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Hossblur, you are correct. After 16 days left in the woods the camera is not legally yours anymore. Even if you catch the guy who stole it, you have no legal case. An officer who arrests someone for stealing an "abandoned" trail camera, would be putting himself at risk of false arrest. Thats...

Not to cause a riot, but I wonder about your 250 - 300 yard "good possibility" statement. I am sure there will be a few who claim to have killed many, many an animal with a muzzleloader at 400 yards. Back when I first got into muzzleloading, I wondered how far was too far. I did a little...

I use either a Swarovski ATX, Kowa prominar, vortex razor, or weaver spotting scope. I use either Meopta or Kowa binoculars. I use Manfrotto, Gitzo, or Really right stuff tripods. It just depends on what I am doing and where I am going. Too many tripod heads to list. Its all a tradeoff...

Swarovski has some cleaning information out there. You may have to look for it, but its out there somewhere. The one thing I found interesting was that they advise you not to use glass cleaner. Or any cleaner that contains alcohol or ammonia in the cleaning fluid. They can break down the...

Hossblur, is it about the camo patterns or the clothing? Paying $200 for a pair of pants just to get a camo pattern might be crazy. If you are currently hiking in levis in the middle of summer, it might not. My personal opinion on a lot of this stuff is pretty simple. If you spend most of...

LAST EDITED ON Jul-16-16 AT 10:30AM (MST)[p]Forrest service has decided to lock the gate yearly until July 15. If those dirt bikes keep going around the gate the forrest service will end up closing the area to ATV's and dirt bikes. They put those boulders there for a reason. Some people just...

Look in the photography world. They have TONS of options for this exact thing. Tripods use the same mounts and mounting systems for cameras and spotting scopes, and video cameras. You can get a simple plate like that for $15 most places. You mount it to your tripod head with the 3/8...

LAST EDITED ON Jul-16-16 AT 09:52AM (MST)[p]100% what Sherlock said. With a couple exceptions. Some game animals are habituated to tolerate humans. They don't give a hoot about our scent, lawnmower noise, cars, lot of stuff. You may come across these animals or animals that are used to living...

LAST EDITED ON Jul-16-16 AT 09:34AM (MST)[p]Stakes. Stakes. Stakes. There are lots of soil types, some stakes perform well in sandy soil, some in rocky soil, some in clay type soil. Snow load pulls on stakes differently than wind does. Having a variety of types of stakes in different lengths...

You have a couple pieces to a spotting scope. The body which performs a certain amount of magnification, and you have the eye piece which performs the rest of the magnification. If one body performs more magnification than another body, then it will use less eye piece magnification to get to...

LAST EDITED ON May-27-16 AT 02:27PM (MST)[p]Sucks doesn't it? Are you stuck on down, or are you just interested in a "puffy" jacket? If you limit yourself to down, it gets really hard. The worst part is that there is very little variety in warmth out there. Sitka has several jackets. Only one...

Hey, about the 60D vs 70D vs 80D question. The 60D is an old camera. Think along the lines of computers, cell phones, ect. The 60D came out when digic 4 processors were still current. There have been several processor upgrades since then. Digic 5, Digic 5+, Digic 6. The processor is what...

You can order it from amazon in several types. I don't use the aerosol version. I use the spray bottle type. I also have seen it in the camping dept at walmart, and the camping dept at sportsmans whse. I usually order it on amazon. As I said before, read the instructions. Do not spray it on...

What a difference 33 seconds can make! I pulled some trail cameras this week. I thought this one was kind of neat.

Two words for you son.............. SAWYER PERMETHRIN Doesn't repel ticks, it kills them. Its not insect spray and should not be used like one. Read the directions, apply properly. No more ticks. I used to get numerous ticks each year. Three years using this, not a single tick. Boots...

How much does it have to hold? Do you want a counterbalance? Professional series stuff or high end consumer level? Too many options. Consumer level stuff would be stuff like......... Manfrotto MH055M8-Q5 for a counterbalanced head. 15 pound capacity. Gitzo GH2720QR is a 13 pound capacity non...

Also, TX_Diver, be aware that when you looked through the ATX vs a ATM or ATS, the new X series of scopes only come with the wide angle eyepiece. The 20 - 60 eyepiece that was popular on the S and M series scopes, was not a wide angle eyepiece. You would have to go to that 25 - 50 wide angle...

"HD is for birdwatchers, hunters don't need it." Thats hilarious. I have one very serious question for you.......... WHAT IS HD? Before you can decide if you need it or not, you must first know what it is. Televison has made the term "HD" very popular. You can slap the letters H and D...

I love it. Torn between the vortex and the Swarovski. I can tell you that you won't regret buying whatever you choose. The reason is because you won't know any better. If you only have one experience, its hard to compare that to much. To your specific question about magnification vs objective...

As far as patterns go, choose one that fits the areas you plan to hunt. As far as brands are concerned, buy what you like as far as fit and function. I hate goretex. I absolutely hate it. The simple fact that gore bought sitka means that I have issues with supporting gore by buying sitka. But...

