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  1. rayporter

    Am I Becoming a Grumpy Old Man?

    if you wish to have someone to go with you, you will learn that adjustments to your attitude are needed. otherwise, dont complain here, just hunt alone. many make the choice to go it alone. finding some one willing to travel is hard enough. finding someone to put up with your bxxxxxxx...
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    Carbon Tipi Poles

    no to the trekking pole. we got pretty good at cutting a pole for a six man or an 8 man. while i went in the tipi Sam would send in a pole about the right length or a few inches too long. i would send it out if it needed an inch or two cut off. if an inch too short we used a rock under it.
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    Carbon Tipi Poles

    for small tipis like this i have been cutting a pole on site. carry an old glove to put over the top of the pole.
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    Bore brushes…….or not?

    many years ago i tried a barrel for a year with out brushing. it did not last any longer than one that was brushed after every 15 shots. if i remember i got 1800 rds out of it. about normal before one gets retired and another screwed on. for your caliber and bullets get a bore scope to see...
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    Guns as a Tool, Companion, or Both?

    its a tool but almost a partnership. some day someone will take my old rifle apart and see what it has killed that i have written on the magazine well. "if this rifle could talk" thoughts going through their head.
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    What Emergencies Have You Had Before Season Start?

    bud left Ohio at 5 pm headed for Arkansas to pick me up. at 7 pm i get a call that mom was flown to OSU and not expected to make it. before cell phones, so i could not contact him. i flew to ohio and sat in the hospital for 2 days. finally fell asleep and when i woke up he was sitting...
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    Considering Switching to Full Synthetic Oil

    i had a 2001 ram Cummins that had 199,000 mi on it the last time i sent in an oil sample. i had went 10,000 i on that particular oil change. the report came back to try for 12500 mi next time. but it is the opposite on my 2017 Cummins ram. the computer [or i suspect the milage monitor]...
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    How to not die on first trip?

    take baby steps. you will grow into it.
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    If your Remington 700 suddenly wont shoot

    ignition is very important. a friend bought 5000 primers last year and his target rifles quit shooting. he was brainstorming with another smith and decided to try some old primers. viola , instant success. [after 3 new barrels] my target rifles get new springs every couple of years.
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    Considering Switching to Full Synthetic Oil

    the on board tells me to go 10,000 mi and i freaked out. now i send a sample every 5000 mi to blackstone. if i go over7000mi they tell me i have excessive wear.
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    The gutless method. Why aren't you doing it if you have to pack out?

    we each killed a bull on our first hunt. skinned and gutted it then had to haul it. next year we each killed and did not gut them. we had never heard of gutless and there was no YT back then just us trying to do less work and keep meat cleaner. i prefer to get the legs off with the hide on...
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    Simple cooler upgrades

    cutting board is a great idea my coolers are all cut up on top
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    Field repair kit

    multi tool, weed eater line and tape. also a zip loc with an oil soaked piece of cloth. one very cold wet hunt the moisture froze in the bolt and trigger and i removed the action to thaw the bolt and trigger over the stove.
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    The Phenomenon Of Guns or Scopes Shooting Loose

    i have never used loctite and never had a scope come loose.
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    CPAP on Hunting Trip

    a pair of deer feeder batteries will run a cpap for 7 hours for 2 nights. if you can put a charge on them they will go for a week. a battery jump starter that is new [ one of the big ones from harbor freight] will run a cpap for 3 nights.
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    Small engine tach????

    soooooo i dont know but i will say something anyway. maybe it senses when the plug is firing?
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    Small engine tach????

    i put one of the wrap arounds from amazon on my honda rancher. works as far as i can tell. it also gives hours of run time which is what i was really after. also have an hour meter on my honda 3000i genny thats a wrap around. they were way under 40$.
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    Rope!!!

    dont buy cheap imitation para cord. it wont hold up a hind leg,
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    FNG from Ohio

    there used to be a small store at the corner of Chesire and Africa roads that had an absolutely HUGE set of elk antlers laying on top of the drink cooler. when i asked they did not know where they came from.
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    FNG from Ohio

    lived in mt vernon for 20 years. i have rode horses at alum creek lake before there was water in it.

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