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    What's your strategy...for retirement?

    Retirement luncheon to follow the graveside services.
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    Outdoor opportunities in Spokane WA?

    I used to hunt some state land about 12 miles north of Spokane. That was in the early 90s and even then they were talking about making all of Spokane county a no shoot zone. It had nice Whitetail, some Mulies, and some elk. Grouse hunting was fun too. Lots of national forest up north. My...
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    Bargain gear for the poor or beginners and tight asses.

    Black Ovis merino, Alps outdoors vest, and Cabelas rain jacket that I paid 55% of full price kept me warm all winter here in Montana. Any rifle I buy off the shelf will outperform my ability any day, but the price difference between a Savage Axis I vs the Axis II is worth the upgrade. Vortex is...
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    How long does it take you to pack up / break camp?

    Usually way longer than it should because I keep looking around asking myself if I really have to leave already. Reality is that If I spread out like I usually do it will take a half hour. It always seems that my gear expands when exposed to the outdoors too, so getting it back into the original...
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    Budget backcountry meat hauler / day pack combo

    I really like that setup. I picked up a molle II frame, bag, new straps and belt along with an inflatable mat for $50 on EBay. Obviously it is heavier than the alps pack frame, but I am still young enough at 52 (and broke enough to pretend not to care) to drag around a few extra pounds. As a...
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    Bear Attacks Hunter & Guide (Guide Missing in WY)

    Sure hope it all works out. The other day I was thinking about the damage smart phones have done to situational awareness, but I suspect the excitement of getting an elk would do the same. I guess I'll re-evaluate having the bear spray on the shoulder strap of my pack.
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    New Study Shows 9.52 Million Acres of Western Public Lands Are Landlocked

    The arguments here are interesting, but not always informative. The purchasing power of grain is half what it used to be, but the purchasing power of my pay check is down too. Somewhere in the middle there is a corporation making bank. Farmers collect money for crop damage, but won't let a...
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    What constitutes your hunting area/spot?

    No place on public land can be your spot. I can't recall ever hunting public land where I did not see signs of previous hunters. I guess I feel like there is plenty to go around, and since I don't see large antlers as anything special I'm not worried about someone else shooting the biggest deer...
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    MT Musselshell River Flooded from record snow melt.

    I'm quite a bit south in Hardin, but on our hunter's ed field day we found about 7 white tail carcasses in a small area along the Big Horn. Yesterday I was up on the Yellowstone and didn't find any. On the way over to my property between Ashland and Miles City there were a lot of winter killed...
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    Trump - shrinking bears ear and escalante

    9th grade was a long time ago for me, but I'm pretty sure that one of the powers of the House is control over appropriations. Representative Chaffets has never, to my knowledge, proposed funding the back log of maintenance in the national forests. He has, however, proposed transferring them to...
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    Budget back pack build

    After reading this thread I started doing some research and wound up buying a mollie II frame, enhanced shoulder harness, hip belt and bag with a bonus therma rest sleeping pad off of EBay for $50. I put it together last night, and today I threw all my traps and trapping tools into it and took...
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    Core4element Mountain Mimicry Lot For Sale

    I didn't see a size or price on the llano. Am interested.
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    2017 MT elk

    Hard to tell which part of this experience you enjoyed the most. I would love to build a rifle like that, and unfortunately the only elk I have seen this year was a good 6 x 6 in an area where I only have a tag for a spike or a cow. I can live with that since it is only 22 miles from home to...
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    I think I got hooked tonight

    I have been looking for a piece of land that was supposedly public land all summer, but the spot where I thought it should be was posted. Finally, sat Saturday I stopped for a closer look, and that was my spot. On Friday I hiked in looking for some water that I thought I saw on the satellite...
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    Southeast WY llama rental

    Randy Newberg just posted a video on this, but I don't know if it was in Wyoming.
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    OnX failed me when I needed it. Iphone version RANT

    Last year hiking in the dark with only my Etrex 20 screen for light ( don't ask) my gps would point one way and my compass the opposite. Followed the compass every time and after a few yards the gps would correct itself.
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    Jordan’s WY Mule Deer video

    Awesome effort and a great reward. Video is top notch. You are an inspiration.
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    My solo WY buck!

    Nicely done. Sent from my SM-S820L using Tapatalk
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    Billings MT area GROUP HIKE Aug. 12

    It was great to meet Jordan and Kristy Saturday morning. I missed them at the trail, but caught up with them when they came back. It was amusing to me that Kristy is on her way to hunt antelope, and about a quarter mile down the road there was a pretty good herd of them hanging out across the...
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    Billings MT area GROUP HIKE Aug. 12

    Are you starting on the Poly drive end or the Broadwater end?

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