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  1. GrantK

    Colorado deer this year, who is burning points?

    I really wish this post was a little less accurate...I'd have made a much more significant effort to shoot big deer when I regularly stumbled across them if I'd known that in 10 years I would no longer be able to dig up a 170" buck with a lot of trying... For the NR these days I'm not sure you...
  2. GrantK

    Sunday Pic of the Day

    Took a friend for his first lap on bridalveil falls...
  3. GrantK

    Anyone else

    I don't think I've applied before the last day for one single application, there's still some winter left, I'd prefer to see how the snowpack ends up as much as possible before making my choices in CO, plus if I delay long enough I can push it into a different billing period from NM. I'll also...
  4. GrantK

    Who panics and presses that little orange button the most?

    that myth is strong and keeps a lot of people from calling for help until it's too late, as a general rule SAR in the US is free, unless, as @TOGIE said, you get put on an air ambulance or ambulance, as to the air ambulance, I've never seen a person put on one that was in a condition to...
  5. GrantK

    Who panics and presses that little orange button the most?

    I'm surprised there's not an " accidental activation" section in the stats, I'd guess close to half the calls our SAR team gets off of Inreach are false alarms, maybe those go into the "self-rescue" category? for a while there was a software/hardware glitch with the Inreach Mini where the button...
  6. GrantK

    Family Trip to Alaska - Let’s Talk

    I've been lucky enough to do a handful of flights into the Alaska range out of Talkeetna, I'd put that as a life list experience, worth doing a glacier landing as well... Talkeetna air Taxi has always been exceptional for me. I'd probably skip Talkeetna if you're not flying though? Or make it a...
  7. GrantK

    Screwing over the Non-resident (or not)?

    this is it exactly, as someone who once had to time sending in my applications so that both the application check and my mortgage check would clear I'm not all that sympathetic to the whining of NR hunters who go on 4 weeks of family vacations and then say a $2K elk tag is too expensive, go on...
  8. GrantK

    La Sal unit access??

    As of a couple of years ago you could get to the Mt Peale trailhead with just about anything, there is potentially a deep water crossing where the road crosses La Sal Creek that might be problematic in higher water levels, going any farther west than the trailhead is also a no go without high...
  9. GrantK

    NOT for SALE - Harrington & Richardson Topper 88 Break-action shotgun

    A friend of mine had the 10 gauge topper with the 36" barrel fixed full choke for a brief while when we were all about 18, can't say I've seen anything quite so devastating on both ends...
  10. GrantK

    What is your favorite mobile weather application?

    I think in general AI is going to turn out to be way better at weather than humans, in places where it gets real time feedback on actual conditions vs models it's probably already way better... where I'm less sure it will be better anytime soon is mountain environments where it doesn't ever get...
  11. GrantK

    What is your favorite mobile weather application?

    @TOGIE is correct, it's all pretty much interpretations of the NOAA metadata, because of that I'm a fan of Meteoblue, you can look at the multimodel and see how close the various models are, if it's a wide spread between models then be prepared for the forecast to be off, if they all agree you...
  12. GrantK

    Time to play politics. Help me move these rule changes through the process at IDFG.

    Exactly, anyone supporting this needs to actually run the math of allowing all the people who currently choose other species to apply for all, it would put any chance of drawing a big 3 tag in your lifetime to essentially zero... whereas if you pick carefully with the current system you can...
  13. GrantK

    Proposed Big Game Season Structure (BGSS) 2025-2029 - Colorado

    seems like they went directly against survey responses on the additional deer seasons and full draw for archery, I can't think of a worse program than making archery draw while leaving the rifle seasons OTC to absorb all the people who don't draw archery...
  14. GrantK

    Insulation discussion

    I've had a pair of the OR Aerogel gloves since they came out in 2019, I still use them all the time, still really warm, good insulation for climbing gloves for sure, they allow some amount of dexterity but don't seem to pack out like a lot of synthetics, they do seem to trap a fair bit of...
  15. GrantK

    Hunting together in the woods

    that's a small group, I feel like 4-6 is more typical, no idea what motivates that other than just general discomfort with being in the woods. personally I like having friends in camp, I virtually never actually hunt with anyone if I'm also packing a rifle.
  16. GrantK

    6.5 CM, 6.5 PRC Enough/Effective for Elk?

    I'm at 6 elk with a 6.5 SAUM (Close enough to a PRC) 40 to 480 yards, two of those I put a second, totally unnecessary shot into... one elk with a 6.5 creedmore, two shots, 4 yards, no issues... you do need to be a little more careful with shot selection than with bigger .30 or .338 rounds but...
  17. GrantK

    Elk Pictures w/ Score

    I'm trying to bait him into posting some more bulls that are actually big...
  18. GrantK

    Elk Pictures w/ Score

    Poor photo of a 355 gross bull... by far the biggest-bodied elk I've seen, aged at 8.5 -I thought it was a 310 bull when I shot
  19. GrantK

    Elk Pictures w/ Score

    good picture of a 344 gross bull...
  20. GrantK

    HTer Fitness Goals '24 Edition

    yeah, it's 5/8" plywood, the boots have special points for kicking into the plywood, scary sharp, and not that good on the actual ice...
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