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  1. mallardsx2

    Secondary Draw

    I remember that. LOL What a joke that was.
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    Investments - what has served you well?

    To elaborate on my situation: The company that I worked for several years back, basically lied on their financial backlog report to inflate the stock and then several large projects got cancelled.......They got caught in their lie, and it basically bankrupted the company and forced them to...
  3. mallardsx2

    Investments - what has served you well?

    I would stay away from an ESOP. I fell victim to that once upon a time. Never again. I lost a pile of money on that adventure.
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    35 Whelen-Powders?

    Prery, Did you end up getting your gun re-barreled or whatever you were up to?
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    Kodiak Canvas 8-Person

    It’s heavy but very manageable since the poles are in their own bag with the stakes. That makes it manageable. Just guessing: 50lb-tent bag 30lb -pole/stake bag.
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    Kodiak Canvas 8-Person

    I/We had to do something. Back on a 2019 Colorado elk hunt my wife woke up to 2” of water in our tent ( that I assured her was a great tent that was waterproof) and I assure you that she wasn’t impressed. Lol good times. I didn’t tell her that I had bought that tent in 2000 and was too cheap to...
  7. mallardsx2

    The Memes Thread!

    ^^^^I threw one of those through my dads roof shingles when I was a kid. My ass still hurts from that beating….. I almost got away with it but when I was climbing the tv antenna to get up on the roof to pull it out the reception on the tv started acting up and he came out to check it and there...
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    Kodiak Canvas 8-Person

    It was $650 on sale. This is the “delux model. I have been eyeballing these tents since they hit the market years ago. Never liked a wall tent. We used one back in 02 and I just didn’t care for it. It was too big, leaked, and it was SUPER heavy. This one is heavy but small enough that you...
  9. mallardsx2

    Secondary Draw

    Personally, I wouldn't be opposed to the youth or seniors getting first shot at the tags in the secondary draw, IF, the people who drew the tags in the primary draw as their first choice loose all of their preference points as a punishment for turning their tag in or not paying for it. AND if...
  10. mallardsx2

    Kodiak Canvas 8-Person

    I pulled my heater buddy out of storage yesterday and the pilot light would barely stay lit......when I bypassed that and just hit the thermocoupler until gas flowed with the gas turned on low to the main burner the main burner stayed lit with no problem.... Gonna have to get it on the work...
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    Kodiak Canvas 8-Person

    Its got to be at least 75 pounds. Not something you would want to pack very far. Maybe a couple hundred yards at the most. I unzipped it yesterday evening once the rain has passed and it was completely dry in there. Sleepingbear, How does that Mr. Heater buddy work in the tent? We have one...
  12. mallardsx2

    Kodiak Canvas 8-Person

    I picked a good day to set it up to test it. That wind must have been blowing 40MPH out there. lol
  13. mallardsx2

    Kodiak Canvas 8-Person

    Good idea on the 2 tarps for sure. I had heard that if you leave the awning rolled up that some people have experienced leaks coming into their tent from that location as it will pond water. You had any experiences of this?
  14. mallardsx2

    Kodiak Canvas 8-Person

    I have a good ultralight tent but never had anything to use as a good "basecamp" tent. With the price of fuel, dragging the enclosed trailer across the country really isn't an option this year. So I finally pulled the trigger and got me a good tent. I had a bunch of old cabelas gift cards...
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    Fuel prices affect

    When you have to pay people (who made $8/hr two years ago) $16/hr to come back to work. That has adverse effects right up through the chain. Its affecting everything from food to fuel. This IS the new norm for fuel. I doubt you will EVER see the price of fuel go back down below $4/gallon.
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    Fuel prices affect

    I grew up 30 miles form where the first oil well was ever drilled in the US (Drakes well). Drake Well Museum and Park | Drake Well Museum I have been working in the oil and gas arena for the last 16 years. Its an ebb and flow depending on the current administration and peoples emotions.
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    Fuel prices affect

    ^^ ~60 miles each way for me. Soul crushing when prices are high. I drove to Richmond on Monday and I was thankful that my 2500 truck averaged 25.1 MPG. We had a pile of gift cards from cableas and ordered us a Kodiak Canvas 8 person tent to avoid pulling the enclosed trailer to Colorado...
  18. mallardsx2

    Secondary Draw

    I might be wrong here but I believe that ALL under-subscribed and surrendered tags (tags taking 5 points or less) prior to population of the secondary draw list get put into the the secondary draw. (Excluding those that take 6 points or more , these go to the next person in line). So my...
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    Secondary Draw

    SOOO many tags turned back in as per usual. I wonder how point creep would be reduced if the people who turned the tags back in lost their points...They need to seriously act on this sooner than later. I hope people aren't drawing these tags and then turning their tags back in immediately just...
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    Secondary Draw

    I agree, enough with the "Dad Tags" already....