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本帖最后由 rc256 于 2013-9-24 22:30 编辑
Got back home yesterday morning 2am from Montana wilderness hunting trip. I lucked out being the only one filled both elk and bear tag. Too tired to write essays, but the entire photo album is here: https://plus.google.com/photos/112007349005539184549/albums/5927383287710982049?authkey=CKOg9Pu1hqCEKw
Hilights:
1. It pays to hunt with an expereinced friend/mentor. My partner Philip is a Phd in biology and has 20 years hunting expereince.
2. US Wilderness code mandates no mechanic vehicles. So we uses outfitters to use mules to haul in equipments to basecamp.
3. Hardest workout ever, ten times more vigorous than deer hunting. Average 10 miles hiking with 25lb backpacking. When there is harvest, 50lb maet load 7 miles hiking with 1000ft climbing totally drains you physically.
4. 600 lb elk kill is heavy mother fucker. We need to debone the meat and only carry the meat for hiking back to basecamp 3.5 miles away.
5. Bear kill is lucky using elk carcass to ambush. Baiting is not legal but this is gray area if you use previous kill remains.
6. .308 is totally adequate, 165 gr bullet drops the games instantly. I am confident of its performance upto 300yd.
7. Get a waterproof boots is paramountly important. My Danner Raptor boots soaked through in heavy morning dew hiking. Probably I need water repellant spray.
8. Mountain hunting temperature varies greatly. It freezes at night and over 80F during day. Bundle up if you need to sit and ambush for a long time at dawn or dusk.
I will write the essays in several installments:
day 0 - into the wilderness
day 1 - call of bugle
day 2 - slave work
day 3 - bear luck
day 4 - rug marching
day 5 - patrol and wait
day 6 - falls and misses
Photo hilights are here:
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