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I have had the privilege to hunt Montana for the last 6 years. My SIL's family have large tracks of property that also gives us access to large portions of BLM ground. Mulies are my heartbeat. To me there is nothing more fabulous than watching a mighty mature muledeer chase does in the rut. A...

Check out the Hanwag line of boots. I have a pair of Tarta Tops and really like them. The Alaskans are another good hanwag boot.

I had a KOWA 884 that I packed for several years. Somebody decided they needed it more than I did when I accidentally forgot it in my pickup one night. So now I have the 99S. I had the SOC of my 884, but KOWA does not offer one for the 99S yet so I bought a couple rolls of camo vet tape and...

I don't have matching anything. I have pants from several different manufactures, Shirts are the same way, and my longs are from I don't remember where. But they are all comfortable and they are weather related. I can hunt in 50* days to -30 and be comfortable.

You don't want it to warm up to much in the sun because it will unfreeze that gumbo and makes it really hard to get around. You have to keep looking for the prickly pear cactus to scrap your boots clean. LOL

I have had the Hardscrabble jacket and pants for several years and they work very well. The jacket will take a light rain storm no problem. If it starts raining really hard it will work long enough to get you under a tree or back to the rig.

Was that about three years ago? We were in there then during Thanksgiving week and the daily high was -10 and at night it would drop to -20. We were rowing down the Missouri for 6 days and by the time we got to putout we were cutting through ice in the river with a 14' rowboat. It gets cold in...

I am amused you can tell my income level by what I think of Sitka. You might be surprised. Without getting into a ****ing match, there is no one answer to any question when it comes to hunting gear. There are differences in people and how they regulate heat, there is also differences in hunting...

Love the Sitka supporters. I wear some Sitka, but it is no where the end all when it comes to outdoor hunting clothing. They all serve a purpose. I wear KUIU, Kryptek, Cabela's, Skre, Sitka, and a few more I can't remember right now. They all work, some better than others, but you are not going to...

I have a KUIU pack and clothing. I like their stuff, but as far as their warranty I don't put much faith in it. My pack waist belt started coming apart after the first year and contacted the company about getting it replaced. After communicating back and forth for several days they told me they...

Packs are like optics, everybody has an opinion. I have tried several different packs and I settled on the KUIU. My main reason for the KUIU was the apex shoulder straps. I upgraded to the new pro suspension but ended up going back to the apex shoulder straps. I have packed meat in mine and find...

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Be prepared for traffic jams, tourist, tourist, and more tourist. As said best bet is to get out early before the tourist get up. More animals and less tourist in the very early morning. I don't know if it has been implemented yet but there was talk of a permit system for entering the park as in...

Nick is not a knock off. Before he started nicks boots he was the head boot maker for Whites. I wore his boots when he was at whites and I have worn his boots after he started his own company. I don't work in an industry that needs his type of boots any more, but if I did his would be the only...

Everyone talks about their warranty. I had a failure with their razor binos and I will say it was my fault, but according to their warranty does not matter. Well anyhow I did not get very much satisfaction from them and pretty much got told to pound sand. Sold every Vortex I had and will not...