rjthehunter
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I make sure to have trekking poles if I have about 40lbs or more in the pack. Also if I backpack. My tent uses one for the pole.
The official 2025 Wyoming elk hunt for Dave N thread.
- Thread starter Dave N
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Big old box of clothes showed up today. Now I'll LOOK like I know what I'm doing! Maybe. Boots are good. Rifle is ready. Lots of ammo. Trekking poles are set to length, ready to try them out. Spotting scope, pack and bino harness being borrowed. Planning to do an oil change in the truck before heading out. Getting restarted on my bike riding and sled dragging now that the weather has changed. I picked up a little winter weight that needs to go. Again. 
Not easy at my age! Guess all I really need now is the tag itself!
Not easy at my age! Guess all I really need now is the tag itself!5 miles on the bike today. Hips are feeling it! Just like dragging the sled, I have to build up again to where I was last fall. Drug it yesterday and stopped after 20 minutes when I had my heart rate going crazy. Patience, grasshopper.
Addicting
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I listed to Randy’s elktalk the other day about mountain tough. There is a spring sale in that right now. It would be a good use of the funds we raise to get on that for the summer. I am going to do it as well.
Addicting
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Dave,
Just think back a couple years when in Idaho and we were each packing two 5 gallon buckets of bear bait uphill. I doubt you have any "hills" like that around your place, so fill two buckets full of sand and drive to a town where there is a high rise building (at least 10 stories). You know what to do then, and NO you cannot use the elevator!
Bill
Just think back a couple years when in Idaho and we were each packing two 5 gallon buckets of bear bait uphill. I doubt you have any "hills" like that around your place, so fill two buckets full of sand and drive to a town where there is a high rise building (at least 10 stories). You know what to do then, and NO you cannot use the elevator!
Bill
Couple DECADES ago now!
It is a super helpful program. They knew that at age 59, I wasn't going to be a fit gym rat. They used me as the test sample of how can a hunter regain the strength necessary to excel at the unique activity of mountain hunting. It wasn't about weight loss (I lost about five pounds during that programs). It was about functional strength designed for carrying 40-50 pounds, over uneven terrain, and being able to climb slopes with the same weight.
That's a simplification of the exercises designed to improve the strength, but it is not that complex. A lot of asymmetrical exercises. Lots of core strength building. A lot of balance improvement, as they saw in my assessment example how age brings a higher level of balance struggles. Mostly, a focus on the muscle groups most taxed in mountain hunting.
I'm back at it again this spring. I'm back to week Four. There are nine weeks in the course. The good part is that you don't need an elaborate gym setup. Most of this is done with simple items; a couple dumbbells and kettlebells, some resistance bands, a step up box or cooler, and a treadmill.
I have no interest in being a gym rat. I long ago realized that being an accountant is not conducive to any sort of physique. By the time you're in your 50s, your vanity, or even concern about vanity, is about 15 years in the rearview mirror. This is about being better in the mountains.
If you start at week one and you have to repeat each week before going to the next week, then repeat a week. You will see noticeable improvement if you stick with it.
If you don't catch one of their sales, you can use promo code RANDY and get a 30-day extension of the free trail period. That will get you a pretty good distance through the PP50+ course.
Congrats Dave, good luck on your prep and your hunt
nwihunter
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Congrats. It’s like Christmas morning.
duckhunt
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Now this is when things really start getting good.
Yep. Just wish I could get rid of this cough. Been sick almost 2 weeks. Feeling better today but I just went out to the kennel to take a couple pictures of my bike for a friend of mine. Pushed it around a bit to get both sides and back to it's parking spot and now I'm half winded! Good thing it's May and not October!
Planning some sort of menu with @Wildabeest and we have a couple thoughts so far. He thought about bringing a venison lasagna and maybe smoke a pork shoulder. I have a beef brisket I'll smoke and bring a big hunk along for a meal and leftover sandwiches. Already planning to make a butt load of chocolate chip cookies for snacks. Lots of time to figure out what to have at camp and get a better idea of just how many people will be there now that tags are being drawn and plans for fall fill in.
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Well it was no joy for me in Wyoming Dave but I’ll be pulling for you.
devon deer
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Pleased you drew Dave, work on the fitness it pays dividends.Yep. Just wish I could get rid of this cough. Been sick almost 2 weeks. Feeling better today but I just went out to the kennel to take a couple pictures of my bike for a friend of mine. Pushed it around a bit to get both sides and back to it's parking spot and now I'm half winded! Good thing it's May and not October!
BTW, 2 of my friends in the past few weeks gone down with covid, it's still out there, but we just take it in our stride these days
