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    Compact rifle opinions

    I have a 7-08 tikka in tikkas compact stock (20” barrel) and one in the standard tikka stock (22” barrel). I enjoy shooting both, my wife and son prefer the compact stock. I’ve never chrono’d so can’t comment on velocity. Both are sighted in for Barnes ttsx 120 grain and shoot them well- no...
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    Sold- Mystery Ranch Crew Cab and Nice Frame

    Sale pending to Stocker
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    Sold- Mystery Ranch Crew Cab and Nice Frame

    Still available
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    Sold- Mystery Ranch Crew Cab and Nice Frame

    This backpack is gathering dust in my garage so time to move it. Good condition with a small belt plus load lifters. I bought it years ago at the MR garage sale and it has some added features like a hyperlon liner. I’ve primarily used it to haul work gear, but it has seen some blood. I...
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    Land management agency impact stories...

    NOROCK has a regional to national impact- from helping Alaska Fish & Game determine how many invasive northern pike they have to remove to still have Pacific salmon in southcentral AK to helping national parks and states in the west monitor and control zebra/quagga mussels to helping state of NY...
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    Dept of Interior handed over to DOGE

    As a 15 year federal scientist, I can empathize with your desire for greater efficiency but also I struggle with the implied sentiment that DOGE is doing anything BUT making things efficient and getting rid of waste. Last week the USGS lost 27,000 years of experience and we now spend hours of...
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    This is why Bozeman is kind of annoying.

    I met the group organizer the other night while on a run in some miserable wet snowy weather. She was beaming with excitement about this weekends first club event. I wish her luck and hope that these opportunities (and a community of passionate mentors) exist for my 8 year old daughter when it’s...
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    Relax, Everything is Going to be Okay!

    Same in my DOI agency, though we are still hearing 65% reduction.
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    Shi$$er's Full - Call Congress (Fresh Tracks Weekly)

    These videos and key points can’t come fast enough. DOGE and friends are moving at warp speed and I expect the gutting of my natural resource agency to begin in earnest in 2 weeks. The previous probationary dismissals were just the warm up.
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    Relax, Everything is Going to be Okay!

    The DOI stance was that employees were expected to respond by midnight; perhaps step down guidance varied by agency, region, or office. For me it did not. While it is unclear whether this is ultimately required, any federal employee that cares about the end goal of their job (for me natural...
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    FWP not looking too good in the fishing world either

    I’d put my money on the other states. The remaining folks we have are good but recruitment is a problem. At almost every hiring cycling the fisheries division loses top candidates to other states that are able to pay livable wages, among other things.
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    Non-hunting vacation- Washington, DC

    You need free, timed entry tickets for several of the Smithsonians now, including Air and Space and the Zoo. You can get them online several weeks in advance.
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    My Grinder Sucks - Grinder reviews

    Same... eventually burned the motor on our Kitchen Aid processing an elk and a deer. I was a grad student at the time and tried to make do. Not worth it. We switched to a real grinder (older cabelas 3/4 hp) and the return on investment from just the time savings (exponentially faster than the...
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    JULY TRIP TO CODY WYOMING - what to do?

    Surprisingly impressive in town and near town mountain biking on a variety of trail types (flow to slick rock)!
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