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    Katadyn Hiker pro compatibility

    Don't fret it. I have 2 PUR Hikers that are both about 15 years old. Both are in use all summer.
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    Fixed blade or folder?

    Folder in my pocket and fixed in my pack. Folder is great for everyday mundane things. When you need a fixed, you need a fixed. Typically stronger, heavier, longer, thicker blade. Will take abuse better.
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    Backcountry Water Filtration System

    There are lots of good choices out there. I have 2 PUR Hikers that are at least 10-15 years old. They are a Katadyne product now, but I don't know what they call it...I just look at the picture on the Kat box for new filters.
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    Cleaning bladder with bite valve?

    I do this, but don't bother with a rinse. I have 5 bladders that I use, and just do them all at once. This is a pretty standard disinfecting protocol worldwide.
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    What's your sewing set up?

    1950's Singer 503, 1200 square foot shop with two 4x8' benches(I make my living in it, some sewing included). Clear and clean a bench when needed for cuts. Sewing machine lives on a 2x4 fold up table pretty much year round...with a dust cover of course. Clean and oil about every 10 yards(2...
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    Compression strap questions

    Order online if you want bulk. Otherwise go to REI or another large outdoor related store locally. Browse through the buckle options and buy some webbing by the foot. Stitch it in one line, up...down...up, on top of one another. Move over 1\2"-1" and repeat. Stitch by hand or machine. 1"...
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    Accessories for new bow set up

    The quest for the "Silver Bullet". You are the personality types that keep us outdoor retailers in business. Thank you BTW. There have been no great leaps in product technology. So if you are happy with your old bow (keeping it for a backup) then why not buy the new bow, and think about what...
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    Should Western Hunting Expo take a stand for Public Lands?

    You don't (as well as most others) understand how the industry works. It is not a non-revenue show. It is a show and tell. If you are a retailer, and want to carry products for the 2018 summer season, your preseason contracted minimum order is DUE anywhere between August 1 and October 30 of...
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    T-Mobile In The West

    Verizon or AT&T, T-Mobile sucks away from the main human corridors.
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    Food for thought...saved by my gun

    Two times in 26 years. From a.m. shower till bed, every day...even mowing the lawn, plowing snow on the tractor...and during rifle season.
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    Practice Regimen

    You can still train well at 20yds. Line up to shoot 5yds left or right of your target and twist at waist to hit target. Shoot from your knees. Shoot with a 2x4 or 4x4 or big rock under one foot. Or shoot from a small ramp sloping front/back or left/right(chunk of plywood over that 4x4)...
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    Camp Fire Story

    When you were a kid, you were hearing a mountain lion looking for a mate.
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    Bow Dilemma

    Shoot your old bow. Get new strings and cables for it. Put on a more modern rest, sight, stabilizer and quiver. Get a new release. That will run $4-500. All of those parts will transfer to a new bow next season if you still think you need to upgrade. I still shoot a 2004. Every year I...
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    "Navigable waters" access through private land

    Trespass on the road to the public property. Take the ticket if issued. Go to court. Defense is that there is a prescriptive easement, or sue for the easement beforehand (class action). A good real estate attorney who hunts or fishes would help a lot.
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    Training hikes in VA

    Isn't 4000 feet higher than the majority of the Appalachian Mountains? Forgive me if I have overlooked stuff, but I am under the impression that the East is relatively flat ( the mountain 500 yds behind my house rises 2500 feet in 1.2 miles). I don't think there is any "training" for The West"...
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    "Navigable waters" access through private land

    Find out your state's SPECIFIC trespass laws. If the landowner owns the stream bed but the public owns the water, your scenario would not work. If the state owns the stream bed to the high water mark, your plan would work. Both scenarios are common in the west.
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    Strings

    Yes, you will have to re-tune after a string change. If you do your own bow work take good measurement notes and it will go faster. If you are using a pro shop for set up and tune then it will be a similar process to when you got it set up previously.
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    Outfitter/Guiding Internship Recommendations?

    I may be out of wack on what it is you are looking for, but I have never personally heard of such a thing. It would have to be a pretty big operation. Most people hire on as a grunt of some kind in the beginning and hope they are called back the following season. Until they have enough track...
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    Woodsman/Reckoning Water Bladder

    JPD350, I have added pass through ports for hydration bags when old packs did not have them or I didn't like where they passed through. Just have any local person with a sewing machine sew a 1.5" button hole, and you are good to go (bite valve will pass through that size on my MSR rigs).
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    So do I want a bino harness

    Gowing up...all we had was the tourist neck strap. At least by the early 90's they started making the straps wider so they wouldnt decapitate you over the course of a long hike.

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