A fat flat lander elk hunting with the flu. It made hiking much more challenging.

That's amazing and hard at the same time wish you the best brothers take care.

We didn't have any problems, but we were prepared. We downloaded the paperwork needed to bring our firearms into Canada and filled it out at home well before our trip. Once at the border we declared our rifles, and they inspected them and our paperwork, and we paid the fee. I believe our outfitter sent us the required paperwork, but you should look into the current requirements before making the trip. There may be more to it now as they are on their way to a dictatorship. To bring your firearms back into the States you needed to have paperwork that showed they were yours before going abroad. We stopped at US Customs office on our side of the border before crossing and got the paperwork we needed. This could take several minutes or several hours, so give yourself time. As for the meat, we had our tags and paperwork and I don't recall any type of inspection. I've never had any problem bringing meat back on 3 hunting trips over the years. This moose hunt was my most recent trip and it's hard to say what they are doing these days.

Thanks for getting back to me Guide service I booked with said they have gun I can use so think will save me hassle at the border I’ll just use there gun

I'm not certain of the thickness of the floor materials. I would assume it is somewhat easy to puncture if one were to try. I do have and use the footprint from Big Agnes, though it is the 15 year old model but I've never had a puncture in the tent floor or the footprint. I believe it is thicker material their UL (Ultra Light) models such as the Tiger Wall and Copper Spur use. As with all gear, to lighten the product there is usually some trade off.

Our hunt was definitely impacted my poor weather condition poor weather conditions, and it sounds like yours certainly was as well. The Rex Lake hunt was definitely a good experience. Good luck on your hunt!

Push bush...you would have...

Her shot was around 300 yards, the bull went about 100 yards after being hit.

The buck headed downhill and to the left, she lost sight of it in her scope, and then he went out of sight. It was a poor hit and he was still moving decent. He only had two options, right or left as we where above a long cliff rim. He chose right, which gave him cover for a greater distance. We had to drop down toward the cliff rim to require him, when we did, he was probably 150 - 170 yards out circumnavigating the cliffs.

The parallax of the camera zoom made him appear much closer than he was. It was about an 80 yard shot. She struggled getting steady and made a poor shot. The buck headed downhill and to the left, she lost sight of it in her scope, then he went out of sight. He only had two options, right or left as we where above a long cliff rim. He chose right, which gave him cover for a greater distance. We had to drop down toward the cliff rim to require him, when we did, he was probably 150 - 170 yards out circumnavigating the cliffs.

Thanks! I knew it was likely to be a once in a lifetime tag. It only wish I'd spent more time preparing, it's is a real challenge trying to prepare for a serious mountain hunt when you live on a pancake flat plain at 800' elevation. Luckily I had and idea what I was in for as I lived and worked in that area years ago, and had some great friends willing to help me out and keep me in the game.

Thanks for sharing! I've always liked Big Agnes gear, but the fact they replace gear after more than a decade puts them on a on another level.

The vast majority of the tent body itself is mesh, and it ventilates very well. The underside of the rainfly does get condensation on it, but as long as keep the fly off the netting you will have no problem. I've never had an issue with it.

Both the 2020 model and the 2006 model handled the rain very well in my experience. However the top of the vestibule door overhangs the tent floor in both models, so entry and exit will expose your sleeping bag to rain while it's open. It was more pronounced in the older model, the 2020 door is a more vertical. The 2006 model did begin to have minor leaks once the seam taping broke down, which is why Big Agnes replaced it. I can't say I recall experiencing any truly high winds with it (anything over 30-40 mph). I'm sure there were some fairly windy nights on open ridgetops over the years, and it handled them just fine.

@@sanduskyplainsltd.1217 Fantastic thanks for the info, cheers mate!

It’s not always perfect. You’re right. But that was a crap shot. A hard quartering to shot that hit that buck in the rear hip. She could have waited for a better shot or not took one.

We have not. We've talked about going down just to watch a match and see what it's all about, but haven't made the journey. It's nearly a 3 hour drive for us, and we haven't made the trip in nearly 2 years. We were planning another trip down, but they stopped allowing .50's and now everything is shut down.

@@sanduskyplainsltd.1217 yea big caliber now is 338, everyone there is super helpful. If you come that far might as well bring a rifle and shoot a match. My last video shows all 36 shots I took in the last match they had there. That will give you an idea of what to expect.

@@ramsaycountry1177 Absolutely, everyone is helpful and positive we've encountered there, a great atmosphere! I'll have to check out your video. We're primarily hunters, so we've only shot out past 500 the two or three times we've been to Rayners, but it's a blast and we're looking to get more time in on the range.

Thanks! I spent nearly a decade living and working around the Little Belts, I can't visit often enough these days. Life is good with the little one, but she is hampering efforts to get out and make videos like this.

Thanks! She's shooting a Tikka T3 chambered in .270 Winchester, loaded with 140 grain Nosler Accubonds.

Totally! We dropped all our gear to safely climb down into the tops of the cliffs to find the blood streak where the deer slid down and over the edge, then we traversed about a mile to find a gap in the cliffs to get under them. You can see the gap in the cliffs in the final pack out scene. It was a lot more work on the recovery, but it makes a great story!

Thanks! I don't think you'll be disappointed with your purchase, I know I've used mine several times already this season.

That spot in the creek was much slower, but still moving, a great tip though, thanks for the advice. Good luck chasing elk up in those mountains! I ran into a few elk hunters while chasing goats, but I never saw an elk or fresh sign in the areas I was in.

One of the neatest, always love seeing them in when we visit Glacier National Park.