Lets Introduce ourselves!

[7mag.]

Ken Lane
38
Buckley, Wa.
Been married to my wonderful wife for 14 years next week
One 7yo son
Sr. Heavy equipment operator in a 140 square mile watershed, and a wildland firefighter.

 

[justin davis]

Justin Davis
27

Colorado Native

Firefighter

Bowhunting addict. If it breaths ill hunt it with a bow.

Also enjoy photography, camping, backpacking, drinking. Big fan of Kifaru products. Enjoy solitude believe i have partial allergy to people!

 

[bz_711]

Matt - 35
Too far from the mountains in IL (no-not Chicago)
Wife and 4 kids keep me motivated...but becoming a recent elkoholic has opened my eyes to hunting the West and to Rokslide!

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK EVERYONE!!!

 

[Lawnboi]

Jake

21 Looks like im one of the younger guys on here.

Firefighter EMT, Going to school for paramedic.

Stuck in WI for now. 3.5 weeks a year I get to go have fun out west. That's not enough though.

After I get my medic license im hoping to find a place somewhere closer to the mountains to work. Eventually ill work my way out there, it just might take a little time (moving certs state to state is going to suck, but if any of you FF/ems have any info on jobs im all ears)

Bowhunter, love the backpacking aspect of hunting out west. Hate sitting in a treestand here in the Midwest.

 

[johnson taxidermy]

Waylon
40 years young
Taxidermist/Machinist
4 Children
Love the mountains and my Creator.

 

[big10hunter]

Bowhunter, love the backpacking aspect of hunting out west. Hate sitting in a treestand here in the Midwest.[/QUOTE]

x2. Agreed. Done it for too long. Sick of 40 acre blocks of land. I need wide open spaces

 

[Beastmode]

Jake

21 Looks like im one of the younger guys on here.

Firefighter EMT, Going to school for paramedic.

Stuck in WI for now. 3.5 weeks a year I get to go have fun out west. That's not enough though.

After I get my medic license im hoping to find a place somewhere closer to the mountains to work. Eventually ill work my way out there, it just might take a little time (moving certs state to state is going to suck, but if any of you FF/ems have any info on jobs im all ears)

Bowhunter, love the backpacking aspect of hunting out west. Hate sitting in a treestand here in the Midwest.

Have you looked in to taking the national tests when you get your certs... ? Some certs WON'T transfer state to state unless you have a national cert. When I was doing the firefighter thing I know bigger certs like EMT and medic had a national test that we could take as well as the state.

 

[shaun]

Have you looked in to taking the national tests when you get your certs... ? Some certs WON'T transfer state to state unless you have a national cert. When I was doing the firefighter thing I know bigger certs like EMT and medic had a national test that we could take as well as the state.

EMT is now required to pass the national registery test atleast in CA I believe that went into effect in 2006 the year after I got mine

 

[Beastmode]

EMT is now required to pass the national registery test atleast in CA I believe that went into effect in 2006 the year after I got mine

I got mine in 04 while I was still in high school. It was still an option then. I didn't take it but should have.

 

[Travis Bertrand]

National registry is pretty much the standard for all states now, I think there is a few stragglers. It's pretty much the standard nationwide or it is heading that way anyways with their new set of standards and certs.

 

[bigmoose]

Ray Wiser 62

Truck Driver and Old Deer Hunter (Damn!)

Into Mule Deer Hunting, Photography, and Camping

 

[landont20]

Landon Taylor 27

Orthopedic Device Sales

Stuck in Arkansas, new daddy, and love all kinds of hunting. Just getting into western back country, and this site is a fantastic help.

Thanks everyone!

 

[Trumpkin The Dwarf]

Malachi

Montana(born and raised)

Got elk? How bout Mule deer?

 

[diggerson]

Jeff - 38

Born, raised and still growing up in northern Colorado. Raising 3 kids of my own.

Project Manager for a small engineering consulting firm, we provide environmental consulting and construction program management.

Been hunting since my early teens, but just got into bowhunting a few years ago.

 

[Lawnboi]

I got mine in 04 while I was still in high school. It was still an option then. I didn't take it but should have.

I figure EMT and EMT-P should transfer farily easily considering in my state they require national registry.

As for fire, it gets complicated. All my current certs are IFSAC, but I know some states wont take just IFSAC to transfer over to their state cert.

Totally off topic sorry guys

 

[ohhiitznik]

I figure EMT and EMT-P should transfer farily easily considering in my state they require national registry.

As for fire, it gets complicated. All my current certs are IFSAC, but I know some states wont take just IFSAC to transfer over to their state cert.

Totally off topic sorry guys

Its alright, I'm in the same boat!

 

[Lawnboi]

Its alright, I'm in the same boat!

Yea I can see it being a pain when the time comes to start applying where id like to live.

I figured worst comes to worst I can re do my fire certs in my desired states. They cant take the experience away from me!

 

[philw]

Phil, Denver area 55.

Our three boys are grown and out of the house.

I like to hunt elk in the mountains, mostly with a muzzleloader, occasionally a bow. I like to handload and shoot custom rifles long-range, go figure.

Staying in shape for the hunt and hunting with guys half my age keeps me motivated.

You guys who are gear junkies and say "don't tell my wife" crack me up, as if she didn't know.

My wife calls the basement "Cabela's." Don't tell her that none of the stuff came from Cabela's!!

 

[sk1]

National registry is pretty much the standard for all states now, I think there is a few stragglers. It's pretty much the standard nationwide or it is heading that way anyways with their new set of standards and certs.

yeah, definitely a few stragglers. i used to hold a wisconsin state emt license, also currently nationally registered. wisconsin decided to be cute a few years ago and add an additional 6 hour refresher class to make theirs a 30 hour instead of the 24 hour to maintain your license. so every 2 years i have to fly to wisconsin for a 6 hour class not offered anywhere else in the country, awesome. i can have 100+ CME hours but nothing counts other than their 6 hour class.

I just applied for a FF job in wisconsin and will be applying for two more this spring/fall and had to reciprocity my national emt, apparently wisconsin will recognize that because im from out of state, but the ems department told me i can only reciprocity once or twice, so eventually i will still have to come back for the 6 hour refresher if i want to maintain my state license for applying for jobs. wahoo.

this is now the introduce yourself and national registry emt thread, sorry..

 

[crumy]

Phil.

I have to agree. The good thing with my wife is she like to shoot too. But every time she sees me on the computer looking at stuff and watching videos she is like "Ok.. what are we going to go get now?" But I did find the line that we won't cross. I was watching the videos about the no mountain house challenge and she feels pretty strong about the fact that we will not be dehydrating food.

Phil, Denver area 55.

Our three boys are grown and out of the house.

I like to hunt elk in the mountains, mostly with a muzzleloader, occasionally a bow. I like to handload and shoot custom rifles long-range, go figure.

Staying in shape for the hunt and hunting with guys half my age keeps me motivated.

You guys who are gear junkies and say "don't tell my wife" crack me up, as if she didn't know.

My wife calls the basement "Cabela's." Don't tell her that none of the stuff came from Cabela's!!