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I have for sale a 1983 Bass Tracker III $2500 Specs: -16' -1997 40 hp Yamaha -87lb thrust motor guide trolling motor -spare tire -removable pedestal seat -front deck is extended to console -front under deck storage compartment -working live well Needs some work: -Carpet is deteriorating from bring kept in the sun for two years -I think new wiring (or maybe just new battery connections) will take care of the navigation lights and bilge pump not working -I think the fuel pump needs to be replaced. Sometimes the motor acts like its not getting enough fuel and I have to back off the throttle and then power forward again to regain full speed. Its done this since I bought it about 8 years ago but never bothered me enough to try and fix it. I am hoping someone can get as much use and fun out of this old boat as I did.

Well, I got a few more years use out of it. The carpet is almost completely worn away. On the bright side I just spent $300 on new batteries. New price: $1500

What spine carbons do you suggest? I'm having a heck of time finding aluminum anymore. There are a lot of factors at play: draw length, poundage, arrow length, how much tip weight you want.... You can play around with the 3rivers arrow calculator to get an idea what might work, but you really need to have some components at your disposal to mess with paper tuning to get it perfect.

I never have money when you post awesome stuff like this.

Orvis or Desert Sportsman, both in Scottsdale are the only places I would go.

Dan Bix is great. No experience with Rhonda's.

Perfect!

Great pics! I leave in a few days for one month in the same area

$20

Off to Homer, AK for a month in two weeks. Staying inside until then.

I say keep it the way it is and make grandpa proud by shooting a big elk with it. If you had to make something with it, the 1917 has a very beefy action that was popular for big stuff like the 375 h&h.

Yup. The "homeless" people are getting worse. Lots of able minded and bodied people out there with no dignity begging for money. I drove past a Jack in the Box yesterday advertising the windows "NOW ACCEPTING EBT" There should be no monetary handouts and no minimum wage. This would take care of many issues in our society.

dang, that would have been 50 miles of bone for this guy. Nice job.

I do not like the "if hunting stopped tomorrow" angle: it is too us(people) and them(animals) which is the mindset we need to get them away from. I would prefer to make an argument that includes us in the environment, food chain, and ecosystem just as we are, and have always been. Shipping goods around the world (cattle from Texas, wood from South America, rice from S.E. Asia, ect) is what has led us away from living "local" (use buzz words that they can relate to) and to a mass exudes from farm country into cities resulting in the "unsustainable" human population explosion we see today. It is hard for someone who lives in the city and has all the goods from around the world at their fingertips to understand this, but if fossil fuels dried up tomorrow, the only people that will be left are the ones who participate with nature and hunt, fish, gather, and garden for their own food just as we have been doing forever; I do these things because I love them, it is in my blood and it is when I am happiest. You can show them that they are the problem, and you are part of the solution. An excellent book: "Collapse" by Jarred Diamond is what led me to start thinking this way.

Would a project for one of the deer, elk, etc., societies count?

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If it were my elk roast I would either make it into steaks for grilling (depending on which roast it is), slice it and make jerky, or do a combo of what wildwoody and bhuntin suggested for tacos.

I am going to guess he was a road hunter by all the extra weight he was carrying.

I knew this would be a good place to ask. Thanks for all the replies!

My set up is three raised 4'x4' beds. My wife and I get more that we can eat from this small space. Since October I have had fresh salads every day for lunch. I just yanked out some lettuce heads earlier this week to plant my tomatoes and tomatillos. I started the tomatoes from seed about 6 weeks ago. I also planted onion shoots from Dixon Dale Farms in one bed about a month ago. This early warm weather should make for a good spring garden.

Good point.

In my opinion you do not need a guide, and might catch more fish without one. Some of the best fishing is in the walk in area. I am no expert, but have been a few times up river, and a few times just walking. Where the Paria flows in is a good place to start. Small midges under an indicator bubble is the standard technique along with glo bugs and san juan worms. There is a fly shop up there if you end up needing supplies. This should be an excellent time to go. Also, I think you need to have a Colorado River stamp on your license to fish there (someone correct me if I am wrong).

I am very interested. I will be up that way in two weeks. Good luck.

How much for that nicely stacked pile of wood in the back ground?

This company can make anything: nomaralaska.com They make bags that can hold several thousand pounds of fish, so I don't think a canvas tent will be a problem. Some thoughts: a waterproof bag could be useful to prevent mildew. Have several smaller easier to handle bags made, one for tent, one for poles, etc. If your trying to keep it cheap, a wood crate is probably the best route...