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Campfire 'Bwana
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They'd sell by the truckload if they called it TACTICAL paper. Nahhh, everybody knows that "tactical paper" comes in rolls.....
A wise man is frequently humbled.
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A man once told me; It's not an adventure if you have a map. I haven't seen him in a while. I love it ! I just started elk hunting two years ago at age 53. And I don't live "in the neighborhood" where I can do preseason scouting. Given that I do not have a great number of years left to learn the business from the ground up, all of my scouting has to be via maps and topo's. I did invest in a custom topo map from MyTopo.Com last year for the area we hunt. Excellent detail. I take a bit of ribbing for being the "map nut". But, before the week is over everyone in camp has looked over the maps at least once. I also like the trail information contained in the maps on my DeLorme PN60 GPS. Have not looked at Google Earth. May check that out in the future.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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A map is like a 4x4 truck. It enables you to get into a lot more places where you have no business going. A 4x4 will get you stuck beyond belief and a map will give you false confidence in your ability to find your way home. Unless you know how to use it, then it will get you to places others don't go.
A wise man is frequently humbled.
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A map is like a 4x4 truck. It enables you to get into a lot more places where you have no business going. A 4x4 will get you stuck beyond belief and a map will give you false confidence in your ability to find your way home. Unless you know how to use it, then it will get you to places others don't go. Precisely.
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A map is like a 4x4 truck. It enables you to get into a lot more places where you have no business going. A 4x4 will get you stuck beyond belief and a map will give you false confidence in your ability to find your way home. Unless you know how to use it, then it will get you to places others don't go. +1. Well played.
What happens when you get scared half to death...twice?
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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A map is like a 4x4 truck. It enables you to get into a lot more places where you have no business going. A 4x4 will get you stuck beyond belief and a map will give you false confidence in your ability to find your way home. Unless you know how to use it, then it will get you to places others don't go. See you next spring.
βIn a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.β β George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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For you iPad users (and maybe Mac users), you should check out the app called "mytopo maps by trimble outdoors". It's free and it is awesome. You can overlay terrain and topo and there is a slide function so that you can fade more towards one or the other. I love it. You can find something on the topo, then slide the bar towards terrain, and have a really nice google earth style picture. It's two maps in one. I stare at it for hours...for an Illinois guy, it's as close as I'll get to scouting for quite some time.
What happens when you get scared half to death...twice?
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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See you next spring. Well, it looks like it's already here.
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As much as I like the satellite photos and all the intel on the computer, once I decide on an area, I want a map I can write on and take notes on with a pencil. Have spread a map out on a table in more than one restaurant or coffee shop making a plan and exchanging intel. Always need a hard copy no matter how good the GPS, IPad or other device.
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