrative. IMO none of the above would make 200" yet...
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    How rare is a 200 inch mule deer

    Even when there are lots of 'em there aren't many of 'em. Most will top out and hang at the 175-190" range no matter how old they get or how much they eat. The stars have to line up correctly. The single biggest factor is they have to get old, and with the state printing money and urban...
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    Haul Road with pack stock

    Interesting responses guys all stock bring different skills to the table. Personally I would think horses would be the least capable in the tundra of commonly used animals. I think the most likely to succeed would be llamas based on their similar features of the caribou. But the caribou do...
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    Building a house for penny pinchers.

    Lots of maybe good advice on here and lots of highly probable BS. Two questions will supersede all others, where are you building and how lenient are the politics of it. What skills do you bring to the table. Sweat equity is just that, most generals dont sweat too much, they are just...
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    Haul Road with pack stock

    Im curious as to why it is never mentioned. 5 miles is nothing with stock to carry the poundage. As I see it there is the logistics issue of getting the stock there, huge expense, fuel, stops for grazing +/or supplemental feeding. a square bale of 4th cutting costs what in Tok? 2nd would be...
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    Sidearm or Not?

    two summers back camped by a lake and tethered the llamas . Couple was with me the guy always carries, against my advise but whatever. campfire then bed I leave my tent open so my dog can come and go if needed. 2 am she's out and I hear screams of BEAR! BEAR! ITS COMING IN DIANE WHERES MY...
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    Sheep steaks are awesome

    tastes do vary. Ive eaten >4... The best was an above tree line ram, and it was poor dog food, (if you dont like your dog much). The worst was a rutty Dec ram w/bow... absolutely inedible, smell it cooking outside in winter with the windows closed. They are pretty tho
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    Who is dropping their standards?

    The ones here TASTE SO BAD it is hard to imagine shooting anything other than a mature deer with some character to boot, yet they fill up trucks with 2-1/2 yr olds and head home thumping themselves in the chest. I'm going the opposite direction, until I see something worth shooting I dont even...
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    Can we unite as Hunters?

    Short answer is no. I vividly remember in 1970's deer camp it was 100% agreement that archery hunting should be made illegal. The real reason was... cause they didn't do it. All this internet stuff just makes it easier cause you dont even have to pretend to defend your position with logic...
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    Remington vssf .223

    First rule "must be accurate". I have a Model 7 in 308. fugger is lucky to hold 3" @ 100 yards. Ive done everything I know only thing that helped was loading the bullets .25" forward from max coal which makes it a single shot. Even then it is over MOA . Not skeered by the weight if it...
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    Remington vssf .223

    Looking for a walking around do everything farm gun with the ability to reach out for coyotes. Short list is this gun as I have a .300 RUM sendero that is simply amazing with the right loads. I was curious if any of you have had the short action version and how it did for you. I will be using...

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