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Public School Woes
Gotta vent here. Boy in my daughters second grade class. Beginning of the year seemed more common, but he'd fly off the handle to the point the class gets evacuated. I have my first meeting with school admin. This carried on throughout the year, not always in the homeroom. So when the kids out...- thomas89
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2023 Cow #2
Was able to fill my second elk tag mid-December. Found a small herd real close to the boundary, as in half on public, half on private. Whipping winds made me want to get close. Hands and knees through the cactus to close the distance, ended up at about 160. Kept feeding on to public so I... -
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'23 Wyoming Elk
Anyone ready for another elk hunt story? Quit reading if you want big bulls, continue reading if you're into fart stories. Missed on any LQ tags here in Wyoming this fall, guess I was stuck hunting general units with the rest of these third class citizens. My goal living in Wyoming this... -
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Just me overthinking …
CWD came back negative on a cow I shot mid October. Thawing out for a few days in a cooler in the garage. Worked 4 bags today, still plenty to go. Anyways, couldn’t help but notice a pretty “elky” smell when I cracked the bags open. Elk was deboned and in the freezer within ~16 hours. Bags...- thomas89
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Leupold Film
Leupold uploaded a new video featuring Jason Phelps of Phelps Game Calls shooting a bull at last light 600+ yards away. No recovery, no gutting, no nothing. Headed back in “at first light” the next morning with, if I recall correctly, a 5 hour hike to the bull. Says he shot the bull at 4:30pm...- thomas89
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Deadfall and Deadlegs
Made it out for a little solo weekend backpacking trip to try and learn an elk spot a little better. I've hunted this area before, and seen/killed an elk in this area, but sometimes it felt a bit more like luck than actually knowing what I was doing. Waited for the wife to get home to take over...- thomas89
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Worst of the Worst
Sometimes during the day I’ll let the YouTube play in the background for some noise around the house. Often times it’ll end up on hunting videos. (It’s the algorithm, I swear.) More often than not I’ll find myself picking on these guys for one reason or another. Today I got to thinking: If you...- thomas89
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Governor’s Tag
What I would love to see sometime is someone with more money than brains get a governors/commissioners tag or something of that nature. Spin it up into a big hullabaloo like most of these hunts have become on YouTube. The scouting parties, the observation points watching for “the one”, the...- thomas89
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Gear Clearout
In the interest of funding new purchases this off season/clearing up my space a bit, I have been off-loading several items to Facebook marketplace. I love the convenience of being able to post items to multiple pages with the click of a button. I love selling crap and not having to deal with...- thomas89
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Mystery Ranch Game Bags
Sierra Trading Post has Mystery Ranch game bags set of 4 (2 60L and 2 80L) for $59.99. Scooped up a set, didn't figure I could go wrong with the price point and wanting another set. Digging the handles on the bags, it is a little awkward at times wrestling with them fully loaded at the kill...- thomas89
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Gun Show Etiquette
Cheyenne had a tiny little gunshow the other weekend. Needing to get out of the house for a bit I spent the $5 door fee to check it out. I've had some time to reflect. I'm not a regular goer to gun shows, just never interested me so much, but I just don't remember them being like this one... -
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Anything better?
As a member of the Hostess pro staff, I must keep up with competitors snack options. The one thing Hostess has is the smaller sizes for tucking into packs/pockets. But boy I tell you, is there anything better than those Entenmann’s chocolate frosted donuts? The previous winner of Alone drank...- thomas89
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First Hat Trick!
All tagged out for elk. Wow. This late season stuff sure is fun. Years ago I tried to get in on a hunt with our very own late-cow elk guru, only later to realize my faux-pas. This year I set out to sort it out on my own. If I didn’t know any better, I’d guess my “Wisconsin Hunter Education”... -
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Never have I ever…
Shot two big game animals in a season (antelope excluded)…until today. Had a nice brunch with the family, if you’re ever feeling too relaxed definitely let your 6 year old whip up pancakes, you’ll be stressed in no time! Got out to the spot at the crack of 1130. Wind finally laid down a bit so... -
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Show me your junk…
…drawers filled with extra bits to gear you don’t use. Relax everyone I know since the nudist thread going you’re all nervous to click threads now. But what are you all doing with the random odds and ends that come with gear? Manuals? Carrying cases/storage bags? Extra parts? Etc., Seems...- thomas89
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Tripods 101
Was recently gifted a Swarovski spotter. Older model straight eye-piece Habicht, 20-60x80, but still some unreal glass. Feel like to do it justice I need a good tripod. I’ve got a $40 aluminum one for the camera that doesn’t seem like it even deserves to be in the same room as that spotter... -
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2022 Elk
Hopefully everyone's done posting with their bad@ss hunts so I could sneak in a story about a raghorn. Drew this type 1 tag for the second time ever, first time being 2014. Loved scouting the unit back then, but my older brother died by suicide just after archery season started that year... -
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2022 Pronghorn
Spent a full day driving and glassing bucks before realizing I wasn’t going to get a giant this year. Actually ran in to this guy scouting but didn’t figure I’d get a chance at him. He didn’t stand around long enough to get a real good look at what was going on with that right side, but long...
