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Trapping Thread 2026/2027
Hard to believe you guys are putting up fur already. I’ll probably start in December. Still very warm and buggy here in Kansas, but we’ll be getting after the beaver, coons, and bobcats once winter arrives.- nontyp
- Post #36
- Forum: Other Small Game
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Freezer Thawed- Advice needed
I actually had it completely frozen in a couple other freezers. I moved it to this freezer maybe 10 days ago. The biggest kick in the nuts is that i bought 2 freezer alarms last week. I just hadn’t installed them yet. Yes i do have 3 kids. Im thinking about trying some tomorrow. otherwise...- nontyp
- Post #9
- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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Freezer Thawed- Advice needed
Discovered my freezer was completely thawed today. I had just put all of my elk burger in it a couple weeks ago. There is no foul odor at all. So I am wondering if it’s possibly still good? I probed the center of a package and it was 58.5 degrees. I opened a package and it looks good and...- nontyp
- Thread
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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Mule Deer Annual Patterns
Question for you guys with much more experience than me. We found a couple really nice muley bucks in W Wyoming while elk hunting. What are the odds that those bucks would be using the same area next season, assuming they don’t get killed this winter? Saw them last week (mid October). -
Kansas 2026 Pronghorn
This story better end with some sort of drop tine world record pronghorn on the ground! haha -
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Actual Weight of Meat - Can we be honest?
I recently weighed the meat of a large bodied mature bull elk in the field due to my need to load llama panniers with accurate weights. I ended up with 210 lbs of boned out meat.- nontyp
- Post #297
- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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Muley Buck Age
I sent both lower incisors and they ranked the sample quality as A, which is their highest confidence rating. -
Muley Buck Age
He had a really skinny neck. Wasn’t rutted up at all. I ground the neck meat. -
Muley Buck Age
Alright…I won’t keep you waiting too long. 10 years old. I suspected he was fairly old. I was guessing 6 or 7. Never would’ve imagined 10. Especially living on public land in the west. -
Muley Buck Age
I just received the tooth age results back from Matson’s on this public land muley I shot last year. How old do you think he is? I’ll post the results later. -
Budget trekking poles
I have aluminum trekking poles from Walmart. I’ve bent more expensive pairs in the past, but I’ve been using this pair for 5 years. I almost exclusively just use them for packing out meat, so they stay on my pack most of the time.- nontyp
- Post #34
- Forum: Gear, Gear Deals & Gear Talk
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Dove 2026
Not a limit, but we had fun! I left my gun in the truck and my boys took turns with the 20 gauge. My 11 year old connected on his 4th shot. His first dove and a fun evening.- nontyp
- Post #28
- Forum: Feathers and Wings
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Llama Insurance?
yep and im taking 4 prime age male pack llamas. I am probably worrying too much, but i don’t want to be in a position of owing a good friend $30k. That’s why i think a reasonable insurance option would be a good piece of mind investment.- nontyp
- Post #15
- Forum: Backpack Hunting
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Llama Insurance?
Anyone ever rent or borrow llamas and get independent insurance to cover the animals? Planning to use a friend’s pack llamas this Fall. He says not to worry about it, but ultimately it would be a bad situation if something happened to them. Just wondering if there’s some sort of simple...- nontyp
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- Forum: Backpack Hunting
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Kansas 2026 Pronghorn
I used to see those flint hills antelope pretty regularly. Probably haven’t seen one in 1.5 years now. -
Kansas 2026 Pronghorn
Congrats! I got my unsuccessful email with 5 points. Hopefully next year I’ll have the same tag. -
Youth quota, too young
Ridiculous. Dad should face serious consequences.- nontyp
- Post #53
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Youth quota, too young
7yo with very close supervision and assistance is what I have settled on. I do think getting these reps early will help them out immensely once they are more independent. They are already learning beginner mistakes, and seeing the effect of movement, wind, etc spooking game. My 7 year old is...- nontyp
- Post #33
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
