Forgot there was a hunting thread on TGR. Had a lifetime hunt in October on Raspberry Island, off of Kodiak. I need to finish penning the trip report...
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Forgot there was a hunting thread on TGR. Had a lifetime hunt in October on Raspberry Island, off of Kodiak. I need to finish penning the trip report...
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Impressive, love the mount! Congrats!!!
Some solid work in here. That AK elk is thicccccccc. Rev with the straps of green as always, and a great first bull from Yeahman. Awesome to see.
Haven’t been taking many pics of the ducks this year, but I’m counting my blessings with this dog. The switch flipped and she loves it.
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That's a great one! I always laugh at what we up here consider a good buck. Sitka black tail are tiny...Quote:
Originally Posted by LT
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Noice! I'm addicted to elk after my first. Congrats.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
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Username checks out. x10. Congrats.
Awesome! Congratulations on your bull. Good luck with packing the meat, I hope your path is all down hill.
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Made a video for my mom about my daughter's first duck hunt. She's 7 and absolutely loved it. Even got her on the calls...
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Good job dad! That wins the cutest hunting photo award.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater
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A star is born! ^^^
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PS: This thread delivers :biggrin:
Hit my goal of 50 birds this season, and thrilled with the girls work, calling it a year and going to enjoy some early skiing and relaxing.
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For anyone who might be interested, Zappos has Zamberlan Baltoro, Cresta, and Vioz Lux on sale right now, and Scarpa Ribelle HD Lite with good size selection at a really good price. Really good mountain boots all.
EDIT: Here's a $35 off >$175 code Zaps emailed me [have no idea if it's personalized, single use, or is the same one they email everyone] QKAQ-P5DQR5-FXGRAY
I can vouch for the Ribelle HD Lite, having put a hundred miles or so on training trails. I've also owned the leather Ribelle HDs since 2020, and would take them up the Matterhorn.
The synthetic Lite model lacks the metal hardware of the leather original, but that may be a plus for those who get them wet every time they put them on. The HD Lite also seems to start out a tiny bit softer than the HD, which seemed to have a little bit of a break-in period. Pretty sure it's the uppers though. They have the same stiff alpine soles, yet with enough rocker and upper flex that they walk like a backpacking boot. Srsly they walk really well, even without a qualifier that the Ribelle HD and HD Lite are true alpine boots stiff enough to front point and hold crampons all day.
These Scarpas have a bit more width than LaSportivas and even other Scarpas, but a full Euro size up from my running shoe size gave my relatively normal feet a righteous up and downhill fit with aftermarket insoles, and the soles of the 45 Scarpas are still smaller with slightly less BSL than my 10.5 runners and 44 training boots.
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Originally Posted by Phall
Don't wanna be a party pooper, but you might want to look into buttressing the floor under your freezer, Mr Fall.
Love this thread. Unfortunately, or fortunately I dunno....I spend more time thinking about hunting than I do skiing. Spent lots of days a field this year, but only put down an antelope for myself. Helped my kids a lot (got my son his first deer and my daughter another loper, also helped a friend get his bull...the fucker actually took my shot!)
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Great photos man! So long as everyone shares the meat .. it's way fun to share the hunt.Quote:
Originally Posted by FreakofSnow
Antelope is 100% on my bucket list. One of these years i guess.
I hear it's freaking delicious!
Last few pages are stellar. FoS, that wall tent is bigger than my house!
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Yeah we went big this year! Taj mahalQuote:
Originally Posted by zion zig zag
My buddy's 14x16' on the right with a pop up canopy for the kitchen in the middle, then my 12x14' on the left.
We had 2 styles of camps for our archery elk trip. Started off backpacker style
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Then moved to a quick attack style, easy set up ice shack. Which actually worked really well.
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Judy, the old lady, had a rough go at a barbwire fence. Here she is, clearly annoyed with me conceding that a vet was necessary. There's a much bigger gash on her chest that is also stitched up. But she never stopped hunting and we nearly had our public land quail limit!
Oddly, her sister Sam hit the same fence at the same time and didn't have a scratch.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...7c1761d0ae.jpg
Hope Judy gets some extra kibble and tummy rubs.
Sounds familiar though, this guy will bust through brush so hard that he’ll come back bleeding. It always surprises me how hard he’ll go.
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Griffs are splendid beasts
Sam and her mallards from the morning. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a9cb9f8188.jpg
Hiked my tits off today for 3 redlegs. Dogs were perfect...didn't bump any birds and held points for days. The birds, however, were less than cooperative and busting at 50 yards.
Fuckin' bandits.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...667097e234.jpg
Probably time for a new thread, just came to say I got an email notifying me that I drew a Colorado elk tag. Let the preparation begin.
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Congrats!Quote:
Originally Posted by teleee
I drew a deer tag in an Utah unit with a very high mortality rate from winter kill. After a hike through there a couple of weeks ago and seeing the carnage, I just can’t. I’m going to turn it in.
I’m hoping for a late season cow elk tag in the draw.
I am with you - I put in for a Wyoming antelope tag but after driving from Rock Springs to Hoback and seeing all the dead antelope, there is no way I would feel comfortable hunting them. It was staggering - hundreds of them.Quote:
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While morel hunting, this spring, I've stumbled upon a ton of carcases from the winter. It's gruesome.
I have access to a property in a southern unit where my general tag becomes a short range either-sex tag and I might just shoot a fat, cornfed doe with a slug gun, harvest the meat, and not feel guilty about pressuring our haggard population up here.
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If it's a resident tag perhaps sacrificing the purchase price of the tag and holding on to it would be the better move, if the idea is to reduce the harvest.
ZZZ did you draw one from "our" unit that's now three units? I'm on my last year of dedicated for it (they let us keep it as a big unit) and I'm a little concerned about this year. We'll see what archery season shows. Nothing else for me, OTC elk and probably one of the new archery season cow hunts on the Wasatch.
Yeah, I’ll call the DWR and figure out the best plan. If there’s a way I can turn it in and get my point back and it doesn’t get re-released, I’ll do that. If not, I’ll eat it.Quote:
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Yes. I hiked into the WMA the second weekend it was open and the bottom of the canyon was absolutely filled with dead deer. The smell was overwhelming. Seeing 10 dead deer in a few square yards and knowing that they all stood there and starved to death together was pretty devastating.Quote:
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Self-sacrifice, a rare commodity these days. Hope you get your point back.
I guess I'm gonna spend some time in the Breaks as I got one of the Archery Only Either Sex tags. Stupidly I didn't realize this tag meant I can only hunt archery there, but I think I can spend 5 or 6 days there during the 2nd/3rd week in Sept and hopefully hit the rut at a pretty good time.
Anyone going to Big Sky TAC at the end of the month?