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    Hydration for Hunts

    3L bladder in pack with a Sawyer Mini inline. I also carry an extra mini in my pack for stream drinking in a pinch and as a back up in case something happens to the Mini on the pack. Every night I take the mini off the bladder line and blow out the water and then wrap in a wool sock just as a...
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    charcoal briquets in a tent stove.

    Yes. It was not a good outcome for me (us). Last night of CO third season in 2002. We were in a 12x15 wall tent with a wood stove. I was the only flatlander in camp out of 3 guys. I was from Ohio at that time, they were both from Denver. The last night we had all tagged out and we were...
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    Preventing Knife Cuts in the Field

    Yeah... New Mexico 2015. 7.5 miles from the truck in the Pecos Wilderness. My bull is down and my partner ( NM Game and Fish Officer), who has quartered out more elk than he cares to remember, and I are going the gutless method. We both have Havalon Pirhanna's with extra blades. As I am...
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    BH209 and quick reloaders

    I have experienced that issue as well but I have devised a system where as I am pouring the powder I tap the tube with two fingers from the other hand and it all releases down.
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    Favorite conceal carry choices

    My conceal carry has been a G19 since 2003-2004. The only things that have changed is the holster (s). Show me a conceal carry holder and I bet they have a box of holsters laying around. Milt Sparks VM2 was the go to rig for many years, but then I tried a Crossbreed and never went back...
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    What is your most consistent Rifle ?

    Probably my 1997 Model 70 classic stainless in .270. It was my first purchase after college. It has worn a Burris 3x9x40 for its entire life in Leupy mounts. I have shot that rifle more than any other rifle in the stable. It has been from Ohio to Michigan to Colorado to New Mexico to...
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    Budget-ish stove???

    Pocket Rocket here. Super quick and works every time.
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    Anyone Hunting With A 270 Creedmoor?

    I really like those 130 CTBT's. Still use them as well. Nice looking Creed.....:)
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    Deer rifles for young hunters

    You can't go wrong with either of them, but I chose the 243 win when it came time to purchase a rifle for my daughters ( we have four of them)... Loaded with reduced recoil handloads, the 95 Gr Ballistic Tip hits deer like a Mack truck and between my kids and numerous friends running the same...
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    Pretty & Classy rifles. Lets see them!

    Here is my Browning model 71 Carbine with a Lyman peep and the public land Missouri Buck it took in 2012. Golf ball sized exit hole at 70 yards. I purchased the rifle NIB in the summer of 2012, threw the Lyman on it and took her hunting. Great handy rifle. And my 1949 Model 70 in .270 on...
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    Pretty & Classy rifles. Lets see them!

    Absolutely Shrapnel
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    Water - How Much?

    So as others have said it all depends on location of water source, your intake needs, etc... First two below we had scouted previously and knew where the water was. New Mexico 2015 in early Oct up in the Pecos we had water everywhere even though we were 5.5 miles from the truck. Colorado...
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    US Made Sleeping Bags

    I can't say enough good things about Hammock Gear. IF you go with a quilt, sorry they don't do bags, they make great stuff and yep USA made!
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    Bird dog questions

    God I loved my pointing Lab Buck RIP. I purchased him before he was born in 1998 and his daddy was Rik's Risky Raider, arguably at that time one of the best gun dogs in the country. I was 24 years old coming off a broken engagement and POURED my heart and soul into Buck. I read Richard...
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    Tracking elk in the snow?

    Oh heck yes!!! I have killed two elk in the snow after tracking them down. One at 30 yards! Killed my biggest muley to date, 32" wide, by tracking him down after seeing him cross an opening on the opposite side of a valley. He was with a bunch of does and gave me run for my money. At one...
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    Bedding with Durham

    Vote here for Marine tex. Super easy to spread, doesn't run, and you can layer it on if you want to work a little at a time, ie bed the recoil lug and tang, then come back and bed the magazine compartments etc... I you won't even be able to tell you didn't do it all in one shot.
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    Tipi tents.

    I have a Jimmy Tarps Hudson Tipee. Comes with the stove jack already installed. Super light and packable. Problem is it seems JTarps is no longer selling off the website as it no longer exits. I think they still sell off the big auction website under a different name.
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    If I only knew this when I first started backpacking....

    When backpacking and your partner tells you " Not much farther to go to reach camp" actually means " suck it up we still have 2 mile and three ridges up and down we need to get across" haha
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    What's your go-to Hunting Pack?

    Mystery Ranch Crew Cab here. With three load cells and the daypack lid I can pack in enough for a 7 day hunt. I haven't tried longer but I do have room for more food. Once at camp the three load cells are stored away whether hung in a tree if loaded with food, or used as a pillow with my...
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    Whats your most accurate rifle?

    Back in 1997 I made a decision to head out west for the first time in the fall of 1998. I spent every chance I could in the spring and summer with my brand new model 70 in .270 shooting at wood chucks in the fields around mid Ohio. Practiced by walking and upon seeing a chuck, taking a sit and...
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