SteveB

Prevailing rate should be the one a qualified worker is willing to accept for doing the job. Not some arbitrary figure someone feels should be paid regardless.

Perfect example of why shooting in a residential area should not be done. The only way to consider it would be to have the backstop tight against your own house so the only possible risk would be to the shooter and their family - not the neighborhood.

I thought you where talking 70 volume also. 100gr is close to what I posted about.

Not cleaner, but will start having a significant increase in velocity over a similar T7 - not sure what the comparable T7 pellet load will be. For me the BH cleans faster and there has been no corrosive issues with the way I use it above. I use the Montana Extreme cowboy blend for cleaning and their bore conditioner. After using the bore conditioner for awhile, it seems to clean even easier. And I use the CCI magnum primers - one of the hottest and BH likes a hot primer.

I've shot a couple jugs of 209 in my TC Triumph - find that it really starts to shine between 100 to 120gr. I have shot as many as 15 shots with no patching with no difference (other then 1st from a completely clean barrel) in accuracy or loading. For hunting, I'll pop a couple primers to clear any oil, then a squib load of 30 gr with a patch only. Load powder and sabot and then run a couple dry patches. This puts the 1st shot right in the rest. I've left it loaded as long as three weeks and never hard an issue with firing, accuracy or corrosion. I am careful not to bring it into a warm place after being out and always have the muzzle covered. Also get an 1/8" drill bit to keep the breech plug free from primer fouling.

Tough to beat an electric for ease of use and flavor for low temp cooking - most limit out about 275 deg, but is is a very consistent temp. The Cookshack's are top of the line for both control and insulation. Insulation cuts power consumption way down and makes it far easier to use year round. I had an upper end gas smoker and would get an entry level elec before doing gas again. These days I use a pellet burning smoker/grill exclusively. Smokes great as low as 180 deg, but will go to 500+ for the best steak you ever had.

MLM is never a great new opportunity except for those at the top of the pyramid.

What's on the flip side?

Thanks Scot!

Maybe I watched a different interview?

Biting my tongue - for now

And that is why our deer season will never be extended.

Here is a pic of a commercial tool with good reviews. There are several others - google "tick removal tools".

Would this be reliable enough" http://www.adfg.alas...s/pdfs/bear.pdf Bottom of page 25 highlighted. 3 pages of bear regulations - should be a daunting task for someone going to hunt there to wade thru them. The issue isn't that he knowingly violated the regs and callously aired the breaking of them. The issue is that the self appointed spokesperson for all hunters (according to him and many others) who espouses ethical, responsible hunting and stewardship of the land, has again not walked the talk. And he has a history, whether it is the military, family values or hunting, going back to his youth of "do what I say and not as I do. I would think we all would agree that elected officials can be held accountable for their actions while representing us. Why is it there are those who feel that a self appointed spokesperson can not be held to similar standards? I have the right to not want to be told Ted speaks for me and that I should not only just accept it, but be grateful. It's not hate or dislike for the man - just lack of respect and I simply want distance from him and most of his actions.

Don't see why you would think that

If a hunter wounds a bear where Nugent was hunting--a rugged, mountainous region of Southeast-- the rule is that you don't get to shoot another one. You can find this rule highlighted in yellow at the bottom of page 25 of the hunting regulation book. You can also find it online and the regulation came about in 2004. Not new - not unknown - not obscure - and not a conspiracy persecution of poor Ted.

Does that mean no list coming? Just asking.

