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  1. Jim/Wa

    Allan Eckert "Winning of America" series

    As a guy who grew up along in PA along French Creek -- ground zero for the French and Indian War -- these books were fantastic. I think I've read all of them, some more than once. As I recall, Eckert used to be a/the writer for "Wild Kingdom", the mutual of omaha outdoors show starring Marlin...
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    Another Griz Attack over the weekend

    " If conditions are such that they have a reliable food source like winter kill bison/elk, they will continue to scavenge throughout the winter." Gary Alt did a documentary some years ago about PA black bears. I remember a statement he made about bears hibernate mostly in response to lack of...
  3. Jim/Wa

    Kuiu ultra star 1P tent review

    Can you return the tent after using? I know their return policy is pretty tight on backpacks and anything clothing related.
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    Burn the bird

    I'm heading down to Asotin this evening for a couple days of chukar chasing. Looking at your photos, I'm not sure if I'm inspired or intimidated. Maybe a little of both...
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    Elliot State Forest...a cautionary tale...

    Maybe this has been discussed before. http://www.opb.org/news/article/elliott-state-forest-sale-attracts-one-bid/ http://www.eugeneweekly.com/20160804/news-features/selling-out-elliott-state-forest https://www.oregon.gov/dsl/LW/Pages/Elliott-State-Forest-Alternatives-Project.aspx
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    Congressman's letter

    Reading between the lines, is it fair to assume he does advocate -- or at least not oppose -- transfer of federal lands to the states?
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    Moving forward on public land

    I tend to think Trump Jr is irrelevant to where this goes from here. We'll know Trumps intentions soon enough though when he names his interior secretary. In the end, Paul Ryan holds the most cards. He's a hunter but I tend to think of him as a "back 40" kinda guy, not somewhere who ever sets...
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    2016 upland game, post um up

    I had a friend in PA who lost a dog after it impaled itself on a deadfall. I've used a chest protector ever since. Last year my GSP snagged his harness in some vine maple out of range of the beeper (young dog chasing deer). It took me forever to find him and there was no way he was getting loose...
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    unit 76

    I'll be there hunting 76 the last 17 days of the season. My plan is to start at lower elevation near the RG reservoir for a few days until I get acclimated then head west to hunt higher near treeline. I'm hoping to hunt from my truck -- I have a truck camper -- but plan B is to throw on the pack...
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    InReach Explorer

    Thanks. Pretty much what I figured. I really don't like my Etrex all that much. I find myself using the Iphone GPS with either the Motion-X or Gaia apps most of the time. It's tempting to sit back and wait for a decent combo unit to hit the market but that may take years to develop.
  11. Jim/Wa

    Westport,Wa black rockfish & lings, Brownlee crappie & cats

    I'll be in Ilwaco next week chasing Buoy 10 salmon and bottomfish offshore. I sure hope we do as well on Lings. Do you guide on Brownlee?
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    InReach Explorer

    Does anybody use one of these? I've been looking at the InReach SE but the idea of a combo emergency locator/GPS makes more sense. It looks like the GPS mapping function is pretty marginal and won't work with an OnXmaps SD card. I just want to make sure that's correct before I rule it out.
  13. Jim/Wa

    Is your hunting vehicle ready for fall?

    Seriously? What are the random chances of 2 guys from WA with the same initials both having a dog named Henry and driving the same truck? If you tell me you're a 52yo pharmacist I'm going to start wondering. To answer your question, I drew a unit 76 CO elk tag this year and the first thing I did...
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    Off Tomorrow for Romania for Roe Deer.

    We just got back from a family trip to Germany and Austria. One of first things I noticed driving away from Frankfurt was a permanent deer stand in a field right next to the airport. It reminded me of the deer stands that dotted the countryside in PA where I grew up. Over the course of 2 weeks I...
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    help me pick a stove for cooking.

    I refused to consider the bulkier, heavier jetboil for years, preferring instead my pocket rocket or dragonfly stoves until one year in Colorado when I finished off my second canister of fuel and had to rely on my brother to heat water for both of us with his jet boil...from the only canister he...
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    Floorless Tipi vs. Tent

    I have a Tigoat floorless Tipi with a titanium woodstove as well as backpacking tents of various sizes. We used the tipi elk hunting colorado for years without problems until one particularly warm early september 3 years ago when I got bit by a spider in the back of my leg after I crawled into...
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    Weyerhaeuser Renews Commitment to Free Public Land Access

    Call me a pessimist but when I read this all I see is "for another year". Washington and Oregon went down this road not too long ago.
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    Trekking poles

    I have 2 pair: 1 carbon fiber, twist lock, 3-pc Z poles and 1 aluminum, snap-lock, telescoping. They each have they're strengths and weaknesses. Twist locks will eventually fail. Z poles can be a nuisance. Carbon breaks. I find myself going to the latter most of the time just for reliability.
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    Eagle nest

    Pretty cool. Last year visiting my wife's family in the foothills east of San Diego, her cousin was showing me an eagle nest on a cliff face similar to that one. One of the pictures I took with the 300mm lens showed some kind of cord or rope hanging from the structure of the nest so I blew it up...
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    Thug Life

    This line in the bear attack story above made me a chuckle: ""I saw a six-point elk on the way out, that was disappointing," he said with a laugh." Anybody who's ever hunted elk can somehow relate to that.
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