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I am planning a DIY pronghorn hunt in Wyoming next year. Our goals are modest: my partner would like a modest pronghorn buck (11", 12" horns); I will be happy with a doe and will probably apply for a doe/fawn permit. I have hunted pronghorn near Gillette, paying a small trespass fee to hunt on...

Can anyone recommend anyone who will pack meat out for hunters in Colorado GMU 75, in the Missionary Ridge area? I already am in contact with Over the Hill Outfitters, but I would prefer to have multiple packers lined up in case the Plan A packer and the Plan B packer are both otherwise...

How many coolers do I need to bring home about 200 LBS of butchered, packaged elk meat? What brand of cooler do you recommend? I typically put dry ice in the bottom of my cooler, 1/4" of newspaper on top of the dry ice, the packaged meat on top of the newspaper, another 1/4" layer of newspaper...

I am prone to developing blisters on the heels of my feet, specifically when I am doing a good amount of downhill walking, for example while backpacking in the mountains. I wear a thin inner polypropolene sock and a heavy outer wool sock. When I feel a hot spot develop in the past, I would...

This is a question for those of you who have gone on outfitted/guided elk hunts. What is the ballpark figure you would expect to pay for 5-7 days of hunting (7-9 days on the trip, which includes 2 travel days) for an outfitted/guided elk hunt in a wilderness area, riding in on pack animals...

I hunted pronghorn antelope near Gillette, Wyoming this last October for the first time. The owners of the ranch where I hunted told me that, contrary to what all the books tell you, pronghorn antelope do jump fences now. They have learned to jump fences. It seems I even witnessed this...

My son and I each took a pronghorn last October. My son took a buck, I took a doe. The doe has a milder flavor than the buck. The buck has a strong flavor which is unfamiliar to me. Right off, let me say "strong" doesn't mean unpleasant or spoiled or wrong. To those unfamiliar with the flavor...

I hope to hunt the Colorado second rifle season (started about October 23 in 2004 and runs about a week) in unit 75 NE of Durango either this year or 2006, specifically in the Weminuche Wilderness arrea. This will be a cow rifle hunt. I have collected some information which has led me to focus...

I shot this doe deer opening morning with a .243 using 100 grain Winchester Power Point cartridges. She was about 30 yards away. I had watched a previous doe pass in front of me in the opposite direction about an hour earlier, but had not been able to mount my rifle without spooking her...

LAST EDITED ON Nov-29-04 AT 01:58PM (MST)[p]I came back yesterday from 9 days of hunting the Oklahoma deer season with my 14 year old son. I took a doe that field dressed 92 LBS opening morning. It was my son's first deer hunting trip, and he insisted that his first deer must be a buck so he...

My son bagged this 13 1/4" pronghorn -- his first big game animal of any kind -- south of Gillette, Wyoming, this year. The rifle is a .25-06 custom made by my father using a Springfield .30-06 action.

Does anyone know why pronghorn antelope smell so bad? My son and I took two near Gillette, Wyoming, about a week ago. I loaded them onto a plastic tarp in my wife's SUV to keep the blood off things, but they smelled so bad I was afraid the smell would remain in the carpet of the SUV. This...

Does anyone have a recipe for cooking pronghorn backstraps that they will share? Any other pronghorn recipes? I cooked a pronghorn leg roast this past sunday evening which was pretty good. I followed my standard venison roast braising recipe: sear on all sides, add 1 cup of water and cook...

My son took a buck and I took a doe pronghorn antelope about a week ago just south of Gillette, Wyoming, on a small ranch where we paid a trespass fee. My son's buck had about 13.25" horns. this was our first pronghorn hunt, hopefully not our last. My son "stalked" his buck in plain view...

I will be returning from a Wyoming pronghorn hunt through Durango, CO. I will stop to backpack/scout for elk near the Missionary Ridge area NE of Durango. I have no elk tag and cannot carry my rifles with me (two of us: my son and I). I plan to park my vehicle at the terminus of a 4 wheel drive...

I will be returning from a Wyoming pronghorn hunt through Durango, CO. I will stop to backpack/scout for elk near the Missionary Ridge area NE of Durango. I have no elk tag and cannot carry my rifles with me (two of us: my son and I). I plan to park my vehicle at the terminus of a 4 wheel drive...

I will be returning from a Wyoming pronghorn hunt through Durango, CO. I will stop to backpack/scout for elk near the Missionary Ridge area NE of Durango. I have no elk tag and cannot carry my rifles with me (two of us: my son and I). I plan to park my vehicle at the terminus of a 4 wheel drive...

Can anyone recommend a taxidermist in Gillette, Wyoming? My son and I will be going on our first pronghorn hunt in about 10 days. While we aren't expecting to bag animals with large horns, if my son wants to mount his buck's head I'm going to consider it. This being the case, I would need to...

What are the characteristics of a good Elk knife? How long? Shape of blade? Folding versus fixed blade? I bought a Schrade "Jim Zumbo" signature knife on sale over the weekend which has about a 6" fixed blade, a gut hook, and maybe 2"-3" of saw teeth on the back of the blade (Schrade also...

How far do I need to backpack in, away from the roads and ATV trails (for example, back into a wilderness area such as the Weminuche Wilderness in SW Colorado), to get beyond 90% of the hunters who are NOT on horseback? 2 miles? 5 miles? 7 miles? A related question: how far back in do the...

Who uses shooting sticks or bipods and what are your results? I have some thin fiberglass crossed sticks I bought and used once at the rifle range. It seemed to me that my shots were several inches high. I could just rezero my rifle, but then my shots would be low if I didn't use the...

It seems that I recall one of the features that go into the classification of an "assault rifle" in the infamous 1994 assualt rifle ban is a pistol grip. I have evidently injured my wrist recently, and it is painful for me to hold a rifle vertically by the pistol grip and lower the rifle into...

I'm interested in working out a "do it yourself" elk hunt, since I cannot even begin to afford to pay for an outfitted hunt. One logistical problem I have not worked out is how to get my kill down out of the mountains. I have heard that packers can be hired to go up and bring out meat. Does...

I'm looking at buying a Remington 870 12 gauge express, synthetic. Any opinions about whether a 26" or 28" barrel ought to be preferred? I'm interested in using this for waterfowl. I have other older shotguns for using lead pellets when legal, as for upland game and some migratory game birds.

I have been thinking very seriously about buying a laser rangefinder. I have about persuaded myself that a laser rangefinder would be very useful for my first time 2004 pronghorn hunt and may be useful in the future for Elk hunting. Is a laser rangefinder a needed tool for open country hunting...

I may have an opportunity to go hog hunting in Texas soon. I believe the size of these creatures can range from 80 LBS to 650 LBS and that they can be dangerous. What cartridge should I use of the following? .243 using 100 grain bullets, .25-06 using 117 grain bullets, or .30-06 using 180...

Has anyone hunted Elk in Colorado Unit 751? This is a narrow rectangle oriented on a north-south axis north of Vallicito Reservoir east of Durango. Unit 751 appears to be entirely located within the Weminuche Wilderness. I see that this unit was undersubscribed in 2003 for most rifle seasons...