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    Whatever happened to Luke and Becca?

    I saw them backpack camping with a baby or babies and I was like "that is totally going to be me". Talk about influencers! Yeah, that wasn't me. Screw that. Kids are old enough to camp now, but camping with babies, tried it, got the t shirt, big no thanks.
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    Punching a Tag or Adventure? What’s more Important?

    Ideally both. Tagging out isn't the sole objective, but it's top 3 for sure. I'm not there to sing with the tweetie birds, and life obligations are always pushing me to be more efficient and make best use of my time afield. I view adventure as basically doing that absent the constant pressure...
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    Hypothetical Ethics Question

    Personally I follow the big rules always becuase I am by nature an anxious person and I don't need to ride around with that shit hanging over me for a stupid deer or whatever. You have three categories of people in life the way I see it. Those you would help hide the body, those you would...
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    Wedding ring tattoo

    When I was a kid I always thought people who didn't wear their rings were weird. My child and teenage brain always assumed the worst in people that defied norms, so if you weren't wearing your ring you were definitely stuck in some brutal marriage and boinking your secretary or babysitter or...
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    Hunting private ground in your state

    It depends. In rural PA most landowners hunt. The relative few that don't usually allow family/friends to, and you need that in. In less rural areas, my experience is a little more dated, but my perception is that was a little less difficult, but I've had more weird/territorial/aggressive...
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    Barriers for new hunters? (Poll)

    Non-hunters becoming hunters? I've mentored a few cityfolk so I can speak pretty clearly to this one. Lack of woodsmanship is a huge struggle and most just lack the time to properly get knocked around to learn from experience. Those I've taken on with some level of baseline...
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    2024 Idaho General Draw! 10 days until the MADNESS!

    I wonder how many people who previously had zero interest in hunting ID now participate in this bullshit because they've essentially "gamified" it. People chase that feeling of just coming out of the other side of this mess with a tag in hand, figure the rest out later. You know it happens.
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    4 day school week?

    No, nope, never, nunca, nada, not interested. I gotta work 5/6 days a week TF am I supposed to do with them? "Use school as a daycare"? well, flipping right, yeah, I use school as a daycare because I have to work. I kinda know what you're intimating, and we're not that, but if you're so...
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    OnX vs Huntstand

    OnX has much better user interface, but the maps royally sucked until they rolled out the leaf-off option. They just suck now. HuntStand has much better base maps but the user interface royally sucks. I have both because I hunt and scout a lot and I use both. I use HS more on the at-home...
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    Looks like instagram changed their algorithm in the last 24 hours?

    This is a good thing
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    How many days a year do you hunt?

    I'm going to count scouting and helping others because I consider that hunting, avg 1-2 days a week from mid Sept - March. Usually about two weeks off in the rut. I don't do the before/after work stuff as much as I used to. With that I'm sure I topped 100 a few years before kids. I also...
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    Bad taxidermy or high expectations?

    One of the reasons I don't get shoulder mounts anymore if it's not blue ribbon quality all I notice are the flaws.
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    When do children return to school where you are?

    8/22. Get out early June. Our kids get off more random ass days throughout the year than I care to count. Almost like parents of young kids don't need to work or something. We live in a university town and it's a lovely place to live, but there's some real bullshit that comes along with it...
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    Property vs 401K

    1) Don't take financial advice on the internet 2) Max out tax-advantaged savings vehicles if your goal is to save money on taxes (duh) 3) Consider liquidity 4) If you want a vacation property and can afford it, buy a vacation property, but don't justify it as an investment. It's usually not.
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    PA No Sunday Hunting

    Oh yes. The funniest part is most of the opposition and the reason we had to compromise on three Sundays for now, actually comes from hunters!? Riddle me that one? It's primarily from a sect of PA hunters that are stuck in 1950 and don't think anything ever should change, ever, and we have a...
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