Recent content by clearwater

Half my hunting area was closed due to a wildfire.

You bring two Prusiks or ascending devices. Climb up or down as needed. Here is a good video of one method. I have pre-tied cords I keep on my harness that are the two lengths needed so i don't have to futz around with extra slings and carabiners. You are right about the athletic ability...

Good question. I don't have experience with tree stands. Maybe the most similar type of climbing activity would be following a fixed line where you would be attached all the time to a rope which is tied off from overhead and possibly behind, with you sliding friction knots (Prusik) or...

interesting. As a rock climber I hadn't heard of this. Apparently having your feet against something, like a rock face, and being able to move against it helps prevent this. Having hung in harnesses for a long time while belaying isn't the same thing as hanging motionless and free in the air...

Three shot groups at 50 yards. Staball Match powder. WW primers. OAL 2.8 after the starting load. Looking forward to trying at 100 yards with higher charges and chrono. (lower bullet hole second group from left from another gun)

Yup, No Kings here

Reviews say they match Sierra Pro Hunters. A very accurate bullet in my experience

Just came back home after getting chased out by snow. Hiked up to spike camp in shorts, came down the next afternoon in down coat and rain gear. NE WA. Friends tent

150 grain soft point flat base. $.13 each for 500

Heading out today to cut wood for deer camp. Grouse is on the menu. Deer season opens Saturday and I hope to be camped on a mountain ridge by then so everybody else pushes the deer to me. Looks like rain here in NE WA. Maybe snow monday for tracking.

$27 Just in at North 40 Makes excellent subsonics for 08 and 06 based brass. Small game loads for your big game rifle-see Hodgdon site.

Curious too. Local USFS roadless areas allow Mtn Bikes but not E bikes. My experience with mountain bike hunting is that you must keep your eyes on the trail when riding and have to stop to look for game. Oh, and don't use an elastic buttstock shell holder. I left a bread crumb trail of cartridges.

We saw only a couple of does down low and no other recent sign. Seems we were too high up. The hunt was so much of a scramble that we feared getting something! true wilderness it took us 8 hours to go 6 miles and involved passing packs up little cliff bands. The trail we counted on for egress...

i was able to scrub the rust with nylon bristle brush and gun oil. Will post a bit about the trip on my other post. No deer.

Just got back from the High Buck hunt in WA. Rained on the scramble in. My Leupold scope mounts rusted on the first day of rain! Is this a common thing? I have several other mounts old and new that have been in more prolonged wet weather, even coastal sea air, that didn't do this. Any thoughts?