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    Past 5B tag holders

    Hit me up on FB Messenger...Keith Idso. I had that tag last year. It was such a fabulous experience with five scouting trips leading up to hunt camp.
  2. I thought they were trying to throw us archery bear hunters a bone, you know, making it easier for us to pack out our kill. 😁
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    AZ Rifle Antelope

    Well, my AZ rifle hunt was successful! I had some great tips on bucks in 5B sent to me by a couple individuals here on CWT in private messages and other tips sent to me by Curtis in Mormon Lake. However, tips are no good unless you put your boots on the ground to verify them and learn the area and behaviors of the target you're after. I had a perfect field crew who came together on this hunt (Keaton, Jared, John, and Mike) and I owe them my thanks and gratitude for their help and support. Likewise, there were others who were willing and ready to help out as well. This hunt was incredible, and truly was a once in a lifetime opportunity, so I am writing it up for publication. However, John put together a YouTube video of our journey to success and that link can hopefully be found here... https://youtu.be/QR0x5hY_70U
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    Vortex Razor HD

    Text sent.
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    Sold

    Status update? Sold...still available?
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    Sitka ascent pants, 30mm rings

    Where are you at in the valley?
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    Archery Antelope

    Fun looking buck!
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    Archery Goat Down

    Looks like a winner!
  9. Recently returned from a three day scouting trip in 5B with my young daughters. I think they need a break, so I am planning to do a quick trip this Friday to the NE side of 5B after work with a return home on Saturday evening. I almost stepped on a sidewinder last time, so not flying solo would be wise. Anyone care to join me?
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    Anyone up for Scouting 5B

    I've got a gun...
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    Anyone up for Scouting 5B

    Found some nice antelope on the Mesa and on the lowlands. Torn between hunting the two different areas. Taking this weekend off from scouting, but will go out again the following weekends each week leading up to the hunt. I guess there are pros and cons to hunting each area. It's probably more about picking the buck you want regardless of the area and sticking to it.
  12. I love bear hunting, and it is my favorite hunting passion of all time. I am super close to pulling the trigger on a 2x1 fully-guided 10-day grizzly hunt this October 7-16, which is over my fall school break. All I need is a hunting buddy to fill the second slot. Cost is $5,750 and with your non-resident license $180, tag ($1,000), and guide tip. ($1,000)...you are sitting just south of $8k. That is an incredible deal for such a hunt! PM me if grizzly is on your bucket list and you have $8k to burn! 😁
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    Anyone up for Scouting 5B

    Going to still be there Saturday?😁
  14. Sorry for the long delay, but it took me a while to recover after not tagging a grizz. Long story short, our 10 day hunt lost one day in front due to unflyable weather, and we were extracted two days early from the field due to weather. You can't hunt on the day you fly in, so we only had six huntable days in the field. Of those six days, three days were rain and blizzards that kept us in survival mode. We only had three huxtable days. I glassed a total of 14 different bears, all being sows with cubs, except for one beautiful yellow boar we couldn't get to across a big river. We bumped a two toned boar heading to a glassing spit and blew two stalks on him. You can PM me for what occurred if interested. https://youtu.be/g5DURErbl5s https://youtu.be/V9n7_e4-THY
  15. Well, I guess I wasn't the only cool dad taking his kids to the zoo yesterday! Big white Bronco or Blazer or similar enclosed back truck. I put a napkin note on your windshield.
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    AK Grizzly

    Sweet! I hope to do the same in five weeks!! What unit did you hunt? Did you fly in with an air taxi, or what kind of access did you have? Did you glass him in the berries or hit him on a salmon run? Some details please!😁
  17. Used this scope this past summer in Alaska. I Bush whacked hours on end through the alders with it. It is NOT a safe Queen, but a good reliable scope with all it's scratches and Nick's. The glass, however, is scratch free. Includes a set of Warne rings and a Butler scope cap for the eye-piece end, not the 50mm end. Contact Keith 480-231-4654. $200 price.
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    Color phase changes

    I am a believer in genetics. The underfur will shed each year, but I think the hair will stay. In my opinion, such hair color alleles interact co-dominantly and each of those unique colors will be displayed (similar to a paint pony, dalmation dog, or black and white pattered cow). In the last example, the black and white pattered cow will always be black and white. It's hair alleles will maintain that co-dominance relationship, as opposed to a completely dominant relationship where the cow turns completely black or an incompletely dominant one where the alleles mix to produce a grey cow. Genetics 101. I hope that helps.
  19. Sweet color-phase brute, Devan! What age did Fish and Game predict for your boar?
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    Bear Opener

    Did you have a chance to tag the lion?
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    Last Grizzly in AZ

    Grizzly or color-phase black bear? I bet that plenty of people would swear they spotted a grizz it they saw this particular AZ black bear moving through the woods.😁
  22. I bought a Kuiu 5200 Icon Pro Backpack and it just arrived. I am not used to such a fancy system. If anyone on the east side has an Icon system and can help me adjust mine to fit my body, I would appreciate it. I am just a Kuiu pack newbie and the fitting directions are a bit unclear. Near the Chandler Fashion Center off the 101 and 202 intersection. Thanks! Keith 480-231-4654.
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    Kuiu Icon Pro 5200 Pack Adjustment

    Here is a brief unbiased review. Over the past three weeks, I have gone out five times for day hunts to chase a 7-foot boar I glassed up. He is a beast of a bear. The pack is comfortable on my hips and now it is on my shoulders too. On my first hunt, shoulder straps we're about six inches above my shoulders as I couldn't figure out how to lower my shoulder straps until hunt two. Up here in Alaska, alders are the devil, and they suck!! Alder thickets are like our Arizona manzanita thickets on steroids. I mention this because I have logged 9 total hours tearing through alders after this bear. My shins are bruised, knees and arms cut up and scratched, gloves and shirt have tears in them, BUT my pack is tear-free!! I read one review somewhere where a guy complained that the bottom of his pack ripped just setting it down on the rocks. Well, I have abused my pack in the alders and on rocks and it is holding up! Hopefully, I bag this bear and see how it handles 100 pounds packing!! I included a picture of the alder fields; unforgiving and of course...trail-free! Big bear was above the second rock face near the little snow patch. Took two hours of busting alders to get within range, but he had skunked off back into the alders.
  24. This is my third summer in AK. Before coming here, I thought there was a grizzly in every alder patch. I carried my friend's 454 Casull in a chest holster and my Glock .40 on my belt when cutting through the woods to Walmart. Lots of locals carry a .44 mag. A few carry a .454. Their philosophy is the .44 mag will cover 90% of the bears you might meet, while that .454 gives you the insurance just in case you meet one of the other 10%. I carry that .454 whenever I hike, fish, or hunt in AK. It is heavy, but that is the insurance price I am willing to pay. Last summer a guy was killed by a brownie in Eagle River where I stay and the next day two searchers were attacked while the bear protected the kill. My wife carries bear spray, but she loves the fact that I pack bullets.
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