Recent content by Danomite

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    NM New Minimum Age to Hunt

    Thanks for posting this and for doing the research. I have an 8 year old son that this affects. I’m going to contact the Commission, though it will probably fall on deaf ears.
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    Quitting Alcohol

    Good work and thank you to all that have posted here. Christmas Eve marked 6 months for me. My life has improved in so many ways since I stopped - better relationship with my wife, better father to my young kids, stronger faith, better sleep, more energy, better focus, no worry about long-term...
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    Pics of animals you weren't hunting

    Isn’t this the same picture as one from the first page of this thread by another member?
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    House Fly Traps that work

    I’ll second this option. In addition to being fun, they are a great way to teach the basics of gun safety to your kid. Another fun and surprisingly effective option is the electric fly swatters. They work well for the little no see ums that congregate around half empty glasses of juice or...
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    Do you keep your vehicle clean?

    Mine gets what I call a macro-cleaning most weekends, which is taking a trash bag out and picking up things as big as a candy wrapper and up. It gets a shop vac about every 3 or 4 months, and the exterior gets washed maybe twice a year. I have two young kids (8 and 5). I found that adding...
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    Most expensive thing you lost while hunting

    My most expensive loss was a Swarovski ATS 80 in central Colorado. After glassing until last light I packed things up and walked back to camp. I just strapped the tripod to my pack with spotter attached to the tripod. The clamp on the head must not have been tight enough and the spotter fell...
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    101 ways to ruin a tent

    When I was a kid on summer break, my dad let me and a couple buddies set up and sleep in his new tent in the yard. We didn’t stake it down and left it up the next day. When my dad got home from work he asked where the tent was. It was windy and my dad found most of the tent over a mile from the...
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    Quitting Alcohol

    Just checking in. I went the month of May dry, then fell off the wagon for a couple weeks in June, and have been dry again for over two months now. It's been a very positive change and I intend to keep it up for the foreseeable future. Thanks to all who have posted and good luck to everyone...
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    Gift idea for outdoorsman taking me on my first elk hunt!

    Tools are good gifts. Maybe figure out what he doesn’t have and could use. For example, a cordless drill or reciprocating saw or chainsaw, nice toolbox, compressor, whatever.
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    Best kid one liners

    During a recent road trip my 5 year old daughter was mad because she didn’t like the movies downloaded to her tablet. “Downloads are boring! You know what else is boring? Parents!”
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    Broken Toe?

    A few years ago I broke and dislocated a pinky toe about a month before a mule deer hunt. I taped it to the toe next to it, saw an ortho doc the next day, and was told to just keep it taped for a couple weeks. It was pretty tender for a couple days but was more or less fine by the hunt. The...
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    Man, everyone backpack hunts now

    Major spot burn @WoodBow Also, the guy forgot to string up his bear canister.
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    International Private Sale Conundrum

    I’d probably ask the guy to discuss by phone. I think you can get a better sense of someone from a phone call than by emails/private messages/whatever. My bigger fear would be that I was basically stuck with a pack purchase I hadn’t fully committed to. Hopefully the guy is legit and you like the...
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    Sell or not sell

    I personally wouldn’t sell anything unless I needed the money. If you do sell now I’d put the proceeds in a separate interest bearing account allocated to outdoor items or experiences. If the kids don’t end up pursuing hunting maybe use the funds to take them whitewater...
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    Gear organization ideas.

    Old thread but since it’s the off-season and we’re all thinking about this stuff I’ll just chime in to say I use an assortment of bins and shelving. Clothes stay inside because I’m afraid bugs and rodents might get to them in the garage. The only original tip I have is don’t let your wife see...
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