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    New Stone Glacier Avail 2200

    Thanks for the photos! SG keeps on making a switch from kifaru more compelling by the day.
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    Any Teachers? Time off questions

    x2. I'm a professor, and I'm personally grateful for the years real teachers spend devoted to our students. In my situation canceling a class or two in advance is not a problem and it frees a week or more for hunting. I wonder if it makes sense to find somewhere where you can hunt over the...
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    New Stone Glacier Avail 2200

    More Avail questions: Are the frame and stays removable (e.g. for an ultralight edc or day pack)? Along the same lines, how much weight does the avail frame add or subtract? Again, I'm thinking of ultralight daypack. 3+ lbs for carrying edc gear seems a bit extreme (says the guy who lugs a...
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    More federal property, formerly huntable, now being sold

    H.R.621 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain Federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal, and for other purposes. | Congress.gov |...
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    Trump goes all KGB on EPA

    This post had me laughing my a$$ off. Thought it was a complete joke, a parody even. Especially this line. After all what good is a job if your water and air are poisoned, your oceans are dead, your sealevels are rising inland, your extreme weather patterns are destroying your farms, your...
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    Obama Administration Bans Lead Ammo & Sinkers on Federal Lands

    This is great news! I use non-toxic ammo all the time, and it takes a little getting used to, but otherwise it's perfect. And as a hunter I am happy to make the adjustment and pay a couple cents more every shot, if it means protecting--or at least not poisoning--the environment for my children...
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    Pack Comfort Expectations

    Many factors are at play here beside weight and padding: back curvature vs frame curvature, frame size vs torso length, distribution of weight in the pack itself, etc. It takes me a few weeks of regular training to fine-tune each new pack I've ever purchased. One thing to consider doing is...
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    Coyote brown or foliage green

    any of these colors would be fine. I live in NYC and have used coyote and fg (not rg...yet), and, provided it's not camo, what seems to matter most is not color but the style of the pack itself. My old cb express raised more than a few eyebrows--one student described it as the most intimidating...
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    wtb omnibelt small, black

    As the subject line indicates, I'm looking for a black omni belt, size small, preferably padded and with pals (not sure if they make them without pals webbing, to be honest). PM me with offers.
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    Our new Secretary of the Interior

    Take a look at who'll in charge of the EPA and the State Department. I fully expect all of national resources to be handed over to the oil and gas industry a.s.a.p.
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    $50 off Outdoor Research Helium Bivy on Massdrop

    A Community For Your Interests - Massdrop
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    First world problems

    Please do. I'm facing the same first world problems...
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    For Sale 2016 Kifaru Megatarp

    can't believe I missed this...
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    Heather's Choice Experience

    Dear Heather, I noticed that almost all of your taste testers are based in Alaska. Perhaps it might make sense to expand the flavor profile and palate of your testers eastward and south. I know of at least one NYC-based hunter/hiker who would be interested in free shipments of your meals...
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    day pack

    I love Stone Glacier packs; and their minimalist approach to weight-savings cannot be beat, if their design works for you. I also have a bad back and need a frame that is contoured (the SG and ultralight Kifaru frames are vertical and have no curvature. I sprained my lower and had a spasm just...
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    Heather's Choice Experience

    Well, I had the opposite experience. Just gave it a full 20 minutes and it rehydrated for me perfectly. And, with the exception of the salmon chowder, which in my opinion is undifferentiated from bile in terms of texture, color, and flavor, I thought her meals worlds beyond the competition. I...
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    WTS - Smith Cylinder Stove - 18" Body - Super Tarp Annex

    What's the diameter of the pipe?
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    Seek Outside Courthouse

    12lbs is what I recall from Facebook.
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    The good, the meh, and the ugly

    As fall hunting season is underway and I just returned from a week-long, solo backcountry hunt, I'm interested in seeing what gear worked surprisingly well (the good), what you thought would work but turned out to be a dud or not as good as expected (the meh--a term I picked up from my...
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    Kuiu v kifaru

    I've tried both. Bought kuiu with the intention of selling my entire kifaru system and spending the extra cash on other gear. Just before putting the kifaru (I had a bikini at the time) on the market, I decided to compare both packs again with serious weight. I returned the kuiu pack the next...

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