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  1. OregonJim

    Survival equipment

    Sorry if I'm dredging up an old dialog....... The GPS thread got me thinking about other equipment I carry. I found a thread from last year discussing spot and epirbs, but I couldn't find a thread discussing survival related equipment that folks are carrying. Admittedly I am probably overdoing...
  2. OregonJim

    Meat care long term

    The recent thread on bear meat got me thinking about how I keep meat for the long haul. One of the real downsides to hunting out of state is the need to have it processed. I absolutely love to cut and wrap my own meat and we always are twice as satisfied when we do it ourselves. I double wrap...
  3. OregonJim

    Colorado Elk unit 074

    Looks like plans are rapidly changing for my trip out to Wy / CO for rifle Elk. After Wyoming, which is my tag which I have been waiting on since they went to points, we are heading south. Every other year we hunt 1st season Colorado unit 23. Nothing fancy, hunting out of camp, NF with ok...
  4. OregonJim

    Regional weather updates

    I was wondering how each region is holding up weather wise. I will be heading to Wyoming (NW of Rawlings) and Colorado (East of Meeker) in Sep- Oct so I am very interested in the severity of the weather this winter. Can anyone share 1st person perspective? Not that we get many nonresidents...
  5. OregonJim

    Swapping right handed to left

    I am sorry if this has been discussed before. I was wondering if anyone has switched draws R to L or L to R. A few years ago I discovered that I really should have been shooting left handed all along. It only took about 12 years of bow hunting and a fair number of filled tags to realize it. It...
  6. OregonJim

    Oregon Coast New Guy

    Thanks for all the welcome aboards, I live, work and hunt on the Oregon Coast. I routinely hunt Colorado and I regularly apply in WY & NM. I have a lot more pics of trophies with fins than I do with horns. It always seems that tasty meat outweighs potential taxidermy bills. I am about 15...