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    What Did You Do With Your Old CDs?

    I have a CD case or two floating around somewhere in my shop.
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    Do you hunt from home?

    Whitetail, some bear, some upland hunting from the house. Whitetail I'm hunting within 5 minutes of leaving my back door (walking). Ducks and geese I'm not in my main bed, but I have a camp with my own room and sleep there. Everything else is camping, house rental, or hotels.
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    Smoke Phase Turkey

    I have a couple around my house, I don't turkey hunt much, but see them throughout the year.
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    Short breeds for duck

    This is my stance. If it's duck only/majority, get a smaller framed lab. The off breeds can pick up ducks, but they start to break down when you're hunting cold weather and they have to make more than 5 - 10 retrieves (my experience). I've hunted with boykins that friends own throughout the...
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    Waders for birds

    I have two pairs of Chene waders, I'm pretty hard on them. The only issue was self inflicted, they still fixed them under the warranty and they've been doing strong since.
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    DIY Patagonia Red Stag

    I've spent a lot of time in Argentina working and living there for a while at dove and duck lodges. My dream trip is to freelance around the country in the fall/winter with a dog for perdiz and ducks ... It would be pretty cool to add a stag to that (I've killed a few over there with our...
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    What is everyone using for a smartwatch?

    I wear it daily, I don't have to wind it. It usually loses around 2 minutes per month, I reset it when needed. I get it serviced at a local jeweler every 5-7 years, runs around $500. It's an Explorer II on a nato strap, not flashy at all and rarely does anyone even notice it's a Rolex. I've...
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    What is everyone using for a smartwatch?

    A Rolex ... no desire to have a watch I have to charge.
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    Money Saving Tips / Ideas

    Does it work the same as Verizon when you're out of the country?
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    Mauled by a brown bear and shoots himself

    It has happened, I wouldn't say it's 'very common' though.
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    Argentina dove hunting

    You don't need as much as you think you do. Bring a shoulder pad if you want one, they'll likely have extras there. Gloves are needed, barrels tend to get hot down there. Couple pair of pants, couple shirts, a fleece or jacket, boots, glasses, hat, socks, and you're good to go. Most lodges...
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    Ever have to carry your dog off a trail?

    I had a young setter get hot on an 80 degree day in North Dakota going after pheasant. Happened quick. One second he was fine, the next minute he was walking like he was drunk. He has an off switch in the house, but in the field he doesn't have one. The only way to get him out of there...
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    newbie duck hunter, give me advice on a super basic set of decoys

    My opinion is skewed due to the places I hunt (pressured, public, green timber). In my experience, SWD will get birds to dip below the tree tops (not commit, dip), which leads to groups tree topping ducks instead of finishing them. Because of that, I'll always label them as a crutch. I've...
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    newbie duck hunter, give me advice on a super basic set of decoys

    Spinning wing decoys are a crutch for people who can't kill ducks without them.
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    Possible Relocation to Tri-Cities, TN area

    Never thought I'd see Pauline mentioned on Rokslide ... I grew up in Spartanburg, still have some friends in Pauline (went to Dorman). Even shot some dove there last September.
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    Possible Relocation to Tri-Cities, TN area

    I live outside of the city limits in Boone, NC (45 minutes from Johnson City). If you want rural but relatively easy drives to Johnson City/Boone/Abingdon, Butler, TN is worth looking at. Watauga Lake is one of the prettiest and cleanest in the country, the majority of the land around it is...
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    Argentina dove hunting

    A crippled parakeet will call other parakeets in ... Don't grab a cripple without gloves though, they can and will draw blood. Glad you had a great trip.
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    Cities & Export permits from Newfoundland

    The bear I brought back was through another outfitter, not Conne River.
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    Cities & Export permits from Newfoundland

    The one bear I killed in NF I brought back with me (driving, not flying). No issues at all with the hide, skull, or meat. I hunted with Conne River back in 2016 if I remember right. Hunted hard the entire trip, sun up to sun down, saw one cow about 500 yards away on the second day, never saw...
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    Close call today

    I had a house I used as a duck camp burn down 5 or 6 years ago. Nothing I could have prevented, it was bad wiring from the previous owner (bought it from their estate). Since going through that fire, and fire hazards, in the house makes my skin crawl. I live in an old house (1887), when we...

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