Trogluddite Posted November 4 Posted November 4 On 10/31/2024 at 11:24 AM, norseman said: Roger. Well you could retire further west?😎 Well, my wife loves to visit out west, but that would be too far from our kids. And after watching the interview of the guide who had to shoot an Alaskan brown bear w/a 9mm handgun, I realized that I would basically be a bear snack if we lived out there. Loved our visit to Glacier about ten years ago and do hope to get back out that way now that we both have time. 1
PNWexplorer Posted November 4 Posted November 4 I did 30 miles through the woods today. My new Jeep is at the dealer getting a new lift kit installed, so decided to take the Tundra into the Idaho woods to scout out some challenging trails for the Jeep, and to see if I could find anything squatchy. Lots of recent rains, so prime conditions for fresh tracks. Not a single sighting of even a deer. Saw at least a dozen hunters, but no game. Found some great off-road trails and did some hiking, but no tracks. The area is known as Gold Hill and is reasonably remote. Beautiful area, but no sign. 1
Wolfjewel Posted November 4 Posted November 4 Nice dog, Arlo. Looks right at home in the rugged landscape. And your good buddy for all kinds of trips, I bet. 1
norseman Posted November 4 Admin Posted November 4 12 hours ago, PNWexplorer said: I did 30 miles through the woods today. My new Jeep is at the dealer getting a new lift kit installed, so decided to take the Tundra into the Idaho woods to scout out some challenging trails for the Jeep, and to see if I could find anything squatchy. Lots of recent rains, so prime conditions for fresh tracks. Not a single sighting of even a deer. Saw at least a dozen hunters, but no game. Found some great off-road trails and did some hiking, but no tracks. The area is known as Gold Hill and is reasonably remote. Beautiful area, but no sign. Your taking Arlo to the train station? What did he do? 2
PNWexplorer Posted November 11 Posted November 11 Got the lift done and new tires installed, so did an off-road trip yesterday. Perfect conditions for tracks, so checked out all the good spots for potential tracks. Tons of elk and deer, and couple of moose tracks, but no predators or Bigfoot sign. Lots of hunters. The Jeep did amazing and I didn't have to use 4x4 all day. Did a YouTube video of the trip... 2
BC witness Posted November 11 Author Posted November 11 Great report, PNW, and it looked like Arlo was enjoying himself. Thanks for the commentary on the MT ATs, I've been looking at those for my H3 in the same size as you have (they'll fit the H3 with no lift), but my current Rotiva ATWs only have about 15,000km (9,000 mi) so it's hard to justify the expense of new ones when those are still doing very well. I went out to our closest research area this afternoon and ran into the same thing you did; the first branch that goes up to a great lookout and a hikers cabin was gated and locked, so I continued to the gate further in that secures the upper valley, for which I have the gate code, and found that it wouldn't open. I don't know if the gate is malfunctioning (it often fails in the open mode) or if I have to contact the Municipality to see if my code has been deleted for some reason. Of course it's a long weekend here in Canada (Memorial Day on Nov 11) so that will have to wait till Tuesday. 1
PNWexplorer Posted November 14 Posted November 14 On 11/10/2024 at 11:22 PM, BC witness said: Thanks for the commentary on the MT ATs, I've been looking at those for my H3 in the same size as you have (they'll fit the H3 with no lift), but my current Rotiva ATWs only have about 15,000km (9,000 mi) so it's hard to justify the expense of new ones when those are still doing very well. I've been running the Goodyear Wrangler Ultra Terrains ATs for the past few years and thought they were the best aggressive AT tire I've ever owned. Amazing snow, sand, rock, and road performance, and still did well in the mud. And they wore like iron on my 4Runner while gripping packed snow and ice nearly as good as a snow tire. Only available through Discount Tire. I ordered them for my Jeep, but there was a problem, so they offered me the Mickey Thompsons for the same price. Jeep guys were raving about them, so I decided to try them out. In 1200 miles, I had taken them on smooth pavement, gravel roads, dirt roads, muddy roads, slushy roads, and today; rain-drenched roads with standing water at 65mph. The MTs have performed perfectly in all conditions. Once we get some hard pack snow and ice, I'll be able to give more feedback. After 10k miles, I'll be able to comment on wear. So far, they are great tires!
BC witness Posted November 14 Author Posted November 14 Thanks for the additional info. The MTs are very pricey here in Canada, so I'll hold off on them for now. I really like your choice of wheels to go with those tires. On the gate code issue I mentioned above, I contacted the works dept. today and learned that they had deleted all the old codes due to problems with too many unauthorized people getting hold of them, so I applied for a new code today, which they tell me I'll get in a week. 1
BC witness Posted December 2 Author Posted December 2 I got out for the day with MagniAesir on a deer hunting/sasquatch seeking adventure. It was a fine fall day, with sunshine most of the day, after the morning overcast and mist dissipated, but no critters of any kind were spotted. We did encounter snowy trails at the higher elevations in the valleys off the east side of Harrison Lake, where we saw some older deer and canid tracks, but nothing fresh at all. 1 1
PNWexplorer Posted December 11 Posted December 11 I took the Jeep out last weekend to do a review and field test of the winch. I came across a tree that had fallen across the trail. At first, I thought it was just a typical deadfall tree. But it was odd in that the tree broke off at about 7-8' above the ground, and the tree fell perfectly perpendicular across the trail. I examined the base of the tree and could make out a couple of potential depressions of where if a Bigfoot was standing, it would leave such impressions while pushing over the tree. Obviously, nothing conclusive, but since becoming a Believer, I now notice things that I never did before and am more open to alternative explanations of events. Impressions were way more impressive in real life, lol. Video of the whole review and better overall look at the downed tree area at 10:25... 1
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