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    I just need a few tips on turkey hunting

    I have never placed any of the reflectors but hunted a buddy's property (so was not public lands) and he had the reflectors hanging on bushes and limb tips using a twist connector. There is a lot of deadfall, knee-high bushes and patches of brambles as make your way through 100 yards of hardwood...
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    MALA and your money

    I don't see how a future 3-28-2028 stock market valuation which is not adjusted so is apples to apples 3-28-2025 values. Not even sure a stock index is the measure to show whether your neighbors are better off in 36 months than today. Not everyone owns stocks. Or a house. Or a car. We all eat...
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    MALA and your money

    Are the 03.28.2028 valuations adjusted for inflation and devaluation of the $US for the 36 months?
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    MALA and your money

    Stock valuations can veer far from technical projections. People do not have to act rationally. If profits fall due to inflation pressures on components used by manufacturers or tariffs taxes that American companies are assessed yet can’t fully pass on to buyers then that should reduce stock...
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    Your dog’s quirk?

    Very wholesome thread. Especially considering is off-season other than spring turkey. Have we all been hacked and replaced with polite AI?
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    January Inflation

    I will add that most my buddies that went into the construction trades, residential and commercial, did quite well for the time I was in college, working 5 years then grad school. By age 40, I was doing quite well and several of the plumbers/electricians/roofers were walking a bit humped over...
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    Should trail cams be legal?

    No opinion on fair chase. Strong opinion on desecrating and littering on public land. Game cams, stands, etc are left to rot in some cases. If is sunset on public land, pirate law is a way to get rid of trash.
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    Should trail cams be legal?

    You knew the buck existed. Not sure why that reduces your odds of a harvest. That is very useful information. You might note patterns re time of day or night for buck activity. You eliminate quadrants, perhaps miles apart, where game cams are showing minimal activity of mature bucks. Public land...
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    Don't let an accident become a tragedy

    The loudest two sounds are a click when expect a bang and a bang when not firing. I dislike trusting other hunters to manage where their muzzle points as are hiking, to have the safety on then check to see if got bumped, keep finger out of the trigger guard unless are ready to squeeze a round...
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    Roth vs. Trad IRA Benefits - even from converting LATE?! (like 70 y/o late)

    You have 10 years to withdraw the Roth funds that were passed to you at death by a non-spouse. These withdrawals leave the Roth and can’t be rolled to your personal Roth or Trad IRA. These withdrawals have left the IRA ecosystem. You can use the funds taken from that Roth as a distribution to...
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    Roth vs. Trad IRA Benefits - even from converting LATE?! (like 70 y/o late)

    Is the goal to leave the Roth accounts as a Legacy? Family tax planning can be wrecked if leave Traditional IRA to someone that is in a higher Federal plus State combined marginal tax bracket than you. An example, you are 62 and will leave to an offspring aged 38. You are at 25% combined...
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    I just need a few tips on turkey hunting

    If you are headed to the same spot repeatedly then can attach tiny reflectors along the trail/path then use a headlamp with a red-light set to very low level and the reflectors will glow back at you. If are not heading to the same spot each morning then use a red headlamp light.
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    What in the actual hell is this.

    Mama makes a fantastic beef cow skull-stuffed meatloaf. Using crab picks to maneuver globs of perfection out of the eye cavity to then dip in ketchup is a heightened dining experience. We even ditched the paper plates one time to serve this all fancy to Pastor Gibbons. I folded up the paper...
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    Cancer fight begins

    That is wonderful guidance. Perhaps the medical specialties are more closely allied these days or you are locating doctors willing to set part of their egos aside to get the best outcomes as a team. My son is a doctor and one of my friends, also a doctor, was giving feedback two decades ago to...
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    Cancer fight begins

    My wife found that radiologists can widely diverge from surgeons when are parsing through treatment options for cancer. The old saying rings true that everything looks like a nail to someone holding a hammer. Radiologists hold one type of hammer while surgeons hold another. Each tends to favor...
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