MULEPACKHUNTER

If your boss hated hunting and fired you for it woukd you be singing the same tune? I dont think you even read the exact quotes of what he said. My boss can fire me for anything he likes, I dont give him a reason. I was harsh in my comments and edited the post, My bad. dang media got me this morning and quoted what he said then I read more after your post and still dont know the whole story, dont really care so dropping it there.

used 06 180 grn and was fine, blew the heart clean out and minor meat loss, just dont miss your spot or??????

nice buck but dude shooting before dad, now you better up his xmas gift a few notches. lol

ignorant thing to say and think,, Just My opinion

nice to hear some good news like that, very cool

On a serious note I do both mule packing and backpacking so my list is a little funny here and there, basically I try to run my backpack rig with the mules so I don’t have much to change. I do add some items I wouldn’t due to the extra carry help. In my backpack I just minus the mule stuff and run smaller tent and pad. (43 lbs for backpack 5 days) The mule set up I can go 5 days or more if feed exists for the mules. One Mule runs 150 lbs of pellet feed (will pack out meat since he is empty coming out) One mule runs my camp as follows (160 lbs): PACK PAD- SAWBUCK SADDLE- 2-MANT ROPES- 2-MANTYS- 2-SLING ROPES HALTER AND LEAD SLEEPING PADS x 2- SLEEPING BAG- 5 man TENT HIGH LINE & SWIVELS- TREE SAVERS (old cinches) Portable corral with charger HOBBLE ON SADDLE MED KIT MULES (ASPERIN, FLY SPRAY, DEET, BANNIX, WRAPS, WOUND PADS, WONDER DUST, UDDER CREAM, ELECTROLITES) 3 BUCKETs HYDRATION HAY (16 blocks) (20 lbs) SWEET FEED SALT PELLET MIX (8 bags ) (40 lbs) COOK SYSTEM WATER FILTER FOOD BAG HUNTIN BOOTS EXTRA CLOTHES HORSE BLANKETS And I ride one mule as follows: HALTER AND LEAD- SADDLE PAD- SADDLE- BRIDLE SADDLE BAGS SLICKER DUCT TAPE- COMB- BRUSHES- UDDER CREAM- KNIFE CAMERA 1-HOBBLE ON SADDLE MISC SADDLE BAG ITEMS SPOT SCOPE AND TRIPOD SCABARD AND 30-30 or 45/70 BACKPACK WITH BOW (DAY FOOD, MED BAG, GAME PREP KIT, WATER)

Archery is tuff great job

Great job on the hunts, congrats.

Wow, thats the way its done. Congrats

iF MINE DO THAT THEY WILL GO BACK FOR A REFUND FOR SURE, MAJOR BUMMER.

Picked me up some new Huntin Boots at Cabelas, we will see how they do this weekend.

SALT, BAKING SODA, BAKING POWDER, VANILLA EXTRACT, FLOWER, BROWN SUGAR, BUTTER, EGGS, AND CHOCOLATE CHIPS. THATS IT.

I run 10 x 42 binos and a Burris 12 x 24 x 50 compact spotter with carbon fiber tripod, backpack or animal pack its great. I always run both.

more time in the field for sure, i will do the rest just need to get out there

great write up and nice shot, congrats all around

great deer way to go, now your warmed up for jan 1st

looking for a nice thick foam sleeping pad for base camp, anyone see these old school foam pads anywhere.

This is the story of some family up north hunting with their horses, good story and looking for some well wishes for them on their cow elk hunt. They were about 9 miles into unit 6 somewhere. The following is from the female half of the team. (start) There is one small hill back in there and it was all ice Friday on our way in. There was a truck and trailer that slid off to the shoulder that took a truck and a tow truck to get them out. Well, we came up on it just as they were pulling him out causing us to stop on the hill. Backwards sliding we went. After jack knifing and hitting the shoulder on the cliff edge we came to a stop, unloaded the horses and the tow truck pulled us out. We finally got to camp and the sun had set so we had to set up in the dark and snow. The next morning we headed out on the horses. Saw a ton of tracks, and then human tracks tracking them. Towards the end of the day we got to watch a 6x6 bull elk cross a meadow and it walked straight towards us to about 100 yards, that was pretty cool, but no cow with him. The next morning we saw nothing much, Jim knows that area ALMOST like the back of his hand and turned the wrong way at one point and we ended up about 4+ hours in the opposite direction at about 1:00pm, At which time we were supposed to be back at camp to have lunch and switch horses. Ours were very tired trekking almost knee deep snow all day. About that time a really cool couple came driving by and Erik had a map and got us back on track. He had several cameras up in the area and was dropping salt blocks and said he would be traveling the same roads we would and that he would make sure to find us after a while to make sure we were ok. (It was snowing) We had to walk the horses for a couple miles. About 2 hours later is when we saw another bull and then Erik and Stephanie came driving up. Annie my horse was laying down on me by then, she was so exhausted. So I got a ride back to camp to start taking care of things there and Jim ponied Annie with Arlo, his horse back towards camp. He had about 1 ½ to 2 hours to get to camp. About an hour later it was dark, we were in a full on snow storm and the wind was blowing 20-50mph. To say the least, I became VERY worried. I was confident in Jim’s ability to get back. I was mostly worried that Annie laid down on him and he couldn’t get her up and he was stuck out there. After about an hour he came walking up on foot. Arlo was too tired to carry him by that time. Annie had a hard time staying on her feet and we couldn’t get her to drink, so we were nursing her all night. It snowed almost 2’….that was not fun! We had blankets for the horses and I was warming water all night for them. She finally drank and stayed on her feet. I was severely worried that we were going to lose her that night. It definitely takes a good 4 wheel drive with good tires and even snow chains to maneuver back in there. The snow is pretty thick now and the forest roads are very icy. That is the event in a nut shell. We saw only one cow, but she was in a thick of trees and about 400 yards away, so didn’t get a shot. It was an interesting weekend to say the least. Jim is still up there with his Brother-in-law until Thurs the 12th. (end) Thanks for reading and throw some good Ol huntin wishes their way as I will, Thanks MIKE

great post great family, a lifetime of success right there. congrats

FYI Small rifle and small pistol reg and magnum in stock at Midway in 1000 or 5000 count.

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good luck bud thats awsome, will be watching

nice one, congrats

nice shot, love it when theres a dusting of snow

great work and story, congrats