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    Colorado Residents Please Fill Out the HOWL Link

    Last day to be heard (unless they delay again!). I just keep forwarding my chain of emails to my senator every day with a new note at the top. Lets him know I am still here and also shows them that they have never responded!
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    Put Some Thought into your first aid kit

    I am a big believer in building your kit around your training and knowledge. That said https://andrewskurka.com/backpacking-first-aid-kit-gear-list-downloadable-checklist/ is a decent resource.
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    What has actually quit on you in the field?

    The trigger/firing pin on my Rem 700 froze solid once in -10 weather. I've since disassembled and cleaned it with carb cleaner. Hasn't happened again.
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    Put Some Thought into your first aid kit

    Great reminder....and we probably all need a good one on a regular basis. A year ago I started carrying a SWAT-T, Clotting Gauze and an OLAES bandage. Another really good thing to keep in the kit is chewable aspirin....you know, just in case someone has a heart attack. I'm a big fan of...
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    Sleeping Pads and Insulation type

    I'll second the coldness of the score. I don't use mine below 40 without an ensolite pad on top.
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    Roof Damage Home Owners Insurance Question...

    Ack. Roof insurance is such a mixed bag. I've had my roof damaged by hail twice. The first time it was the original t-lock roof. The insurance paid for the full replacement. I put on impact resistant shingles etc. as suggested by my insurance company. The second time I had hail damage (it...
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    2 person Trekking pole tent

    X-Mid!
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    Turkey Tech App

    I have a copy of it. There's a lot more to it than I use. I picked it up more for leaning calls than for anything else. It follows the same format as the elk version in terms of instruction etc.
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    Hydration supplements

    I like Nuun. The LMNT seems great but I really don't want that much sodium intake. Mountain House meals fill that need :)
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    Why the hell do my big toes biggest joints hurt?

    I'd rule out gout before pushing it. Those crystals that form in the joint can do some long term damage. I have a right toe that does a similar thing (without the numbness). Feels fine until I start walking and then some distance in it starts to hurt. Sometimes it clears up, sometimes it...
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    6.5 CM copper bullet choice lite and fast or heavy

    Yes. If you look at the published velocity of the 120 gr factory loaded Barnes Vor-TX it is going plenty fast at 400 yards to expand. Even if you cut the velocity numbers down to make sure it is going fast enough there is no worry in my mind out to 300 yards. My son shot a deer last fall with...
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    How to process brass after unloading...before reloading

    Grand. Thanks much. Yes, I will be using the same powder (Accurate 2700) but will be reloading for general range practice (trigger time for my son) rather than hunting or competition. I had planned on reloading with a mid-range charge just in case. If it matters for neck tension, I used the...
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    How to process brass after unloading...before reloading

    I've been searching around about how to handle brass that has been unloaded but haven't found much. I have a couple of boxes that I have unloaded because they were going over pressure. I've figure out what went wrong there but now I want to re-load the primed cases that I've just unloaded. Do...
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    Walk me thru proper load development...

    https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/painless-load-development-mine.238400/page-30#post-3493928
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    Most Filling Health Bars?

    ProBar Meal Bars. The peanut butter one has 390 calories and 12g of protein. carry 4 bars and you have about 1,500 calories in your pack. Throw in a Mountain House and you're over 2,000 calories and 30g of protein. All that for about a pound in your pack......add a 6oz salami and you get...
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    CO point holders: how have you changed your draw strategy?

    I use mine as soon as I have enough for a sort of reasonable unit. Last thing I want is to get caught in no-mans-land with too many points for the reasonable units but not enough for a really good unit. I'd rather hunt more.
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    New hunters. Cheap vs expensive? What do I actually need and what are realistic expectations?

    There was a good discussion about affordable rifles on Hunt Talk a while back - https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/ranking-10-common-bolt-action-hunting-rifles-under-750.291265/
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    Money or Happiness

    You have to do something for work that is meaningful and valuable to you. Money be damned. Easy to say. Hard to do. What I do know for sure is that doing a job you hate will make you less valuable to your wife as a husband and a father to your kids. Unhappy people aren't resilient. Do some...
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    Nissan Titan PRO-4X

    Not crazy. Buy what you like. The tundra isn't some magical truck even if it is well made.
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    Ramshot Big Game, 7mm-08, and Magnum Primers

    Barnes publishes loads with Big Game: https://www.barnesbullets.com/load-data/

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