No worries, I'm just very familiar with the area and that flipped my BS meter.
Fargo Coulee has ~8,000 acres of public land in it, and is easily huntable from walking off of a county road. I never have understood why that one was fought so much compared to other access issues, and the court...
Yeah, absolutely. In the second article there's an aerial image with the bear's path on it. It was definitely sticking to forested areas that most would consider bear habitat, and had an aversion to crossing the interstate.
Let's fast forward 20 years to 2040. Montana's elk population is 10x over objective limits, according to the 2024 Elk Management plan overseen by Governor Gianforte. In response to this, the FWP commission (under the order of the state legislature) extends general rifle season from September 1-...
This seems relevant- https://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/recreation/wandering-montana-grizzly-back-near-libby/article_33677ae6-efc4-5144-9581-7a02a809d393.html
He's making a 300+ mile annual loop.
This sow a few years back was even more impressive with her ability to wander-...
In general I have not been impressed in the Maven stuff I've looked through, but the set of 9x45's I fondled were pretty outstanding. If I were shopping for binos I'd take a hard look at them.
For some reason that doesn't make sense to me now, I signed up for the "Master Hunter" program last winter. After looking over the curriculum and who would be doing the lectures, I passed and told them to give my spot to someone else. After doing so, the director got in contact with me, and...
Trailhead conversation with Gerald-
Me: "Any reason to throw in the waders?"
Gerald: "I don't remember any creek crossings."
8 creek crossings later...
I drew a good tag this year and am going to give it hell. @theat did it at one point. Lots of guys on here have killed them incidently while chasing deer and elk.
This is wonderfully smug, I love it. You've obviously got your stuff dialed.
As far as what did and didn't work for me this year-
Didn't Work
-Filling tags. I have become remarkably proficient in spending time in the woods without killing anything. This fall I spent 52 days hunting, and was...
That's basically where I'm at too. My primary boot system this year on a couple snowy goat hunts were La Sportiva Karakorums with Gaiters. It worked well, but for some reason I just like having more height than that, and when I did more relaxed hunts I always reverted back to my Danners. Just a...
While I do agree with you, I've had a hard time finding a backpacking brand boot that has the height that I like in winter.
That's likely because when I was growing up everyone wore work/logging boots to hunt in, and that's what I'm used to. I think that some of the brands like Kenetrek, Crispi...