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    CANADA: 2026 Nunavut Expedition

    have fun and stay warm. at least you get daylight.
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    getting closer @Scott CWO
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    us army bunny boots or the new version. i saw them in store in town, i did not try them but finding here it is a good news as well when your actual ones will die some will be available. i repeat the main reason: with those boots and no liners outside if your feet are wet you just change the...
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    a video to discover. a chance to have in the settings for english readers/viewers.
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    9.3x62

    wow as a lefty one of the only way to get a mannlicher stock on a rifle that fits me.
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    what im using on a skidoo for hunting or ice fishing will hold with not a problem. it has been proof over the year, i wont try running with it lol ...
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    we have been hit by some cold snaps here since beginning of december and i was able to test some clothing by -40f or c and way below up to -45c ... some work some did not and i removed some clothing and gloves / mittens for not keeping them,. as i wrote earlier there is a world between -30c and...
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    for boots my sorel boots were enough with just very warm socks in wool. if i needed to ride the skidoo that would have been the bunny boots the white ones. hope that helps.
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    for the rest i used a down parka and merino wool first lawyer and woolpower 600 for the top and the bottom just a regular poly cotton pants with merino wool power and a warmer synthetic fleece pants. if i were to ride the skidoo i will have add an helly hansen fleece bibs and i will have been g...
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    ok that is even worst we reached -406.c this morning ... i tested this morning -40.6c and the hestra gloves and 3 finger mittens and liners are above any other commercial product i tested aside battery powered ones or natural homemade mitten. just my 2 cents of the morning cold ... that is for...
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    i will post few results of tests done by -20c and -27c. i had to wait for the temperature to drop here.
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    375 Zastava M70

    he imported them from canada and alas the canadian importer is no more doing the import business. you have now zastava usa but they re more on the ak market than the hunting rifles.
  13. M

    .375 should be banned from buffalo hunts!

    his rifle did, not him. and my years while in CAR i never seen a difference with the 375 and 9.3 thus i kept the 9.3.
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    hello the bunny boots are not the best that is given for walking but they are offering something not other boots do: if for any reason your boots get into water which can always when you are on ice pack/sea ice/ ice floe you just remove your feet and the socks and put new socks on and you will...
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    unfortunately polar bear hunting for non resident means hunting by a dogsled on a komatik way better than being behind a skiddo on on komatik but you already knew that part ... good find to find the right gear.
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    a wind shield on a komatik. your body is the protection and windshield ... by -40c imagine what will be the temperature ... luckily for bear hunting it s done by sled dog ... but travelling in the komatik with the skidoo when it is cold is the killer as you are stuck and can t move. the reason...
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    i have both and i can t tell a difference. i will see wolf is a little more expensise but we can use both here legally.
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    you do not need mountaineering boots for the arctic. you are talking about climbing which on the polar bear hunt he will not do. he might a bellay jacket as an extra back up but that will be it. the clothing used for climbing even the everest will be not very useful for two reasons: the first...
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    i will add watch your Lenght Of Pull. i need almost 15 and im allways using a slip on pad and keep factory lower LOP as when you are getting a lot of layers it is adding some LOP.
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    very interesting reading. but remember the inuits were re-doing every year the caribou cold weather clothing as it was not able to keep the warmth after a whole winter and the hair loss was pretty important on caribou skin as well ... depending also on the area the inuits i know here are using...
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    well in canada we use the metric system. my lowest here so far is -49c ... not talking wind chill factor of course.
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    i guided in fall and winter in northern quebec for caribou and im hunting and ice fishing in winter here in the yukon. i will say i will have a pretty good idea of what you need in greenland or in general the arctic but fall and winter are not the same at all. to have an idea for the cold you...
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    graphite or dry lube work for our bison hunting here.
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    worth reading: https://www.polarbearscanada.ca/sites/default/files/public/hunting_polar_bear_in_the_winter_englishinuktitut_tumble_1.pdf
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    not starting a war there but look up what the people are using on the pictures when hunting muskox and more rarely polar bear. the only boots i will use are the bunny white ones as even if your feet are wet you just change the socks and you can go on try that with any boots with felt liners...
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    wool is not the best when it is very cold. think more about wool/merino underneath but not for the outside lawyer you need to protect against wind and snow and of course moisture. i do love my wool clothing but not by -40c.
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    im 6.5 and 200 if that can help.
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    will not be too big ... im using 3xl tall in my clothing for parka and a whole insulated coverall helly hansen im using is in 5xl tall ... you want to be warm when it is cold.
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    you will need some optic with quick detach rings and i will take the 375. you will see what they use as a back up. if member of the ranger patrol a 308 win otherwise a 303 british and 222 ...
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    Want To Buy Polar Bear Hunt Clothing

