Personally, I’d book a trip with Kodiak Combos and never look back. Jeff and his family seem to provide a great service in unbelievable country. Go for it!
Hunting partner has a Ram eco diesel. It’s probably the least reliable vehicle with the most breakdowns I’ve ever been exposed to. Seriously. It’s junk.
I’ve spent a lot of nights in my buddy’s Big Agnus Big House 6. It’s handled most conditions well. We did have one experience in the Selway where the wind flattened our camp (we didn’t have it fully guyed out either) and one experience in the Joe where snow flattened the vestibule. That said...
I own Maui Jim, Costa, Smith, Oakley and Edge sunglasses.
I wear the Edge glasses 95% of the time. Especially for daily wear. Polarized. No distortion. ANSI rated for work. Inexpensive/disposable. Honestly, I’d take ten pairs of these before buying another set of the others.
For a...
The dangers of free diving are real. Get professional instruction in order to build a solid foundation from which to build your skill set.
Based on my research and reaching out to exceptionally experienced blue water hunters, I recommend starting here:
https://immersionfreediving.com/
FWIW...Get the core/basic gear sorted and keep it as simple as possible and be done with the gear part of the prep.
The HOW is significantly more important than the rest and what matters.
You mentioned you know no one who hunts or has hunted elk. Good news is that Randy does and he has a...
This is a good thread that shows one members process for pre trip out of state recon:
https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/idaho-moose-tex-creek-69-2.298362/
Steve Speck at Exo Mountain Gear has a recent video doing a ‘pack dump‘ of his elk hunting gear. Exo also has some good information on their blog including a gear spreadsheet and some nutritional information.
Stone Glacier has a video of Kurt and the contents of his pack and there are other...
The Wild Steelhead Coalition and Native Fish Society have been addressing these concerns for over a decade. Obviously in a failed fashion.
Hatchery fish have no place in an ecosystem.