LAST EDITED ON Feb-17-16 AT 04:41AM (MST)[p]There is another way....... If you have goats immigrating into areas where they are not wanted. You chase all the goats out. Then you build a wall. And you get the goats to pay for it.

I am sure most people see the issues with the current system. But its not as easy as seeing the problems. Fixing them is a HUGE task. You have a system, and people have been in the system, playing by the rules, how do you change it in a way that fixes the problems, and is fair to those guys...

Meopta meopro 3-9 X 40mm 1 inch tube. Runs under $400 3-9X is plenty of power for any modern muzzleloader. 3 reticles to choose from. They also have a muzzleloader and rimfire option. The main difference being that the muzzleloader version has its parallax optimized at 50 yards. Of course...

BIGHORN SHEEP SURVEY Herd Unit 17c Pilot Total Survey Hours Date November 2014 Helicopter Observers Ewell and Thacker Ewes Lambs Rams Unclass Total 25 14 12 0 51 According to the 2014 survey data taken a year ago. Of 12...

PM sent! Thanks Bigjohnt. It will be very interesting to see what you come up with. Cant wait! the results are killing me.

Do you have a copy of the Utah big game records book? I have been looking all over for one. I need someone to look up something for me. If you have one, please PM me.

Just my opinion, but I have been testing a couple pairs of gaiter for the last year. The Outdoor research gaiters are tough as hell. The Kuiu gaiters are great. But the Sitka gaiters are a pleasure to wear. Love them. I have found that each has a best use. Outdoor research when in heavy...

You know, they give out somewhere in the neighborhood of 650 limited entry tags on that unit each year. Plus unlimited numbers of over the counter spike tags, they have been giving out 2000 cow tags the last couple years. Its a unit that sees a lot of hunting. Those elk are not too stupid. I...

3 season for 3 -4 people, in a lightweight backpacking tent. Pretty tall ask. Best bet is a tipi seek outside, titanium goat, kifaru, wyoming lost and found, ect. You could go hilleberg, but all these options are a bit spendy. Still, you want to get that many people into a backpacking tent...

Ahhh too funny. It doesn't matter. I fought the boot fight and lost. I have given up. I bought a pair of Lowa mountain expert GTX EVO boots at $400.00 Thinking the same thing you did. Spend more, get more! Ha! Add them to the pile of boots from Danner, Scarpa, Vasque, Irish setter...

Sitka pack will sit off your back and breathe better. Thats about the only plus that the Sitka gets over the Kuiu. The Kuiu belt, shoulder straps, and pack weight are better. My son uses a Sitka pack as a day pack, and a Kuiu as his multi day trip pack. If you do a ton of hot weather, day...

Speaking of the enormous vortex stickers on truck windows, ever notice how may hats and t shirts are around? Kind of funny. I don't see any swarovski t shirts. A swarovski hat once every great many moons. With so many guys showing their support for vortex, by buying non optic related products...

I have ball heads, fluid heads, friction heads, and gear heads. You can reduce sag in all of the first 3 heads with a balance rail. You won't get rid of it totally, but you can get rid of a lot of it. The only head I have ever owned that was sag free is a gear head. The downside, they are...

Trammer, I don't know the answer to your question. I do find it interesting that 3 people harvested 3 year old rams. I wonder if they just did not want to hunt, if they were unable to hunt due to physical restriction, or if that is the only ram they could find. I cant imagine a healthy guy in...

LAST EDITED ON Jul-12-15 AT 04:22PM (MST)[p]Anybody got any pictures of that ram that was killed on the nine mile range creek unit. Supposedly scored 178.25 at age 5.5! Well, that is according to the DWR harvest info. Killed in long canyon. I am hoping this is a typo. Measurements Left...

Same problem you have with goats on other ranges. Forrest service limits the DWR to only have 160 goats on willards forrest service ground. But, the goats spread so far, and so fast, they have spread all the way south of weber canyon, north to mount naomi and between. Last year the DWR had to...

HUH? You are a vortex dealer, why would you want to buy a SWAROVSKI? Surely you could pro form a vortex razor for half the price of retail. Why would you want to pay for a SWAROVSKI???. unless???.. Hummmm.

For this of you who are dedicated hunters in need of service hours, this is an opportunity to do a really fun project, and get your service hours in at the same time. June 19-21 marks the 2015 Willard Peak RMGA Volunteer Project in northern Utah. We are more than excited to lend our helping...

Well, being that that tent weighs 106 pounds with the frame and stakes and body, I would say get the biggest cheapest stove you can find. You are not going to be packing it anywhere. There is no need to spend a ton of money on a lightweight packable stove. Who cares how much it costs, go for...

You guys are all out of your minds! All this Kuiu Kifaru garbage. Overpriced, fancy pants junk. There is only one backpack in the entire world worth wearing It is found in this video. Anyone who watches that and then buys one of these other packs is an idiot. I know that some people have...