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    8 hours ago, catclaw said:

    My freeze dryer is down.  Won't pull enough vacuum.  I'm waiting on parts,  company is not very responsive. Hoping it's just a leaky vacuum hose. 

    Check your drain valve. fill a bucket with water and put drain hose in the water. if water is getting sucked up the hose when your pulling a vacuum your valve is leaking. the new pro models have a stainless valve as the other ones would corrode over time and cause small leaks. 

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    1 hour ago, CatfishKev said:

    Agreed, still haven't had a chance to start seedlings yet. Been working every weekend and some evenings. Slammed right now.

    Water automation is a huge time saver too.  I almost got mine set up for automated.  

    Also getting ready to build some aeroponic towers based on this dudes designs. They look like they will be pretty sweet once set up.  

    https://youtu.be/7j2dv7TELeU?si=1OMi0u5UoFoj9FCw

    Time to plant in ground is now. Better get those seeds germinated quick. I just planted all my peppers 2 weeks ago from inside.  

    Good soil and good fertilizer. I fertilize once a week with neptunes harvest fish emulsion and cal-mag

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    3 minutes ago, Couzer said:

    Very cool, what brand and what machine do you have? What machine would you recommend now that you have hands on experience with this? Been thinking about getting one.

    I have a Harvest Right Pro Medium size. The pro is newest model with heavier duty parts and comes with premier pump.   Harvest right has been great and gave me a bunch of free accessories for being patient during the 3 week back order

    This is a good video that describes the different in models.  So far no complaints 

     

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    You can freeze dry raw eggs. Crack them in a bowl, whisk them together, pour into trays and freeze dry. When done put in a food processor and pulverize them into a powder and store. 2 tbsp of egg powder equals 1 egg. Rehydrate at equal parts egg/water. For instance if you wanted a 3 egg omelette, put 6 tbsp of powder and 6 tbsp of water in a bowl. It will turn back into a regular looking egg and you wouldn’t even know its freeze dried.  Then cook it. 

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    These machines keep getting better and less expensive as time goes on.  I just did 3 dozen eggs from our hens the other day.  Yesterday honey crisp apples were on sale for $0.88 /lb so I did 12 lbs of apples. The best thing about FD is we now only buy stuff that’s a great deal on sale and FD it.  Saves fridge space too.

    Longer term storage kept in mylar bags, everyday stuff kept in quart jars in pantry. 

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    1 hour ago, Hoss50 said:

    You drew in the bonus pass. 40 tags are in the bonus. Up to 10% could be non-res. It doesn't mean 10% have to be non-res. 

    For me choice 1 is always a long shot. Choice 2 is what I actually want, assuming I don't have enough points to draw either tag in the bonus pass. 

    The problem with that though is if Choice 1 is above your point level, but Choice 2 you have enough bonus points for, you will always draw Choice 2. For a chance to hit a long shot for Choice 1, both choices need to be outside of the bonus pass 1-2 points. 

    If either tag in Choice 1 or 2 is a guaranteed draw you will always draw that tag. 

    This year I had 4 points. Choice 1 was approx a 13 point draw. Choice 2 was approx 5-6 points. We drew the 2nd choice in the lottery draw.

    If you draw in the lottery draw after the bonus, when your app gets pulled they look at Choice 1. If Choice 1 has tags left, you get them. If not they look at choice 2. If you they have choice 2 tags left you get them. If not they put you back in the 3-5 draw which basically means you won't get a tag unless choice 3-5 has a really easy to draw option like a limited opportunity type tag.

     

    Last year, same unit, same # of tags and only 30 went to residents in bonus pass  I’m assuming this year was the same  

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    17 minutes ago, Eli said:

    Curtis, Bonus pass is 20% so would be tag 1-40. Looks like you drew in the bonus pass. 

     

    Yeah that may be…. I think though the first 30 are resident and 10 to non res for 40 total?  If I understand it correctly, 10% go to non res (5% bonus pass and 5% random)?  If you look at 2023, there were also 200 tags and only 30 went to residents in bonus pass. 

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    I was considering the Lift as an upgrade over my Halon 32 but decided to keep the Halon.  But I did drop it off at Timber Mesa last week for a tune, new string and a new custom sight tape.  The Lift looks nice and is very light but sticker shock scared me away. With tax it would have been like $1600!  I remember when the flagship bows cost $999.99.

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    I’ll start off by saying I’m grateful and excited to have drawn an early archery bull tag in 5bs!  I can’t wait…..  but I think I made a mistake on my application strategy.

    So, I had 10 pts, and when looking at the odds before any possible point creep I was 50/50 chance at both 5bs and 5bn early archery. I put 5bs as my #1 pick and 5bn as #2.

    I drew 5bs tag #31.

    I could be wrong, but i’m pretty sure tag #31 was the first tag issued after the bonus pass (200 tags).  So I drew that tag in the random 1/2 pass. It got me thinking that I kinda screwed up on my strategy and should have put a primo trophy hunt as #1 and then either 5bs or 5bn as my #2.

    For all I know, I could have had the first pick of the 1/2 random pass and could have snagged a top tier early hunt in a trophy unit.  If not, I still would have drawn one of the 5b tags.  

    Am I correct in second guessing my app strategy?  If I drew tag #30 I wouldn’t be thinking about the ‘what if’.

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