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Should I buy a .338?
If you need a brake on a 338, you need to step down in cartridge choice. Brakes are the spawn of satan... -
Should I buy a .338?
I've had five different 338 WM's, going back over 30 years. All but a Ruger 77 with open sights had 22" barrels (my favorite bbl. length for the cartridge). The Ruger kept its 24" barrel. I generally just used 210 Paritions. At the end of the day I just found it didn't do anything "lesser"... -
October Guttin' and Gillin'
- Brad
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MT opener
I haven't hunted the opener since 2019. That was a beautiful weather opener like this one (the 2020 and 2021 openers were snow storms). This year I backpacked-in Friday assuming it would be fruitless, but still enjoyable. Correct on both counts! I needed a night away in a tent by myself, and...- Brad
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Quitters
Eating a Peaks moose tag would be hard.- Brad
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Quitters
In August 2022 I ran into the group scouting. They explained the "situation" and my only thought was "poor bastard!"- Brad
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Grizz kills 2 in Banff w/ update
BS - it's only permanent if you're lucky. It takes a solid CNS shot to stop a bear from chewing you. NO ONE could effectively use a pistol to stop a charging grizzly 100% of the time. No one.- Brad
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Sleeping out under the stars…
Thanks for clarifying HTF - you've no problem with me!- Brad
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Sleeping out under the stars…
Yeah, WTF - I don't understand either. It's a joy to sleep under the stars - there's no bragging about it. I just don't understand where that statement comes from. I came of age when it was considered normal to sleep under the stars. I've done it above timberline, and done it on winter trips...- Brad
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Sleeping out under the stars…
Only in the internet age do skunks have rabbies. This was in the 1970's, so no internet, no rabid skunks lol 🤷♂️ 🦨- Brad
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Sleeping out under the stars…
I love "cowboy camping" and have slept out more times than I can remember. Mountain tops are my favorite place to sleep under the stars. My most memorable incident happened years ago on a solo backpack. I knew the weather was going to be good, so rolled out my ground tarp, ensolite pad (that...- Brad
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Anyone taken the Master Hunter program in Montana?
Sounds like a program designed to entice newbie-instate-flatbrimmers with a few bucks to blow.- Brad
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In Defense of Mountain House -- a Treatise
I used a variety of Mountain House entrees on a 3mo's walk on the Appalachian Trail in the summer of 1977. Given today's choices, I won't put that chit in my body.- Brad
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In Defense of Mountain House -- a Treatise
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Sunday Pic of the Day
Acadia is one of the most underrated yet spectacular of all the National Parks... the Schoodic Peninsula side is not to be missed.- Brad
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The Ball and Testosterone remover (The man bun gun)
Given some of the embarrassing stuff those of my generation post on various forums, I'm sad to say I'm a baby-boomer. But I hope to actually know a little bit about history, and have some common sense coupled with an open mind and eyes. Thumbing through my old copy of Charles Sheldon's "The...- Brad
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Not quite backcountry hunting
As seen in Bozeman yesterday... apparently those guys actually live here.- Brad
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Grizz attacks hunter in Montana
Pretty easy to be glib about death and suffering sitting behind a keyboard. I think all of us from Montana are disgusted with the whole Big Sky scene, but I'd not wish a grizzly mauling on anyone.- Brad
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