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2024 Texas Whitetail
Well, I've been somewhat chasing this deer for 3 years now and things finally lined up for it to happen. Got quite a history with him, at least 4 years worth of trail camera pictures. He was my #1 target buck last year but I ended up shooting a different buck that I just couldn't pass on, but... -
New Inreach Plans effective December 1st
Well, with the talk of people discontinuing their InReach and Zoleo you would think that they would be looking at ways to keep people but I guess the opposite is true. Just got the email today that Garmin is going up on plans and no longer allowing you to suspend service during months that you...- npaden
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- Forum: Gear, Gear Deals & Gear Talk
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Colorado gun case rules for ATV/UTV
The soft gun case I was using had the zipper go bad and so I was looking for something to replace it and was looking at some of the covers that could be used while backpacking also, but not sure if that would meet the requirements in Colorado if we had one in/on the UTV or ATV. The regulations... -
Need some HuntTalk wisdom on 5th Wheels
Okay, so I'm shopping for a new trailer since my last one is now in the dump at Sheridan, Wyoming. Not really looking for a repeat of that. I'm shocked at some of the nearly unbelievable deals out there right now on 5th wheel toyhaulers. After the shortages and then selling these things at...- npaden
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Guess the tow bill
Had a bit of a mishap on I-90 on our way to the Yellowstone area last week. No one was hurt, the truck never was off its wheels, you can see the skid marks where the truck was sliding before the trailer went over in the median. Not sure how, because it was hooked up with a weight distribution...- npaden
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Anyone ever bought a large piece of land and split it up?
Okay, I’ve got what I think is a near perfect whitetail hunting property 100 miles from my house. 160 acres that I’ve had for 17 years now. Not looking to sell. This week I got a cold call from a realtor wanting to buy it. Offered me almost 4 times what I paid for it and about 50% more than... -
Colorado Secondary Draw Results?
Everything said that the secondary draw results were going to be posted today. I thought they usually posted at 8:00 am MST. Hoping for a bear tag for my son. Anyone know then the secondary draw results usually post? Thanks, Nathan- npaden
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- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Options to help judge bear size?
I have gotten quite a few trail camera pictures of bears on my place in Colorado. I’m pretty sure some of them are really nice bears. I just don’t know how nice. I get most of the pictures on the same camera that is a pretty good location for all kinds of other animals as well. I go back and...- npaden
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Sons 2023 Elk back from the taxidermist
I posted these pictures in the original thread on the hunt and debated whether to post them on a separate thread or not but have caved in and decided to post them here. Super excited and proud of my son on this bull. He was going to shoot the first legal bull we saw and this was it. I think...- npaden
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- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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Once fired brass for sale - .300WSM, 7 Mag, 7-08
Cleaning out the cabinet. .300 WSM: 113 pieces total - $60 plus shipping. 55 pieces Federal Premium - nickel 38 pieces Barnes - brass 20 pieces Federal - brass 7mm Remington Magnum: 217 pieces total - $100 plus shipping. 130 pieces Winchester - nickel 11 pieces Federal - nickel 53 pieces... -
3D printing terrain maps
We upgraded our 3D printer to one that can print multiple colors and I’ve done some learning on stuff like LiDAR maps, QGIS, Blender, GPX extruder and converters and fun stuff like that and am pretty happy with the end result. This is our property in Colorado. Contour lines are at 100’...- npaden
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Help me decide on Kudu taxidermy form.
About to drop it off at the taxidermist and struggling to decide on the form I want. Have it narrowed down to these 3 I think. Here’s my kudu. I’m wanting to get the form that will show the stripe on his shoulder. My kudu has a light double stripe that I think will make it on all the forms...- npaden
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- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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My son's 2023 Colorado OTC Public Land Bull!
Might be a little of click bait in the title but it’s not untrue. I’ve posted a few pictures and questions around the forum so some or most of you might already know the end result on this one, but I’ll try to write this up as one of my normal long winded posts. Not sure if anyone actually... -
Scoring question?
So on the elk my son just shot it has an oddity where the tip to tip spread is the greatest inside spread of the main beams. His mains beams do the normal widen out then come back in but after the 5th point they flare back out. It isn’t a lot but where you would normally measure the inside... -
Another meat safety question. Elk not recovered for 24 hours.
Okay. I've never gone more than an hour or two from shooting an animal to recovering it. This weekend my son shot an elk at 5 pm Saturday and we weren't able to find him until 4:30 pm on Sunday. It was 20 degrees or less the entire time and either dark, misting freezing rain or snowing the...- npaden
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Fattest bear ever?
I’ve been getting quite a few bears on trail camera on my place in Colorado, but this one just seems to defy logic on how fat he is. Like a cartoon character blown up like a balloon. He seems to always be going downhill on that trail so no pictures from the front but he just seems like he is...- npaden
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- Forum: Other Big Game
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Crossbows, lighted nocks, baiting and wounding loss…. Oh my!
I think this story is the trifecta +1 of things that seem to get people riled up on this and other hunting forums. It is what it is, and I’m going to share it warts and all. Not the western adventure hunt we generally see posted about here, but it was definitely on my own. I think it is worth... -
Forestry Mulching
I posted some pictures earlier on my thread asking about excavator mulchers but thought I would start a new thread because I think this is cool. LOL. I hired out a guy to run a skid steer mulcher on my property about 100 miles south of my house. The property had a fire 12 years ago and things...- npaden
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School me up on buying a 4 to 6 ton excavator and mulching head
Okay. I'm looking hard at buying a 4 to 6 ton excavator and a mulching head for it. I had been looking at a skid steer setup with a mulching head but I already have a 55hp tractor and think an excavator would be way more useful for other things around than a skid steer would be. Also on my...- npaden
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Stopping for breakfast after being shot?
Somewhere in the back of my brain I remember some Montana politician stopping for breakfast on the way to the hospital after being shot quail or partridge hunting with his family. I want to say his nephew or someone like that was the trigger puller. Either my Google skills are lacking or my...- npaden
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