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    Helping New Hunters

    I wouldn’t give them any info on your spots. Give them some high level advice and let them pick their own spots. Then, go with them and see how it goes. Might be a good way to see some new ground and help out someone else.
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    Anybody an electrician?

    Use a round bell box and the bracket that comes with the light. Like others have said, I also like to keep the openings of the wire nuts pointed down.
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    First aid suggestions

    Check out North American rescue.
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    Complete Noob.

    Have fun. Don’t get in a big hurry to hike back to a blue lake and post up to glass on the closest knob overlooking a bowl. Walk slowly and deliberately through the thickest timber you can find. I’m an idiot myself according to my wife though, so take all that with a grain of salt.
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    Are you a list kind of guy?

    I make a list for me and my hunting partners. One less thing to stress about once we hit the road. One of my hunting demands a stop at the nearest Walmart regardless of what he packed. I’m convinced he just likes to walk around and breathe the air in there in case he doesn’t make it back.
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    On being a flake

    It may have been said already, but I always vet a potential hunting partner with a financial commitment first. Like, "Hey, it's going to cost $xxxx just to put in for this tag, or I'm going to go ahead and book the rental/motel/horses/etc. now, go ahead and send me your share." That really...
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    Is there hope for Meateater?

    As a native South Carolinian, I laughed at how the guest fumbled through Post-Reconstruction history. I guess that’s what you get when a white guy from California and more white guys from the Midwest try to talk about Black culture in the South. For example, Sharecroppers were mostly white...
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    Colorado 1st Rifle at Flat Top Wilderness advice/experience?

    It sounded like a public land whitetail hunt on opening day there last year. We had some guys from Wisconsin walk right up to us at first light asking if they could set up on the same spot. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I guess there's a reason they give out that many tags.
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    Colorado 1st Rifle at Flat Top Wilderness advice/experience?

    Get ready to see a lot of orange on opening morning.
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    15-20 Ford F-150

    I've had a '15 with the 5.0 and an '18 with the 3.5. I had to replace a cracked vacuum pump on the transmission on the '15. It ended up being fairly minor. I also had to replace the VCT on the '18 because of the cam phasers issue. It wasn't a big deal, they even sent the recall out through...
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    pains of the terrible 2's

    Love your kid Be patient Be consistent Don’t meet then head on when trying to discipline. I have boys at 3 and 5 and I make mistakes all the time. But, I didn’t have a dad growing up and I know that at least my boys will have someone to lead by example, pick up the phone when they can, and love...
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    Hunting mistakes you have to laugh at.

    My uncle was the first person to take me on a western hunt. He’s a horse person, I’m not. After listening to him fuss at me all week for not cinching my saddle tight enough, I can’t tell you how gratifying it was to loosen his up a little bit on the last morning of our hunt and watch him try to...
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    What is your biggest public land pet-peeve?

    The one guy I ran into in Colorado wearing head to toe matching First Lite w/the obligatory Meateater Weatherby who came up to my camp as I was scouting a few days before the season and asked where I was going to be hunting, never said another word, and walked off. I ran into him a few day...
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    Tim Ferriss

    Tim Ferriss sent some information out about a proposed bill in Idaho regarding wolf management and I thought it would be interesting to get some perspectives from everyone here. For reference, Tim Ferriss is an author and podcaster who has a large audience. I believe that he was an early...
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    Epicurious not doing beef recipes anymore

    Thank you for this figure of speech. I'm definitely going to plagiarize that one in the future.
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    Received the Vaccine today...

    I got my 2nd dose of the Pfizer on Thursday. Started feeling weird around 7pm Thursday evening. Went to bed feeling like I had a sinus infection. Had a seizure around 1am. First one I’ve ever had in my life. Scared me and the wife pretty bad. Went to the ER and was released yesterday. Ran a...
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    The Case Against Hunter Recruitment

    I don’t think I said recruit only billionaires. Just pointing out that money has a disproportionate effect vs numbers. I think counting on a small group of people to rely on just numbers is a poor strategy. Hunters are probably a little more diverse than the NRA when it comes to issues. Using...
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    The Case Against Hunter Recruitment

    I have trouble believing that numbers is the answer to having more political clout. There’s a ton of groups right now that have political clout despite having relatively low numbers. If we’re worried about political clout, then wouldn’t it make more sense to bring more money into a pro-hunting...
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    The Case Against Hunter Recruitment

    I’ve read a lot of replies and rebuttals, but mostly I see people calling Matt names (ranging from self-absorbed to racist). No one has really addressed two of his points: who goes to their favorite hunting spot hoping to see other people and more hunters inevitably lead to less opportunity...
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    $350K to Buy Land- Where?

    I guess there’s a million ways to skin a cat, but if I was going to spend that kind of money in real estate I would want some kind of income potential. I don’t know what taxes are on land out west, but that would be a big thing to consider for me. I would put a down payment on some commercial...
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