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Dare I ask???
https://nocry.com/product/cut-resistant-gloves/ Whatever brand you get make sure they are food grade level 5. I wear them under the nitrile gloves. I have had these gloves for 4 seasons now and no holes at all. When i get home I soak them in dawn and hot water to get the grease off, then pop... -
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Dare I ask???
Once I down an elk I don’t want to fight with dull blades or replacing blades for that matter. With the Gerber vital usually one blade or two will take off the cape. I use Kevlar gloves underneath heavy duty Nitrile disposable gloves. Using the steel once in a while isn’t a problem with the... -
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Dare I ask???
It’s normal to “steel“ up a good knife with a sharp blade multiple times. But it is a hassle to use a knife with an inferior edge because they won’t stay sharp. This is my solution: 1) Gerber Vital Big Game - use the round blades to get the cape off 2) Morakniv with 4.1” stainless blade (most... -
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Opinions on New Mexico scouting trip
If it were me...JMHO...considering the conditions right now, I wouldn’t do the scouting trip. It is what it is and you are going to hunt the tag. I would come down early those 4 days for the hunt using my own truck and hauling my own SxS. There has been a lot of debris flow from what I... -
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.270 as an elk round
The bull in the avatar went down like it was struck by lightening on the fist shot with a 130gr GMX Superformance. It was a perfect double lung shot at 200 yards. The exit hole was the size of a nickel. Yes I would shoot that ammo at an elk again. I let the rifle tell me what load it wants. IMO... -
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Unit 13 Elk New Mexico
If you are from Albuquerque, you should be able to get out and scout. Burn up some gas and start hiking. Time is getting short, you should already know where you are going to hunt By now. First archery season in that area will be a tough hunt even if you have vast elk bow hunting experience. The... -
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Why all the fuss about snake boots?
Here in the Southwest it’s a different story. We have at least a dozen different species of rattlesnakes where I hang my hat. Also coral snakes but they are quite small and rare. The rattlesnakes are thick as fleas some years. We have had them at the doorsteps quite often. They also hang around...- Gila
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Interesting Video Why 5% Get 95% of the Elk
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Interesting Video Why 5% Get 95% of the Elk
Go to your freezer....Did you find some elk meat? Road kill doesn’t count! -
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New Mexico Forest closures
Lincoln National Forest is closed until 1st August or until conditions improve, whichever comes first. Gila is open with stage 2 fire restrictions. Apache is open with stage 2 restrictions, although some areas have extreme fire conditions, so I am not sure if those areas are closed or not. The... -
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New Mexico Forest closures
They can’t close the elk hunting units. What is being closed is the public access to the National Forests. OnX will the show the fires. Also you can see them on https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ . As of now the Cibola National forest in unit 17 is open to the public but under stage 3 fires restrictions... -
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New Mexico Forest closures
Bad news....some of the best deer and elk units in the state are being affected by the fires. Sante Fe, Carson National forests are closed to the public until 31st Dec. The Cibola NF is in Stage 3 restricted as of now which limits certain activities (provided in the link. That is a lot of ELK... -
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I know, dangerous ammo question
Yesterday I picked up several boxes of federal premium 185 gr Berger classic hybrid hunters for my 300 win mag. Brownells, cabelas have them. Didn’t see any 7 rem mags though. Nosler ammo is going for $100-150 a box. -
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I know, dangerous ammo question
Ammo is extremely scarce right now for the more powerful elk cartridges. A good bonded bullet that is long and heavy with a secant ogive boat tail maybe, or something similar. Heavy, long and fast bullets are good elk medicine at longer ranges....I would stay away from mono or copper alloy... -
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Unit Wide E-Plus properties on OnX maps
I have the private properties layer enabled in OnX maps. Those properties show up with a red border and if you click on one of them the owner’s name and other details of the property are listed. I am trying to get an overlay of the ArcGis E-plus map that NM F&G puts out. I see some private... -
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Arrow cutting
In the grand scheme of things, an arrow saw is a relatively inexpensive item that will eventually pay for itself. If you shoot often and hunt different species at different ranges. I took apart an old vacuum cleaner and mounted it to the dust port. I also built my own draw board and bow press. I... -
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Boots for September elk hunting
Hummm...no one has snakes where they hunt. I do, I hunt in the Southern half of NM. Down here the snakes are active up to 8000 ft in September. Depending on where it starts to freeze at night, then they will den up and no a problem. There is a lot of elk hunting going on down here below 8500 ft... -
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Tikka .300 WM ?
I BOUGHT A T3X LITE IN SS. No brake. I put on a SS pic rail and AICS box mag. I also have a 34mm tactical that isn’t heavy but it isn’t light. With stock pack about 9lbs unloaded. I switched the recoil pad out of the box to a limbsaver standard model. Very pleasant to shoot and is stable. I can... -
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NM draw 2022
Headed to the Lincoln with a rifle this season. Congrats to all who drew their dream tag!
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