I came here to post asking the same question. I melted my nomad kryptek gloves 2 years ago. They worked kind of ok last year there's a hole in them now. I really need another pair. I liked them because they are were polyester or something, and they didn't get snagged on stuff.
I get cold. I gave up and spent the money for a mountain hardware bag. They go on sale sometime cause I didn't spend $600 bucks on it, but it was spendy. I had the Trekker bag at base camp- I think -15 rated and I'd still be cold if it wasn't for handwarmers. However- I'm not normal- even my...
I have to weigh in here. When I was growing up in Missouri, Bass pro was great... Only the stuff you bought there broke when you ventured passed the backyard. I discovered Cabelas- I saved up all my money and bought an airgun from them that broke nearly out of the box. They refunded my money and...
Ran into a little 3 point as I was trying to get to a 4pt. The 4pt was behind a bunch of private land that I was trying to figure out how to hike around and get behind, and he seemed to know the property boundary line. So I got lazy and filled my freezer, but as they say I would have shot him on...
I'll add my .2 even though it late. I know someone with horse that is very successful in 39. I know an old guy that does the muzzy cow hunt and is also successful- though not as well as the guy with horses. I don't hunt 39, but I have thought about putting in for the cow tag- but for the...
The lead rule is an attempt to keep muzzle loaders from becoming an arms race. I can tell you the 295gr and the 350gr powerbelts shoot about the same in a cva wolf. 295grs get the job done, and so do the great plains 450gr in the .54 cal. I got some fed. bor-lok to try out- I'm going to pull the...
I have to use lead only in Idaho. I would use copper if I had the option. I can tell you that within 100yrds 295gr lead power belts do a good job. I would expect that 270gr copper would work. I picked up a few of the bor-loks to try out. I pulled a deer tag this year so we'll see how that goes.
Found one of my muley. Both for the Cow and this muley I was within 100yrd. My old knights 54 is plain unreliable in the cold, so I got a new CVA this last year. Shot decent groups at 200yrds.... But I passed on some cows at 200- just didn't feel ethical about it they busted when I tried to get...
I used a cva wolf this year with 100gr of triple 7 and an all lead 295gr power belt on my cow elk. My advice is to put in the time at the range. Shoot it until you're comfortable, it took me sometime for sure to get there.
Figured I would introduce myself. I didn't grow up hunting. I tried to do the self-taught thing, which amounted to hoping to get lucky. I finally had a friend take pity on me, and helped me get a 5 point elk, after that the world opened up to me. This last year I took a cow elk and 4x5 muley on...