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  1. Elkbelch

    Has anyone experienced burn out due to shift work and night shift?

    Just be sure to turn off your air conditioner and all the appliances before bed. Until then I guess I’ll be at work
  2. Elkbelch

    Has anyone experienced burn out due to shift work and night shift?

    I guess it depends on the work, I start my shift at 5am or 5pm I usually Shut down the plant around 10pm so from 11pm I’am on the forums or scouting on Earth. I get off at 5am and after 24 years I’ve adjusted. It sucks sometimes but so does a lot of things. I have two outside guys that work...
  3. Elkbelch

    Has anyone experienced burn out due to shift work and night shift?

    Ive been working a modified Dupont schedule for 24 years. 4 nights, 3 days off, three days on, one day off, three nights, three days off, 4 days then 7 days off. It’s two weekends off a month. I work nights, holidays, birthdays, we work 12 hour shifts so I work 14 out of 28. The bad thing is...
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    What's something you wish you would have learned sooner in life

    Well, I wear these golden handcuffs. I make more money than I thought I would ever have. I work nights, weekends, holidays, birthdatdays, anniversary's, opening days and elk season. If money is the measure Ive made it, if quality is the goal I fall short. My job has provided well and I will...
  5. Elkbelch

    What's something you wish you would have learned sooner in life

    We call these the golden handcuffs, don't fall for it. It will provide, it will also alter your dreams
  6. Elkbelch

    What's something you wish you would have learned sooner in life

    These are the good ole days
  7. Elkbelch

    Stock/bond allocation

    I am 53 and shifting to a more conservative approach. I stayed in high growth the last 20 years even when my Fidelity advisor said I was too risky. If I had followed their advice I would have missed out on a bunch of earnings. I am set now and don't want to give it back. Actually I've...
  8. Elkbelch

    Amazon deliveries?

    The only issue is the Amazon packages are all opened or have a hole torn in them for the past few years. Never missing but someone is defiantly shopping at work just haven't found it yet
  9. Elkbelch

    Tick prevention on dog

    We use Frontline and we live in the midwest where ticks are very thick. We don't have an issue with them on either of our labs
  10. Elkbelch

    Thru hike

    Thanks, she does have grit. She also hike the Colorado trail solo at 19. She wore out 5 pairs of shoes on the PCT
  11. Elkbelch

    Thru hike

    Anyone ever complete one of the big trails? I haven’t but my daughter completed the PCT last year in 5 months. We dropped her off in Campo Ca and she hiked to Canada, sort of. She had to bail on the Sierra at the second pass due to snow melt and deep crossings. She flew to Wa and hiked to the...
  12. Elkbelch

    Let see your best camp photos!

    Early snow last year, the second picture was 1990 something back when we froze over night in a cheap nylon tent
  13. Elkbelch

    How long would it take for you to give up?

    I hunted 6 years before I got my first bull, we actually started hunting deer out of state in 94 but were seeing more elk than deer so we coughed up the $250 NR elk tag and just went after them. We were on foot those days and were so jealous on I-70 of all the elk racks tied to the four...
  14. Elkbelch

    Most expensive thing you lost while hunting

    In 1986 my dad and I lost both of our Martin Lynx bows off the top of his 78 Firebird. We had sat in the car to warm up and decided to go into town to eat, after 4 miles of gravel roads we got on the HI way. Heard a heck of a racket and saw the bows bouncing down the pavement at over 60 miles...
  15. Elkbelch

    Garmin inreach mini 2 - How many messages ?

    My daughter just used hers for 5 months this summer while hiking the PCT. I think it was around $60/month but there were sometimes like over $100 months. My daughter said she was checking the weather so watch extra charges. I didn't care what it cost, it was worth it to plot her path along...
  16. Elkbelch

    Have You Ever Notched Your Tag On Opening Day: A poll

    Not on opening day but I did get a cow with my bow the first day we arrived at camp. After getting camp set up we decided to hunt the afternoon in a familiar spot. We sat down behind a blowdown and about an hour later the big ole cow came along. It was pretty late when we got the meat on the...
  17. Elkbelch

    When was your first year hunting OTC Elk in Colorado?

    1994
  18. Elkbelch

    Successful elk hunt!

    If you’re looking for pictures of giant elk or even a cow stop right here and move on. I hadn’t been on an elk hunt since 2012 when my father got old and quit going to the area we had hunted since 1994. I tried to satisfy my desire to be in the mountains by going on fishing trips with friends...
  19. Elkbelch

    What do you carry in that backpack??

    I like having all my gear in one place, I just grab and go. Kind of like my truck, if I drive, I got it with me if I rode with a buddy you can bet I forgot something. A pack is also handy to pack in extra propane bottles to the box blinds as it gets colder
  20. Elkbelch

    Real elk hunting!

    Thanks, we have enjoyed every minute of the hunt, for us it started in November 2021 after a deer hunt. She asked me about the days when grandpa and I would go elk hunting. She had a bunch of questions and dug out a bunch of old pictures when we got home. I told her it would be easier to show...

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