Highly recommend John Dudley's youtube channel and podcast, both under the name 'nockon'. If you search back through both you will find all of the technical, instructional, conceptual, tutorial type content you could ever want.
I was still in the army at 25, and I’m not that far removed from it, but I wouldn’t change a thing. I’ve only been out a few years now. Any advice for what you all would do in the same situation but 31 instead of 25?!
I don’t know who your buddy talked to about hotels, I haven’t heard of that being a thing in 704. Maybe he was referring to wall tents. It’s wall tent city in those hills.
Swiss steak mushroom style:
One of the 'less desirable' steak cuts, such as rounds, bring to room temp
Put them in glass baking pan or dutch oven, fully submerged in a mixture of: cream of mushroom soup, dry onion soup, generous amounts of thyme, oregano, and garlic, splash of bone broth
Bake...
Something I haven’t seen a ton of that I like to do from time to time is take sirloin and do Philly cheesesteaks. Slice it against the grain before you cook it, then cook it fast and hot. Sauté your diced veggies before cooking the meat. Once the meat is just about ready, combine it all on...
Black and white thinking is for losers. You yourself say ‘it’s all about discipline’. Anyone with solid financial discipline can use a credit card to their advantage and with no harm.
Anyways, OP specifically requested the responses not address the validity of credit cards. If you want to start...
Black Gold fixed 20/30/40/50/60. Been running it for five years and it has been dead nuts accurate with every arrow change. I should add some distance for practice, but I have not been held back in any hunting scenario (yet) by being confident out to 60.
I just use a card from my bank with good cash rewards. The payout is pretty good, and you're not limited or incentivized to spend at a certain location.
You could contact the National Wildlife Federation's Missoula office. They have staff that works on this issue specifically, and might have information and/or additional relevant contacts for you.