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    Preparing for a first elk hunt

    95XL, Yes I'm familiar with the Brazos Cliffs. They are spectacular up close. I've been on both sides of the Brazos for quite a bit. A friend has a cabin on the river with a nice size property. He doesn't hunt or fish though. I've seen bears often the area it just depends on they year. A young...
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    Preparing for a first elk hunt

    Brazos peak is a beautiful area in N/NW NM. I've spent a lot of time in that area including about 50+ days elk hunting. One hunt was with a compound bow the rest were with trad bows. I've killed several elk within 15 miles of Brazos Peak but all with a bow and all but one under 20 yards. There...
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    Who Hunts By Themselves?

    I've hunted solo most of the last 20 years. All tent camping for elk and muleys except for several days in the back of the truck with a camper shell. Most hunts are 6-8 days and all archery hunts. Sometimes I have a handgun but not always. I enjoy the solitude and prefer hunting solo although...
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    Human scent masking

    Baking soda might help a bit but human odor doesn't just come from the mouth. Recently some dogs have been trained with 90% accuracy to detect lung cancer in a human just by smelling their breath. A deer's sense of smell is about 30% better than a dog.
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    Human scent masking

    The cover up scents are gimmicks but people won't stop buying them. Animals will just smell human scent and the cover scent. Keeping the wind in your face is always the best. When I'm elk hunting or after other big game away from civilization I take chlorophyll capsules during the hunt and a few...
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    Anyone else excited?

    52 has plenty of elk but not that many big Bulls. I've hunted it many times for elk and deer during archery season but ML is usually the best time for the rut.
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    Pellet rifle suggestion for squirrel control

    I've had the Trail NP2 in .22 for a few weeks. It's heavy but hard hitting and accurate considering I've only put about 50 pellets through it. The scope it came with is nothing special but I'm getting 1 1/4" groups at 30 yards with Crosman Premier pellets.
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    Kel Tec PMR 30

    Agree that the Appeal doesn't compare to the CMR. Everything will load up with gunk if you don't take care of it. A PMR and CMR together would make a nice combo. But as usual, these keltec guns are in short supply or over msrp.
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    Quartering a big game animal/gutless method.

    I didn't watch the video but I've been doing gutless method for about 10 years. When I'm solo elk hunting I take the rib meat but leave the ribs and bone everything else out. Doing it gutless, skinned and boned out with a 2" caper takes me 2-3 hours. I have more knives but really don't need...
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    Neck Shots with Bow

    I shot an elk in the neck several years at 20 yards with my recurve. It was an accident, not sure if she moved or I pulled the shot. She ran hard for about 80 yards then fell over dead. No blood until the last 15 yards then there was a ton. Of course it was a pass through with a 4 blade head but...
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    22 find - how it goes sometimes

    Our local Sportsmans had Thundercrud for 32.99 last week, no line, 1 brick limit. Still too much for that stuff buts it's the first time I've seen .22 there in 3 years.
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    Courageous big game hunting runs afoul

    Cecil the lion may be dead but Anthony the antelope can rest a little easier.
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    Courageous big game hunting runs afoul

    It's legal to hunt collared lions in Zim and a bunch of other areas. I don't know who is at fault if anyone but I doubt the dentist wanted to pay 55k for the famous named lion. He probably trusted his PH on the shot? I also doubt the PH recognized the lion as the famous tourist attraction why...
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    What archery glove are you using? Can you shoot your handgun with it?

    I use a S.A.M. Tab instead of a glove. It's a fairly thick double layer tab with a cord that wraps around your wrist. You won't be shooting a gun with the tab on but it slides off of the hand quickly and hangs from the wrist so you can use your fingers. Be sure to use a deep hook and not your...
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    Hunting meat packs, What brand?

    Kelty cache hauler is a good freighter style pack for about $100-$120. $50 more for the bag if you want it. You can easily carry 120lbs if you're up to it. Kifaru and Kuiu make some really nice packs starting at $400 and can be custom sized. I still use a 15 year old Gregory internal frame that...
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    Marseille Shoe

    Steel toe boots and steel toe light hiking shoes are available everywhere. True kicking power and effectiveness come from shin kicks. The foot has too many small fragile bones. Muay Thai beats the karate style foot kicks always.
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    Flint Arrow Heads?

    Anyone learning to knap arrowheads will make a lot of mistakes either breaking individual heads or turning out a less than perfect finished product. I doubt anyone would want to take all of the mistakes with them when it was time to move the camp. It could also be a camp that was attacked and...
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    Minimum arrow velocity for Deer/Hogs?

    Gamestalker might have put together some of the most ridiculous posts concerning bowhunting I've ever read. He's completely wrong and uninformed but maybe it's just a matter of learning from slobs instead of bowhunters that know their business. Shooting an animal in the neck or hams is just...
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    I have retired my bow in shame. :(

    This video makes me wonder what archers were truly capable of before firearms, when their archery skills depended on providing food and security.
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    Pepper Spray--The Truth

    Do you know how bear spray compares to the human defense sprays? I've seen several YouTube videos of store clerks using bear spray on bad guys and was wondering what the difference is other than volume.
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