Point Of Impact changed due to Bore Cot?
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But, I never slip in the snow either...
Oh! and then there is the fall drop of Larch needles and always in the hunting season... that is a fun one also... Maybe you do not have Larch trees back there in Colorado though.
Just much safer and more comfortable with a covered bore in rotten weather.
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Yup, we always put electricians tape over the end of our barrel in those day. I don't think i have seen a Tamarack/Larch for at least 30 years. Now that i think about it, i haven't seen any of them big Cedar for 30 year either. Wow they grow big around. I imagine there are a lot of Cedar around Moscow. They only seemed to live in far Western Montana.
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Gosh, what memories came rushing through my brain when i read about Larch. Growing up in Western South Dakota, i had never seen one of them tree. When we moved to Missoula, that first fall was quite an eye opener. Them larch turning golden a way up on them evergreen slopes. I will never forget a friend of mine traveling from Helena, on the east side of the mountains to Missoula on the west side, asking why all them trees were dying. He was a biologist too, and had never seen a conifer turn golden in the fall. Tamarack is what we called them sometimes, or Larch. They made a good firewood too. For some reason, we didn't like hunting where there was a lot of Larch. I don't remember why or what for.
Here are some memories....
Yup, we always put electricians tape over the end of our barrel in those day. I don't think i have seen a Tamarack/Larch for at least 30 years. Now that i think about it, i haven't seen any of them big Cedar for 30 year either. Wow they grow big around. I imagine there are a lot of Cedar around Moscow. They only seemed to live in far Western Montana.
This is thee Giant Red cedar right here in Idaho, near Elk River. I designed and built the deck arounf the tree to protect the roots from compaction... Well actually my trail crew and I built the deck.
Near the small town of Elk River, Idaho is the largest tree in North America east of the Cascade -Sierra Crest. The tree is a Western Red Cedar that is 18 feet in diameter at breast hight and 177 feet tall. The sign near the tree identifies it as the "Giant Cedar" but I have also seen it called the "King Cedar" (that is wrong it is called the Giant Cedar. The king Cedar is only a stump over by Bovil, Idaho. This tree is estimated to be about 3000 years old
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