x2, you’ll learn about 10% of what you need to know to DIY successfully. Outfitting big game is a lot more nuanced that hiring a charter boat captain to teach you to fish.
Knowing what I know now (I grew up in VT btw) I would.
- Pay an outfitter in Canada to do a Moose hunt
- I would start saving money and/or start putting in for AK sheep/goat hunts. Again go with an outfitter
This will all cost you about $125k and there’s no guarantees you’ll tag anything.
As...
- Cow elk I shot 5.6miles from the trailhead, 2,000’ elevation gain/loss. 4 trips over two days
- Buck and Doe whitetail I shot 7 miles from the truck; ended up being a 20+ mile day over 14hrs but I got it done
- Bull elk 4miles from the truck; 2,000’ elevation gain/loss. 3 trips over two...
I think I’m in over $2,500 across MT (Non-Res Elk Gen), WY (Non Res - Special Antelope), and the CO Res - Noah’s Ark Special (Moose, Sheep, Goat, Elk, Deer…etc). I’ll be putting in for NE too ($600).
Curious what everyone else’s tab is at this point - you higher or lower than last year.
Last thing I’d ever suggest to my wife would be to bring her around you buncha’ animals. I cash my chips for hunting season, not banquets.
Y’all can have fun fighting over them’ silent auction 6.5 Creedmors w/o me
I run a Thule Apline year round, mostly just throw soft sided bags and other seasonal stuff. Note the weight limit; in a pinch I stuffed mine with snow and a quartered out cow elk; broke the case but it still works fine.
Definitely not waterproof and hinge/lock is tricky when I’m stuffing it...
Stopped drinking a few years ago. It stopped serving a purpose in my life, so I just stopped cold turkey. Didn’t replace it with anything either which is also good.
Someone asked about non-alcoholic beverages; Athletic Brewing makes a bunch of great options, Coors Edge is the only light beer I...
I’ve watched Martin’s content since the beginning when he was with HUSH and spun off and did his own thing. He clearly puts in the time and has an incredible amount of talent and grit; the hunt he recently filmed/did with his Dad would make most of the folks on here choke up.
He used tools that...