Question 1

What is your go-to rifle setup for backcountry hunts, and why?

Accepted Answer

Members answer this on the Hunting board at The Wild10 forum. This board is for the parts of hunting that never make it into a magazine article — which unit actually held elk last fall, whether a 6.5 or a .308 makes more sense for the country you walk, and how you got 90 pounds of boned-out meat back to the truck alone.

Question 2

First western public-land hunt — what would you do differently?

Accepted Answer

Members answer this on the Hunting board at The Wild10 forum. This board is for the parts of hunting that never make it into a magazine article — which unit actually held elk last fall, whether a 6.5 or a .308 makes more sense for the country you walk, and how you got 90 pounds of boned-out meat back to the truck alone.

Question 3

How do you handle meat care when you're solo and miles from the truck?

Accepted Answer

Members answer this on the Hunting board at The Wild10 forum. This board is for the parts of hunting that never make it into a magazine article — which unit actually held elk last fall, whether a 6.5 or a .308 makes more sense for the country you walk, and how you got 90 pounds of boned-out meat back to the truck alone.

Question 4

Archery vs rifle season in your area: which do you actually prefer?

Accepted Answer

Members answer this on the Hunting board at The Wild10 forum. This board is for the parts of hunting that never make it into a magazine article — which unit actually held elk last fall, whether a 6.5 or a .308 makes more sense for the country you walk, and how you got 90 pounds of boned-out meat back to the truck alone.

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Ethan Parker

What is actually in your kill kit?

Archery elk in September: the call sequence that finally worked

Whitetail: my best stand is the one I almost never hunt

First western public-land hunt — what I would do differently

Solo meat care: how I got 90 pounds out in two trips

6.5 Creedmoor vs .308 for backcountry elk — honest opinions

Colorado second rifle: unit held elk but they were 2 miles off the trail

Draw odds are getting brutal — which states are still worth applying for?