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Someone make me a reasonable offer I can't refuse.

Someone make me a reasonable offer I can't refuse.

20-45 lbs. If I was on a cattle boat, there is no way I could have used that gear set up without pissing off a lot of people. Fortunately, there were only three of us fishing. This is a 59-lb. king in BC on 17-lb. line. You can see my two bass rigs sitting in the boat. My wife with a nice 15-lb. silver

Describe "better?" Was the '57 T-Bird ( I owned the 1956 pre-fin version) a better car than the later versions?? If the answer is NO, which it should be, than why are the '57s now worth more than north of $100K for the most part? The only reason pre-64s are high priced is for collectible reasons, not function. You can cite the differences all day and won't be able to explain why the newer versions are less dependable, and why most rifle makers now use push feed actions, just like the military uses in its M14 and M16 rifles.

Agree. It's fact nonetheless. I'd much rather battle the smaller version.

I own a 1965 Mod. 70 .264 mag that has been my go-to-gun since I've owned it. Bought it with a Redfield scope through Stoeger Arms where my ex-neighbor in NJ worked as an accountant and later became CEO. I can't even estimate how many critters it has killed over the past 50 years other than to say "a lot." I've used it for everything from javelina to a 60" Canada moose and three subspecies of caribou. With a few exceptions, the dozens of deer and elk I've taken have been shot with this rifle. In Africa, I shot 11 of the 12 animals with it, and in New Zealand I used it for tahr, red stag and Arapawa sheep. The last thing it killed was my desert sheep. It has been carried in a rifle scabbard for many, many miles on numerous horseback hunts and when I was guiding in Colo. during the mid-1970s. So it took a bit of a beating. I eventually had Robar Inc. put a satin silver NP3 (no rust) finish and a McMillan synthetic stock on it. I also changed out the scope to a Leupold high-end one in satin silver. With those improvements, It looks almost new yet. In all that time, I've NEVER had any problems because it is a push-feed gun. This is the rifle with a Colo. deer. Note the camo pattern. 😉

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Great looking dogs. I owned and hunted quail here with a shorthair for several years. She was tremendous on Mearns' and Gambel's. If any of your buyers need a crate/kennel, please alert them to the one I have listed here in the classified. It's in like-new condition.

BOTH sets have been SOLD! I have two sets of this raingear in Cabela's Outfitter Brown camo pattern. One has a medium regular parka and medium regular pants. The other set has a small regular parka and small regular pants that were worn only for the below photo illustration and never outdoors. So tags are missing. Both the jacket and pants retailed for well over $100 each when I got these, and Cabela's now has the jacket on sale for $90 and the pants for $80. You can buy either set for $125. NOW $100 $75. Pay with credit cards via PayPal (No PayPal acct. necessary, just an email address), send a money order or come by with cold cash. Will consider reasonable offers but no trades. This is the actual raingear for sale. Cabela's Dry-Plus® Rain Suede™ Evolution Packable Parka – Regular Fabric is softer and quieter than ever Waterproof, breathable Dry-Plus EcoNano durable water-repellent finish Three-piece hood Double-reinforced forearms Rain Suede has been a Cabela’s staple for many years. Our Rain Suede, with Evolution fabric, takes the original and makes it even better. In order to even consider replacing our original Rain Suede, the new fabric had to be perfect. Evolution was that fabric. It’s softer and quieter than our original Rain Suede, but retains the same exceptional breathability of the original. Plus, the microdenier polyester allows camo patterns to print with extremely vivid detail that never fades. The shell fabric is backed with 100% waterproof, breathable Dry-Plus and has an EcoNano™ durable water-repellent finish, which keeps water rolling off the garment, even under extreme pressure when kneeling or crawling. With just a few quick shakes and a couple "brush-offs," the fabric is as dry as when you started the day. It’s your first line of defense against all types of moisture. You can wear it in a downpour and it will be ready to wear again the next day without having to run it through a dryer. Evolution is also extremely versatile, so one investment will see you through multiple hunting seasons. Because the fabric compacts easily, each piece can be rolled and stuffed into its own pocket for storage. Moisture-wicking mesh liner provides next-to-skin comfort. Two zippered slash pockets create ample storage space and are lined for warming chilled hands. A snap-close storm flap over the YKK® zipper and hook-and-loop-adjustable cuffs deliver added protection from moisture. Visored three-piece hood with drawstring and cord lock at the rear. Double-reinforced forearms. Underarm gussets. Imported. The two below are catalogue pix. Camo patterns: Realtree AP™, Seclusion 3D® Open Country®, Seclusion 3D®, Mossy Oak® Break-Up Infinity®, Outfitter Brown™. Below is the same pattern you would be buying.

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Those are babies compared to the east coast variety. The one in the above video was 118" and 960 lbs.

