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Old 10-09-2024, 05:40 PM
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You can read OPs past posts and see he's asked for donations before etc.

OP since you have binos on the way is there anything else you need?

These programs are great. Like I said my jr sr high-school did them and they were great.
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Old 10-09-2024, 05:47 PM
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I met treeroot this past spring to drop off a couple taxidermy mounts. Stand up guy and had a good visit. If I had a spare set of binoculars, I would donate them in a heartbeat.
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Old 10-09-2024, 06:48 PM
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There is one thing that still troubles me on this thread.

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Your jumping to conclusions sir...
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There is one thing that still troubles me on this thread.
I edited that post about who this was supporting after getting more information and I have had significant interaction since. The issue you are alluding to IS NOT GERMANE. If it was I would not be donating to the cause. This thread has had enough oversight and investigation for me to say that the OP is a great guy, very well focused and doing far more than 99.9% of others. His level of dedication and the work he is doing is not surpassed by anyone I know of.

I donate signifcant money to a lot of outdoor causes and I am very proficient at investigating the folks asking for donations. Support him or not, that is your choice but his motivation, dedication and drive to do the right thing are not in question in my mind and I am a pretty tough hurdle to get past. I would not be donating if I was not 100% convinced.

I am fine with guys choosing not to donate, I am NOT FINE WITH ANYONE QUESTIONING THE OPS MOTIVATION OR DEDICATION.

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I edited that post about who this was supporting after getting more information and I have had significant interaction since. The issue you are alluding to IS NOT GERMANE. If it was I would not be donating to the cause. This thread has had enough oversight and investigation for me to say that the OP is a great guy, very well focused and doing far more than 99.9% of others. His level of dedication and the work he is doing is not surpassed by anyone I know of.

I donate signifcant money to a lot of outdoor causes and I am very proficient at investigating the folks asking for donations. Support him or not, that is your choice but his motivation, dedication and drive to do the right thing are not in question in my mind and I am a pretty tough hurdle to get past. I would not be donating if I was not 100% convinced.

I am fine with guys choosing not to donate, I am NOT FINE WITH ANYONE QUESTIONING THE OPS MOTIVATION OR DEDICATION.
No, I meant he used the wrong "your".
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No, I meant he used the wrong "your".
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Pitch, swing, Hit and a Triple Play...

Thanks Dewey.

And Dean.

And most of all, Treeroot.
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It has been scientifically proven that a 308 round will not leave your property -- they essentially fall dead at the fence line. But a 38 round, when fired from a handgun, will of its own accord leave your property and destroy any small schools nearby.
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Old 10-09-2024, 11:13 PM
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Zip, i'm one of the guys trying to get an antelope head to this teacher from his last "ask" on AO. was unsucsessful on pony express so head is still here but it was legitimate as Dean has now clarified.
Where does the antelope head need to go? I travel quite a bit for work could possibly make it happen.
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Old 11-14-2024, 09:17 PM
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Just an update.

I took the class on an overnight survival camp in mid October. In their small groups they had to make shelters out of tarp/rope to sleep in for the night. In their groups they had to cook for their group, cut their fire wood (yes kids used the ax), make fire using no lighter or matches etc…. They also had the opportunity to walk trails for grouse and hare. Me and my teaching partner were the only ones who were allowed to shoot this year, but we carried a 20 gauge and got a grouse with the kids. I was happy with one grouse because our upland population is very low here this year. One bird was a win. It only got to -1 on the trip. I was hoping for colder to put them through a harsher experience, but I cant expect perfect. Last year it got to -18 over night when I took my class. They earned their survival and cooking credits on that trip.

I just took out a small group from my class on a deer hunt tonight. I showed them how to grunt and rattle as they sat behind a makeshift blind I built. They didn’t make a sound or move for the last 2 hours of day light during an our sit. I saw a white tail flip up about 10 feet inside the tree line, but that’s the only action we saw. The field we have access to does not have much for feed (cut oat field) so there isn’t a lot of residential deer aorund, but I was hoping to catch a rutting buck cruising through. I only had a handful of kids able to go tonight, so each kid got their own set of binos for the night. They really helped becusse the tree line is 250-350 yards from where the blind is. I was sincerely impressed with how quiet and still the kids were behind the blind. Before we walked to the blind I told them “have you ever seen the movie “bird box”, well that’s what deer hunting is like”.

We will go out a couple more times to get a whitetail. I’m sure we will manage something.

The deer have just started feeding behind our school in the last period of the day, so we are going to use the binos to watch the deer tomorrow instead of class work. The rut is full swing here so I’m hoping the kids can rattle a buck in behind the school. Can’t shoot a firearm behind the school becusse it’s within town limits otherwise it would be a great place to take them hunting
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Thanks for the update Tree, really appreciate that guys like you are able to take kids out and show them the outdoors that they may not get to experience otherwise. Looking forward to more updates, good luck!

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