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    Anybody hunt around Green River Lakes Wyoming? For Elk, Deer or Antelope

    Just wondering if anybody has been hunting around Green River Lakes in Wyoming. I have not been back there in 20 years, but that area was once favorite place in the country.
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    "Rifles for Here and There, Bullets for This and That"

    I was sitting against moss covered boulders on the wet/west side of the Santiam Pass in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. There was a downpour and just cold enough that some of the huge raindrops formed mini-slush balls. From head to toe and even fingers, I was wearing my best rain gear. In my lap...
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    Mountain Goats

    Mountain Goats. August 30th, First freeze yesterday morning here at 4,400’ in elevation. Started my first fire in the wood stove the night before. Stayed up late just looking at the flames. I slept in. Perfectly allowed for somebody almost 80 years old. The sun was too strong by the...
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    Easiest Way to Hunt Antelope

    Used to live in Wyoming long ago when extra antelope tags, mostly for does, but some for bucks too were so easy to get. Got to hunt a lot of antelope. Getting closer to dark I would glass a herd. Then the next morning, I would come back a few hours before light with my Big Male Akita Hunting...
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    What Rifle/Caliber Combinations Have you liked the most and disliked the most and why?

    When you look at the whole "ball of wax": reloading, ease of getting components, then shooting, accuracy, velocity, and hunting performance and finally pride of firearm ownership, what have been your most and least favorites.
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    My Last Hunting Grounds Will be Muzzleloader Only

    My last Hunting Ground will be Muzzle-Loader only. By my best count, this coming hunting season will be my 60th. I am getting close to 80 years old and did miss several seasons during my busy middle years. Playing more number games; I grew up on an eastern dairy farm with unlimited year-round...
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    Old Rifles and Barnes Original Bullets. .277/180 gr RN. 7mm195 gr. RN, 30 cal 250 gr. RN,,,anybody else use them?

    My hunting partner of 40 years and I have been hunting with these extra heavy Barnes Original bullets for caliber round nosed bullets forever. I have a 1950's FN Belgium Mauser in .270 Winchester. He has a 7x57 Mauser ( That I sold him) and an original 1895 Winchester in 30-40, and uses the 195...
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    Has Anyone else hunted "Burro Deer" ? Any Stories about them?

    For the record, Burro Deer are also called Desert Mule Deer, a distinct subspecies found in our extreme low deserts from West Texas, through southernmost New Mexico, Arizona and California also across northernmost Mexico where they are know as The Mexican Mule Deer or "Los Buro's with one "R"...
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    Advice for a Prince Of Wales Sitka Deer Hunt

    Any thoughts about hunting early up high, long shots or late fall along the coast, closer shots. What rifle caliber, scopes worked for you. I would take my Sako SS Finnlight carbine in 308 with a simple scope Any butchering freezer services you can recommend. I would probably lean more...
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    The 1960 "Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act" for "Our National Forests Lands"

    In 1960, my first and still favorite president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, signed into law the “Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act”. This mandated that our National Forests be managed to “best meet the needs of the American People”. His Quote; “As we peer into society's future, we — you and I, and...
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    How many of you have had or wanted a Gorgeous Vintage Rifle

    How many of you have wanted or have a gorgeous vintage rifle I am not talking about a super expensive custom-made rifle. Not talking a near NIB used rifle that has never been scratched and needs excess TLC. I am talking about a used but never abused rifle well beyond the Plain Jane level of...
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    Solo Traditional Muzzleloader Deer hunt in the Mountain West this December.

    I will be close to 79 years old when this hunt happens and am the last one still hunting from my group of old hunting friends. I did get Covid, had two meniscus knee surgeries, then one full knee replacement two years ago and a second one coming up next August. My life long hunting commitment...
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    Will white tail bucks come to a rattle in early December

    I just drew a muzzleloader white tail buck tag. Season is 12-1 through 12-15. I never rattled before and i know their rut is strong thru November but peters out by late November. I have read that there is second rut when WT bucks can be rattled in early December. Does anyone have personal...
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    Desert Bighorn Ram hunt,,

    I would trade any and all hunts for the rest of my life to have another chance to hunt a desert ram. Just wondering if any of you have taken one, or if any one you are applying for a tag, and what would make a desert ram hunt so special for you
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    7mm-08?

    Seems like the 6.5's and the 280 AI have overshadowed this fine round. I have not heard much about the 7mm-08 of late. Any good words for America's best non-magnun 7mm, IMO.
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    500 tortoises restore forest in the Sahara Desert

    500 tortoises restore forest in the Sahara Desert https://omanghana.com/news/sahara-ecosystem-restored-from-space-thanks-to-500-tortoises/
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    Once upon a time, on a deer hunt far, far away and long, long ago

    Since his eyes did not work well anymore, he stopped hunting. Over the stone fireplace in a home his grandfather built out of hand made adobe bricks, there was a Savage 99 in.300 Savage. His grandfathers rifle. The factory iron sights were a blur to him. On one of my visits, I brought my rifle...
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    Great recovery story about the Sonoran Pronghorn, in 2002 only 21 were left

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoran_pronghorn
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    "Compensatory Reproduction" in Coyotes, why killing them equals more coyotes and less deer

    “Compensatory Reproduction” in Coyotes, why killing them equals more coyotes and less deer. Pardon me for a moment while I diverge from the topic and follow the wisdom of an old proverb; “Sometimes the only way there, is the long way around”. I did a month-long trip south recently and along...
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    Once Again, I Live on the Prairie, Where Buffalo Roamed !

    Once again, I live on the Prairie, where the Buffalo roamed! My first time doing so was north of Cheyenne, Wyoming 40 years ago. To the east in Nebraska the land got flat quick and surrendered to an army of plows. The prairie around Cheyenne, still had enough “Rocks and Rolls” left to beat the...
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