Recent content by npaden
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Cementum aged critters - Let’s see them..
Found some pictures of him from 2021. For him to be 4 when I shot him in 2024 he would have needed to be 1.5 here. No way he was 1.5 in 2021 based on these pictures. I have some other pictures of him with some other bucks and I think he was 3.5 in these pictures. I tried finding a picture...- npaden
- Post #217
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Motorcycle for access?
I've thought about picking up one of the 2 wheel drive e-bikes and seeing how well those would work. Much lower and lighter than a dirt bike and with some decent fat tires on them might be the ticket for accessing some spots. Just walk it through the roughest stuff and even toss it over a log...- npaden
- Post #30
- Forum: Hunting Rigs - Truck Talk
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Motorcycle for access?
I had a Yamaha WR250R before this and actually took it on a hunt one time. Actually on a scouting trip specifically for one single track trail. I did ride the trail on my scouting trip but be careful as a lot of the single tracks end up closed for motorized access right around the time you...- npaden
- Post #28
- Forum: Hunting Rigs - Truck Talk
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WTB: Leupold VX5HD 2-10 Firedot
Just bought a Gen2 VX5HD 3-15 from schmalts at a nice discount over anything I've seen online. Close enough to the prices I've been seeing on the Gen1 VX5 that it wasn't as painful to go ahead and go with the Gen2.- npaden
- Post #4
- Forum: Want To Buy
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Motorcycle for access?
My Husqvarna FE 510 can sure go over bumps and things WAY faster and easier than any ATV or UTV can. Steep uphill or downhill on loose material the ATV or UTV is a lot easier. Doing it with a backpack and a weapon would add a lot of effort to the mix. Hauling out loads of meat you would want...- npaden
- Post #8
- Forum: Hunting Rigs - Truck Talk
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New Nonprofit Organization to buy and sell bear gall bladders?
Is there anything good that the gall bladders could be used for outside of the gross bear bile industry? A quick google search says that synthetic alternatives work for most western medical type uses, and that the real thing is primarily used for TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine). Sounds...- npaden
- Post #3
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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New Nonprofit Organization to buy and sell bear gall bladders?
On my hunting trip on the Kaibab Plateau I had a LOT of time to sit and think about all kinds of things. Using a guide and hearing things like "that's a $X,XXX animal" had me thinking about the monetization of wildlife, auction tags going away in Arizona, raising money for wildlife and fun...- npaden
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- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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How do you interpret this?
I think we have something like that in our policy but we have never failed to approve someone who has a carry license to carry. It is more to get an idea of who is carrying so if we piss them off we know who to look out for! :)- npaden
- Post #22
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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New Swaro AT and ST Balance
One of the reviewers said that it was because the ST was too fat to comfortably hand hold if they increased the objective to the same as the AT. Maybe some folks have small hands. I wonder if this is more of a birder type move for them, I've always heard that more birders buy high end glass... -
New Swaro AT and ST Balance
If the ST was the same specs as the AT I think I would have already pulled the trigger. That would be a nice setup for a backpack and you could buy an eye patch and walk around making Arrrr pirate sounds. -
New Swaro AT and ST Balance
So who is going to be the first one on the forum to pick up one of the new Swarovski AT or ST Balance spotting scopes? I'm actually tempted. I've been looking at picking up an ATC for a while and just can't seem to pull the trigger. About the only negatives I see are price (really only about... -
Vsee box. Sell me on one
I did a little searching and came up with that it would be illegal to use for paid streaming services although it sounds like you could do it at least temporarily. Also if you are tech savvy enough it sounds like there are apps out there you could use instead of paying for a device that really...- npaden
- Post #13
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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My Lucky Year!
Congratulations! Beautiful ram. You really need to do the replica and have a shoulder mount done with that cape!- npaden
- Post #186
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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My Lucky Year!
Looking forward to the rest of the story. Hope you killed a good one!- npaden
- Post #162
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Which western states have been disproportionately good to you in drawing tags?
Thanks to everyone responding and voting. Early on in the poll, Wyoming was up to around 50% of the votes but is trailing off now but still #1 by quite a big margin. I think the way they do the draw with both the special and the random helps reward the folks that apply each year. I'm curious...- npaden
- Post #36
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
