HIGH HUNT TIME!!!!! YEAHAW!!!!

[FireMedic]

Good luck to all of you... I'm also headed up to the GPW... Saw a monster during scouting, hope he's still up there.  It's a 12 mile hike, so i hope i'm packing something out to make it worth the trip.  Hopefully it's cooler up high, and hopefully the mesquitos are gone.(they made for an unpleasent scouting trip in August)

[Ellensburg]

Good luck to all of you... I'm also headed up to the GPW... Saw a monster during scouting, hope he's still up there.  It's a 12 mile hike, so i hope i'm packing something out to make it worth the trip.  Hopefully it's cooler up high, and hopefully the mesquitos are gone.(they made for an unpleasent scouting trip in August)

cool, how big of deer did u see?

[high country]

gee, I am not very excited to spend 10 days in the ___________ wilderness area solo......no not at all. leaving on FRIDAY!!!

[MichaelJ]

Go get 'em boys, I got a feeling some monsters are going to hit the ground!!!

Michael

[Ridgerunner]

Maybe some monster blisters, hopefully it is a little cooler up there for you guys, either way I can't wait to see the pics and hear the stories when you get back, I'll be wishing I was up there, thats for sure.

[Ellensburg]

Maybe some monster blisters, hopefully it is a little cooler up there for you guys, either way I can't wait to see the pics and hear the stories when you get back, I'll be wishing I was up there, thats for sure.

I hiked for like half a mile yesterday and started gettin a blister. Im gonna have to wear bigger socks for 12 miles . I don't think im ready to go that far at all but i'll have to man up and do it haha. It will be worth it once im all set up.

[klikboom]

i did an 8miler in august and got some bad heel blisters. So i took my boots to a boot fitter in Seattle, and he fixed up the heel by rolling it out a little ($30) and now I've done a 10mile, 14mile, and climbed Mt St Helens in the boots and haven't got any blisters again. You may want to think about it.

Also bring some moleskin and apply in affected area as soon as you start feeling the rubbing. Oh another trick that I've been using is a nice liner sock under my main sock. The 2 socks help transfer the slipping motion to between the socks and not to your skin. ive used the 2 socks in 70-80deg weather and my feet stay fairly cool for gore tex boots.

Good luck, i'll be up in the area this weekend and next weekend.

AAron

[Ellensburg]

i did an 8miler in august and got some bad heel blisters. So i took my boots to a boot fitter in Seattle, and he fixed up the heel by rolling it out a little ($30) and now I've done a 10mile, 14mile, and climbed Mt St Helens in the boots and haven't got any blisters again. You may want to think about it.

Also bring some moleskin and apply in affected area as soon as you start feeling the rubbing. Oh another trick that I've been using is a nice liner sock under my main sock. The 2 socks help transfer the slipping motion to between the socks and not to your skin. ive used the 2 socks in 70-80deg weather and my feet stay fairly cool for gore tex boots.

Good luck, i'll be up in the area this weekend and next weekend.

AAron

Where do u find moleskin? and what is it exactly?

[MichaelJ]

Oh c'mon you ameatures!  All you go to do is take a roll of athletic tape, and BEFORE you start hiking put a small 2 1/2" section on your heel (make sure to put it on nice and straight) then put you sock over it.  Once your foot is in the boot the tape stays in place really well and I guarantee you no blisters...  Anywhere you start to get blisters just put a piece of tape over it.  Works like a charm...

Michael

[klikboom]

moleskin is like a fuzzy piece of tape, does the same thing (but in a less manly way) that Michael is referring to using athletic tape. You can pick it up at walgreens or any pharmacy type place.

[Ellensburg]

moleskin is like a fuzzy piece of tape, does the same thing (but in a less manly way) that Michael is referring to using athletic tape. You can pick it up at walgreens or any pharmacy type place.

well i will one-up both of u... Duct tape with super glue for me....

[Wea300mag]

MichaelJ, you shouldn't have posted this last pic, I know where it is and I see a big buck in the lower right corner.

[MichaelJ]

MichaelJ, you shouldn't have posted this last pic, I know where it is and I see a big buck in the lower right corner.

Yep you caught me! haha its in the GPW and sorry but the bucks are center in the frame... right on that bare finger where the rocks come down....   

Michael

[shag]

Be safe guys!  Hunt hard and good luck!

[FireMedic]

Good luck to all of you... I'm also headed up to the GPW... Saw a monster during scouting, hope he's still up there.  It's a 12 mile hike, so i hope i'm packing something out to make it worth the trip.  Hopefully it's cooler up high, and hopefully the mesquitos are gone.(they made for an unpleasent scouting trip in August)

cool, how big of deer did u see?

A big 4+ point, i would say close to 28 wide, and a lot taller rack then it was wide, still in the velvet, so of course it looked bigger then it probably actually is.  I'll have to shot it, then i can give you a score on it.