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<blockquote data-quote="DSheetz" data-source="post: 3049047" data-attributes="member: 91783"><p>I'm not sure if it's me, the site or my internet provider but once again I have been having problems getting on this site. I got a message that said it wasn't relevant content and another that asked me if I really wanted to reply then one that said this thread was over 4 years old. I got the part above, but it didn't post my reply. Any way what I was going to say was as follows, maybe. I grew up with grandparents and parents that were masters of making do with what was at hand. My grandparents were born in the early 1900 so they knew what doing without was. I have been told more than once that CT was so tight that he squeaked when he walked. So, then I learned how to live on a budget that was tight also. The trucks that I drove were used not abused I kept them at least 8 years and often 10 years. I kept them maintained well regular oil changes air filter kept clean, good tires that lasted well with heavy side walls and not a real radicle tread so they would run 60-70 thousand miles. I have several firearms now but for most of my life it was one rifle one shot gun and one revolver. I never needed the newest latest and greatest calibers or the same type of calling machines. Hand calls work just fine for me still. I made my own snares for pennies on the dollar. Kept my traps in good working order. I bought a rifle in 1986 on sale pillar bedded it, reloaded ammo for it kept my brass and checked it to make sure it wasn't cracked, I put a good scope on it as well. I still use that rifle today with the same scope and several of the original brass. I run a moderate load not overly hot, that kills efferently, and it still holds a half inch group at 100 yards. All for under 800.00 dollars, yes I have made a couple that cost several thousand dollars, and they work beautifully, but I don't have to have them to get the job done efficiently. Used but not abused the same as the rest of my equipment. I learned to do my book work and keep good records so that when my taxes were done, I could take advantage of the most I could. I visited with the producers sometimes they would provide me with gas, and one even bought me four new tires of the ones I used. I learned to kill the correct animals as fast as I could, so it cost me as little to get it done as possible being as efficient as you can is most important to your survival ability in this work, it helps to work another job at night so that you can afford to do it per animal. I didn't sleep much for most of my life I only slept 3-4 hours a day. I learned that I needed to communicate with the producers so that they knew where I was setting things and why I was setting there or when I could set in this or that place. Not very many people actually want to do control work, but there are still some that do. As with any other job in the world several people will do it and probably one out of ten or so will become extremely good at it the most will be proficient, and a couple will decide that it's not for them. The world is changing, as it always has and will continue to most of the younger farmers and ranchers do a lot of their own predator control here and it's for their enjoyment not because they have to kill them to survive. So much of the income from ranching isn't really from ranching here now it's from what is under the land and the damage payments to recover those minerals. I have been blessed with being able to live life as I have when I did and where I am at this time. The world and life change the newer people will not know the difference as we don't understand tech the way that they do because they grew up with it and we didn't, we grew up with a different way of life that has now changed for the most part. How many millions of younger people are not aware of the ways of life on a farm or ranch, compared to those that do?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DSheetz, post: 3049047, member: 91783"] I'm not sure if it's me, the site or my internet provider but once again I have been having problems getting on this site. I got a message that said it wasn't relevant content and another that asked me if I really wanted to reply then one that said this thread was over 4 years old. I got the part above, but it didn't post my reply. Any way what I was going to say was as follows, maybe. I grew up with grandparents and parents that were masters of making do with what was at hand. My grandparents were born in the early 1900 so they knew what doing without was. I have been told more than once that CT was so tight that he squeaked when he walked. So, then I learned how to live on a budget that was tight also. The trucks that I drove were used not abused I kept them at least 8 years and often 10 years. I kept them maintained well regular oil changes air filter kept clean, good tires that lasted well with heavy side walls and not a real radicle tread so they would run 60-70 thousand miles. I have several firearms now but for most of my life it was one rifle one shot gun and one revolver. I never needed the newest latest and greatest calibers or the same type of calling machines. Hand calls work just fine for me still. I made my own snares for pennies on the dollar. Kept my traps in good working order. I bought a rifle in 1986 on sale pillar bedded it, reloaded ammo for it kept my brass and checked it to make sure it wasn't cracked, I put a good scope on it as well. I still use that rifle today with the same scope and several of the original brass. I run a moderate load not overly hot, that kills efferently, and it still holds a half inch group at 100 yards. All for under 800.00 dollars, yes I have made a couple that cost several thousand dollars, and they work beautifully, but I don't have to have them to get the job done efficiently. Used but not abused the same as the rest of my equipment. I learned to do my book work and keep good records so that when my taxes were done, I could take advantage of the most I could. I visited with the producers sometimes they would provide me with gas, and one even bought me four new tires of the ones I used. I learned to kill the correct animals as fast as I could, so it cost me as little to get it done as possible being as efficient as you can is most important to your survival ability in this work, it helps to work another job at night so that you can afford to do it per animal. I didn't sleep much for most of my life I only slept 3-4 hours a day. I learned that I needed to communicate with the producers so that they knew where I was setting things and why I was setting there or when I could set in this or that place. Not very many people actually want to do control work, but there are still some that do. As with any other job in the world several people will do it and probably one out of ten or so will become extremely good at it the most will be proficient, and a couple will decide that it's not for them. The world is changing, as it always has and will continue to most of the younger farmers and ranchers do a lot of their own predator control here and it's for their enjoyment not because they have to kill them to survive. So much of the income from ranching isn't really from ranching here now it's from what is under the land and the damage payments to recover those minerals. I have been blessed with being able to live life as I have when I did and where I am at this time. The world and life change the newer people will not know the difference as we don't understand tech the way that they do because they grew up with it and we didn't, we grew up with a different way of life that has now changed for the most part. How many millions of younger people are not aware of the ways of life on a farm or ranch, compared to those that do? [/QUOTE]
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