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    Gear improvements for this year: lighter, more compact, better.

    Hey all, I thought this would be a good conversation. I know it's a little late for fall hunters perhaps. But as a spring hunter looking towards next year or a fall hunter looking at what they've already done, what are your marginal improvements? I know my pack was entirely too heavy last...
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    Bear/eagle/critter proofing food

    What do others do? My first two trips to Alaska, many areas did not have trees suitable for a bear bag. Plus last year I had an eagle tear through my canvas bag, scatter my pasta, and fly away with an entire bag of granola. Of course it was on the ground, but I suppose an eagle could get it...
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    GPS battery life. Reducing weight and risk.

    Right now I use the GPS unit from my dog tracker. But this has used up to 4 aa batteries in a single day. So battery weight for my week long hunt this spring was more than I'd like. My inreach also has a GPS but an internal reachargeable battery. But I'm afraid this battery wouldn't last for...
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    Blacktail...not on an island.

    Hey all. I'm 75-90 percent cancelled my pronghorn trip this fall after deciding that the access issues for my leftover unit just aren't worth it. I figured since I already have an Alaska hunting license it's not much more to go somewhere where I don't have to share a stump with another...
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    Can you elk hunt every year... successfully?

    I know pretty much nothing about elk hunting and have always had tentative interest in doing it. But I'm exploring different options these years of things I can gain experience in and then redo for a reasonable amount of money on a frequent basis. I already have black bear in the Spring. I...
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    No love for 180 grain for .308 Winchester?

    Seems if there's a go to for .300 mag it's 180 grain. So when I switched from .300 to .308 I kept with this bullet. I figured they have a good bc and sd so why not? But several spots I've read seem to suggest that 180 grain is too much bullet for the .308. But I'm not sure if that makes...
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    Savage .243. what to do?

    So I bought a used Savage 110 in .243 to use for extra target practice back when I had my .300 win. I would shoot 5 rounds from my .300 and then shoot my .243. but then I decided it was too much effort to shoot my .300 well so I bought a heavy barrel .308 in a Savage predator 110. Wonderful...
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    Any Michigan grouse hunters.

    Hey with my bear hunt done I'm thinking about bird season. I used my Brittany for pheasants in Ohio for several years but there's just not enough of them. I'm originally from Michigan so I drove my dog up to the upper and northern lower many weekends last year. I saw about 40 birds and...
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    Bear (youtube) Videos

    So I've watched a lot of Randy Newberg's black bear hunting videos and especially appreciated his day by day 2017 Montana videos. These were pretty much the opposite of the shoot-em-up hunting shows you see on TV with a 30 second clip of each animal getting shot. I'm not sure how you could...
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    Bear Books

    So I purchased and read portions of 3 books on bear hunting and I thought I'd give some details for people who are the reading types. I'm glad I got all three books, but you could definitely focus on one or the other. The Ultimate Guide to Black Bear Hunting, Douglas Boze: This book is...
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    Somewhat picky rifle, free float/bedding opinion

    Hi: So I really like my .300. It has a good amount of heft so I shoot it well as long as I only shoot it a few rounds at a time. But it tends to be a little picky. For instance, I used to have some handloads with a certain premium bullet that shot under an inch at 100 yards with max loads...
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    Bear Wader Recommendation

    Hi, I'll be in Alaska at the end of May flying into a river system for a black bear hunt. I already have good wading boots. I also bought some 440 denier stocking foot hip waders to wear under my rain pants. But after testing them I've decided I want stocking foot waist highs which I'll wear...
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    Hello from Ohio

    My name is Dan and I grew up mostly hunting private land in Michigan. Farm country in the Midwest doesn't have a lot of public land and that we do have is pretty congested. When I was stationed in NC, I was introduced to some reasonably wide open public land in the Croatan of coastal NC. But...
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    DIY black bear questions

    Hey, I was in Alaska for the first time last fall hunting black bear. We didn't see any other hunters. The first area we went was insane with the alders. We climbed 14 hours without reaching the treeline and gave up and headed down the next day. After we learned our lesson, we went to another...
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