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I generally do the gutless method also, but on a guided hunt where we use horses they often qtr. the elk for packing back to camp. The guide told me that the F&G had asked them to "open the belly" after doing the gutless method as it allows for quicker and more complete disposal by birds if...

I don't like the term, and it has gotten a bad connotation for non-hunters. The perception is that we only shoot the biggest critters for their antlers, and let the meat rot. We all would like to shoot the biggest buck in the woods, but in many of the areas that I hunt, if you see a legal buck...

You go down a rabbit hole when you discuss "what ifs". I have taught firearms safety classes for 35 years, and the local warden does his presentation for one of the nights. Every year someone asks a question that he doesn't know (5 wardens thru the years), or provided an answer that I wasn't...

Great buck & story too. Except for that part where you said that you had to circle back, so I had to scroll up to make sure that it wasn't Biden's press secretary writing the story.

Well, I finally got the two guys who I have been prompting to buy points since their last hunt in CO in 2008 to apply for an elk tag. Even with reminders they dropped the ball a few times and have 8. We had focused on a MZL elk hunt which would take 7 to draw (NR), but after all these years...

I could always count to eleven as long as I had pockets.

When President Ford stumbled coming off Airforce One, Chevy Chase made it a regular byline whenever he was on SNL. I don't expect to see those guys making any jokes at Joe's expense, even though there's plenty of material to work with.

My dream hunt is always my next one. In my 21 hunting trips out west since 2006, I can't say that I have ever had a negative experience because of the poor behavior of other hunters. Of course some hunts were negatively impacted because they just happened to be where I chose to hunt, but on...

I've been trying for two months to get Social Security to figure out what they did paying $32K into my deceased aunt's closed bank account. No one seems too concerned about it, and yesterday I got a statement that she also received the last $600 stimulus. I'm the trustee, but I'm not really...

When applying for a "Special" tag, make sure that you look over the statistics for that unit for the last few years. You may be surprised to find that paying the extra $ doesn't give you much better odds. That was true for a deer unit and an antelope unit that I was going to apply for last...

I have found that is the diet system that is most sustainable for me. Two key points are that you don't allow yourself to gain too much between the fasting phase; for me I put that set point at 5 lbs. The other is to not just give yourself a free pass to pig out the rest of the time, and...

I agree with Jim about using your points, and generally make sure I have at least one more point than was required to draw the previous year. Even that wasn't enough for 3 years running in CO, but has kept me in tags 11+ times in WY. The antelope area that I last drew for bucks in WY took 5...

CC; It's really sad when you think about it that the old gray mare that you rode 15 miles to the one room school house is long dead now.

The first part must have been a workout; moving gun safes could potentially be a crippling event. But your trip to Cabela's was your reward. My 2nd Covid shot laid me low for a couple days, not bad, but enough that I didn't do any of my exercises. Better now, and with some fresh snow...

My wife is getting a new knee in 3 weeks, and who knows what my out of pocket will be on that. So, I won't be taking any trips to Vegas anytime soon. Not that I ever went there anyway.

We'll do what we did with the first one, and use it to pay our real estate taxes. One had gives, and the other takes. If you don't need it, then you may want to give it to your grandkids since they will be the ones paying for it.

Tim; I don't suppose that all your years of whitewater rafting, mountain biking, and snowmobiling had anything to do with it.

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has ebbed and flowed over the years and has a big impact on game habitat in farming areas. Politics and especially the economics of corn based ethanol influence the acres enrolled in the program. I'm not a farmer, and can't say that I even know any. As...

As in most (if not all) cases of new infections/diseases, much is learned over time as to what works and what doesn't. There are some anti-viral treatments as well as therapeutics that have been shown to be effective. Far fewer people are put on ventilators now than initially due to these...

We replaced our worn out mattress a year ago, and I have nothing but regret over the "upgrades." Our first new replacement was far too hard, and so we took the loss after only 3 months and got a Sleep Number bed. That was a big improvement, but I still have nights where I have to move to the...