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    We are on the eastern edge, the center of the elk herd is about 40 miles west of us. We do have an elk hunting season in PA. We have to enter a drawing to get a tag.

    The reintroduction started in 1913 and continued until 1926. The herd is stabilized at about 700 to 800 animals over a range of almost 4000 sq miles.
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    Uummm, elk...tasty.
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    I like elk as well, but of all the things that I have hunted, the most enjoyable to me is moose. In a blind taste test, most people would think they are eating excellent beef.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    Then i got a side by side and my "door" (its a steel reinforced hole in concrete - permanent) is 6" too short.
    Because the side by side is to tall? Is the area where the door is on a slab?
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    Air compressor... Flat tires going in and full tires going out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mgrist View Post
    Because the side by side is to tall? Is the area where the door is on a slab?
    The footings are deep and there are solid 6" concrete walls about 10' tall on that side so picture kind of a low window with a ramp on the inside. Plus i framed the door in back to back 3" angles welded together because i dont like cracked concrete.

    I could do the flat tire thing (how i get it in my utility trailer) but i would have to relenquish my king of lazy throne.
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    Splitting my time between the montane and the mesas

    The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CactusCurt View Post
    i would have to relenquish my king of lazy throne.
    I thought I had that title...When the hell did I get dethroned?...Maybe I was asleep......Ben
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    "Back after 5 years. I thought you had died.

    don"


    Splitting my time between the montane and the mesas

    The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep.

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    Cor-ten, I assume.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    More shots of the “cabin,” please.
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    Ok a couple more. The one kind of shows the off grid aspect. Solar is a couple hundred feet to the right of the cabin in this view. Not much fire danger because green aspens dont burn very well, but i still get nervous when fires are nearby. I worry lots more about snow tearing stuff up. The solar can be sketchy over the cold dark winter. In about a month i get to find out what got torn up this year.

    The other one is when i started calling it the "cabin". Hickory cabinets off the charts on the "rustic" scale. I guess some people dont like grain.
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    "Back after 5 years. I thought you had died.

    don"


    Splitting my time between the montane and the mesas

    The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep.

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    resizing that kicked my azz And in the middle of it I found out my nephew made it thru hell week.
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    "Back after 5 years. I thought you had died.

    don"


    Splitting my time between the montane and the mesas

    The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CactusCurt View Post
    The footings are deep and there are solid 6" concrete walls about 10' tall on that side so picture kind of a low window with a ramp on the inside. Plus i framed the door in back to back 3" angles welded together because i dont like cracked concrete.

    I could do the flat tire thing (how i get it in my utility trailer) but i would have to relenquish my king of lazy throne.
    Do you have a seperate header for the door opening or did you just rely on floor joists?
    What I've been getting at: On a house you basically have a 94" give or take opening. You shove a 2x12 header cap it with a 2x4 and your 80" door needs no more framing. I have more than once needed more than 82 1/2 for a prehung door. What I did was cut the header out and make one that ties in with the floor joists which gave me 94 1/2" satisfied code etc... I don't know what you've got but I figured I throw that out there. Building is about the only thing my mind retains anymore. I guess if you do something for 50 years a little ole accident isn't going to take it away, all of it anyway.
    This is your mind on drugs!

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    Very nice Curt
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    Heres the door when it was just a hole. its framed with angle iron so the hinges are welded on. The basement would make a good bunker.
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    "Back after 5 years. I thought you had died.

    don"


    Splitting my time between the montane and the mesas

    The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep.

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