Recent content by Mtrose
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Elk Caliber and Bullet Choice - 2024
Same as every year, Ruger #1 270 Wby, 150 gr bullets. -
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Tomorrow starts our 2023 season
Sounds like it was a great hunt; congrats on the elk! And btw, I can’t tell you how many times my teen has forgotten to pack something I repeatedly told her to. Once we had to turn around (thankfully not far from home) because she didn’t put her tags in her pack. I learned to run through the... -
Backpack - large or small?
I pretty much always just use my MR Sawtooth 45 during deer/elk season. Even if I’m only hunting within a couple/few miles from the truck, that’s still extra time and effort before I could start hauling meat out. Plus my pack will compress down pretty small and as long as I don’t bring...- Mtrose
- Post #8
- Forum: Backpack Hunting
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Sow bears and boo boos - let's see them.
That’s the look of someone who knows the pic is going on social media and he can’t do anything about it lol. I know someone who shot a fawn one year. My dad referred to it as the suitcase deer. Because you could almost grab all four legs and carry it like a suitcase. That looks to be the bear...- Mtrose
- Post #204
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Somebody sent me a No. 1 **IT'S FINISHED!!**
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2022 Colorado Bear recap
That sounds like a great hunt, definitely must have been pretty exhilarating when you popped out within ten yards of your bear.- Mtrose
- Post #13
- Forum: Other Big Game
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New guy rain gear question???
I’ve had mine (the women’s version anyway, but I assume it should be comparable?) I think for two hunting seasons. The first hunting season I wore it a ton because it was a really wet season. I haven’t had any leaks and last year we had a day where we were out in rain that turned to slushy snow... -
New guy rain gear question???
I’m guessing this is likely the men’s version of what I have from Cabela’s: https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cabelas-space-rain-full-zip-jacket-with-4most-dry-plus It sounds similar anyway. There’s a matching set of pants too. Anyhow that might be an acceptable middle ground for you, so you’re... -
New guy rain gear question???
What part of MT are you heading to? I hunt northwestern Montana and I often do end up needing rain gear for at least a day or couple days during the season. And yeah, depending on the forecast for the current day, I might put it in my pack in case it starts raining. I’m a chick, but I have the... -
Critters in Weird Places
Several years ago, a small herd of antelope showed up at the horse boarding facility I kept my horse and donkey at, in Clinton, MT (about twenty miles east of Missoula). They came and went for a few weeks, then one day they up and left and never came back.- Mtrose
- Post #62
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Another MT bear encounter, ooops !
Ha, that was what I thought too when I read it. How rude…- Mtrose
- Post #6
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Self imposed weapon restrictions for hunting?
That’s what I always hunt with. Mine is a 270 Wby; I love it. I also have a 220 Swift and my dad’s 300 Wby lives with me, also Ruger No 1s. I will say I can reload pretty quick if needed, but more often than not, it’s unnecessary.- Mtrose
- Post #24
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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