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    What alpaca raft for moose quarters?

    With just myself in a forager, I’m sitting in several inches of water. It sucks. There’s a reason there’s a tarp lining the raft in the picture I shared before, the meat would be soaking in a foot of beaver piss water for a couple hours without it. I have my doubts that tape would efficiently...
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    2024 AK Moose Prep

    Last time I applied for a known shipper number with AK Airlines was 2019 and I was quoted $275 for the verification. Probably well over $400 now. It was cheaper to ship three coolers next day UPS than to just get verified. Curious has anyone done the verification lately? Almost every outfitter...
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    April 8th Eclipse

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    April 8th Eclipse

    Southcentral Alaska was mapped out to be right in the center of totality, but I sat outside looking up with my binos for two hours and never saw a damn thing. Should’ve bought Swaros I guess. My brother lives in Boston and booked a place in VT like 8 months ago before everyone caught on and...
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    .223 for bear, deer, elk and moose.

    Welp, we gave it a shot. Ordered ammo based off some recommendations here (thanks) and picked it up in L48 few weeks ago. Got all sighted in and went west last Sunday. It was -10F when I landed. Wind blew for two days and air temp hit -13 Tuesday morning. We spent all Tuesday morning digging and...
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    What alpaca raft for moose quarters?

    Here’s a whole moose with boned out ribs in a Voyager. Not sure where you’d put a human here. Anything over about 20lb will compresses the floor into the water. Without a tarp, the bottom quarters would likely be fully submerged in water. I’d listen to the guy that has used multiple rafts...
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    Bitcoin

    Hopefully the sky keeps falling. I’d love BTC down around $53K. ETH around $2500. But I won’t get my hopes too high. SOL has absolutely no chill. Once Jim Cramer says “I told you so, get out while you can,” launch your life savings in. 29 days to halving. It doesn’t repeat, but it’s rhymed up...
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    Arizona does away with auction tags

    State statute determines who can get specific tags and how the money can be spent. For instance, in AK, Big Game Tags can be applied for by “any nonprofit dedicated to fish and game law enforcement, management of hunted game species, or use of game populations for hunting.” Up to 30% of net...
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    So what cell phone did you finally buy your teenage daughter?

    My wife brought this up a few nights ago. Glad we don’t have to deal with it for another 10 years or so, but there will probably some crazy different thing by then! Ran into a friend and her girls in the lodge after skiing the other day. We had a couple beers and her pre-teen girls sat there...
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    Colonoscopy....

    Average weight loss from colonoscopy is 3-5 pounds. It’s cheaper to let insurance pay for a butt flush than forking up the money to upgrade gear and drop 3-5 lbs of pack weight. Be sure to smash that like and follow button for more backpack hunting tips. Use code WILLY at checkout for 20% your...
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    Alaska Moose Transporter Recommendations

    Yes, I have friends use their services every year and our 2024 hunting guest has already reserved her spot. Plan ~$500 extra for shipping to ANC and cold storage. Dalton’s Refrigeration will be the cold storage place and they will pick it up from the shipping company in ANC. Talk to them and...
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    Stryker Inflatable Jet Boats

    I think I’m going this route as well. Sounds like buyer beware for any Solar produced in the last couple years. A guy started dealing Strykers here locally. He mentioned that they just started manufacturing with a 1.5mm USA made TPU bottom early this year. So if you’re planning on running...
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    Dry Duffles 70% Off - Cotopaxi 70% Off

    Thanks! Not going to leave up if questionable
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    Dry Duffles 70% Off - Cotopaxi 70% Off

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