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Tire Rack is a decent place .
I've ordered from them a couple times... The charges for the first set for mounting and balancing wiped out, and then some, any price advantage over buying local. They are a good source if you cannot find what you want locally... which is why I ordered a second time.
 
Opening day here... went out this morning and am home for lunch (less than 10 minutes away). All I saw was bucks which is a dramatic change from the past. Looks like EHD has helped the herd balance, herd size, and is saving the habitat from over browsing. We have antler restrictions here (minimum of 3 pts of at least an inch on a side) which demands careful viewing (I use binoculars) before shooting. The one buck was in the pines and it was rather dark in there... best I could tell it wasn't a legal buck... looked like a 4 pt. Dang! When it crossed the power line clear cut I could see more points! I was hunting with the flintlock and once it got into the woods on the other side of the powerlines I could barely see him with the naked eye. As I hunted my way out of the woods for lunch I found that he was traveling his scrape line. I know where I'll be on stand in coming hunts!
 
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Good for you! I like to read stories like this, people helping a neighbour.... Rarely arms to happen in suburban London so I like to be reminded people can be nice!
I don't intend to boast, but I help out three different elder couples out here. Their children have all left the community and gone now with children of their own. I grew up with these folks. Went to school with them. So it only feels right that I help out their parents as much as can. Although, I won't take money for bringing them fire wood. The love I give comes back to me ten fold. One way or another. From all these good folks. Both the elders and their sons and daughters I grew up with. So it all works out. Its a pretty tight community out here in the sticks on Kodiak Island. We definitely take care of our own! 👍
 
Any of you buy tires online? I still need tires (car) for my trailer. I google my size and come up with some great prices from companies I've never heard of. Anyone know of reputable online companies?
Good question! I'm going to be looking for "tires and rims" fir my splitter on line. I've no idea were to start.
 
My dog is anxiously awaiting the end of deer season so he can run free again

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My dog threw up some deer bones on the floor bt the door in the middle if the night! 😡 I'm not sure if he is running dear or not, because he definitely knows better. 😡 My squaw cooked our dogs up some venison leg bones in the oven a couple weeks ago off a deer I deboned into venison, so maybe it is one of those bones. My other dog is getting older and has really short hair, she doesn't even like going outside in the fall and winter. Unless it's to do her duty, and even then she'll sit by the dog door and contemplate it for a few minutes. Then run out in the bushes for a minute or two. Then run right back inside! 😂 Either way I've had "talks" with both my dogs over chasing deer. My heeler Angus goes everywhere with me, even hunting. Many many times and he always stays right at mt heels without command. Even when we are close to a deer, or spot a deer, so Im confused as to why he is regurgitating venison leg bones. Either way, I told my squaw this morning. "No more venison leg bones fir the dogs! 👎Cooked or not"!
 
I wouldnt laugh to hard. I have peed in many a deer scrape only to find the buck has freshened it up the next morning. I have also peed down a tree and had bucks come with their nose in the air smeeling and looking. I dont know if deer are attracted to the pee, but they sure dont seem to be afraid of it.
They are attracted( actually more curious ) to the scent of ammonia. I used to piss in scrapes all the time, i’d also spray them w ammonia. It’s an old trick and much cheaper than Tinks 69.
 
My dog threw up some deer bones on the floor bt the door in the middle if the night! 😡 I'm not sure if he is running dear or not, because he definitely knows better. 😡 My squaw cooked our dogs up some venison leg bones in the oven a couple weeks ago off a deer I deboned into venison, so maybe it is one of those bones. My other dog is getting older and has really short hair, she doesn't even like going outside in the fall and winter. Unless it's to do her duty, and even then she'll sit by the dog door and contemplate it for a few minutes. Then run out in the bushes for a minute or two. Then run right back inside! 😂 Either way I've had "talks" with both my dogs over chasing deer. My heeler Angus goes everywhere with me, even hunting. Many many times and he always stays right at mt heels without command. Even when we are close to a deer, or spot a deer, so Im confused as to why he is regurgitating venison leg bones. Either way, I told my squaw this morning. "No more venison leg bones fir the dogs! 👎Cooked or not"!

When I was a kid, we had these neighbors across the road that just hated my family for some reason. They used to have a feeding trough set up for the deer and eventually even fenced some deer in to have "pet" deer...real weirdos.

Anyway, one of our German Shepherds was quite the hunter and broke out of our fence and into their fence once. I guess she ran one of the deer down and started eating it, all in front of these people. They freaked out and called the sheriff and tried to say that she was harassing livestock and should be shot. The sheriff that responded out ended up being a K9 unit and had the doppelganger to our dog...once he found out what they were doing with the deer, he read them the riot act. He let them go with a warning, but told them if they wasted emergency services one more time, he was going to turn them into Fish & Game.
 
So here's the thing. I don't condone dogs running deer. Some folks that own a dog or dogs feel that if their dog doesn't s**t on the floor and is potty trained? Well then thats a "good well trained and mannered dog"! Regardless if the dog won't listen to or obey any simple command. I'm a dog person and understand them and their behavior and I WILL NOT have a dog that runs deer!!! Deer have enough natural predators to worry about let alone the harsh cold winters they try to survive. I've had conversations with folks about their dogs and some of these folks are absolutely oblivious to our dog laws in this State. They will make comments like "he's a real good dog! He even catches deer sometimes"! It just sticks to my craw deep under my skin! The Alaska Department of Fish and game encourages the termination of a dog in the act of running wild game.
Your situation is different because you're dog was obviously contained and then broke loose and your neighbors were idiots for trying to contain a wild animal and then consider it to be their "live stock"! What really gets me is when folks have dogs and let them run loose knowing good and well they run deer, but make no attempt to correct or discipline the dog for doing so! I just don't get it!
 
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scrounged me up a hose reel extenion other day. stuck like chuck! nothing would let it come loose. so i hack sawed it off right there on side of crub! nothing would loosed it, fluids nor heat. so... i did next best thing. destructive management. and drilled the pot metal, then knocked rest of it out with chisel, drift and hammer... all in all, that went well. now hose is usable. have a spot for it corner of yard! :)
 
yesterday we scrounged up and some other stuff Thanksgiving Dinner #2! at Sam's. Taste of Sam's going all weekend. tasty bits of aisle gourmet dining! lol.... :rolleyes: we started with desert! lol. apple and pecan pie...
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main menu. aisle

apple pie
pecan pie
ham pces
smked turkey
spuds n gravy
brussels
mac/cheese
spinich-cheese turnovers
cheesecake, choc n vanil
cranberry tart
sourdough bread/butter
granola cup
green bean cass
spkling drink - grape

and peppermint/choco almonds
all in all!: 👌
 
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