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    Kicker: Tiller or Steering Wheel?

    It depends on how easy it is to reach the tiller handle. If you have a short splashwell and can reach a tiller handle easily, tiller has a big advantage of turning sharper than any main OB. The angle of max turn depends on HP and safety. If the reach is too long, you're stuck with a...
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    Alaska info.

    We drove up in 2014 and 2016. No biting bug problem as early as June. Timing and luck is everything for hitting salmon runs. Last year we missed every run by about 4 days. I did get some charter and guided river fishing in 2014. If the rivers are high, and the bay isn't very salty, the...
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    Coming to a reservoir near you

    In the Walleye Central heydays, the MN anglers who were too busy or too privileged to decontaminate their boats liked to blame waterfowl for the spread of zebra mussels. Then someone posted the map of mussel spread, and it followed MN highways. I couldn't resist firing the boys up by claiming...
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    7-08 Rem: Input Needed

    Creedmore vs. 7-08. Use Hodgdon's and Hornady's websites. Hodgdon reloading data will approximate the velocity of handloads for each cartridge. Hornady's website has a link on the left of the homepage called ballistic resources. Click on that tab and choose HITS from the drop-down menu...
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    3M clear vehicle protective wrap

    My '09 Chevy dually 3M film applied at the factory on the leading edge of the hood and the front of the fat part of the fenders. Getting bugs off my truck camper is easy with a long-handled soft brush and a product called Bugs B Gone. It's not an Ortho product, this stuff dissolves insect...
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    guts question...

    When fishing with a guide in Alaska in 2014, I was surprised to learn that fish remains are dumped back into the streams. It supplies food to other animals in the water, and helps keep bears from coming to you.
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    Coming to a reservoir near you

    Coming to a reservoir near you The first reservoir on the Missouri is Canyon Ferry, near Townsend, MT. It's a trophy walleye lake due to their foraging on high-energy trout. Tiber Reservoir, also on the Missouri is another. Google "invasive mussels, Canyon Ferry Lake" and pick the link to the...
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    7-08 Rem: Input Needed

    Extremely lightweight rifles are very difficult to learn to shoot accurately. I own a Ruger ultralight that I still haven't mastered. Every variable in your holding a rifle that weighs only 5# will change the direction of recoil. That changes the impact of the bullet. Variables include how...
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    retirement

    We have Rx drug coverage through my former employer's medical plan. Medicare supplement requires some thought. Since we knew we were going to travel out-of-country, we chose BCBS plan F. It will pay for emergency services in Canada, then our Good Sam traveler's insurance covers the next $10,000.
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    Garmin Electronics

    Garmin's core market is aviation navigation. They have had some of the best salt water depth finders/GPS units for years. Everyone is at least somewhat familiar with their auto GPS units. They are a very healthy company. As stated above, they decided to get serious about FW units a few years...
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    Is there a best time to buy a new shotgun?

    I got an e-mail from CDNN and there's a rebate program from Browning right now. Since CDNN sells excess inventory, their prices are usually some of the lowest you'll find.
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    Is there a best time to buy a new shotgun?

    Davidsons Guns (there's a dealer not too far from you) sometimes has good promo pricing. But the most important thing about any shotgun is how it fits you. Is the butt stock the right length, does the stock's comb put your eye in line with the barrel, etc. If the model 12 works well for you...
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    Pickup Shopping

    If your present pickup doesn't have one, just changing the axle's ratios to 3.73 will help towing a lot. That would save a bunch of $$$.
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    Gander Mountain prepares to file bankruptcy

    I wonder if the inventory from the 32 closing stores will end up in the remaining GM stores or at CDNN?
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    Used boat shopping.....

    Even the ND city is important. I used to work with a young man who shopped Bismarck for a new boat until his uncle told haim to try Jamestown. Identical boat, trailer, OB, kicker, and electronics cost $6000 less in Jamestown. Moorhead, MN would have been even less back then.
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    Alaska finding more oil

    I hope that saves Alaska from their budget shortfall of about $4 billion. They had reduced their extraction tax just in time for oil prices to fall (sounds familiar doesn't it?) and got into a much bigger budget problem than ND did. Their state's economy depends on oil, salmon, and tourism...
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    Range finder help..

    Check with www.CameralandNY.com. They sell stuff that was on display at the SHOT show, NRA convention, or Safari Club convention at a good discount. I bought a Leica 900 after Leica replaced it with the 1200 model. The savings were almost 50%. The image I see is very good, and it's accurate...
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    Scope

    My all-time favorite scope was a Leupold vari-X3 2.5-8X. Leupold replaced it with a VX3 when the 30-year-old one needed a part they no longer had. Great service, but the crosshairs are finer than my preference. I now also have a 4-14X Burris and it's excellent.
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    Raymarine or Lowrance Sonar/Chartplotter

    Look up service warranty on the manufacturer's websites. Lowrance has been in bankruptcy protection since the PWT days, and service on anything over three years old is iffy. They'll offer a special discount on a new one, but that special price is more than a sale price at a box store or even...
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    Ice auger blade sharpening gf area

    If you don't change the angle of the blade's cutting surface, it's easy to do. It helps to have your eye level with the filing job, not above it.

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