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    Alaska for a month

    Alcan (we refer to it as the Alaska Hwy) is usually a better road and a better chance of seeing wildlife, especially from Fort Nelson, BC to Watson Lake, YT. All the small gas stations should be open by then as well. Bear in mind that there will be significant stretches of zero cell service...
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    Alaska for a month

    Your current vehicle will be fine. Most likely your worst part of the drive will be from Burwash Landing , Yukon through Beaver Creek and part way to Fairbanks. That section of paved highway is a shit-show of pot holes and frost heaves. I would suggest a new set of decent shocks before...
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    Freshman Class of 2023- who is in it?

    Ya, it sucked when grizzly tags went up to $25... :)
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    Freshman Class of 2023- who is in it?

    Don't think I qualify as a freshman but yes, I will be spending my $45 CDN to get a sheep, grizzly and caribou tag and, barring some catastrophe, be at it again in 2023. :)
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    Advice on Sewing

    If you're looking to spend $100 on a machine then disregard but... I would have been a 3rd gen upholsterer if I hadn't pursued a different career path but grew up doing the upholstery thing (auto, marine, furniture) and when my father passed many years ago I kept a lot of his tools. One being...
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    What is Going on in Canada

    Barrel length for shotguns doesn't come into play. As long as it's a commercially manufactured barrel there is no minimum length- hence the availability of 10" 870 barrels. Non-restricted, 100% legal. 10000 joules equates to about 7375 ft/lbs of ME, which is why the 460 Weatherby, and...
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    Christmas gift for the wife

    olukai is the new Ugg... just sayin' :) One of the Xmas gifts that my wife was thrilled about was a Sako finnlight topped with a swaro. A really good pair of bino's is also on the list. Aren't all wives like this?
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    April is Autism Awareness month

    The interest in hunting is strong with this one. lol But he's also not deterred by lack of success. We did a week of moose hunting this fall and, while a shoulder replacement in June had me somewhat limited in where I could get to and realistically do, we got out and about. We called it the...
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    What % of your daughters hunt???

    3 kid, now in their 20's and all hunt. Oldest is my "little girl"- she'll always be that even though at 28 and with a son of her own it's not really an accurate description. lol Of all of them she has always been the biggest information sponge of all things wild and hunting and now arranges...
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    Your longest pack out by foot?

    My longest was sheep hunting with my wife, about 8 years ago. Didn't find legal rams and unfortunately she had a goat tag in her pocket. She ended up putting a good billy on the ground (with her muzzleloader) about a mile from camp. Hide was beautiful and thick so I caped it for a full body...
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    Shipping fees from Kifaru to Canada

    "Would that make it fit basically the same as a 24" frame?" I have no idea... I'm a Stone Glacier guy. :) Precision would probably be worth a call to get an estimate when they might restock. I can neither confirm, nor deny, that I may have spent some $ there so I'm happy to vouch for them...
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    Shipping fees from Kifaru to Canada

    You can expect brokerage and customs fees... Or you could try a Canadian dealer for Kifaru in BC at https://www.precisionoptics.net/category_s/960.htm Might save you the grief of dealing with customs and Precision are stand up people. .
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    Hide Tanning

    Tanning prices are considerably higher in my part of the world. lol But I used to send them to Quebec for tanning. Did a decent job for just a bit more than you posted but I tube skin my pelts and they always came back opened. I now use BC Furdressers. Excellent job and customer service plus...
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    Hide Tanning

    If you're going to start doing a bunch of hides and/or trapping get a Necker fleshing knife. If you're going to do thin skinned animals get a piece of HDPE board and cut strips about 2 ft by 1 1/2"- 2" wide. Cut one edge at a 45 degree angle and use that as a fleshing knife.- I use it for lynx...
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    Canadians buying First lite, can't buy in USD or have items shipped to the USA

    Get a US VISA card. I have one through RBC for traveling and buying stuff in the US. If you are a RBC customer you can link all your accounts for on line banking and moving money back and forth in US/CAD is painless. (NB: I don't work for and am not affiliated with RBC :) )
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    First Hunting Rifle Question, asking for a friend.....truly.

    Does he like the one he borrows? If it was me, and the .270 he uses was part of his Grandfather-in-laws stable for a long time, I'd go with the sentimental end of things and ask if I could have that one.
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    2022 game harvest

    I've had a lot of memorable days a field with kids but one that still stands out happened about 20 years ago when my oldest boy was about 6/7. I took him over to a place we called "grocery store" island- place was heavily populated with deer and we usually came home with one or 2. Day was...
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    Ram Pickup CTD 6.7 vs Hemi 6.4

    120K miles (200k+ km) on my 2011 3500. No issues with anything so far. It hates 40 below weather (so do I) but fires up if plugged in. No delete but with the price of diesel its looking better. Dealer up here will even do the delete. Question: If I ever do a delete and drive it down south...
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    Hunting partners…Finding new ones, losing old ones.

    Sometimes you just have to grow your own...
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    Numb toe

    Worst I had it took about a year to come back. Started after a very heavy pack out.

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