Hung deer quarters in our back country camp.Above the crick in the shade, perfect temps.but in the morning a pine martin chewed through my game bag and ate a lb or 2 from a quarter. Nothing I tried could keep them out of the meat. In desperation we sank the meat in the crick for the next three...
I enjoy watching good hunting shows as much as the next guy. But, lately it appears that most cannot go on a hunt with out someone hauling a pack full of huge shooting sticks. I watched a well known hunter last night take an animal off a tripod with a bracket for the forearm and the butt stock...
I have several hundred rds of 22-250 ammo loaded up,most 10-15 yrs old, It's time to load up a a couple hundred more rds, I have been very happy with my load,but when I go to the Hodgdon loading center(on-line) it shows my load using H-335 is considerably over max,I checked my old Hodgdon manual...
Can life get any better? Goat down,bucks down.snowing outside. Now all I need is a bear rug to tickle my feet..wait, I have one, home soon from the taxidermist!!
I glassed several nice billies in my Idaho unit in Sept, just waiting for them to hair up a bit.Now we have been hit with a early snow.
Just got back from a week hunt (snowed out yesterday)and not a single goat to be found in the area. I have always heard that goats suck it up and winter in...
Took this bear over our backcountry bait Thursday evening, spent 4 days in camp this trip, had a pretty eventful ride in when one of our mules decided she wanted to be on her back in a ravine with all four in the air, turned out to be pretty western , all worked out and she is much smarter now...
Just ordered a pair of Kennetrek mountain 400 boots from Sierra Trading,fathers day special pricing..Question, the Kennetrek site lists them as Mountain 400 extreme.Are these the same boots? or did I just order a earlier version closeout model?
M2h
My Sheep Horns Come Home:
When I was about 10 years old I would go with my dad to an older gentlemen’s home , there we would drool over his collection of Indian and Calvary artifacts, most found in the Pass area where he homesteaded many years prior.
One day he told us of the local legend of how...
The winter is getting long, How about some pics of those horses and horse pack trips to get us through til we start packing in bait for spring bear hunting?
M2h
I spend a ton of time in the back country on my horses, which causing more concern as I get older with my sweetie.She gave me an early Christmas present, a SPOT satellite tracker,I activated the thing and have used it the last two weeks,it appears to work perfectly,allowing me to send home, I am...
Great hunt, Good bull, Awesome horses.All DIY
Anyone looking to buy a spike tent,I found a awesome tent company.It worked perfectly,I had the stove jack placed in the back to allow a cot to fit on each side
Range tent 8 X 8.5 X104 inches tall, wt-app 26lbs..about 300:00 bucks(Hoggan's Custom...