Find a grove / routine - and then stick to it. Plan your next day out the night beforehand. I travel a TON and am routinely surrounded by decadent food, booze, whatever. Could easily be +100lbs in 2yrs if I didn’t have rules.
- I stay at nicer hotels w/ nice gyms, close to running trails that I...
x2, you’ll learn about 10% of what you need to know to DIY successfully. Outfitting big game is a lot more nuanced that hiring a charter boat captain to teach you to fish.
Knowing what I know now (I grew up in VT btw) I would.
- Pay an outfitter in Canada to do a Moose hunt
- I would start saving money and/or start putting in for AK sheep/goat hunts. Again go with an outfitter
This will all cost you about $125k and there’s no guarantees you’ll tag anything.
As...
- Cow elk I shot 5.6miles from the trailhead, 2,000’ elevation gain/loss. 4 trips over two days
- Buck and Doe whitetail I shot 7 miles from the truck; ended up being a 20+ mile day over 14hrs but I got it done
- Bull elk 4miles from the truck; 2,000’ elevation gain/loss. 3 trips over two...
I think I’m in over $2,500 across MT (Non-Res Elk Gen), WY (Non Res - Special Antelope), and the CO Res - Noah’s Ark Special (Moose, Sheep, Goat, Elk, Deer…etc). I’ll be putting in for NE too ($600).
Curious what everyone else’s tab is at this point - you higher or lower than last year.
Last thing I’d ever suggest to my wife would be to bring her around you buncha’ animals. I cash my chips for hunting season, not banquets.
Y’all can have fun fighting over them’ silent auction 6.5 Creedmors w/o me
I run a Thule Apline year round, mostly just throw soft sided bags and other seasonal stuff. Note the weight limit; in a pinch I stuffed mine with snow and a quartered out cow elk; broke the case but it still works fine.
Definitely not waterproof and hinge/lock is tricky when I’m stuffing it...
Stopped drinking a few years ago. It stopped serving a purpose in my life, so I just stopped cold turkey. Didn’t replace it with anything either which is also good.
Someone asked about non-alcoholic beverages; Athletic Brewing makes a bunch of great options, Coors Edge is the only light beer I...