Recent content by Harley Parmenter

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    ATV advice

    Honda quads start with the 420 rancher, then the 500 foreman, both with straight axel, monoshock, and foot shift. Polaris entry level is 450 (actually 500 cc),33 hoarse power, then 570 44 hoarse power. Independent suspension and a higher tow rating . Polaris uses a strut for its front shock...
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    How do I figure out the value of a rifle?

    Not to insult any one, I would give you 1000. cash for it, put it in the gun safe for a trip to Alaska. I don't think i'll ever hunt Alaska, at 62 years old it would be fun to shoot and look at visioning BIG BROWN BEARS and MOOSE... I shoot a built 700 action in 6mm rem. improved from Clay...
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    Most important gear on a hunt

    First on every trip, backtracker, or GPS, fire starter, then gear. I have been lost and come out on a road that still didn't help me. In back country roads can go a long ways to no were. Lost is being afraid to move.
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    When do you chamber a round while hunting?

    Guess I've ben bird hunting for fifty years , Pheasants with dad, grouse, turkeys, a whole lot of deer, woodcock in heavy cover. We let the dog out, collar him, get our gear together, and load and chamber a round. We load and chamber a round when we walk to our stands but unload or open the...
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    National Graphics special on wolves played several nights ago

    As I said, many things contributed to the near extinction of the Buffalo, as did the Moose, cougar, elk... etc. in my home state of Michigan. The grouse I hunt will soon go on an endangered list according to the Grouse society. Reintroduction of a species always has consequence. I hope we can...
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    National Graphics special on wolves played several nights ago

    Many things contributed to the near extinction of the American Bison, however Ulysses S. Grant saw the destruction of buffalo as "a solution to the country's Indian problem". "Every Buffalo killed is another Indian gone". A way to starve Native Americans into submission...J Weston Pippen May 13...
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    National Graphics special on wolves played several nights ago

    Please, can we keep this post on the wolves and not on an intentional genocide by the same United States Government that exterminated a food source for native people as to keep them dependent on the government rather than the abundance of natural resources. I believe there is ALWAYS an unseen...
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    National Graphics special on wolves played several nights ago

    I am an avid long range shooter, not an elk hunter, I do however hunt grouse in Michigan's Upper peninsula over a brace of fine and expensive English Setters. I share my coverts with the recently re introduced wolves. This is an act that has started much controversy to a lot of Michiganders...
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