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    The Case Against Hunter Recruitment

    What is DDD?
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    The Case Against Hunter Recruitment

    Good on meateater for publishing this. I think I’d like Matt. I always thought most conservation groups push R3 because it gives them a bigger base to solicit money from. I’m a bigger fan of inviting all your buddies who don’t hunt to a banquet where they can eat oysters, get drunk, and donate...
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    Power tool talk - construction / diy

    Big dewalt guy here. I have batteries that 8+ years old. Plus if something breaks you can send it back to get “refurbished” for like $80-90 and they send you back a brand new tool. I’ve done it twice on stuff I’ve dropped. That said, a lot of guys I work with use Milwaukee and I would consider...
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    Theory of how red states/cities turn from red to blue

    I got my BS/MS in engineering at Clemson (a land grant/ag college in an ultra-red state) and most my professors were overwhelmingly left-leaning. I could tell you a bunch of stories, but I’ll share one in particular. In a class I was taking on air pollution (ie designing scrubbers at power...
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    Theory of how red states/cities turn from red to blue

    It sounds like people from California are doing to the mountain west what people from Ohio and NJ have been doing to the SC coast for years. When I was in high school I would cut yards for all the people who moved in in from OH, NJ, NJ, and CT because they didn’t realize $75/cut was expensive...
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    It ain’t just ammo

    I feel like a lot of the price in lumber is driven by the low interest rates. I do some residential electrical work on the side and charge just about what ever I want. I can’t keep up with all the work going on right now. My main job in the industrial side of construction hasn’t slowed down...
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    New member from SC

    If you show that buck in Jocassee gorges, you e accomplished more as a hunter than many will in a lifetime. Welcome! I also went to Clemson and now live P-ville.
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    Western Hunting losing it's appeal

    If you’re worried about never getting the tag you want through the application process, why not just sock away the same amount of money every year and then buy a landowner tag?
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    How far away can elk be spotted?

    I spotted elk at first light last year on the first day with my surgically enhanced biological spotters about 1.5 miles out.
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    How far do you drive for a diy trip

    I do have help driving. I should’ve clarified that.
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    How far do you drive for a diy trip

    One thing people aren’t mentioning (unless I missed it) is the risk of flights getting canceled and ruining a trip on the way out. If the weather is bad enough to hamper driving, there’s a >0% chance it could affect flights. We drive 32 hours every year and it sucks, but it’s nice to have the...
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    Co 1st Rifle Elk

    I've hunted 1st rifle and OTC in Colorado in one of the places you've mentioned above. I saw 0 hunters in 5 days of hunting during 2nd rifle two year ago. Last year during 1st rifle, I was amazed at how many people I saw. At one point I counted 30+ guys walking through a basin 4-ish miles...
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    Why you dont hunt with some people anymore

    I hunt with 3 other people out west once a year. After 10-12 days together more or less we all start to get on each other’s nerves. But, man - after reading some of this - I’m thankful for my group. Everyone commits in April when we apply for tags regardless of who draws, everyone ponies up the...
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    Custom Home - Must Haves?

    If you’re building a new home and you don’t want to drop $15k for a backup generator, go ahead and at least spend $500 to get the automatic transfer switch and make sure you have a natural gas line stubbed out nearby. I install backup generators on new houses from time to time and people could...
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    Who did you meet hunting this year?

    I met a ton of of guys wearing matching camo and toting meat eater weatherbys “from Denver” walking trails. Also met some nice dudes from Wisconsin and Missouri.
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    Something cheerful.....

    Idk if Vincent Neil Emerson has been posted yet, but him and Koe Wetzel are my two backyard drinking buddies lately. Whether they know it or not.
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    Handyman business

    It’s not a handyman business, but I recently started doing residential electrical work on the side. I have a few close friends who are residential GCs and they can give me way more work than I am able to do. I set up an LLC with some help from a lawyer buddy and got basic GL and WC coverage from...
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    2020 Elk Camp Pic

    opening morning, 1st rifle
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    Good weather to test out your gear in South Carolina tonight and tomorrow.

    I don’t remember exactly how this works because I’m a few drinks into my Christmas gifts, but if those numbers are relative humidity, then there could be a huge difference in the amount of moisture in the air which is what makes one place feel colder than another at the same temp. For example...
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    Debt help

    In addition to this advice, invest every raise or windfall you get without compromise. Set up direct deposits to go straight into an account that you pay the debts with and when the debts are gone put that money to work in some other way. My wife and I have done this since we got married 8...

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