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    BC Lion hunt

    This may be too late as I very seldom come to this site, however, I would VERY STRONGLY recommend Doug and Julie McMann, of "Skinnercreekranch" for ANY predator hunts. They are in the gorgeous Chilcotin area of BC, still quite wild and remote and predator numbers are at the highest level I have...
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    J107 vs Crewcab

    I have a 6500 on my second NICE frame, the "Overkill" model from early 2007 and I had it on my original NICE the year before that. I have only used it on trips up to 8 days, but, I will say that this is THE most versatile and useful pack I have ever owned. I just sold my MR BDSB pack from 2005...
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    J107 vs Crewcab

    The good thing about MR is that they have the best customer service that I have ever experienced and would refund your purchase price if you tried the NICE and did not like it. I recently sold my CC, kept the frame and am buying a Wolf Pack Alpha and that will be my pack for grouse and deer...
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    J107 vs Crewcab

    The Kifaru Longhunter I had was OK to 70 lbs, and I used it on one trip in the West Kootenays in 2006 and another that year in the Boundary area of southern BC, I just found that I had to walk too stooped over to balance it and it always felt as though it was sliding down. So, I bought my...
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    J107 vs Crewcab

    I have owned about a dozen packs from Dana Gleason since 1978, still have several and my first is still going. I have had lots of other packs, however, not an Eberlestock, but, have examined them belonging to friends and in local stores. I had a fully rigged Kifaru Longhunter Rendevous and also...
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    Sleeping Bags

    I have owned and used quite a few bags in BC and Alberta, since the spring of 1964, this includes stints of 4-6 weeks in mountain tents using the same bag. I have had bags by Western Mountaineering, Featherer Friends, the original Marmot Mountain Works, Fairydown from NZ-Hillary's choice...
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    Mystery Ranch Crew Cab

    I had a Crew Cab and put it on my original 2006 vintage NICE frame, kept it from summer, 2007 to last August and sold it. I also have a 6500 on a NICE Overkill frame and MR BDSB and Deluxe internals, plus four different Bozeman era Dana Design packs and have had three others. NOBODY makes a...
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    Tradbow Bighorn Ram

    You are 3 years older than I am and seem to have the same sort of interest in hunting, that is to do it on your own, kill only what you can eat and is a real trophy and I am enormously impressed by your accomplishment. This, to me, is REAL hunting and I congratulate you on your ram. Have you...
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    Mystery Ranch or KUIU

    I bought my first Dana Gleason pack in 1978, have used it hard and still have it, in good shape. I have had 11 DG packs since that time and now have 8, two MR NICE rigs, a MR BDSB and Deluxe and 4 older Dana-Bozeman packs. I have NEVER had an issue with ANY pack from Dana and his are the ONLY...
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    Pack that fits 21" torso - Mystery Ranch?

    I have used Dana Gleason's packs plus many others since 1978 and I have had 11 of them, currently own 9 ; these are the finest packs I have ever used and the only other pack I would buy would be a custom from Dan McHale. I am short and built like a stump, with a 18.5" torso and bullneck....my...
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    Bivy Help...

    I just came back to this forum after a few years and found some interesting topics here and will offer my thoughts for whatever use they may be to you. I live and hunt in British Columbia and have backpacked and worked solo in the mountains of BC and Alberta, for extended periods. I have been a...
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    Swarovski binocs

    I have used a lot of different binos over the past 40 yrs.; this was as a part of my employment as well as for recreation. I often would glass for 5-8 hrs. per day, while working for the B.C.F.S., Alberta Forest Service and Canadian Coast Guard. I recently tested a group of binos as I may buy...
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    Pack Frames

    Frame pack There are some very fine packs out there and I have used many of them in over four decades of serious backpacking, both internal and external types. For hauling awkward, oddly shaped loads for short to medium distances, such as sheds, chainsaws and axes with gascans, firepumps...
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    Who hunts the high country?

    To me, any legal animal taken when hunting alone with backpack and rifle is much more of a trophy and far more memorable than anything shot on an outfitted-guided hunt. I have hunted with a couple of the most famous outfits in B.C., yet, I much prefer to bust my butt hiking into the high country...
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    Yo, T-Bone- I'm getting there...

    Yup, you're getting there, I just called Kifaru today about the new catalogue and also about the loss of the message board; they say they're working on it. I am replacing my Feathered Friends "Great Auk" light down & G.T bag with the new Wiggy's K. model; a Longhunter and Paratipi are in my...
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    Sheepcamp Fire

    I spent many years between 1965 and 1993 with the B.C. Forest Service and the Alberta Forest Service, as well as specialized private forestry consulting firms in various aspects of suppression. The pictures bring it all back, I wish I was 18 again and was just starting out...... Would you agree...
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    Sleeping bag advise please.

    I strongly suggest that you look at the sleeping bags made by Integral designs of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They have both down and synthetic bags, "gore-tex" and non-g.t. covers and are built on an individual basis; the design and quality is absolutely fabulous. The prices are not at all bad...

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