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    Need your help, guys and gals - when do I say goodbye?

    I had to put down my best friend a few years ago. He was going into organ failure and had pretty much stopped eating. He would take a couple bites of his food or a treat only because he wanted to please me. I could tell he was in pain so I made the call. Not sure if its an option for you, but my...
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    Be honest

    Too many professionals in the Olympics so I only watch the Elite Average Games.
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    To hang bear bags or not to hang bear bags when backcountry hunting.

    I just use cheap lightweight dry bags.
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    • Post #23
    • Forum: Elk
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    To hang bear bags or not to hang bear bags when backcountry hunting.

    I’m less worried about bears while I am in camp than bears or any number of other critters eating my food and destroying my gear to get at my food while I am not around. I’ve had mice and packrats eat holes in my tent, backpack, sleeping pad, sleeping bag, dry bags, packraft, life jacket and...
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    • Post #16
    • Forum: Elk
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    Jasper wildfire/climate change

    No, its Saskatchewan Glacier a few miles south of Athabaskan, but they both connect to the Columbia Ice Field up top. When I was doing research on this trip I discovered that the US Army had a research/training facility built on this glacier back in the 40-50's. I was able to find an old...
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    Jasper wildfire/climate change

    Very sad to see such a unique little town destroyed. I always take a quick stop in Jasper on my way to and from Alaska and have also been doing backpacking/packrafting trips in Jasper and Banff the past few years. I have a big trip panned about 30-40 miles south of Jasper later this summer. The...
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    Alaska's Rivers Of Rust.

    Might not be boiling, but the ocean water off Florida and the Bahamas last summer got to temps over 100 degrees. I’ve been going down to one of the outer islands in the Bahamas for a couple weeks each winter lately. The change in the coral and quantity of ocean wildlife over the past few years...
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    It sure is. It has probably been on the ground long enough that any sedatives remaining wouldn’t hurt you, but I would still be a bit cautious. Depending on what animal they were targeting, there could be enough in there to kill someone.
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    Montana Deer Permit Advice

    If your tags are good for an area near a subdivision, I highly recommend this setup. They will often completely ignore me until I'm right in their midst, and with this kind of firepower you can take out the whole herd. The best part is that the pieces left over are usually small enough that I...
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    Pick a state to become a resident ...

    My impression of Wyoming if I only saw it from I-80.
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    Montana Proposed Black Bear Season Changes

    I love spring bear hunting in Montana. I spend 20-30 days out in the field almost every spring season. A lot has changed over the past 20 years in region 1 and 2 when it comes to the amount of bears I see in the field as well as the amount of hunters pursuing them. There has always been certain...
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    I dug up and started going through some of my GoPro videos last night looking for the video of some of the more exciting bull elk catches. I have multiple hundreds of hours of video so no luck yet on those, but I did find this clip from catching mountain goats in the East Humbolts in Nevada. Its...
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    Eagles are one of the primary predators of young sheep in lots of areas. They figure out pretty quick that an eagle can't get at them if they are in a cave or next to a vertical face. I think that they just naturally assume its the same with helicopters. Myself or one of my coworkers often had...
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    Nothing as exciting as the other videos, but figured some of you might be interested. This was catching newly born elk calves as part of the Bitterroot predator/prey study that concluded several years ago.
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    A couple more short clips with some bighorn sheep. The second one has a bit of uninteresting flying around before the good part starts at about 45 sec in.
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    Nope, they are on their own. The rest of us would let the pilot know if we saw anything like a power line that we thought they might not have seen yet. Sometimes they would have us call out main and tail rotor clearance when they were trying to get the helicopter down into a hole in the trees...
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    We didn't wear anything more than just warm clothes and a flight helmet. My flight helmet came in handy a bunch of times. The biggest defense against getting kicked or otherwise hurt by the animals is your brain. Being around them a bunch you get pretty good at anticipating a freakout or them...
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    I had a lot of previous experience with helicopters while working in the wildfire biz. After that I ended up working for the state department primarily doing survey work along the western US/Canada border. In Alaska and a lot of the mountainous parts of the NW, getting to survey sites along the...
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    No, I was the one filming that one. That was my former coworker from Wyoming. He is one of the toughest guys I know and also an incredible shot. I've jumped out of the helicopter onto the backs of running animals quite a few times. The most memorable one was a cow elk just north of the...
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    Ugh, don't remind me! I've only gotten seasick once and it was while below deck in some crazy irregular swells, but the first couple days every year in the helicopter was torture. Those days would be spend puking out the door or next to a deer I was working on until I was dry heaving. Best ab...

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