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    Possible Custom Project

    I am a huge believer in legacy guns, but I also had a Winchester Model 70 Featherweight in 30/06 that kicked like a mule. Just really became for my family functionally useless, since no one wanted to use it. So what about going the opposite direction with it, maintaining its legacy by bringing...
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    Bison ESA listing review

    And Bobwhite quail :mad::cry:
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    Missed Opportunities: Hunters and Environmentalists

    I fished with a guide in Alaska one time, his wife mentioned she was a vegan. I exclaimed, "I don't a ton about vegans or ya'll yet (this was in the early 2000's) but I think that might be awkward for your marriage." She replied that as a vegan she believed animals should not be mistreated or...
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    Ryan Busse. Anyone?

    Well now after reading this thread, and especially Randy's comments, I will have to read this book now! What's that saying about bad publicity is still good publicity, or something like that......
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    Do you Hunt from a ground blind?

    I have used ground blinds a ton over the years, for myself and those I've guided on mentored hunts. They can work great, if brushed in well and made of softer, less shiny material (usually the higher priced ones unfortunately) then they can be used to them in just one day, and often can even be...
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    Despite the odds, how many Sheep Tags have you Drawn or Won in your Life?

    Zero, never applied, because of hopelessness at the odds. Very much regret that take though, if I would have been applying all of my adult life, I'd bet I'd have draw at least one by now, as I would be well over 20 points. Oh wait, not true! Well, in a way, I buy a Texas Bighorn raffle...
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    Texas members of BHA here?

    Just curious if that are any, or many members here who are members of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and live in Texas? Active in the Texas BHA chapter in some way? Would like to be more active in some way? Thanks!
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    Radical thought on cheap clothing

    I grew up in a cotton farming family, where they used to be quail everywhere. Now no quail. I have sworn off cotton, as much as possible, which is pretty close to impossible. But I like hearing what you guys are saying about merino wool. I've been thinking, I like to look at and think...
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    More federal funding for outdoor recreation

    I am probably just a fool, but I hope, I believe, that simple supply and demand dynamics can lead to more access to more places and more abundant game on fish on those existing and increase places, through demand increasing so much, increasing the pressure for supply so much, that our social...
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    Canyons of Life

    Hey JLS, thank you for sharing all of this, for being willing to be vulnerable, being strong enough to lead with openness about your family's struggle. I hope you see how you are bringing out the best in so many people; your openness has invited so many here to be their best selves. And your...
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    Credit Card Suggestion

    I used a Chase Sapphire Card and pay for everything I can with it to earn points rewards. But I consider it like cash and pay it off every month, never carried a balance. One year, just from regular rewards points, I geared up for an elk hunt, including new Vortex options, just with points, so...
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    Hunting Advocacy thoughts

    Yes, I think we can create more advocates for hunting without necessarily increasing hunter participation numbers. I can think of a couple of ways. First, in the Texas Youth Hunting Program, the majority of first time hunters that come on a hunt are not going to become lifelong do it...
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    French brittany

    Not really sure. What I have come to understand is that running a pup before its growth plates are fully developed can weaken them. By running meaning straight running on harder surfaces, where it is much more difficult for them to self regulate and stop when they need to, versus letting them...
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    French brittany

    Great to hear you have a pup on the way! My French Brit story is that I great up hunting with country raised Brittanies. My city girl wife bought me a pup for Christmas, he was black, I didn't even know French Brits existed, and found out all I'd ever known was American Brits. I thought he...
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    Feral Cattle in AZ and NM...removal

    Seems like there could be a provision for situations like these, where the cattle were considered legally abandoned by a certain date and thus could be rounded up and sold by whoever is willing to risk it. When I was a young cowboy is sure would have and I bet my cousins' cowboying kids and...
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    NYT article on Meat Eater and hunting

    Showing bad hits on video being normalizing bad hits or normalizing that bad stuff happens to us all sometimes, tough balance. Sure impressive though in any case on that muzzleloader elk hunt in Colorado that he quit hunting. What I struggle with is when someone makes a bad hit on video and...
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    First time antelope hunt advice

    I think I've heard something about the gland too, but I don't remember the details. What I was always told, and have done, is just be extra careful with all of the hair, really avoid getting it on the meat and plucking it off quickly if it does. Same with your hands and knife, clean them off...
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    Grip n Grin Alternatives

    Those are great pics and a great thread. To me avoiding offense in our pictures, if those are grip and grins or whatever (though these aren't necessarily offensive), is not about appeasing anti hunters, it is about being "full of care" (my preferred rephrase of careful), with the vast majority...
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    What's your non-popper dove recipe?

    I peel the breast lobes off, soak them in a brine of water, salt, and brown sugar, for at least a half a day. They really plump up and stay juciy. Then I dry them off and throw them on a very hot grill, both of which helps them crisp up a little, for about two to three minutes a side, being...
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    Greater Sage Grouse Counts Tick Up Westwide

    That's good news, I hope it goes up and up and up! Ever since I was a kid and I read about his sage grouse hunt in Ted Trueblood's Hunting Treasury, I've wanted to go. I'm building up some antelope points to combine the hunt trips like Ted did and will likely go in a year or two.

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