Download the lose it app, set a weight goal, enter your body stats. Then, log everything you put in your mouth for 3-4 weeks a and that will recalibrate your brain’s understanding of what you need to eat in a day. Also, exercise, but don’t let the app offset calories for that and if you stay on...
IPAs and Glocks. Seriously, it is like my mind can’t grasp the infinite configurations of each. I have recently taken to having slides milled for various optics (Vortex, Leupold, Trijicon). JagerWerks in Michigan is awesome for custom slide work by the way...
Other thing I will add, if you go the hiking shoe route, pack gaiters to keep you dry. I agree with the comments about trying it with a load/sidehilling first. I did all that and have enjoyed them for the last few hunts.
I hunt with Under Armour hiking shoes in Colorado in August/September and just pack heavier boots to keep in the truck if there is early snow in the forecast. My feet thank me every year.
Anti-Gravity Gear (thru-hiking supply depot) has it for sale by the foot here:
https://antigravitygear.com/shop/product-category/tyvek-ground-cloth-by-the-foot/
I have purchased a number of items from their website with timely delivery and good customer service.
Focus on finding a great couple of spots and then choose equipment based around the best opportunities. One piece of equipment you must use hunting from an elevated stand is a harness. Spinal cord injuries or serious fractures are one misstep or cheap strap away. Don't skimp on your life...
I am a self guided big-game and bird hunter, but I have done a ton of guided trout fishing trips, and the best guides teach without being intrusive. They don't say, "the way you should do X is by doing Z". They ask questions in anticipation of common scenarios as a way to feel out the client's...
Love Urban Chestnut, it’s just too far for me to go regularly as a Westsider to make my top 3. Crown Valley in Ste. Genevieve, Tin Mill in Hermann, and Public House in St. James are awesome too.
Missouri:
Logboat Brewery- Snapper IPA
Boulevard Brewery- Tank 7
Mother’s- Lil’ Helper
...and you I can’t beat the consistency of Busch Light for a mass produced domestic lager.
Lower Price: Weller Green Label, Knob Creek, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit
Higher: Rowan Creek, Blanton's, Basil Hayden.
Have never needed to make it anymore complicated than that.
Loving this thread. Mine died in 2013 and I think about stuff he said all the time.
"He is so tight he can squeeze a nickel hard enough to turn it into a quarter".
"I'd rather have 40 acres of rattlesnakes than [fill in the blank]". (Usually something to do with farming cotton)
"That boy is...