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    Books that shaped your outlook on adventure or manhood.

    Horn of the Hunter - Robert Ruark The Best of Zane Grey Outdoorsman: Hunting and Fishing Stories - This has epic stories, and I've gifted this book to several friends. The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing - Tom McGuane Thanks for this future reading list, guys!
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    Shotguns - what do you reach for and why

    I have a Mossberg 930 Duck Commander 12 gauge; it's not the nicest shotgun I have owned. I don't think it was well reviewed or sold for very long. It is, however, the shotgun I've been able to shoot the best. I'll take more birds or a higher percentage of broken clays over a prettier gun...
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    What’s the one moment in your life that should’ve killed you, but didn’t?

    I was stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and very late one night I was driving my 1966 short-bed Chevy back onto post from a place called Sleezeville, where I had clearly made some questionable life choices and possibly consumed too much alcohol. On a winding, wooded back road, I lost it in a...
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    What’s cooking in your camp kitchen this season?

    I made Elk and Venison Chili a couple of weeks back using this recipe https://copykat.com/chilis-chili-recipe/ I don't have a picture, it looks pretty much the same as when I've made it using beef. This batch was 3 lbs ground Elk and 1 lb of ground Venison, because I was short on Elk. I go a...
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    Show us your rig. What’s your setup for the field?

    This is my 2022 4Runner. I gave my son the dad deal on my well built JK Wrangler, so I've been building this up to get closer to the Jeep's capability. I have lifted it enough to clear 33" all-terrains, rock sliders replaced the running boards, and I replaced the lame factory roof rack with one...
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    Let’s see your watch. What’s the story behind it?

    This is my Seiko SKX007 Dive watch, purchased in 2002, it's my go to everyday watch. I'm not a diver but my Seiko has survived many unplanned swimming sessions in fresh and salt water, it even had a bath in pasta sauce. I have several watches, and I wear them all some. I wear this watch the...
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    Funny Shit Rich Guys Say

    Said my rich 62 year old buddy about the smokin hot 29 year old Brazilian babe he was dating. "She doesn't like me for my Lambo, she prefers older men. Besides she likes driving my Porsche better anyway." He ended up marrying her.
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    It's only gay if you are...

    I didn't buy it because I needed it to try a sport either. That said, it hurts to sell your introductory gear after a season or two to buy the stuff you should have bought to start with. Once I've decided an activity is a "keeper" for me, I trade up for good gear, spending more when I know...
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    Matt - Currently behind enemy lines in SoCal

    Hi All, I'm Matt. I'm stuck for now in SoCal where I feel like I'm behind enemy lines. My once beautiful state seems almost irreparably F'd. I'm an old Army vet who grew up in Colorado before it later got F'd too. My parents brought me to Cali, when I was a little too young to run away. At the...
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    It's only gay if you are...

    As a professed gear junkie and a fan of redundancy, the whole two is one, one is none thing, I have way too much gear in general. I have no less that 20 rods, spinning, casting, salt, fly each with a reel, line, etc., so maybe almost enough. I stop short of owning Patagonia waders or...
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