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    It ain’t just ammo

    Used market is insane. I got lucky and found a good road bike but not the year to look for upgrades - or for parts for an older bike.
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    Had to do a double take because California (CA) is definitely not great for guns and on the no no list for cans!
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    Advice on hydration bladder

    I've only made one backcountry trip with it but I hunted 7 days with it in my pack and no problems. I have the 3L with larger hose. I did have problems with my Sawyer quick connect because of the larger hose but leaving your bladder in your bag and filling from a quick connect is money.
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    Advice on hydration bladder

    love my platypus. no plastic taste whatsoever.
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    Struggling to Achieve a Zero at 100 yards.

    When I bought a Ruger Precision Rifle I learned the difference a trigger makes. Some will complain about the Ruger trigger but it was so much better than any hunting rifle I had ever shot. It's one of the top items on my list now when I look at a rifle. I recently bought a T/C Compass 300...
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    Giving away a lifetime membership to celebrate the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act

    Was excited to read the President was signing the bill. Sign me up for a chance to win lifetime onX
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    Struggling to Achieve a Zero at 100 yards.

    I'm sure you've thought of this but I'll toss it out - how long are you waiting between shots? Will it group the first two shots on a cold barrel? When you clean, use a copper remover as part of the process. Have you tried grouping at 50 yards? The 9 shot group you posted has a fair...
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    Beginner Routine Recommendations?

    20 yards by September maybe, but you need to shoot 40 arrows per day including some practice at 30-40 yards. With one month to go, you need to practice at the weight you will hunt. My bow is set at 60. You don't have to shoot 70#'s for elk at reasonable distances. Expandables? Shoot with...
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    Adult Onset Hunter from Maryland

    I know folks who did the same as you in MD, mostly archery. Maybe look to West Virginia and you'll get bigger swaths of land and some national forests. If I remember right, limits on deer or different in Eastern and Western MD. VA is another option. Sure, you are paying out of state license...
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    Is a new camera the solution?

    I think you need a DSLR for what you are trying to do. The learning curve is greatly reduced from film days and autofocus on a DSLR will do what you want because you can select where you want to focus. I progressed more in a month with my first DSLR (NIkon D70 in 2005) than I did in several...
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    College Student Advice

    Hunt AZ OTC archery over winter break or August before school starts.
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    Rumors of Another Shutdown

    That's good. I have a Garmin watch but all gym, no running in AZ summer. so I haven't paid attention to Garmin Connect. Apparently Connect and flight navigation software has been down at least a couple weeks.
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    Rumors of Another Shutdown

    More testing equals more positives but our hospital and ICU numbers have tracked at the same rater are high for summer. I have five family members who are positive and two are in their early forties. One of those was hospitalized and only one is better. Had a friend's coworker die of COVID...
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    Rumors of Another Shutdown

    Perhaps a bigger problem is Garmin is down. Rumor is ransomware. Google for the latest.
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    If i could change one thing about myself physically to be a better hunter.. (flat feet, bad knees, back, eyesight, etc)

    hearing and tinnitus
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