Coach

I'm not sure people are really aware of what it means to be put on a ventilator. A friend-of-a-friend recently died from a heart attack because of the stress the ventilator put on his body. It's a very sad thing, and he had a lot of heath issues but the short version is, they didn't know his underlying health issues, induced a coma and put him on the ventilator. He died shortly after. Not saying they did anything wrong, but his issues were with his kidneys, not his lungs. So, if you happen to have a living will, include things like not being put on a ventilator unless absolutely necessary. Sometimes the cure can be worse than the condition.

I've listed a few items for sale and included my phone number. I get a PM from one guy and a text from another. Well, the PM came first but I wasn't notified, so the text was actually my first verified offer. The PM guy was upset because he was technically the first offer. In wanting to be fair, my policy now is whoever shows up first with the money gets the item. But I'll still do my best to give preference to the first to respond when possible.

Just gotta say, my wife is a teacher and they had to completely adjust to this thing at the drop of a hat. She's got to coordinate zoom meetings with 50+ students, and carry on like normal. They still have to create lesson plans, everything they had to do before, but with a lot more dumped on them. Now, they also get super upset parents who are having issues adjusting. If anything, they should be recognized for how quickly they adjusted and kept on teaching despite the added hardships. FWIW, I just read this to her, and her response was, the douchebag who suggested teachers stop getting paid should get his butt kicked, and she's willing to do it. So there's that.

This has been on my mind a lot, and I'm sure others. I'd like some folks with more legal experience to chime in. So we have a state of emergency with the c-19 thing, and we see state governors basically getting to create laws with no due process whatsoever. In Michigan it's what stores can stay open, and then what you can buy there and what you can't, who you can visit and why. In California, you can be cited while sitting in your car watching a sunset. All across the country there's countless examples of usurpation of the legal process including who can cross state lines and what they must go through in terms of quarantine, etc. So, it seems that once a "state of emergency" is declared, laws don't have to go through any process of approval, they just become mandate immediately. This scares me a lot. The police are out there enforcing these pseudo-laws that are just the whim of a single person. It takes a long time for a bill to become an actual, recognized law. There's supposed to be a process there that vets the law before it becomes enforceable. If this experience has taught me anything, it's that the government can basically strip us of all rights, force us into self confinement (incarceration), shut down businesses and basically control every aspect of our lives without any form of due, legal process, if they deem it to be "in our best interest". Tell me if I'm wrong, but this seems to be shining a huge spotlight on an Achilles's Heel in our system. The threshold between order and tyranny is paper thin, and in my mind doesn't hold up to our Constitution, or our basic premise, as a Constitutional Republic. I'd like to hear your opinions. -Coach

I hate to reply to my own post but I just came across this

^^^Exactly, and what percentage of people out there with masks on are actually N95? Basically none.

My sister-in-law is an emergency room nurse in the valley. #1, she's been furloughed for a month now because the hospitals are empty. #2 she says these masks people are wearing are total bullsh!t. The virus is, in technical terms, "very very small". The holes in cotton masks made out of socks, bandannas, underwear, etc are, well, not so small. Sorry for all the high-tech jargon.

Last Year...

Figured that wouldn't last long - ha ha.

I think the murder hornets ate all the worms.

Gut him? Naw, gets blood all over me, just toss him over my shoulder. It’s only a few miles.

Buy lowers. They're still cheap. XM 855 will come down too, but there's nothing wrong with $.22 tula if you want a big stockpile.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-during-coronavirus-pandemic-totalitarianism-doesnt-shock-us-anymore You absolutely have to follow the link above. It's exactly what I started this thread about - and I found it *after* posting this. It takes a couple minutes to get into the meat, but, trust me. Watch it and you'll see, I'm not alone in feeling this way.

If I were doing a custom job right now, 6.5 WSM would be it. Heck, I already have every other 6.5, and I do love the WSM. I've had great results from .270 WSM, .300 WSM, and pretty much everything 6.5 is golden, so there's nothing but good breeding in that mix.

I thank you all for the replies here, and Dustin, I agree with you on a lot of your points - something needed to be done, and in most cases it's been more about erring on the side of caution, which is a perfectly logical thing to do. My point is, if something like this happens, exactly how much power does the government have to create laws off the cuff without due process. I mean think about it - we've already seen huge overreach. What if it was bigger, even than this? How far can they go? I can see everything from martial law, to disarming law abiding people if the situation was deemed appropriate by the ones in charge. What we are seeing is totalitarian rule, with no input from us - we the people. A handful of state governors with free range to make up whatever laws they want. A state of emergency should not be allowed to create a dictatorship, no matter how well-intentioned it might seem.

My sister-in-law is an ER nurse in the valley. She's been on furlough for a month because they shut down all non c-19 activity - nothing to do. Let that sink in. And she confirmed, these cotton masks people are wearing - useless. Just sheep doing as told.

^^^THAT

Great job! From what I heard from other parents of youth hunters it was a pretty tough hunt this year. Congrats!

Looking for some good results too - kinda hard being out of state but I know I'll be hunting turkey in NM this weekend. Maybe deer in the fall if luck prevails.

I think the OP has a really good point. While I like to be optimistic and all, I'm in my late 40's. My wife and I have been planning for this a long time. We're in good shape, at least for the short-mid term. What I find a little scary is we keep talking about how we're going to be even more prepared the next time this happens. As if somehow things get back to normal, and can have the luxury of wiping our brow, and saying - now we get to really understand exactly what happens when a major catastrophe hits and how government and normal people react. I hope, truly hope, that this thing becomes one of those "If it doesn't kill you it makes you stronger" moments in our history. But I fear that it might be one of those things that won't offer a second chance.

Exactly - I was thinking the same thing. In Oklahoma our response to a nuclear war was identical to a tornado. Crawl under your desk, put your head between your knees (and kiss you a$$ goodbye).

Anyone remember this? "Repeat, this is a test. This is only a test of the emergency broadcast system. In the event of a real emergency....."

I know campgrounds are shut down - does this include the boat ramps? How about Indian Point? Thanks

Thanks for the info.

Not to mention, the whole intent of the OP is to illustrate the general hypocrisy of the members here for having what he perceives to be inconsistent reactions toward poachers. Meanwhile he's talking about his dislike of poachers and how they should all be punished equally out of one side his mouth, while bragging about how he's going to pay off a $20K fine for a convicted serial poacher. You seriously can't make this stuff up.