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    Pretty good summer

    I can't complain about this summer. May saw lots of whitewater and mountain biking. June saw lots of mountain biking, snow pack left way to quickly for the whitewater side. July was a trip to alaska, for more mountain biking. Lots of biking in August and the wife and I just got back from a...
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    Does anyone still hunt turkeys?

    Doing a walk last night, i walked up on a flock of turkeys. I do it all the time actually. Does anyone just still hunt turkeys? They always seem to let you walk with in 20 yards of them, before they start running off. ps i don't hunt them, they seem to easy.
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    2023 Iron Dog expedition class finisher

    I got asked to do this. What a ride 1049 miles on my snowmobile, from Big lake to Nome. Everything went well. Now I am waiting out a blizzard in Nome, so I can catch an airplane back to Anchorage. I got to ride thru the Alaska range and on the sea ice of the Bering sea. Winter is my...
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    Poaching, why is it acceptable on predators, but not on ungulates?

    Just like the title says, curious as to why poaching is bad on some animals, but not on others? Are ungulates put on a higher level because we eat them, and predators on a lower level, because they eat "our" ungulates?
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    really good venison recipe

    I am not much of a cook, but i had some backstraps i did this with. Very tasty. https://fwp.mt.gov/binaries/content/assets/fwp/montana-outdoors/recipes/venisonloin_nd21.pdf
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    Taping a barrel on a muzzleloader?

    can you shoot thru the tape on a muzzleloader the way you can a centerfire rifle? thanks tim
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    Lake Clark National Park; Chilikondrotna river float

    Well the wife wanted an adventure for our anniversary. So we flew to Alaska and then took a bush flight into upper twin lake where the Dick Proeneke cabin is. We visited the cabin and then i rowed both lakes and floated the chili and mulchotna rivers. Roughly 100 miles from where we where...
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    Is there a sheep issue this year?

    Just curious, but i thought the sheep issue came out before the elk issue? Did i miss it? thanks tim
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    Muley or cross with whitetail?

    So seen this doe last night. Muley rump with a whitetail face. I don't see many muleys here, mainly whitetail. Outside of Coeur d alene, idaho.
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    We need to go back to: Ride Fast and Take Chances

    I just got off of the phone with a phone solcitor, he ended with stay safe, stay healthy. I came back with we need to :Ride fast and take chances. I guess when i look back to the 90's and ride fast and take chances was the slogan(mountain biker), life was simpler, funner and way less...
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    Any tips or tricks to replacing stuck blades in an outdoor edge knife?

    I have a replaceable blade outdoor edge knife for about 5 years. It has cut up a fair amount of animals, the last few times i have noticed that it is getting harder to replace the blade. I am guessing dried up blood ect. Now i can not remove the blade. Any tips or tricks. I have cleaned it...
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    Boom time or Doom time where you live?

    Just curious as to how the economies are doing where you live. In north Idaho it is definately BOOM time. Business is really good, unemployment is low, For the most part we have came back to February levels. How is it where you are?
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    Ok Folks, serious question here

    Ok, serious question. When you are air guitaring, do you switch up the instruments based on the song, or do you stick to the air guitar. ie do you switch back and forth between the drums and air guitar, or stay air guitar. Some I imagine throw the sax in. So lets hear about how you folks...
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    pump action 12 ga versus 45-70 lever rifle for alaskan bear defense

    So which one would you pick for your alaskan grizzly bear defense gun? Both have merits.
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    Sunday funday, sledding the selkirks of idaho

    Fun day practicing social distancing. Selkirk mts of North idaho. Normal snow pack up high. Lacking big time down low.snowpack up
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    Am I the only one who does not enjoy cleaning firearms?

    Hunting season has been over for 6 weeks and just getting around to cleaning the rifles. I don't know why, but I just don't enjoy it. I understand why I have to and all. Any one else feeling the same way?
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    Don't put all your faith in onx!

    I have been dealing with the forest service law enforcement on a certain individual going where he should not be going. While talking to the USFS law enforcement officer, they told me they are coming across people using onx, and it is wrong. use onx if you want, but verify with the latest...
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    New to muzzleloading, looking for some help and guidance.

    Well I bought a traditions pursuit g4 northwest edition. I live in Idaho and we have a little more restrictions on muzzleloaders. ie open ignition, loose powder, no optics, no 209 primer. I don't think we can use sabots. I did have hawken as a kid, but that was over 30 years ago. So...
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    Say what you will about Yeti coolers, they do keep ice!

    I loaded up a yeti 125 cooler with a bunch of frozen water in plastic bottles. I loaded the cooler up on sept 14th. I ended up not needing the cooler and just never got around to unloading it. Last night on sept 25, I unloaded the cooler. There was still ice in the plastic jugs. That is...
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    4 bear hunters missing in the selway river.

    https://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/article_a34159e8-4f66-599a-89fc-d0426cb5265e.html I saw this on a whitewater page I look at. Bummer deal.