Turns out it is not some obscure, minor reg buried deep in an inches thick dusty old book. And the only conspiracy is Ted's to get ratings with other entertainers like Beck. From another site - note the highlighted parts and where it came from. Commentary: A government conspiracy against Ted Nugent? Hardly Julia O'Malley The Anchorage Daily News Julia O'Malley Anchorage Daily News Updated: 2012-05-02T10:46:15Z More News The lengths to which some people will go to avoid taking personal responsibility surprises me. Take, for example, steward of Alaska's great outdoors, the rocker/gun rights activist/reality star Ted Nugent. Last week, he struck a humble tone before a federal judge as he pleaded guilty to illegally shooting and transporting a black bear in Southeast Alaska three years ago. He said he'd just been ignorant about a game law in the area. He'd been with his son on Sukkwan Island hunting baited bears. He shot an arrow at a bear and wounded it, but it scampered off. The extent of its injuries is unclear. Nugent's attorney, Wayne Anthony Ross, said it bled some. Nobody knows if it died. If a hunter wounds a bear where Nugent was hunting--a rugged, mountainous region of Southeast-- the rule is that you don't get to shoot another one. You can find this rule highlighted in yellow at the bottom of page 25 of the hunting regulation book. You can also find it online. But Nugent, by his own admission, never saw this rule. Which is why he said he shot a second bear. And then shared the whole experience with the audience of his Outdoor Channel show, "Spirit of the Wild." In court he said he'd made a mistake. It was his job to know the law, respect the law and conduct himself the way his father raised him to. He would "never knowingly break any game laws," he said. "I'm afraid I was blindsided by this," he told the judge. "I sincerely apologize for it. The Nuge could have left it at that. But this past week he put out a statement blasting "idiotic laws," and called Glenn Beck’s national radio/television program , where he struck a tone far different than he did in the courtroom. Sure, he messed up in Alaska, he admitted to Beck's sympathetic ear. But the law was "goofy." The criminal charges didn't come because he broke the law and broadcast it to tens of thousands of people, they came because he was the target of a government conspiracy. The president was out to get him. "They gave me the ultimatum the day after I endorsed Mitt Romney," he told Beck. A few pieces of background to note: This is Nugent's second hunting violation. The other one, for using a chemical scent to attract a deer, occurred in California in 2009. Nugent also got attention recently from the Secret Service after telling an NRA crowd, "We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November," adding, "If Barack Obama becomes the next president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year." I don't know how you see all that, but Nugent saw the hunting violations and his conversation with the Secret Service as a message from the U.S. government. The State of Alaska, Nugent told Beck, didn't want to charge him with the game violation but the feds did. Wasn't that suspicious? Especially because nobody had been charged under the law before. (Had anyone broadcast themselves breaking the law before? That point didn't come up.) The judge in his case told him he wasn't familiar with the law, Nugent said. "We can't find anybody who ever heard of this new unprecedented law!" Nugent gave examples of other game regulations he found "indescribably bizarre and illogical." Beck did his part, driving the conspiracy train of thought so they could both jump aboard. This was just like communists, to target the rebels, he went on. Nugent was targeted and put through the wringer, Beck said, like so many of Beck's friends. That was the plot, to go after people in red states. To bully them! Interrogate them! Seize and destroy their propert Oh, the drama! Anyway, you get the picture. After watching the clip of Beck's show, I called the federal prosecutor in the case, Jack Schmidt, to ask if he was part of an anti-Nugent federal conspiracy. The idea cracked him up. "For him to say that it has anything to do with politics is ridiculous," he said. Somebody who knew the hunting regs watched Nugent's show and alerted the authorities, he said. They investigated. The complaint had merit so they brought the charge. "The fact his violation occurred on TV, that definitely led to this investigation," Schmidt said. Nugent was charged in federal court because the federal government did the investigation and the violation occurred on federal land, he said. "As Nugent says there is no bag limit on happiness, but, obviously, there is a bag limit on bears in Alaska," he said. I asked Neil Barten, Fish and Game's wildlife management coordinator in Southeast, if it was true that nobody knows about the regulation that Nugent violated. "All of our hunting guides are very well aware of it because they wanted it in the first place," Barten said. The regulation came about in 2004 at the request of guides, Barten said. A bear can be seriously wounded without bleeding too much. For that reason, and because of the terrain, it can be hard to track. Guides felt it wasn't ethical to wound one bear without knowing whether it had been killed and then to shoot and kill a second one, he said. Every year, Fish and Game gets reports from hunters who say they have wounded a bear. Apparently, the rule isn't as obscure as Nugent would have you believe. Think what you want about presidential politics, gun rights and hunting regulations. All of that is beside the point. In this case, we're just dealing with a famous symbol of manliness, with his sleeveless camo and sniper rifles, who can't be man enough to say he's sorry when he's wrong and move on.

It walks. It's proven that hunting them has no real effect on population control.

My pellet grill is good to go in my shop - figured good day for bacon wrapped venison. Bacon weave waiting for rub. Burning Asphalt Rub "Sportsman's Rub" added. Ready for the grill - 2hrs at 325deg. Post results later.

He doesn't speak for me either and almost no one else I know. There are a huge number of those in the choir he preaches too that adamantly claim he does. He is a super smart promoter - everything he says and does is knowingly crafted to promote his image and get paid. At least occasionally he gets caught.

It's every responsible hunter's obligation to know the rules - especially one who is a self appointed spokesman for others, and makes a great living doing it. He owned up to it because it was the only option according to his lawyer in the article. Pretty much his history - be responsible when caught and forced to.

Going to try to make it.

Seems like Nugent just can't be bothered with knowing the laws where he hunts and abiding by them. http://www.adn.com/2012/04/20/2433298/ted-nugent-admits-illegal-bear.html

They have no need to worry about ted - he showed his stomach for a fight by dodging the draft.