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Bears - Trophy Rooms
AK black bear, taken north of Bethel. His skull shares my shelf with a TX hog. Sorry, some CO and NM elk antlers get in the way!- davinski
- Post #48
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Problems with Bass Pro Shops/Cabela's
FTF customer service was fair in our local store before the BP buyout, it's gotten horrible since then. I had hope for their online ordering system before this December...but now I wait for an item that I ordered, paid for, and their system indicates shipped to their local store on 15 Dec...- davinski
- Post #74
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Gun weight vs accuracy/confidence
I know it's an old post, but I'll bite! I couldn't shoot my light .300WSM from field positions nearly as well as my trust old, and heavy, .300RUM for a long time. Then I started carrying a grocery sack in my pocket, filling it with dirt or rocks to make weight, then hold it with my front hand... -
Garfield County sues High Lonesome Ranch over road access
I saw that and am glad it has finally been ruled upon. I'll be curious if they appeal. I've seen Brandon present similar RS2477 information on this and ask Mesa County to pursue, like GC, historic mapping of many of the historic RS2477 routes. MC commissioners generally dismissed it as a...- davinski
- Post #85
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Strikemaster shooting rest?
Has anyone ever seen or used one of these? This is the one and only reference I found on the web. It looks a little overbuilt compared to rifle rests manufactured this century and, well, sandbags. Dad decided he didn't want it anymore but never used it... -
Pucky Sammiches
Holy smokes I am sorry that I missed this thread this summer...pure gold. I may have missed this somewhere in the previous 10 pages, but I do have a puck-related question. How does a puck-free palate navigate sloppy joes, or manwiches, or taverns, loose meat sandwiches, or any of the other...- davinski
- Post #220
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Hunting Spot Rock and Hard place.
If your boss coached you on the unit, he'll coach others on the unit. Who knows what he'll tell them, but I'd think anything he'd glean from you, he would include. The fact that it's your boss definitely complicates the issue. That's a 52 week per year thing, not a hunting season thing. I'd...- davinski
- Post #26
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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First hand Covid symptoms
I got over it a couple weeks ago. Overall, symptoms were mild. Days 1 & 2 were body aches and irritating cough. Days 3-11 were just fatigue, head congestion, easily winded, and a headache throughout. I had 3 non-consecutive days of fever 100-ish. After day 10 you're not contagious, at least...- davinski
- Post #80
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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BHA’s Armed Forces Initiative
I'm likely preaching to the choir here, but most VA hospitals have an "Outdoor Recreation Therapy" office or at least an assigned director. In my limited experience, how robust each office is depends greatly on location and resources of a particular hospital. Ours in Grand Junction does a good...- davinski
- Post #9
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Back Problems....Any success stories?
At 34, I was in a pretty bad car wreck in Afghanistan that ruptured the disks between C-4-5-6, among other things. Some Afghan plowed his gravel truck into our convoy in '04 way before using vehicles as weapons became cool. Anyway, it comes with variably numb hands, arms, vertigo, and...- davinski
- Post #50
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Wild horses/BLM land
In case it wasn't posted before, Rinella did a good podcast on feral horses: https://www.themeateater.com/listen/meateater/ep-126-wild-horses The Navajo Nation tried a hunt but cancelled it after all the teeth-gnashing and garment-renting...- davinski
- Post #56
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Muley buck light vs. dark faces
I put my "paleface" high country buck from a few years back next to my much darker timber buck from last week. I think it's cool how different their coloring can be. They're both Colorado bucks, the one on the left is during September in the Maroon Bells and the one on the right is from much... -
Bison, Book Cliffs, Little Creek Roadless (cow only) Kinda long....
Awesome story and congratulations! Glad to hear from an actual person who drew one of those tags. We share a zip code. If you ever need a hand, I know a guy...- davinski
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- Forum: Other Big Game
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Garfield County sues High Lonesome Ranch over road access
Tune into the trial Monday! Just mute your phone...don't be that guy. https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/much-delayed-road-access-trial-to-go-forward/article_f311add4-0fc7-11eb-99f1-ff02f801ba7a.html- davinski
- Post #74
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Thrift store packs for hauling meat
I've packed a lot of elk meat in my first actual backpacking backpack, an internal frame Jansport from about '96. Ditto to what others have said about focusing on the hip belt structure and stitching, that's what carries the heavy part best. I've seen that and similar, nicer, newer packs at...- davinski
- Post #21
- Forum: Backpack Hunting
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9/11 stories
Wife and I were getting ready for work, mountain time, and watching the news. We saw the cut in the feed to the first impact and then watched the second. Both still went to work after watching, dumbfounded, for a bit. I told her "those buildings are coming down..." before I left. Civil...- davinski
- Post #12
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Post your Hobbys (other then hunting) just for fun
If you start, start with at least two hives. One hive...the odds are not in your favor. Lots of folks like to have hives on their property if you know anyone reasonably close with some elbow room. Most beekeepers run hives on property that's not theirs.- davinski
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Post your Hobbys (other then hunting) just for fun
Beekeeping and writing. One time they converged: Havok Journal beekeeping story https://havokjournal.com/culture/so-you-want-to-be-a-beekeeper/- davinski
- Post #28
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Fires across Colorado
Not to go off on a tangent, but I don't want any more roads either. I think the east/west corridor time problem could be fixed other ways. Every time someone brings up the exorbitant light rail plan I remind them that we have a rail system from GJ to DEN. If they could just make the trip suck...- davinski
- Post #53
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Fires across Colorado
The area of the Pine Gulch fire doesn't hold much besides some ranches in the valley floors and it sounds like those have been preserved so far. Beyond that, the country is mainly Pinion-Juniper, gas wells, and feral horses. By my amateur estimate from OnX data, I'd say the fire perimeter...- davinski
- Post #48
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
