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  1. wjschmaltz

    DIY Alaska Caribou

    Cool man. Good luck. If you have your expectations where they need to be, you’ll have a great time. First time I went up that way, I was absolutely pissed when I saw the chaos. Now when I make the trek, I know what to expect and always have a great time. I’ll be taking the family up to 20E by...
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    DIY Alaska Caribou

    You draw one of the GMU13 tags or headed to 40 mile country? Rubber rain gear. Helly Hansen or Grundens. If on ATVs make sure you either have bibs and/or the long jacket or you will have water running down your crack. That’s the big one. Sounds like your family will have you dialed on...
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    Bear Spray

    Bingo. I still carry the handgun, but I’ve seen enough big bears taking multiple rounds to the vitals with magnum long guns and keep chugging for several minutes to understand the realistic effectiveness of a handgun. By the numbers, you gotta be an unlucky bastard to get attacked by a bear and...
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    Bear Spray

    We usually replace our spray every other year with the 2 packs of UDAP they sell at Costco for like $30-$40. Probably a regional item, but you could likely order online. Also check camofire like someone else suggested. I disagree with most posts on this subject so far. Especially if I’m...
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    Garden!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    First cucumber salad of the year tonight! Cucumber plants are about 3.5 feet tall and tallest tomato is at 4.5 feet tall. Sidewall of the greenhouse is just under 6 feet. Not sure what I’m gonna do in two months if tomatoes keep growing vertical. Several tomato fruit have started and we should...
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    Tent recommendations.

    ha, I’ve slept in several yurts. They’re not exactly mobile. - - - Updated - - - 10 with vestibule
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    Tent recommendations.

    ARCTIC OVEN! https://www.airframesalaska.com/Articles.asp?ID=289 If you want the best of the best, there is nothing even in the same category as an Arctic Oven. It took me a while to finally pull the trigger, but we really didn’t want a camper and an AO is the closest thing. We use ours almost...
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    Radon Mitigation

    When you sample, the longer time frame of your test will give you the most accurate results. Typically a large commercial or military building will have a 90 day test to cover liability. Real estate transactions typically run a 24-48 hour test. With a longer timeframe, samples are collected...
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    Deer Lottery Deadline

    Do you have proof of this? The only option for growing interest would be a savings account as a CD and Bond would be long term and the market would be too volatile (down a couple percent since draw deadline). Now let’s say, conservatively that out of all resident applications, 20,000 don’t...
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    2021 Van Hook Catch and Release Classic Day One Results

    Dog Kennel Method
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    high power binocs

    I have a couple very successful sheep guide friends that have both Swaro and Meopta spotters and take/prefer Meopta. Range finding binos have a very specific use. I personally would rather carry both binos and a range finder in most hunting situations.
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    Weather misery...

    Ah yes, it must be so stressful wondering if your checks will come from the elevator and the government or the insurance company and the government ;:;popcorn Seriously though, sending good vibes to all you folks and all my farming family/friends!
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    It's hot

    Hard no on that heat. My only goal as a kid was someday having enough money to live in a house with air conditioning and run it as much as I want. Ironically enough, my house doesn’t have AC. But we typically don’t get much over 75 here. Rarely get below 0 too! As far as the rain, I remember a...
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    ND elk tag auction

    Im a huge proponent of governor tags, but the way ND does it is garbage. Mostly, as outlined above, who can apply for them and how the money is spent. I would suggest asking your representatives to revisit the Code above and submit concerns and changes. In AK, for example, the only orgs that...
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    ND elk tag auction

    Most people can’t hunt deer or fish from shore in their home county for cheaper than comparable meat can be purchased when it’s all said and done. Anyone who thinks coming out on top by hunting and fishing in most cases is just willfully ignorant. My God, this is the last place I thought I...
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    Deer Lottery Deadline

    Good looking out! Hopefully get 2 more points. Setting myself up for that 3 buck tag year if I ever move back to ND! Mostly for the 10 page NDA thread that would follow…….
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    NDGF: Steinwand Retiring

    When he took the job in 2006, there were approximately 3.3 million acres of CRP in ND compared to just over a million right now. I was driving back and forth from central ND to Fargo nearly weekly about that time. It seemed like there was a series of new tree rows being ripped out every single...
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    Bitcoin

    You mean the same man that is investing tens of billions into the renewable space. In particular, NV Energy which is 100% owned by Buffet and is designed to track renewable energy credits on the block chain. He went from “rat poison squared” to literally having his own token within a couple...
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    Trey Lance

    It must’ve been the evil millennial seeds within the hundreds of thousands of people screaming “baby killer” after Vietnam. Or just the presence of the millennials still in diapers that drove people to bash soldiers returning from Desert Storm. If only we didn’t have millennials, we could...
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    Electronics, too much?

    It is interesting to consider I can’t use a drone, cellular trail cam, or thermal scope for hunting but I can drill holes in the ice and drop a camera down and/or use a sonar to find fish in real time. Just kinda challenges a guys thoughts on the subject why it’s OK for fish but you’re...

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