snow shoes?

[bucksnbears]

from what i've seen the atlas are about the same as tubbs, cresent moon ect. i think you will like them just fine as long as the snowpack is fairly hard. yep, then new bindings are slick and fast.

[Critrgtr]

Well I got to take my new Atlas snowshoes out today for there maiden voyage and they lived up to there expectations . They were great. Pretty quiet to but I if a person is looking for an aluminum snowshoe that is really quiet I would look at the MSR lighting ones. My buddy has a set of them and instead of being aluminum tubing around the outside edge they are aluminum strap and walking side by side with him today his were a lot quieter then mine. If they could take the bindings off mine and put them on his frame you would have a awesome snowshoe.
The only problem I had with my shoes today was I didnt get to put any blood on them. Came close but no go . So hopefully next time I will get some blood on them.

[Tactical.20]

I like and use the 48" white aluminum military snowshoes with cable webbing. I think they are just enough to work for a 190lb guy and a 10-12 lb rifle. I believe they are nice and quiet, as quiet as a snowshoe can be.

[Optimax90]

Got a pair sitting in the corner of the garage collecting dust, would give them up for a decent price.............

[bucksnbears]

[quote="Optimax90"]Got a pair sitting in the corner of the garage collecting dust, would give them up for a decent price.............[/quote why don't you like them?? i only know about 8-10 people who have them and as far as i know they all like them

[Optimax90]

Haven't found a set of bindings that were worth a shit with them. They just are not user friendly like my tubbs are... Them tubbs are bad ass, quick on and off and light as ever. Last year I sprayed the bottoms with contact cement, that cut the noise in half and it held up great.

I broke a strap on the heal one day, called tubbs and they sent me 4 sets to replace them if it would ever happen again, so far so good........

[bucksnbears]

so was it the staps or the shoes you did'nt like cuz i was thinking of getting a pair. what did'nt you like about the shoe itself

[Optimax90]

I didin't like them. I thought they were to long and occward (sp) Don't like the tails and the fact they don't have any moajor cramp-ons. but that is my opinion.

Bucks If you want to try the ones I have you are more than welcome to them, give them a shot, and if you like them we can figure it out, if not send them back, no harm no foul...............

[bucksnbears]

thanks for the offer hopefuuly we won't see as much of that white crap for a few years. i know Levi will be dissapointed though

[LeviM]

we use the white military snow shoes, a tad load but everything is loud in crunchy snow. We use the bob maki (sp) binding, the best bindings I know of

[mitchkvernum]

I have been a postholer all my life.. Never know anything different. ..

[LeviM]

I have been a postholer all my life.. Never know anything different. ..

your still a young buck, with lots of motivation!!!

[Tactical.20]

After I tried a pair of snow shoes, I wondered why did it take me sooooo long!

[Optimax90]

Without snowshoes its a 3-4 stand per day before your so damn tired you want to quite Once I got my Tubbs I went all day and didn't get tired at all. I thought maybe they would make me sore after the first day, using muscles that you would normally not use......... Just the oppisite, I try to walk as normal as possible, and things work better that way

[Tactical.20]

With snowshoes I tracked a pair of coyotes down shot the male, and spent the rest of the day trying to get the female. On the long way back to the truck I figured up how many sections I went through, a snow flurrie wiped out the tracks, twice, I came up with 13-14 miles that day. I was totally exhuasted. When I was first married I walked 8-9 miles on one fox, without snow shoes, that was about my limit, couldn't hardly walk the next day! I have done 8 and 6 miles with the snowshoes lately, that is enough work, at 53, I would not beable to go without the snowshoes, unless it is shallow. I found you use much less energy with snowshoes, even when the snow is only ankle deep. There is a lot less slipping and shifting of the boot wearing snowshoes. So, even if it isn't deep enough to break through a crust, the s/shoes help a lot. The only time they seem to be trouble is when you hit a patch of thawed dirt, then you will collect some mud. At dark one day on a lone male coyote, I decided to head to the truck at the gravel road. I figured I had picked up atleast a pound of mud in my snowshoes, it was more like 4-6lbs, no wonder they seemed heavy, I ended up at six miles that day. I found him the next day with a pup female, so it was a double. She ended up being the third female I took in his area, in 3 yrs trying to get an angle on him, maybe all 3 were his mates?