    where are you going? it might to help to get you dressed. i am surprised about the no providing from your outfitter. you will need goggles, very good gloves and mitten and good shoes/boots with removable liners. for the first layer i will use merino the same for socks/liner but i never hunted...
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    9.3x62

    there is one left hand 9.3x62 in stainless barrel at prophet river if someone is interested.
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    9.3x62

    here is mine: from a 30-06 to 9.3x62 left hand one, boyds laminate stock remington 700 open sights barrel switched from a tikka t3x right hand PR precision Tikka t3/t3x winter trigger guard and all put together by Paul of PR precision.
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    GREENLAND: Greenland Muskox Hunt With Traditional Gear

    thank you for the pictures and the story. well done.
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    9.3x62 cape buffalo

    it is more the rifle he purchased than him doing that culling if i remember tge discussion about it.
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    Rebarrel a Tikka T3 from .30-06 to 9.3x62?

    here is mine: from a 30-06 to 9.3x62 left hand one, boyds laminate stock remington 700 open sights barrel switched from a tikka t3x right hand PR precision Tikka t3/t3x winter trigger guard and all put together by Paul of PR precision.
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    RUSSIA: Kamchatka Brown Bear

    can give us an idea of the two bear skull sizes and pictures of them if you do not mind? thank you
  37. M

    McMillan- Marble McWalnut Colouring

    late in the battle but that one is a marvel. did you had them putting the recoil pad or was if aftermarket? thank you.
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    Instagram "influencer" facing 19 charges hunting in The Yukon

    we have to wait for the whole court package published.
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    Instagram "influencer" facing 19 charges hunting in The Yukon

    you did not read well ... it was a repeated offence in 2022 and 2023 for the residency status ... the worst on that for it, he is from the yukon and knew about that ... https://yukon.ca/en/outdoor-recreation-and-wildlife/hunting-and-trapping/get-yukon-hunting-licence Yukon residency Bring in...
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    Instagram "influencer" facing 19 charges hunting in The Yukon

    https://www.yukon-news.com/news/social-media-influencer-sentenced-for-hunting-3-yukon-bears-with-improperly-obtained-license-7982473
  41. M

    Which countries offer the most affordable Sheep/goat hunts?

    for the money i will try france for chamois and mouflon in pyrenees as the alps will be tricky on mouflon due to wold predation.
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    CANADA: Saskatchewan Black Bear Hunt May 2024

    tape worms are not a problem if the meat is cooked. you have no choice anyway because of trichinosis ... the older and the bigger they are the more chance you will get those worms ... i found worms in lake trouts ...
  43. M

    Rhino YT vid Wetpack test Rhino 9,3x62

    great caliber and outstanding results but are they available in north america and more precisely in canada?
  44. M

    Fishing in Yukon

    oh so sorry that the new owner did not take on the offers made previously. seems our world has changed in that as well. a shame those hunt will be never be cheaper. go as you can when you can. wish you a great day. phil
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    416 Rigby & 400gr North Forks

    you re right contacting Joel. thank you.
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    Fishing in Yukon

    Phil getting sooner for your hunt. i imagine you re aware it is not more widrig operating his area. and to add a positive note the ribs and salmons is opening back. let me know when you re in town and see if we can meet. a phil to a Phil.
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    416 Rigby & 400gr North Forks

    do you know if they ordered any 250 gr bullets in .366 bullets? phil
  48. M

    CANADA: Dall Sheep Hunt With Ruby Range

    rib and salmon are opening back for this summer but not the same owner.
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    Looking for guidance - cold weather dogsled hunt - N. America

    thank you for the report and the really last adventure in our modern world.
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    416 Rigby & 400gr North Forks

    thank you jorgen. are you thinking of doing any percussion bullet for the .366? greetings from the yukon. phil
 
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