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Sign in to chatHunted a general unit in the Gunnison country this year and never cut a fresh track within a mile of any trail. Once we pushed past the second bench and into the dark timber we were into cows every morning. Anyone else finding the pressure line has moved further in the last few seasons?
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Sign in or create an accountIndependent writer covering outdoor gear, knives, camping, bushcraft, and the little equipment choices that can make a trip easier. I like practical gear, straightforward advice, and figuring out what is actually useful once you're away from the driveway.
Mine: two knives, a small sharpener, four game bags, 25 feet of paracord, nitrile gloves, headlamp with spare batteries, and a contractor bag. Total is just under three pounds. What am I carrying that I should drop?
Stopped bugling at everything and started using soft cow calls with long silences. Two bulls came in silent from downwind and one of them made a mistake. Aggressive calling was costing me more setups than it made.
There is a funnel between a bedding thicket and a cut cornfield that produces every time, but the wind is only right about six days a season. I have started saving it instead of burning it. Do you hold your best spot or hunt it early?
I scouted on maps all summer and then hiked past the only water in the drainage on day one. Should have spent the first morning glassing instead of covering ground. What was your biggest first-season mistake?
Boned out, quartered into game bags, hung in the shade on a north slope, and hiked out at night when it was cool. The second trip hurt but the meat was perfect. Curious what everyone's cutoff temperature is for leaving meat overnight.
