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Vanish and FireTiger's 2025 Journal
I may get out for a goose hunt next week. T has a local connection. I've never been goose hunting and only mildly interesting but this is a golden opportunity. Its currently 64F outside. Probably another bird or small game hunt in early 2026, but frankly my mind is already on 2026 fishing...- vanish
- Post #71
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Vanish and FireTiger's 2025 Journal
On Saturday, I woke up way too early to pick up T and N for a pheasant hunt. This was mostly for the dogs, as Colorado pheasant hunting just isn't great. It was not pleasant weather- 40mph winds and 23 degrees. However, it was one of the best bird number days I've ever had. Mostly hens, but we...- vanish
- Post #69
- Forum: Live Hunts
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2025 Sask WT adventures
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Vanish and FireTiger's 2025 Journal
This was essentially home for the 10 day hunt. In the back of the truck, I have thise interlocking foam rubber mats on the bed. This makes it easier on the knees, and keeps feet much warmer. On the driver's side I had a cot with a couple pillows, a comforter and a sleeping bag. Underneath the...- vanish
- Post #68
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Kansas Deer Hunt Questions
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Kansas Deer Hunt Questions
One year just west of KS we were being checked by the warden. We mentioned we were camping and he asked if we were at a certain place. I was like, no, never heard of it, we are 20 minutes further away ... and then we always camped at the place he mentioned after that. -
Crossing State lines & Euromounts
Colorado CWD results take days to weeks. If you're lucky enough to harvest, you'll cut off the head, including leaving a vertebra, take it to a sampling station, they'll immediately sample and give you back the head, then proceed with the euro process.- vanish
- Post #6
- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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Vanish and FireTiger's 2025 Journal
Just a doe and a fawn this morning. That's a wrap on 3rd season deer. Maybe I'll have some closing thoughts later.- vanish
- Post #67
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Vanish and FireTiger's 2025 Journal
Lst night's king of the mountain. I decided to hunt a ridge/canyon that lead to where I had last seen the big buck, but a totally different direction than where I had been set up in the morning. During my drive, im pretty sure I spotted him feeding out on the private at 2pm, but I was on a one...- vanish
- Post #65
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Vanish and FireTiger's 2025 Journal
Shortly after watching the two forks fight, I spotted a really good buck heading into some aspens almost a mile away. I hunted for another hour or so, but with the heat everything was bedding pretty quickly. Even though it was only a mile, I had to practically drive out to town to come in a...- vanish
- Post #64
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Vanish and FireTiger's 2025 Journal
Last night I decided to climb to a higher ridge and look over a nasty opening. I only realized later that I was looking at the "worse" half of it. It didn't pay off directly, but i was also able to glass some of the open ridges behind me. At 515 ( end of shooting light is 522 ), I spotted a...- vanish
- Post #63
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Vanish and FireTiger's 2025 Journal
What a view this morning. If only it contained some bucks. Had a single doe fairly close, 6 does about 900 yards out, and 7 does way out there. Left around 1030 and walked into fellow hunttalker @dmarsh2 glassing from the ridge halfway back.- vanish
- Post #62
- Forum: Live Hunts
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What you learn if you spend enough time hunting wild game
Enjoy the process.- vanish
- Post #7
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Vanish and FireTiger's 2025 Journal
It was annoyed for a day or so, then faded, so nothing serious, thank goodness! This morning I put down the big glass and did a ridge hike instead. The spot took some thinking to access, so I hoped it might hold some hidden deer, but it wasn't the case today. I'm feeling like the bucks...- vanish
- Post #61
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Vanish and FireTiger's 2025 Journal
Last night I only was able to turn up 7 does, most of which actually bedded back down. Brutal winds came in again last night. Felt like it was trying to blow my truck off the mountain. I managed to get myself bundled and in the glassing spot anyway. Had 12 does on the ridge next to me, but...- vanish
- Post #58
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Vanish and FireTiger's 2025 Journal
Only have signal if I move 1/2 mile or so. I'm in the deer. Only little bucks so far but with at least 30-40 does around I feel like my best chance is just to wait for a good buck to show up. If I knew where other doe groups were I might bounce around- vanish
- Post #57
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Vanish and FireTiger's 2025 Journal
New area paying off already. These four got to keep chilling.- vanish
- Post #56
- Forum: Live Hunts
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Vanish and FireTiger's 2025 Journal
The PJs have grown up some since I last hunted here. Still, hopes were high as two different groups of does passed through shortly after first light. That was it though. Time to go scout several more new potential glassing points I identified during e-scouting. One of them in particular I'm...- vanish
- Post #55
- Forum: Live Hunts
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In Praise of The Winchester .270. Any good words to say about it ?
Carrying a model 70 .270 for mule deer this morning. 🙂
