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I had no idea they had a deal like that at Clay Center. I can see how they could do it with 30,000 acres of river bottom and the ability to regulate pressure.

It is still there. There are more houses and more absentee land owners than there used to be, but it's still ranch country. I live in that area. It's got fences and way less quail than the old days but the chickens are still doing ok as are the deer and cattle. Lots more turkeys than there...

I'm in KS and was curious about this so I looked it up. I saw a Midwest Hunting Adventures in Missouri and a Midwest Whitetail Adventures in Clay Center KS was it one of those? I didn't see either showing as unreal of bucks as the pic you posted with a quick look. I know I haven't seen bucks...

Kneel with the heavy 264WM and send a 143gr ELD-X at 3240 right at that shoulder so if it exits it will be at the back of the off-side lungs. Anything but broadside I hold more for the exit than entry. I'd have the elbow locked inside my knee to prevent joints rolling on each other. I...

Good to know, thanks! Maybe our outfitter said different because it's his policy not the law.

If the smith I went with to build my 300 would have done WSM's I'd likely have done one instead of a 300 win mag. My win mag pushes a 180gr Accubond at 2956fps with a 23" barrel and a WSM would do the same, I'd go for it. That level of performance will get the attention of any elk that walks...

Got the Kifaru, it takes some thinking to decide how to put it all together. Not in a bad way, there are just a lot of options on how you want to set it up. It's like opening a box of Legos and trying to figure out what I want to build with it. I think the lay-out will work well with the...

I'm another fan of the Hevi Shot with a Carlson coyote tube. Winchester and Hornady make coyote specific loads too. Even with the good shells and tubes when I patterned my shotgun 40yds was as far as I'd feel comfortable shooting a coyote. I have a 20" Rem-Choke barrel with rifle sights I...

Well I tried my Cabelas frame with an 80lb bag of quick crete the other night. It does not pack weight as well as I remembered it doing. Maybe I've just changed enough since I last used it that it doesn't seem to fit as well or maybe the Exo is just that much more comfortable for me. I...

I was talking with a guy on another forum who has been on this hunt before. He has been extremely helpful and sent me an hour long video they made of their hunt. He has the same tipi/stove set-up and the same Exo pack as I do so his input there and seeing the video were really helpful. The...

I want one like that to walk right into camp! Thanks for all the advice. I guess I'll see where we get one shot and definitely not rule out the idea of cutting a hind quarter in half if it's the only way to get it from where it is to where it needs to be. I'll be thinking of the pack-out...

I agree that it doesn't make much sense. I might have to shift weights around to make my Cabelas Alaskan frame make the trip if the Exo isn't enough. That law looks like a great way to injure a back or ankle to me. I guess I don't have to like it just do my best to follow it. I think the...

I'd take the shot. With my Rifles Inc 300 win mag shooting 180 Accubonds I'd dial the scope to 340 for elevation and hold 1MOA for wind. I grabbed my windage chart out of my box of bullets in the safe by the computer and checked. It will be taped to the gun again for season so it would be...

You have killed a pile of elk! I have been practicing calling, bought some videos on it and read lots of books too. I just ordered one of the bull magnet megaphone looking calls. That caribou hunt sounds awesome, that will likely be my next AK trip.

I think you have definitely been on some worse pack-outs than me. I have not had that many rough ones, haven't had that many western hunts either. I went elk hunting unsuccessfully once in college and then it was a few years before I got back out there. I shot my first elk in 08 and my second...

Thanks everyone. I talked to the outfitter on the phone today. Moose quarters and ribs have to stay on the bone and we can't cut quarters into smaller pieces. We just need to be tough and very picky where we shoot one at! He sounded like a heck of a guy and we had a good conversation. I...

I'm pretty strong, back in high school I could bench and squat more than anyone else at the school. That's been about 20 years ago now though! Ranch work keeps the muscle built up, most things I latch onto still move. I emailed the outfitter to see how people usually pack quarters, hopefully...

IdahoCTD that was quite a pack-out taking a whole bull in 1 trip uphill with 2 of you!

I checked the regs and it shows in Alaska unit 18: "Meat taken before October 1 must remain on the front quarters or hind quarters until removed from the field" I need to figure out exactly what that entails to be legal. The quarters are going to be really heavy in one piece. In swampy...

Thanks everyone. IdahoCTD I was curious about using your Exo packing moose since I have the same pack. Did you use the crib, the space between the frame and bag, or the bag itself? I haven't had to pack meat since buying the pack last year. My buddies muley ended up being 300yds from a 2...