Please do a campsite selection Part 2 to cover campsite location with respect to glassing spots, expected game locations, etc.

Gorgeous area there man! That lil' tip about marking your sleeping area before setting up was awesome! Definitely gonna be using that from now on 👍 Thanks Cliff!

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

Thanks man! Hope all is well. I’m waiting for a new video on your channel man!

@IntenseAngler

Ай бұрын

@@CliffGray Anytime brother! All's well over this way (thanks)... Hope all is well over your way too man. New vids should be coming soon 👍 Appreciate the encouragement and support by the way... means a lot Cliff!

Widowmakers and going to bed clean are some I really identify with. We walk into the upper Selway and its thick and lots of it has burned so theres blowdown and standing widowmakers everywhere. Lotsnof firewood but those darn widowmakers are common

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

I totally hear ya! If they don’t kill ya, they will at least keep you awake!

Can confirm lack of sleep on windy night under dead branches lol!

Cliff you are the best. To the point with the information and with insight from a true outdoorsman. Would love to see you on JRE again.

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

Thanks Joe. I really appreciate it 👍

Have slept in places where annual rain fall is 3+meters a year, and one tool that is invaluable is a small trenching tool(hand grubber,folding spade, hand trowel,etc).Once you're tent/shelter tarp is up, dig a drain around the drip line that will drain water away from the tent! Before going to bed!!! Nothing worse than try to dig trenches in 25mm/hr down pours!!!!

Such an important topic for a video that anyone who loves being in the outdoors can learn from. I will be going to Utah on my first ever western hunting adventure where I have the tag 🏷️ in my pocket. My cousin and her husband say that I can stay that I can stay in their house 🏠 but I am sure that their could be a couple nights in the 8-9 days that I would want to camp 🏕️ and then hike from there instead. These tips are invaluable. Thanks for sharing Cliff. 🤠

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

For sure! Good luck!

@TheWVgoodguy22

Ай бұрын

@@CliffGray thank you 🙏 I am sure that I will need a little bit of Lady Luck 🍀 on my side. I am pumped for this experience

You’re so right about the widowmakers and sleep!

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

Bwhaha… they will keep a guy up for hours!

Once again YT didn't notify me of the new video. Luckily I saw it. Great stuff as always Cliff!

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

Glad you saw it man! 👊🏻

GREAT INFORMATION ; CONTENT ; REASONING ; COMMON SENSE FROM AN EXPERIENCED WILDENESS OUTFITTER OWNER🤝🇺🇸👍🇺🇸

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

thanks man!

@rodneyharrison5996

Ай бұрын

ANYTIME 🤝🇺🇸👍🇺🇸 I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR CONTENT , LIVING MY DREAM ; I HAVEN'T BEEN FINANCIALLY ABLE TO HUNT MONTANA & COLORADO SINCE THE LATE 80's EARLY 90's TO BE IN MY MIND 20's AGIAN . . . TO ONLY CARE ABOUT A TRUCK PMT. ; NEW GEAR ; AND GAS MONEY !! SOME DAY SOON GOD WILLING 😔😇🙏💒🤝🇺🇸👍🇺🇸 Rod Harrison Kent City , Michigan

Cliff, I love your videos man. So glad you are posting on this topic.

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

thanks Gus. appreciate it.

Thanks mate! Awesome tips.

Had a healthy aspen blow over onto the side of my tent during a wind storm, im talking a BIG aspen...barely slept that night but made for a nice seat the rest of the week 😂

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

Ha! Yikes

Great information. Thanks!

Hey there Cliff, I’ve just started to prepare for my first Elk Hunting trip and I cannot possibly express to you how helpful and informative your videos have been! Such a valuable perspective and skillset man. Thank you for what you’re doing brotha, keep it up. Here’s a video topic idea for you: footwear.

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

Thanks man! I’ll try to do some boot content. Appreciate the comment 👊🏻👍

More great tips Cliff. Especially the one about being clean before bed. Cold plunge for the win. Nate

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

Thanks Nate!

Great stuff, Cliff! Beautiful spot!

A video of stories from the past mistakes like having a tent get flooded before you learned where to put it etc would be cool

So helpful..! It's very similar to what we teach in Boyscout. You would be an awesome scoutmaster!

Good tips! Hopefully people take your advice. It took me years of doing it the hard way to pull my head out of my a55.

Great video. I always learn something

Right on Cliff

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

Thanks james

It always surprises me when I see Widowmakers inside National Forest campgrounds 😮

Love the info - good stuff you can't find anywhere else! If you're backpacking in or bivy hunting, do you prefer making camp high on the mountain or down low?

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

If at all possible and I can find water nearby, I like to camp up high near my first couple glassing spots

Thanks for the vid! All great advice. 🙏🏼 Do you have any advice about caching gear/supplies/food? I have always packed in and packed out EVERYTHING each scouting and hunting trip. But now that I have a few hard to get to and choice areas, I’d love to pack in some gear and leave it for the next years (and obeying all laws, no littering, etc….) I’m thinking camp chairs, stoves, cooking/eating gear, maybe even canned food? It would save my back and add a lot of comfort for sure if I could do it correctly. Thanks

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

Most folks that cache gear just find and old down stump and shove it in there. Reality is it has to be things rodent proof and mildew resistant… anything fabric, etc would get destroyed. Most common things I see are wood stoves, dishes, etc… most wilderness areas it is prohibited but many folks have done it over the years.

Ok... I've been camping for years. I have noticed the movement to tents with no floor. What is the advantage to this? I feel like an open air tent has to be an issue with bugs. So I guess I'd be curious to hear more about why go this route with the sleeping roll instead of a tent with floor.

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

It’s mostly correlated to the use of stoves in tents, wood burning stoves. That use case is in slightly colder temps, less bugs. Lighter weight option. I still use a lot of shelters/tents with floors in the earlier seasons

When back pack hunting for elk, how far away from your target area do you recommend setting up your tent?

I struggle with the cold air and high humidity in my tent. For basecamp I use a cabela's instinct 6 man tent. The tent is great but I need to figure out the humidity part.

@cameronbrownjr.9369

16 күн бұрын

Not sure how effective it would be in a tent but I use charcoal dehumidifiers in my cabover camper to draw the moisture out when storing it. They definitely work for that application but could be worth a try in a tent. You can get them online for $6-$7 each.

@KenHicksJr

16 күн бұрын

@@cameronbrownjr.9369 thanks! I'm definitely trying this.

Good tips! What calliper is your rifle in the background? Looks like gun works?

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

Yes those are gun werks rifles. Both of those are 7PRC

@yungskullivan

Ай бұрын

Great tips, thanks! ​@@CliffGraydid you outgrow your .308 ruger American?

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

@@yungskullivan no sir, that is still a great, economical gun. Gun werks provides those rifles for my courses and seminars. Phenomenal rifles at a higher price point. I'll try to do a video on my thoughts on that front.

Hey Cliff! Could you comment on the rifle you have there? Model and chambering? Appreciate you brother!

@mxracer317

Ай бұрын

That's a gunwerks Magnus 7prc. He let me know in another video comment section.

Would you have problem camping near trees when there’s chance for thunderstorm?

@CliffGray

Ай бұрын

Sometimes it’s unavoidable. If I’m camping right at timberline, I usually won’t camp next to the tallest trees, for this reason.

@Hunter4Life.

Ай бұрын

@@CliffGraythanks for that great tidbit! Glad dsdssdsd283 asked that! You really care about us!! Thanks brother!