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    Best Trail Cam Pictures

    Coyote clean-up crew found a chew toy.
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    Trail cam wolf v coyote

    I thought this was a cool juxtaposition of a wolf and a coyote from my trail cam, here in western Montana. They were taken just a few nights apart and the wolf and the coyote are nearly in the identical position. (You can see by the scrap of deer spine at their feet and the fir trees behind...
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    Double-tapping with a .243 vs one shot with 30-06?

    I firmly believe in sending a second or third round if need be. But that would never be my plan. The second shot is never as good as the first one. For one thing the animal will likely be moving and secondly my adrenaline is going to be kicking in. I would wager that some of my most wild misses...
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    WTS: Tikka T3X Superlite 7mm-08 Stainless Steel

    You got me thinking...
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    Affordable Housing Land Disposal???

    Here's my take on this bs. https://writersontherange.org/beware-the-trojan-horse-targeting-public-land/
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    What is the nastiest place where you have found elk

    Before that, Miistaakis. Backbone of the World.
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    Round In The Chamber

    I've said this before, but when you're hunting upland birds with a group, everyone has a fully loaded shotgun perfectly capable of killing their partners. No one says, "no one load your gun until a bird flushes." You watch the muzzle, watch your footing and use your head. I don't see a big...
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    What is the nastiest place where you have found elk

    85th and Plum. (85 miles back and plumb in the middle of nowhere.)
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    What is the nastiest place where you have found elk

    Since you asked. mtmuley. Public land. Over the counter. Only took me 40 years to find him.
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    What is the nastiest place where you have found elk

    Well it depends how you define "nasty." If you mean remote and rugged, this one. Looking down on a mountain goat. But we did have stock so not really that bad. Reminds me of my old friend Gary Sloan who had another spot in the Bob he called "Idiot Basin" because only an idiot would kill an elk...
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    Help my inner Jeremiah Johnson... just got a new muzzleloader

    Oh I should add that my initial target will be whitetail with a slight chance at an elk. What kind of range should I expect?
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    Help my inner Jeremiah Johnson... just got a new muzzleloader

    So I just inherited a replica .54 caliber Hawken rifle. I've shot blackpowder a few times but have never owned my own or hunted with one. The rifle is in good shape. My friend hunted with it and killed deer with it, but it is lightly used. It's outfitted with a modern peep sight. Montana now has...
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    Losses at the Forest Service

    Defund, Decry and Destroy.
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    Blind Calling for Lions

    I would also cover ground looking for tracks over sitting in one spot but that's just me. I hate sitting for more than an hour.
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    Blind Calling for Lions

    I called in a lion this fall with a Primos can doe call. I had another come in to a bugling bull elk that I was also stalking. Not sure if either would work outside the rut, but the doe call got the cat's attention big time. I would think a fawn bleat would be the ticket. That's all I know...
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