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    Sleeping Bags

    I definitely use down and even on a 5 day backpack hunt with 3 days of light rain/condensation I didn't have issues. Temp range obviously depends where you're hunting. Here in Western MT I end up running my 20 degree Western Mountaineering bag. If nights get to about 40 degrees I'm finding I...
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    Boot stiffness

    I've got the Caminos and have run a number of Scarpa boots and now Crispi Lapponia 3's. Lapponia 3's are notably lighter and a bit less stiff. This elk season I put a lot of off trail miles on and never felt the need for more support than the Lapponia 3's, so for me it's a great stiffness...
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    Let’s see them camps!

    Opening week archery, before and after a crazy, dangerous lightning, rain, heavy snow storm. Luckily we just lost the tarp.
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    Post Rut Bull Sanctuaries Same or Similar to Pre-Rut summer areas??

    For those who've done extensive summer/pre-rut scouting in mountain regions, seeing bulls as well as having had success regularly finding bulls post-rut, are you seeing the bulls going back to some of the pre-rut summer areas where you saw bulls, assuming no major snow to drive them lower? Or...
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    Elk .... Let's see them!!!

    First archery bull and first packout with my mare and her 3yo mule. A funky, cool looking little 6x3. Hunted solo but big thanks to my buddy for his help packing up the stock and getting it out. After being so close so many times, and being into elk on most days for the past few years, it felt...
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    UTV windshield suggestions

    When I had a utv, I loved the glass hinged windshield that folds forward like the old jeeps. Had vents in the bottom if didn't want the full open front and I got a manual windshield wiper. I hate having scratches in my plastic safety glasses and couldn't imagine driving hours with scratches in...
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    How many guys using Michelin LTX on your hunting rig? Experience?

    From the short few thousand miles I had them on the used truck I recently got, they were great on the hwy and dirt roads, but admit I'm a woose about not wanting flats when out in the mountains. So even though they were nice with lots of wear left, broke down and got some trusty KO3's. Now...
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    Seth Bodnar - independent US Senate candidate

    The majority of the podcast covers very well the "why" I'd sure prefer an independent who supports public lands and conservation, plus other common sense items where normally each senator must toe the party line. Like any step in a new direction, one can not expect it to be perfect from the...
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    Seth Bodnar - independent US Senate candidate

    Very good points as who's to say that money will not simply control an independent as the source of their funding to keep themselves in office. However, considering how dysfunctional the current system is, I sure am will to try almost anything different. Randy and Seth's comments about...
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    Seth Bodnar - independent US Senate candidate

    As a die hard member of the choir welcoming the value and need of something other than the dysfunctional 2 party system, @Big Fin, did you guys talk any more maybe offline about what it really will take for him to get elected? For some of us, the "why" an Independent is so important was...
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    How many guys using Michelin LTX on your hunting rig? Experience?

    Hi All, Any issues or limitations you've found and if so in what conditions? Have you had any flats? Thanks, s
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    Let’s see them camps!

    Found a dry island which thankfully was out of the mosquito zone. Sure showed how much more elevation and miles my legs need to get into hunting shape. Wasn't the ideal tent (protrail li) for being exposed, as it's a bit of a sail, but luckily wind stayed low. In the trees it's awesome and light.
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    3/4 ton 4x4 recommendations

    Agree with Nick87 and would suggest gasser. Diesel is not needed for those weights, plus super complicated and expensive to maintain. Plus, diesel is so much heavier it'll be a stiffer, rougher ride which people often forget compared to a 3/4 ton gasser, not to mention you lose the payload...
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    Rear locker decisions..

    Is the locker for snow traction or are you actually rock crawling ? If rock crawling to get to access points, you're on brutal enough roads that maybe a truck is not the best option. If it's for snow traction, I'd recommend a higher priority is the ability to put chains on up front, which...
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    Base camp tent

    While normally I'd recommend a Kodiak Canvas, having owned one and previously (sold it) a side by side, it's very heavy and a big packed size taking up your small amount of cargo space in a sxs. Some guys like the Seek Outside Courthouse, which imagine you could get the liner for a floor...
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