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    Retirement and 401k strategies

    One piece of advice I was given some years ago is to make your contributions as earlier in the year as you can. That is, if your plan is to contribute $12,000 throughout the year, contribute $2000 from Jan. through June instead of $1000 per month so all of your money is working for you longer...
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    Shelf life of powder

    I just looked at SAAMi's recommendations, which is "dry and cool". No threshold specified for either temperature or humidity. I don't know how much effect humidity would have now that powder comes in non-breathable plastic containers.
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    Shelf life of powder

    From Hodgdon https://www.hodgdonreloading.com/reloading-education/safety/gunpowder-stability
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    Shelf life of powder

    Powder will last decades if stored properly. People were still shooting WW2 surplus powder into the 1980s. Hoard away.
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    The Future of Western Hunting and its Greatest Threat!

    Yep, and we are more than happy to crap all over it when it tells us something we don’t want to hear.
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    Colorado folks

    If you are willing to burn 3-4 points on a RFW cow tag, I think you will have a good chance at success. I’ve never hunted RFW but know folks who do. Some ranches can be hit or miss while other consistently have elk. I can PM you some ranch names to check out if you want. If you are more...
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    Roundup, MT Urban Deer Hunt: Live

    Damn, you Montana boys sure do like to pile on.
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    Game Bags - Proper Use

    I leave the meat in the bag when it goes into the cooler. The best way I have found to get the blood out of game bags is to soak them in dish soap and cold water in a 5 gal bucket. I’ll do the dish soap and cold water soak a couple times until the water is mostly clean. Remove any meat pieces...
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    Delete thread, I'm an idiot

    No worries. You can still hunt deer with the 45 cal in CO. I don’t own one, but the 50 cal CVA Wolf rifles seem to be good shooters and are less than $200.
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    Delete thread, I'm an idiot

    Read the regulations. I believe you are required to use a 50 cal or larger for elk here.
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    Did Colorado Break the Elk Bank This Year?

    Here is a link to a financial update from the July meeting that has info through May 9th. https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Commission/2019/July/Item.8ppt-July_Financial_Update-Justin_Rutter-DNR.pdf It appears the requirement to buy a combo or small game license to apply along with the price...
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    Did Colorado Break the Elk Bank This Year?

    A financial update is available along with other info provided for each commission meeting on the CPW website. It is often only financial info for the previous quarter.
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    Did Colorado Break the Elk Bank This Year?

    How? Annex Eastern Utah? I’m not aware of revenue derived from license sales being used to non-wildlife purposes. Am I missing something? I agree that eliminating the ability to get a bull tag and a point in the same year would help this situation, but I’m not sure if enough hunters would...
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    Did Colorado Break the Elk Bank This Year?

    Thanks for correction. I didn’t mean to mislead anyone. I suffer from CRS occasionally.
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    Did Colorado Break the Elk Bank This Year?

    I have no idea. It will be interesting to see how much of an increase in revenue is generated this year due to the requirement to have a small game license and the increased point and application fees. I know CPW got another $200 from me alone.
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    Did Colorado Break the Elk Bank This Year?

    I agree that changing the NR allocation is not going to make 201 easy to draw, but lowering the NR allocation from 20 to 10% would increase the number of tags for residents by 12%. Changing the 35% allocation back to 20% would increase resident tags by 23% annually. The Res vs NR allocation...
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    Did Colorado Break the Elk Bank This Year?

    1. Shot a bull on second morning. 14th legal bull I saw. Didn’t see another hunter except for the folks hunting with me. I wasn’t in SW CO though. I normally don’t see many other hunters, but had way more elk around me than most years. 2. I don’t know if this falls under CPWs management plan...
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    Another elk poached

    https://www.gjsentinel.com/breaking/suspects-sought-in-bull-elk-poaching/article_d1f13b06-0af5-11ea-9279-7b2787d84c14.html
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    Model 99 for mule deer

    I reload for a 300 savage. IMR 4064 and 4895 work well for me. Reloader 15 is a good powder for 165 grain bullets also.
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    Colorado Deer, Flat Tops

    What unit? The Flat Tops is covered by 1/2 dozen units.
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