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in reply to: Feeling Weird #47170
I’ll second.
I’ve lost interest in it. The orange army is descending on the limited public lands here in NE tomorrow and I have no interest in joining the ranks. Go to the Wally Mart and; all the deer bait (that is illegal in NE) is sold out, the bars are packed, and the jacked up trucks are loaded with anything Cabelas sells. I don’t know why I lost interest (Sarcastic font inserted prior if it existed).
Don’t get me wrong, I have, and probably will again, hunted with a rifle. The fact that I’m fairly inefficient with my longbow and I like to eat venison dictates such.
I’m hoping this year to “make meat” with my Hawkins since my stick and string didn’t work out, but in a pinch, when it’s either buy meat or get my own, and I prefer my own way. So, I may end up rifle hunting again soon.
Ultimately, for me, it isn’t the means but the fact that the focus is on the end not the means with so many in the orange army. Especially with short seasons and limited public land. Tack on the idea of pay to play, trophies or bust, and a general “outhouse channel” mentality it’s hard to blame them. But I do.
Then you add to the mix the fact that NE is a private land state with a smidge of public land it gets worse. Boy we’d all be better off it [public land] was just sold to the highest bidder (Another instance where sarcastic font would be great).
Unfortunately, it’s far too complex of an issue for me to explain here why I’ve given up the gun (sort of), but man this did make me think.
So, for that thank you.
in reply to: What are your favorite trad pictures? #40115My favorite isn’t one I took, but can be found on the cover of a book titled “Aldo Leopold’s Odyssey: Rediscovering the Author of A Sand County Almanac” by Julianne Lutz Newton. You guys/gals will have to track it down in an attempt to avoid plagiarism.
in reply to: question about elk hunting and maps #12723First thing I do is put a 1 mile buffer around all open and “closed” roads. Easy if your handy with GIS.
Make sure to include “closed” roads, since most are anything but.
If the imagery from google earth is new enough for your area its a good resourse. Unfourtunately, new roads pop up so fast in some areas 3 year old scenes are too old to see the new “access” points.
After that, back to what Dave said.
in reply to: How does your Garden Grow? #62557I broke my own rule of planting before June 1 here in Laradise. I have been appropriately punished by a few light frosts and 50+ mph wind gusts today.
Looking like I’ll be replanting after the 1st (maybe the 7th).
Definitely jealous of what you guys have going on in more garden friendly locales.
in reply to: Close encounters and backup #52428Since Dave brought it up, if anybody is looking for a good read I would recommend Grizzly Years, Essential Grizzly, or Walking it Off by Doug Peacock.
As far as close encounters of my own was a couple years ago when I ended up way too close to a cow moose with an older calf and two bulls vying for her attention. I didn’t know what to do so I sat tight behind a tree and watch the bulls push each other around. Lucky I guess.
in reply to: Pack for elk #52409I’m pretty loyal to Eberlestock and know you can use the J series packs as meat haulers even thought they are internal frame. Just take them to the car wash and spray them out good when your done. I have an X2 that’s day pack size but I’m in the process of modifying it to be a multi day pack in the 4900 cu in range by adding a spike duffle and some other attachments. Mostly because I’m too cheap to buy a new J-series pack.
I also have a Kelty Cache Hauler which I would highly recommend as an external frame set up. Last year I took half (boned out) of a friends elk 3 miles back to the truck with it. I’ve also used it on my own elk, taking camp plus a quarter in one trip then going back for the rest. It can handle more than I can carry I would guess.
Best advice is to get the best that your willing to pay for, my first year of elk hunting was with a sub standard pack. Lesson learned the hard way when straps and molded plastic frame broke under a heavy load.
in reply to: New bow for elk trip #44042A beautiful bow. But some bad news. In the Wyoming elk hunting regs the minimum poundage for elk is 50#.
http://wgfd.wyo.gov/web2011/Departments/Hunting/pdfs/REGULATIONS_CH7_IMPORTANTINFO0003037.pdf
in reply to: Backcountry in the Bighorns/Wind Rivers #39187I haven’t spent any time in the Absarokas so I can’t help there.
As far as a specific area around Dubois, thats tough, just because theres so much country that I haven’t see up there. But a good place to start is wilderness.net and look up the Fitzpatric Wilderness. Plus their map server is pretty useful outside of designated wilderness area.
There might be some information on the Cloud Peak wilderness on there too.
It gets trick since your a non-resident. You can go in the wilderness areas and fish but come hunting season your suposed to have a guide. Strange rule that I won’t complain about until I move out of WY.
in reply to: Backcountry in the Bighorns/Wind Rivers #31895I don’t have much info on the Bighorns. However, I can tell you if you are looking for an area free of traffic ignore the Med Bow. Pretty much over run with people year round (too close to the Colorado front range). So I prefer the Winds, farther to drive but worth it. That and the opportunity to run in to Griz creates an extra incentive to leave the Snowies in the rear view and head toward Dubois.
in reply to: Martin Archery #9205I shoot a 70# Barta Bow that is made by Martin. While some long to own multiple bows, I have no desire to get another. If for some reason I needed a new/second bow I wouldn’t think twice about another Martin made bow.
in reply to: Helle Knives #47661I have a Poplar, I think, that a friend of mine set in an antler handle. Its the one knife I won’t go afield without.
in reply to: Floorless Shelters #27472I’m going to tinker with an ammo can stove for a while and see if I can get one built.
A friend tried to build a small stove for his garage out of 8″ chimney pipe with the idea that if it worked well it could be used in a wall tent. That one didn’t turn out overly well, but it was a first attempt. I doubt I’ll get the ammo can version right on the first try, but it will give me something to play around with over the summer.
I’m also going to try the pentalite out with no heat a lot this summer with backpacking, fishing, and scouting trips. As Mr. Asbell eluded, a stove may be over kill.
As far as the prices go, I agree. I’ve spent a few nights in a friends 6 man Kifaru and while it was a pretty slick set up and ultimately inspired my decision to go the floorless route. I can’t justify spending over a grand on what in its raw form is a nylon tarp with zippers.
in reply to: Floorless Shelters #26228I picked up a Nemo Pentalite 4p.
Its listed as 4 person, but I think 3 is a reasonable number.
Especially with a little stove in the middle.
I’m going to order a stove jack from Titanium Goat and there is a small business in town here that makes custom gear so I’m going to see if they will sew the stove jack into the top at reasonable price.
in reply to: Floorless Shelters #24355Thanks all,
I’ve found a back packing tipi in my price range, so thats step one. It covers 97 ft^2 so we should have plenty of room, and only weights a few pounds. While I like the idea of a coleman lanter to warm it up, I don’t want carry one around, mostly because I’ve broken a few car camping and can only imagine what would happen if I tried to carry one to a camp. Unless its really cold just using a back packing stove to cook on inside may warm it up plenty.
I’m intrigued by the idea of a DIY ammo can stove, so I may explore that route. At least try and build one and see what happens.
Being early March I have lots of time to tinker before Sept. one opener.
Thanks again.
Anthony
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