MULEPACKHUNTER

Spent yesterday on the road with my pops and we talked over games we had been to together and ones we used to watch. Good guy to remember with dad.

I rode in 20a a few trips and saw a lot of of deer. Several bucks.

Ouch, nice hunt but I'm pretty sure rifle squirl is not open season. FYI archery only right now. Guess if it was in October your good to make stew though. Congrats

Your just going to have to look at videos and maybe go to a high end pack shop and learn . could be your pack and could be the fit and adjustment. You don't need 500 dollar pack but most of the time you do get what you pay for. The hiking shack is good, summit hut is better. Rei is hit or miss, trick is to find a backpacker at rei if you go there. All will have good load carrying packs and can show you how to adjust and fit.

Congrats very nice

Ya I'm going to have to get me a deep freeze so I can do the jugs. Figured on waiting til I have an elk tag but may be needed sooner.

I was considering a high end cooler purchase but time got in the way and I never made it out to shop one down, I stopped at Costco to duplicate my 125 qt coleman for 89.00 bucks I got there 6 years ago but the halloween crap pushed the outdoor items out of the store. Oh well I was hoping to need it for half an elk so I stopped at wallmart and grabbed a coleman 120 qt extreme for 58.00 and here is how it went. I put 5 blocks of ice and 1 10 lb bag of loose in it and some food and drinks and tossed it in the trailer. That was on wed 9-9-2015, well since we were hunting hard it was not opened often but dailey and i looked in there in my garage last night and it still had ice in it!!!! It was kept in the shade and thats it. So 9 days and still ice if you manage it well and fill it. Going to grab 1 more for deer season. Hunt was in 5BS and temps ran from 45 to 80.

How many times have you been bugled in by other hunters? LOL we got it 2 times by the same guy. Man he was a stud on the tube. LOL Bet he gets tired of guys coming in and not bulls. I called in 1 guy myself. He was Pissed, one heck of a climb. HA HA Never really thought about it until it happened. We also had a guy put us on a bull or 2 with his calls that were pushing bulls away from him and to us. They were talking back to his calls but they were moving away from him. LOL I was very conscious of calling and used it sparingly. I think i hit the tube 6 times in 8 days. I used the cow calls more but still not much. Only managed a spike with the cow calls.

Ok up at 3 am grab coffee heat up burrito and hit the road. Trailhead at 3:45 eat burrito drink coffee. Load pack up and hit the trail by 4:15 am and slowly walk in the dark adjusting to the light listening for bugles. How do some others get in early morning without breaking your neck? Figured headlamps was bad idea.

No doubt, I have many converts to burritos, I make them ahead and wrap in foil so you just toss on grill or stove and warmbthen hit the trail. Made about 20 or so this trip. Hard to beat.

Found out last week that 8 days on an early archery bull hunt is about the best workout one can get, ounce the adrenaline kicks in and the first bugle sounds through the hills you dont even realize how hard you are going, looking back on the week we covered a ton of ground and hardly stopped working, eating, sleeping, drinking , and pooping. Yes pooping, looking back we were like animals, up steep climbs, side hilling, cat holes right where we stood, eating, drinking, chasing, napping, waking to more of the same for 8 days. Feel really strong and lean right now. Wish I could do it 2 weeks every month. Lets call it elk camp boot camp workout 2015. LOL

I don't think the numbers of bulls is the issue, the rut is not on yet, I see tons of reports of bugles but they are just talking and not rutting. We had same issue in 5bs. We had tons of action but they wouldn't come in to calls and spikes and rags are with the cows just feeding. We were just getting out ahead of them and ambushing and we had 6 or more in range but my buddy couldn't get a clean shot. Looking like the rut will be full on for the rifle guys but the archery has been nothing like I have heard it usually is. We found bulls everywhere we went they just were not talking or talked very little. All said it was one of the best hunts I have ever been on. My partner is still up solo, I had to return to work after burning all my PTO. Lol

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I just got hooked up with backcountry navigator app and its the same deal but it has tons of maps including FS, topo, and definetley replaces any need for GPS. One issue to think of though is battery life and weather proofing. Im going to get a power cell to recharge my phone when im backpacking. I used this app on my buddys elk hunt and by day 2 he was downloading it on his phone. 12.00 bucks. You can buy add ons but i didnt need anything. You can measure, track, plot points. Only thing needed to do is download a section of the main map at home before going out then its in our phone and you can go off grid. Very happy with it. You can also add pictures from your phone into way points.

About the best PC of writing I've read in a long time 270. God speed.

I don't keep it in the safe. If they get in the safe and steal the guns then they steal the flash drive too. I keep mine in another place. Also keep a few copies in different spots they won't look (hopefully) Good point again. I have copy at work on our secure backed up network. Also in my safe I have a small safe with documents and such. All fire proof. Just PC of mind. Everything else I burry in the yard.

This brings up a good point, every gun owner should catalog their guns. Have photos and numbers saved. I use a spreadsheet on a thumb drive in the safe.

Awsome congrats

500 club golf course, almost hit one with a drive.

OK I spent about 7 days up in the hills and backpacked. I use a full 2 man tent. Somehow I ended up with some sort of bites. They are small red spots in various locations and they don't itch or hurt unless you rub or touch them just right and then they feel like a small PC of glass in my skin. Any idea what the heck bit me? So far wife says fleas. Lol

Looks like chiggs after all. Lol been since I was in Kentucky that I had these so thought no way. The ones there are bigger and itch. Anyway going to stop for some vinegar, alcohol, and meat tenderizer. Thanks for the help

Ya about the same here and it was tall grass and thick brush and rainy. Mostly on my legs. No big deal, heading back out wed to collect some more. Lol

Very nice congrats

Photoshopped,,,LOL not the buck but the sky!!!! Looks like a painting. HA HA, congrats super pretty animal.

Thanks for sharing and great work.