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Did they put money away every paycheck to prepare for down times or did they live pay check to paycheck and have new trucks they couldn't afford, atv's, boats, tattoos, new tv's every years, every kid have a new cell phone etc? Every logging and mining area in the PNW where I live you see a lot of toys, boats, atv's new trucks in everyone's yard.

You see this every year in the oil patch. Making 6 figures, buying 60 k pick ups, going out to eat every day, no saving and goes bust and have to sell everything.

I lived on cans of expired tuna and ramen noodles in college and worked 30 hours a week carrying a full load.

Being a disabled combat vet I have no idea how much you suffered lol

I wish I only suffered an achilles tendon issue

Id still turn you in for poaching

What about your mountain hunting exploits?

Yeah, nobody's ever had it as tough as you. You want a medal ?

What about it you shythead mother f.ucker ?

five hip replacements, shot in back, IED explosion, helicopter crash, fused neck ( lost use of left arm due to nerve damage in neck for a year have 50 per cent use now) , hit by a car chasing a drug dealer, shot during a search warrant in a drug house in Philadelphia, from the military and 27 years in law enforcement and still moving after years of PT. Plus all the dead bodies and smells you never forget. And Pt and stretching every day. I dtake a single achilles tendon issue and day and an easy life like greg's.

I work now doing volunteer work with wounded vets taking them hunting and fly fishing. They have a lot worse than me so am thankful I am still somewhat mobile. I have to use hiking poles when I walk and hike because my balance is plugged up. I hunted in elk camp five years on crutches just to get out. I have no handicap sticker on truck even though qualify and could qualify for handicap license and get special hunts, reduced license which I feel I don't qualify.

And I beat colon cancer in Dec 2018. Still have a few stomach issues.

I'd trade places with you Greg in a second

You want my kidney disease too ? How about my degenerative bone disease ? I've already had cartilege replacent in my left knee and am overdue on the right. You ain't the only one who goes to work every day with issues dummy.

Were you raising a family also buying school cloths/meals/shoes etc...

You are putting everyone in one basket saying that all miners/loggers etc do nothing but buy expensive toys and that is not true..Some do,yes..But not all..We all make choices and sometimes it works out great and other times,not so much...You sound military..lol..Not a bad thing mostly..I grew up a military brat and served my timebut the mentality of the upper ranks,leaves alot to be desired sometimes..Again,not all of them are jerks with stripes or brass...

Ol' Blackie is always a breath of fresh air isn't he?

Her's a pic of my leg after my 4th hip replacement 4 years ago.. My incompetent PT dislocated it during therapy. The PT said she dint dislocate it and I was fine. You can't imagine the pain. My friend drove me t to emergency room and was told my hip was not dislocated and sent me home. A day later the hospital called and said they plugged up and my hip was dislocated and they put back in. Once it dislocates once youre screwed and it come out easily. Two weeks after this happened I was at archery elk camp on crutches. . I hit PT hard but had so much tendon and muscle damage it dislocated 4 more times. Then a 5th hip replacement with special cup. Lost partial use of right leg. Still trying to get back strength by hiking and riding bike as much as I can.

I still won't poach though.

Take a look greg

pic of me and local task force we seized an anti air craft gun ( fully functional) from a Mexican drug cartel who were going to use it to take out rivals and police. They were almost able to obtain rounds for it believe it or not.

8 days after my 5th hip replacement.



still won't poach

Telling how some dipshyts get all bent out of shape over something that happened back in the 1980's. I never even said what I shot to eat back then. Mostly small game, birds and woodchucks. Many a time supper was woodchuck or rabbit and dandelion greens. There is still poaching that goes on around here every year though I haven't needed to myself since way back then. It doesn't bother me and I wouldn't report it unless it was obvious it was somebody out to take big bucks. That's the only thing that really concerns most of you boobs cuz you're afraid somebody might kill your next wall hanger. I don't worry about it. There's always been deer left out in these woods come deer season and I've always been able to fill my tags.

Looks about like mine before I had my knee surgery. It was so swollen I had to wear sweats because my knee wouldn't fit in my jeans. They drained over a quart of fluid out of it before the surgery.

You were the mountain hunting expert I thought only to let us all know you have been disabled for decades. Pardon my confusion.

You can't make this stuff up.

Many here are sure they are worse off or better than the other guy. As far as buying what you need when/ if things went to hell, it won't happen. There would be nothing to buy. No gas to travel, no power at the home, you could have money and get nothing. Is poaching the way to feed your family, probably not. Unless the critters are in your front yard, you would never reach them. If necessary the community would pull together, like the stories my folks told about the depression! This would work in most small communities, in the big cities it's always been dog eat dog! I would donate my time and gill net to the effort, even help drive game, and yes shoot. That would be for survival. To accept poaching because some dip chit, didn't take care of business his whole life is bs! Most of us worked hard all our lives, because some had a harder paper route than the others, or choose a more dangerous profession is just a personal problem. Symphony comes between [bleep] and syphilis in websters. Not a reason to think one is better than the next. Yes there are real dirtbags out there, but their already committing crimes against society! Light'n up!!!!

I poached today.My wife caught me and asked how many did I poach.I learned long ago to never lie to my wife,so I told her the truth.I poached four.

Four,she exclaimed,do you know how much cholesterol is in four eggs?

You sure are a dumbphuck ! Too stupid to see where I already said I didn't let it slow me down or keep me from going back to work less than a year after it happened. How the hell do you manage to live when it's obvious you have the IQ of a root vegetable ?

who said I was a mountain expert ? I used to do a lot of back country hunting since I was a kid into early 2000's before my surgeries. . Now I can get in maybe 2 miles and friends help me out. Is that something to be ashamed of?

Not you. Blackheart.

I won't poach either but if I absolutely had to,from un-forseen circumstances, to keep my family alive and well...I would not hesitate...

There are to many that have not been there done that..There are also to many military brass that has never been an E-1 through E-4 because they started out as an E-5..There are some awesome law enforcement out there but in the same breath,there are some real duds that break the law often and stick up for those that do also..

So while I am against poaching, I do see where it may be the lessor of two evils to feed the family in a time of crisis..