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  1. .204smokechaser

    Physical prep for season

    I stay in mountain shape for my job and train to peak on climbing hills in late august. 80% hiking 20% running cardio wise for me. I’m trying something new this year since 90% of my packouts are down hill as there’s very little roads where I hunt. There’s a few sticks of larch that fell last...
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    Idaho Spring Bear

    Checked a co workers camera this afternoon and the cedar right up the hill from his camera was freshly scratched up. Pretty early and no greenup yet in this area since the snow came off during the 3-4” of precip last weekend, but bears are no doubt starting to get spring fever, 1800’ elevation...
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    What is the single most important thing you will do in 2025 to enjoy your time outside more?

    Just leave the house and take leave. Currently 950 miles away. I got in some sort of woods over 300 days last year so I’m going on the basis it actually leaving the region I live in on my answer
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    The 2025 Snowpack Thread

    Just about tripled the snow pack this last week. Pretty good opening day at the non profit ski hill!
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    Men’s Mental Health Challenge

    If a guy could leave any time and go bass fishing anywhere in the south, where would you send him? I’ve never been in the south for pleasure and feel that I need to use up all my vacation days starting Monday and put my current trajectory on pause. Some place with a campground and ability to...
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    The 2025 Snowpack Thread

    A snorkel was needed in a few places I went to this week. It’s nice to see that a few more non profit ski hills are finally able to fire up the rope tows and T bars this weekend!
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    The 2025 Snowpack Thread

    Need any avalanche control volunteers? I want to blow banner pass up. 🤣
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    Fork in the road letter

    I’ll add something important that affects us hunters. Prescribed burning funding has been axed from the budget for the most part. The forests in the southeast need the prescribed burning and with no money to send those of us in the west to help out in say Arkansas to Florida anymore, hunters are...
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    Fork in the road letter

    I’ve heard of one GS Fantastic eligible for retirement that took it. If I was close to retirement, I wouldn’t take it as the potential for stuff to get screwed up is real with what we’ve received in our inboxes about this offer at USDA.
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    Lessons from a wildfire

    You got that mixed up for someone in the south.
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    Lessons from a wildfire

    Yep. Out of state fire apparatus is exempt from any special emissions, I’ve never been checked for it. Now if you got a check engine light and it comes back to emissions, you’ll get placed out of service until the cal fire mechanics fix it. I Wanted to write that additional info as there’s a...
  12. .204smokechaser

    smoking

    I feel like the only way to sit in a tree stand like some of you mid west and east coast folks do is to be high as a kite. I can’t believe people can sit up in a tree for so long and stay sane!
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    Lessons from a wildfire

    Engines being turned away due to emissions is somewhat fake news. Can’t believe everything you read. Whenever a resource gets assigned to a large incident, especially cal fire, all apparatus overhead and crew vehicles will remain on site at ground support until they are up to standard, from...
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    What the closest face-to-face encounters you've had with animals while hunting?

    One time in the late winter I was painting a cedar laying out a unit. Started on the downhill side painting it when I got to it and right as I was walking to the uphill side I see a bear looking at me from the cat face. I crapped my pants that day. I still go back every winter to see if the bear...
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    Lessons from a wildfire

    The power lines are a big one. Curious to see what the fire investigators find that started many, but I know power companies outside of calfornia are starting to de energize lines in wind events and also de energize lines before fire personnel are engages on the ground. Also, I am not up to...
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    Lessons from a wildfire

    I’m on the fence of wanting to go down there due to the pure chaos fighting fire in So Cal brings. Seems the media has more rights than fire personnel down there. My gear is packed and in the truck regardless. The amount of politics over these fires is unreal. Elected presidents Musk and Trump...
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    ID Spring bear/Steelhead trip help

    Spring Bear and spring Steelhead season doesn’t line up to well IMO. Find a unit where there’s a river with bull trout, and you’ll have more fun. Fishing for bull trout in September isn’t very effective as that’s spawning time. My bio friends and co workers are always camped out somewhere doing...
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    Free Turkeys - Leavenworth

    It’s also fun to watch em go poof when they hit the grill guard. I got 6 at the same time in a morning once.
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    Utah- what the hell?

    I think in 2025 we will see some cost analysis done by both sides of the voting spectrum, the small mountain town economies will take a hit when public lands get sold off in big chunks. Small towns will be dismantled when there are no weekend Warriors headed to the BLM and Forest Service...
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    Utah- what the hell?

    If there’s mines on public land that are destroying the environment, sell that to the mines. I 100% disagree with this mindset of let’s dismantle the federal land management agencies. It isn’t so much the people in charge of the BLM and Forest Service as it is Congress that enacts these...

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