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No need for a magnum. I’d take something light and short, like a Kimber Montana, in 308 or 7-08.

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I'll only do it if I can have a 28" barrel, a break, a bipod, and a 50mm objective scope.

BUBBA!

No Mike, he didn't mention see thru rings

sounds like a great rig! If you run out of ammo,you can just drop it on the bear for a DRT kill.

LOL!

They all go POW!......How many decibels ya looking for?

Sheesh just went onto the F&G website and talked to the rep in Craig. Just learned this. The draw itself is inexpensive, but the tags are spendy!!!!! Both for bear ($450) and deer ($300 a pop!). Yikes! That's going to take some serious thinking...….

Not to mention transportation, lodging, vehicle rental, etc.

Was gonna say if the tags make you think you might should price the rest of the trip... I've yet to find anything much besides higher prices since we started going in 86. Its all beyond worth the cost but if you are assuming anything is priced like the lower 48 you will be unhappy.

Deer were only $150 for non-residents not that long ago. Remember that you can harvest any animal that costs less than the one you have, so if you buy a bear tag you can still shoot a deer on that tag instead of the bear.

Copied this right off the regs.

"A big game locking-tag may be used for a species of equal or lesser value. You must have obtained a harvest ticket or a permit for the other species prior to hunting. For example, if you purchase a $1,000 brown bear locking-tag, but do not take a brown bear, and take a moose instead, you may use the bear locking-tag on the moose, because the moose has a lesser locking-tag value."

Hank
Youse still in Valdisease?

Yep, for a few more weeks. Heading up to Delta for thanksgiving to visit with some friends of mine and do some predator calling.

Bipods only work if the legs are real short so they don't hang up in the alders... duh!

+1

Not always true. What you need is to add a bayonet lug to the kit. The bayonet works great knocking down alders and devil's club. Longer bipod legs help to sweep the path clear.

I use the longest bipod legs I can find. In an emergency, I can always deploy the bipod, toss the rifle on the ground, throw a tarp over the whole works, and I have a ready made tent.

I like the idea of this bayonet/alder/devils club cutter, but I don't want to compromise the safety of my shelter. Thoughts?

I think you left out several valuable multi-tool functions: shortening barrels for getting through the alders; latrine digging, trenching around the tent, or even prying rocks out of your bed; your blue tarp should make it very difficult for bears and wolves to get a good purchase on your hide...

I would use a silnylon tarp laminated with kevlar and an integrated sheath. It weighs a little more than a blue tarp, but the extra room under the canopy from the bayonet extension really adds up to greater comfort in those emergency situations.

And if you can find one, get the sheath with the built in sharpener. It helps to keep the bayonet edge touched up after all of Art's digging and trenching.

Point ceded... but it is the barrel shortening he seems to like doing that really dulls his tools...