Man, I admire you guys who can put up with those cattle boat excursions. They're like organized chaos when the fishing is going on. A friend and I went on an overnighter with H&M in the early 1970s, and it wasn't a fun first experience for me. The sea going out was really rough, so I was seasick from the get-go. 🤢 It got even worse when the fishing started and the beer & blood started flowing around. 🤮 I eventually headed for my bunk and curled up in fetal position for the ride in. When we got back my buddy called his wife on a pay phone, and I asked him to have her call mine and tell her I was never going out to sea again. From then on I never went out on the ocean without Dramamine or later on, Scopolamine patches. A year or so later, the folks from Fenwick invited me out on their boat to chase yellowfin. I started off with one of the telephone-pole like rods with a big reel and quickly decided that wasn't a lot of fun. So I switched to a med. spinning rig with 10-lb. test and had a blast catching big YFs. I also went out of Long Beach aboard a friend's sport fisherman. We spent the entire day at the kelp beds catching barracuda on light tackle. Sometime in the mid-80s, the Canadian Consulate sent a gal writer and me on a press junket to Nova Scotia. One of the things we did was spend a day fishing for REALLY, REALLY big fish -- bluefin tuna that sell to the Japanese for thousands of $$$$$$. And the captain owns the catch! We had two hits in six hours of trolling and landed one of those that weighed 625 lbs. I let the gal handle it for the most part until she got too exhausted. It was like having a VW beetle on the end of the line. All in all, pretty boring. The most fun I've had on the ocean was fishing for king salmon at Buck's Camp at River's Inlet, BC. It was worth three trips, too. It's kinda of a DIY set-up where they give the folks a small skiff and tackle and send them off to fish. The tackle they supply consists of a 9' fly rod and reel with 30# line. I opted to bring my own -- bass fishing rigs spooled with 17# line. Over those three trips, I landed at least 10 king salmon over 50 lbs. (biggest was 68) and never lost one. Also caught oodles of the other salmons, mostly pinks and silvers. When I hooked a king and it made a run, I'd follow backwards, standing on the back seat and steering the motor with my foot. In most cases, it would take 15-20 minutes before I saw the fish. Then the trick was to get it into the big net and boat by myself.

Condolences to Mike's family.

Reduced to $75.

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That's a fairly decent pattern with good colors, as well.

The message quoted below is from a discussion on this site in 2008. It's as pertinent now as it was then. ____________________________________________________________________________________ "Dan (guy in your last listed video) and Atsko have been in the forefront of all this research on deer vision since the late 1980s. Everything he said is right on the money. Because I was skeptical, I spent more than a year researching the subject and was present when they tested the vision of LIVE deer at the Univ. of Georgia's deer research facility. I also attended the Southeast Deer Symposium in Mississippi where two biologists presented their papers on the subject. I penned the first and most definitive article about the subject for OUTDOOR LIFE magazine in the early 1990s. The article and supplemental charts, etc. covered about six pages. Although the original topic concerned deer, MOST non-human mammals are "blind" to blaze orange and nearly all shades of red into the infrared range of the color spectrum. That general statement takes in ungulates, canines and felines. In contrast, all of the above are highly adept at seeing in the lower range of the spectrum, i.e. blues to ultraviolet. This is what originally triggered the research and led to Atsko's products to eliminate UV absorption from clothing and other items. The only creatures you hunt that will see orange are the avian creatures, such as wild turkey, waterfowl and upland game. And they also are very attuned to the UV part of the spectrum. Anyone interested in reading the OL article, can send me a PM here with an email address. -TONY" _____________________________________________________________________________________ The majority of camo patterns are designed to harvest hunters not game animals. 😉 The latest and greatest is usually nothing more but the same ol', same ol'. Patterns with greens and blacks that are normally small and close together might look peachy to a guy standing a few feet away, but it becomes a dark blob at a distance. As a result of the SCIENTIFIC research that was done, the best camo colors are light tans to browns/black because an ungulate's eyes react the least to any of them and MOST of the terrain appears as the same colors to them. Likewise for blaze orange, which falls within the tan area of a game mammal's dichromatic (two color) vision. IOW, they see colors much like a human who is colorblind. Hunters in Africa, who rarely wear camo, have been killing game for centuries wearing solid tan, brown or olive pants and shirts. Likewise for hunters in those states with mandatory laws in regards to blaze orange such as Colorado and Wyoming. So if you wish to wear camo because it gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling, pick one with brownish colors and large patterns. IMHO, ASAT is about as close as you can get to the ideal. It ain't cheap, but it's well made and rugged.

I have a hard time reading the gray font but see no way to change it. Yeah, I know, I can use the little brush thingie like this, but doing that for every message is a royal PIA. Also, reading messages posted by others is just as bad. Isn't there a way to change the default for crotchety old men with bad eyesight? 😎 PS: I'm using the Dimension theme. The other with black font has that glaring too-white background.

TAADAAA. These tired eyes thank you muchly.

See my reply above yours.

Ok, that's makes sense. What I was forgetting is that they go thru EVERY application during the BP pass regardless of the # of points. It was too early in the a.m. so I still had my head up my a$$. 😡

And the only problem it presents if the 2nd choice is guaranteed is losing BPs for the next draw. It doesn't affect the 1st choice in any way. But the BP lose will also happen if you draw a hunt as a 3rd choice even though it might now be still guaranteed one.

Hmmm. Are you guys positive on that?? The only way that would happen is if there are NO permits left for 12AE. So if that's a 1st choice with permits still available, that's what's doled out. If no 12AE permits are available, it then goes to the 2nd choice.