Thank you all for this thread. You would think with such a limited resource, hunters would be tight lipped and unwilling to help. You guys are the opposite, and it speaks to your character. I hope to someday have the gear and grit to do an unlimited hunt.
Condolances for you loss, but it sounds like a life very well lived. Seniors in MT and everywhere get forgotten and left out. You made a real difference in her life and I'm sure you understand that generation in a way you couldn't have without hearing those stories. I can't tell you how many...
If it wasn't for meateater, I'd still be truck hunting. They gave me the knowledge and confidence to go further and to hunt the way I want. I agree with most of their ethos and am happy that hunting is getting the spotlight that meateater provides. But the trend towards a monopoly is troubling.
Some of these dudes just drink the blood of their kills and the tears of their enemies I'm pretty sure.
We usually just hunt near water (I use a life straw water bottle as long as the temps aren't too low). For hunts in drier spots, I'm lucky enough to live where I hunt, so we pack in a couple...
At bear camp last year, I witnessed two ufo's moving eradically up and across a distant hillside, about 11pm. It was dark, and all I could see were the crafts' lights moving in impossible ways. They seemed to glide over a landscape that I knew (and my knees knew) to be very steep and uneven. I...
7 - number of smaller bucks I passed on. This is a big deal for me, as I'm trying to be more selective
3 - first time deer hunters I helped get their bucks. One of my best accomplishments to date
1 - Turkey, my first
1 - blown stalk on a young, dumb spike elk
1 - grizzly bear spotted
1000 -...