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    Building a house for penny pinchers.

    My line has always been that a good GC earns every penny he charges, and he can charge quite a bit before this isn't true anymore. Building systems are continually getting more complex. What you get with a good GC is good subs, efficient scheduling, and quality control. Most homeowners...
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    Why cant people accept the fact that some people dont need a drop tested scope?

    Littlebuf provided some great entertainment. He was a little blunt for the internet at that time, and would really rattle the natives today. There's some interesting parallels with the cliff tested packs, for sure.
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    Why cant people accept the fact that some people dont need a drop tested scope?

    I remember when littlebuf mocked people's choices! Lol I feel like the whole "don't tell people their scopes may be unreliable" is a little participation trophyish. I try ( at times with limited success) to not push it too far, but if someone is asking on a forum they are occasionally going to...
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    New Peax sleeping bag

    That's the discouraging part. I'd like to believe someone would be rewarded for just focusing on making exceptional products, but the reality is that the general consumer is drawn to influencer and content marketing like moths to a flame.
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    New Peax sleeping bag

    Ted K from ARC said in a podcast a few years ago that the reason he doesn't donate to PRS prize tables is that "when you see someone using my stuff I want you to know that they thought it was so good they spent their hard earned money on it." I've thought about that a lot over the last few...
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    New SG bino harness is on the way ...

    Ok, yeah, that does sound a lot more like what I had in mind!
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    New SG bino harness is on the way ...

    That looks like an interesting option! I have an OR Ascendant jacket, which is 90 GSM Alpha Direct with Pertex Quantum face fabric. It does really well, better than any other mid layer I've owned. I'd still like to see a hunting specific jacket made with no insulation on the back where a pack...
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    Why cant people accept the fact that some people dont need a drop tested scope?

    If a person wants to kill cleanly and humanely, isn't the reliability of their optical aiming device of considerable importance? I think people do have issues, they just call them something else. It's been awhile since I've watched any amount of hunting videos, but both Fresh Tracks and...
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    I dont understand the hostility towards wolf reintroduction in Colorado

    I hunt an area that will have wolves (occasionally it already does). I think they are cool animals, but the reintroduction is wrong place/wrong time. You have to understand that there has been some real disingenousness around management in the WY/MT/ID wolves. Management has been delayed way...
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    Dropping pack to stalk...

    This is my question as well. Sounds like if you kill something you have to make an extra trip into there? Maybe carry a big dry bag to leave non essentials in? We have at times done 2000 ft up before daylight. As much as I'd love to leave my pack behind, I sure want to bring a load of meat...
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    The Shoot2hunt Podcast

    Understood. And it's absolutely true that Matt will never 100% get his wishes. But he is making people think, which is good, in my opinion. I agree that some videos are well done, the problem seems to be that if we have the well done ones we also have to have the terrible ones. And I...
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    The Shoot2hunt Podcast

    I'm not going to get into the weeds here, but Matt is not anti social media. This is one of the common misconceptions of his ideas. He is against putting certain specific things on social media. I'm probably actually more radical than Matt on this one, I avoid algorithm driven social media as...
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    The Shoot2hunt Podcast

    I'm chuckling a bit here, because when a biologist running a tiny organization in his spare time in eastern MT gets Cam and Rogan fired up, we might be forgiven for wondering who exactly is easily offended.... I disagree with a few of Matt's stances (how far to shoot at animals, for one) but...
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    New SG bino harness is on the way ...

    If I'm honest, I have to admit that I do leave my pack occasionally as well. I try not to, but.... I use stock packs on my rifles, so I always have extra ammo and a lense cloth in there. The biggest issue I have is a place for a headlamp and an emergency kit. Both really should be on my...
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    New SG bino harness is on the way ...

    No issue on my part, none of my equipment systems are sacred.
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