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    Avoiding illness before hunt

    I honestly I sort of lump this into the same boat as why you should be fit to hunt. If you are fit enough you can gut out a certain level of effort even while sick whereas if you are borderline capable while healthy any little thing will put you down. Unfortunately hunting trips really put...
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    Archery Hunting during muzzle season

    Check the unit, but muzzleloader hunter days are fairly insignificant compared to OTC archery hunter days in some of those units over the course of the season. Its not unusually to have 5 times the number of OTC archery hunting days versus muzzleloader hunting days during the August/September...
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    Tips for getting in shape for backcountry

    I don't think you can get in shape for mountain hunting while living in the flat at sea level without running and doing so at a pretty good intensity. Endurance training has to be the focus with the added benefit of dropping your weight/body fat percentage. Power to weight ratio is king when...
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    Where to burn 2 points?

    A few years ago I put into the Wyoming antelope draw with 2 points and the special draw, being quite convinced that I needed 60%+ public land to have a good hunt. I didn't draw that unit and ended up on a leftover hunt and had a great time with a little work. Now I'm convinced that very few...
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    Nebraska Mule Deer

    I would definitely go out there for sharptail grouse based on what I have seen across the properties, NWR and NF, but I would do it early in the season. In the few years I've deer hunted out there the grouse are flushing at 50-80 yards by November. This year we were walking out and noted that...
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    Anybody have deer hunting experiance in the Nebraska Sandhills?

    Its sort of a weird middle ground because there are a lot of Midwest/Eastern whitetail guys out there and some western hunters which is why there are quite mixed reports. I have always seen quite a few hunters while out there, but its also not unusual to have 1-2 miles line of sight so its...
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    How to stay away from horses in a nat'l forest

    I'm pretty sure that hunting horses are like hunting dogs in that for every 1 really making a difference on the mountain, there are 5 or 10 that are family pets being chased around the parking lot and being more headache than useful. Horses aren't really that much faster than a fit and well...
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    Choosing Units...

    Pick a species, a state and a unit you can likely draw. Fail to draw the hunt, curse point creep, scramble for a leftover or OTC tag and go hunting somewhere anyway.
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    House bill moving forward to allow bikes in Wilderness

    I'm very much as mountain biker as much as I am a hunter, but I definitely oppose the idea of mountain bikes in wilderness. A problem from the mountain biking world is there is no cohesive or comprehensive voice within the mountain bike community and there never has been. IMBA is against the...
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    Wisconsin is about to eliminate minimum age for hunting!!

    I think there are a lot of issues that could improve around youth hunting. I was lucky enough to benefit from youth hunts in the late 90's when they were becoming the norm around the country, but so were half a dozen of my cousins and of that group only 1 or 2 of that group hunt today...
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    Wyoming 2018

    If you look at hunting license sales across the US they are either flat or slightly declining, yet Wyoming saw a 20% increase in applications in 2017. It isn't really a mystery why that is, as a state Wyoming manages opportunity and quality together better than anyone. They give out 25%+ of tags...
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    Wyoming 2018

    Yes and no. There is a huge value in a state issued tag where public land might be 50% or 90% of a unit instead of being required to pay so much to access land. I don't disagree with the idea that the government exist to protect things that the private sector can't or won't protect, but when...
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    Wyoming 2018

    Midwest guys will pay $3000 in whitetail leases annually ($30/acre X 100 acres, $20/acre x 150 acres) so yeah elk are gonna go for way more. If there is effectively a waitlist in a lot of states of 5, 10 or 20 years to then pay $600-$1000/tag for an elk tag $2,000 is way low.
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    Neoprene chest waders

    I wouldn't really consider any Cabelas waders to be a "slim fit" but rather hilariously in the other direction of hugely oversized. My regular Driplus Cabelas waders have a 47" chest and waist for a size 9 boot which I swim in considering I have a 38" chest and 30" waist. Their 3mm neoprene...
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    Best Colorado Archery OTC Unit

    I would pick a Colorado unit based on the terrain I liked to hunt and then keep going back and learning it. Low canyons versus high alpine, thick pines versus aspen or broken open country.
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    Best Pack for Day Hunts Plus Haul Meat

    Mystery Ranch Cabinet would probably be high up on the list. The 1800 and 3000 sized Kuiu Icon and ultra packs definitely fit the day pack plus load cell role as well. The Stone Glacier Approach/Avail 2200 would be very good. The EXO 2000 or even 3500 are great options. Kifaru has quite a...
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    Spotter scope tripods.

    https://www.amazon.com/Benro-Carbon-Lightweight-Travel-TSL08CN00/dp/B071JYLS7K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1509372978&sr=8-2&keywords=benro+slim This is a pretty good lightweight option.
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    Missouri BHA chapter in the works!

    Ahh yes the curse of Missouri's population locations, the logical solution is that everyone meets in Columbia like every other statewide event. As an ex-pat of Missouri I'm glad to see this go. Mark Twain National forest was a big part of my college years for hunting, fishing, floating...
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    .243 Win Handloads

    80 gr Barnes TTSX over H4350 per barnes most accurate load recommendations.
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    Montana Elk Big Game Combo 2018, 2019 and going forward, how tough will the odds get

    You see the same things play out year after year across multiple states, a state creates a new system or ups fees and the odds temporarily go up but eventually people get on board, inflation chips away at the cost of the tags because most aren't tied to inflation and the odds will deteriorate...
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