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    Sell or Send back first?

    I don’t use right handed bolt guns anymore. In this day and age, I just don’t see a reason why we LH shooters should settle for gear that isn’t as well suited as it could be. The downside, of course, is there’s lots of very cool models that are still RH only 😡. I’ve been very pleased with my LH...
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    King for a day, what would you do?

    I’d mandate there be a public right of way to access every parcel of public land. No more landlocked public lands, no more need to worry about if corner crossing is legal. I’ve written my congressman and senators about this. Go figure, I didn’t even get a response from any of the 3.
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    Henry’s 45/70

    Have you had any issues with the stock cracking? I’ve read a few reviews where folks have had cracks develop on the straight grip single-shot stocks. Most of them sounded like the cracks developed pretty quickly, too. I’m hoping it might have just been a bad batch of wood, because those brass...
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    Gettysburg

    Hiked that one as well. I don’t remember all the details, but there were patches we got in the Boy Scouts for hiking these various battlefield trails. I think there were 2, maybe 3, at Gettysburg, and one for Antietem. Boy was it a doozy, though! IIRC it was about 12 miles in full sun on a hot...
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    House of Representatives votes to remove gray wolves from endangered species list

    If wolves survived off of natural gas or oil, I bet there’d be a lot more people in power supporting open seasons.
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    Gettysburg

    I went several times as a kid. Growing up in NE OH it wasn’t a terribly long drive. It was always fun, but the true impact didn’t really sink in. During the early days of COVID I watched the full series of the guided virtual tour, and it had a way different impact as an adult. 300,000 men...
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    What makes a "good" hunter?

    These are the topics I love to see discussed. Ones that require self-reflection about what we want that to look like. For me, being a good hunter looks like 2 things, and you need to have both. 1) Ethics. Always stay within the confines of the law, to the letter. Above and beyond that, having...
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    Tinder/Hinge/dating apps in general

    I found success in my battle buddy’s ex. It’s funny, the few months that they were together he used to tease that he thought that she liked me more than him. Neither of us realized how true that was hahaha! That was 11 years ago. We celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary in 2 weeks.
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    Oregon Jackrabbit

    Thanks for the tip! Never would have thought to ask them.
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    Study: Hunters Die After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison

    All the more reason to not hunt out of state. I’ll stay here, where it hasn’t spread to yet, thanks.
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    Can wolf management really be this simple?

    Nothing is said in that article about the hunting culture in Romania. What is the relationship between the people and the wildlife resources? To me that stands out as a significant difference. It’s not just peoples’ cattle heards that the wolves and bears are eating (hear and there), but it...
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    Centerfire rifles - your path

    My list is very short comparatively. In chronological order, I’ve owned (bold are ones I still have): 8mm Mauser German mil-surp - 1st rifle 7.62x39 sks 308 win ruger Gunsite scout 30-06 FN mauser 9mm Luger Hi-Point carbine 30-30 Westerfield (Marlin 336) 5.56 Saiga AK 5.56 Kel-Tec SU-16 308 Win...
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    Musician Hunt Talkers

    I’m wondering the same thing. Sounds like a radio station, though.
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    I'd go back

    That’s wild. Great music, and it was so cheap! In today’s dollar, $3.50 would be $19.82. I don’t think there is a national act worth seeing that you could get admission to for $20 today.
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    Musician Hunt Talkers

    For sure! It’s been a long time since I’ve sat down with a sheet of music worked on my reading chops, but it does wonders for the mind. It’s almost like glassing. I have to stay very focused, because the second my mind wonders I’m sure to miss something.
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    Musician Hunt Talkers

    Heck yeah it counts. I’d say playing a mean kazoo oughta count, so being able to be a band director is a cut far above the entry threshold in my book.
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    What's your side hustle?

    That’s my guess. I’d never thought about this before last Thanksgiving. My wife and I were doing thanksgiving with her family at a campsite. It was pretty cold. My BIL brought out a coal shovel and shoveled some coals under each of the camp chairs, and holy smokes did it make a difference!! I’m...
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    What's your side hustle?

    In my experience, the main reason people donate things is not to help the under privileged, it’s to get rid of stuff without having to deal with the hassle of selling or hauling it to the dump. And what if those less fortunate wanted to flip it and make a little extra cash, so that they are now...
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    What's your side hustle?

    I play bass in a band. Nothing too serious, a couple shows every few months. It doesn’t pay a lot, but it puts a little fun money in my account. Couple hundred bucks a year kinda thing. I also buy, fix up, and flip guitars and basses. Generally inexpensive stuff; buy for $70, clean it up, fix...
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    Good for you Botswana

    My hang up with elephants is how damn smart they are. It’s one of those things where the reasoning of killing it is OK because of the clear delineation between man and beast becomes fuzzy at best. They're one of the few non-primates that can recognize their own reflection. They can paint, have...

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