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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. I have been blessed to call in over a dozen lions in 20 years of bear calling.  I was obviously targeting bears and used hand calls.  I call incessantly, with lots of emotion, and only stop to catch my breath with nothing longer than a 30 second break.  I typically call fir 40-60 minutes depending on the feelings I get...Lions appear out of nowhere! Quiet and s eaky, they have scared the heck out of me!!  Good luck!


  4. I had a co-worker's husband hunt grizzly in Russia.  Alaska grizzly are larger, in his opinion, and USA accommodations can not be beat!  The main factor is PRICE!!  Is a Russian grizzly hunt going to save you $8-10,000?  If it is only a $2-3,000 difference, Alaska is a better bet.  Just my own opinion.  I am curious about Russian prices.  Fully guided Alaskan grizzly hunts can be had one-on-one for $12k for interior grizzly and $17k for coastal brownies. Prices can double from those set points.  How does Russia compare?


  5. Wow! That is a tough story to read! I was calling in a canyon perhaps ten years ago and had a bear come out of a thicket above me at a distance of perhaps 200 yards. Imagine my shock when at least one unseen hunter about 1,000 yards behind me on the ridgeline started shooting at it. Two missed shots were fired and that bear faded away back into the thicket. I had to wait almost two hours for the shooting light to fade before hiking out in the dark for fear of being shot at! I have not hunted 23 south since then! (However, I am always tempted...but never on the "Black Friday" of the opening weekend.)

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  6. Yup. I taught a student whose family was from Sonora about 15 years ago. They were down for their nephew's birthday party when when a young jag strolled out of the desert and a relative shot and skinned it. Many international laws seem to be non-effective south of our border.

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  7. do any of you make jerky from you bear meat and how do you do it? Is the freezing for 60 days adequate?

    That is the question I seek an answer to as well. I have cooked lots of bear many different ways, but have never jerked any for fear of trichinosis and wondering if dehydrating in the jerking process reaches 150 degrees, which I doubt it does.

     

    Answer?


  8. I heard this crazy medley of distress sounds, screams, and growls coming out of a dense thicket in front of me yesterday with about 30 minutes of light left. It was both eerie and reminiscent of sounds I produce with hand predator calls. A young calf walks out of this thicket being closely followed by its mother. They freeze in place and the mother turns her head and is fixated on something behind her. I see movement and a lion steps out. As I grab a call out of my pocket, I watch the calf and its mother proceed away from the lion with the lion following them just five feet behind in hot pursuit. I blow a couple of screams out of my call and free the lion in its tracks. I raise my rifle and see literally nothing but vegetation. Darn it, I had my rifle scope on 10x! As I dial it back down to 4x, the cattle and lion all begin moving broadside and parallel to me at about 200 yards. I let out a couple of squeals again, stopping the lion a second time in its tracks. However, on this replay, I see my target and squeeze the trigger on my .300 win mag. Dead lion...living calf.

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