Re: Mt Men
[Re: Law Dog]
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06/27/20 04:46 PM
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Tom is a good illustration of " it's not how many you catch it's how you market them." We could all probably learn from him in this area.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: Mt Men
[Re: Law Dog]
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06/27/20 04:49 PM
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Law Dog
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If you have 2 cows you have crap if you have 2,000 then you have fertilizer.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Mt Men
[Re: rick brocious]
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06/27/20 05:04 PM
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Steven 49er
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They were also using footholds with teeth on them . Is that legal ? Most likely, we can use them in MN.
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
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Re: Mt Men
[Re: cheechako]
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06/27/20 05:56 PM
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I don’t know how old Mr. Tom is, but I sure hope I’m still getting after it like he is when I get there.
I thought he retired and moved to Florida.
Does he have dementia? Who in their right mind would move from a trapline in the north to a sweltering (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) hole in the south?
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Mt Men
[Re: Law Dog]
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06/27/20 06:31 PM
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charles
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Wife’s aunt had some saw timber pines and a beaver was cutting them. Very small pond and not near a stream. No dam or den. I gave her grandson a 330 and some Backbreaker. Built a castor mound set. Caught a beaver the first night. Grandson threw it in a dumpster. I later told her it was worth $50. She about did a backflip. Chewed her grandson out. I finally told them $5.
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Re: Mt Men
[Re: PAskinner]
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06/27/20 07:39 PM
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Tom is a good illustration of " it's not how many you catch it's how you market them." We could all probably learn from him in this area. I think you also would be a good example of outting in the extra work to take a raw resource and creating an actual product.
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Re: Mt Men
[Re: Boco]
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06/27/20 07:41 PM
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I don’t know how old Mr. Tom is, but I sure hope I’m still getting after it like he is when I get there.
I thought he retired and moved to Florida.
Does he have dementia? Who in their right mind would move from a trapline in the north to a sweltering (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) hole in the south? I believe they have kids and grandkids down there. Also....for some the cold gets old. Explains why so many canadians go to Cuba.
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Re: Mt Men
[Re: Boco]
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06/27/20 08:49 PM
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ebsurveyor
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I don’t know how old Mr. Tom is, but I sure hope I’m still getting after it like he is when I get there.
I thought he retired and moved to Florida.
Does he have dementia? Who in their right mind would move from a trapline in the north to a sweltering (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) hole in the south? For four or five years I pulled a camper to FL for Jan - March. I camped at a trapshooting golf resort. My only complaint was too many Canadians.
Last edited by ebsurveyor; 06/28/20 03:25 AM.
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Re: Mt Men
[Re: Law Dog]
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06/27/20 10:52 PM
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Buck (Zandra)
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He never moved to Florida.They have family there and they were trying to get them to sell out of Montana and move by them.Tom and his wife stayed in Montana.
Buck(formely known as Zandra)
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Re: Mt Men
[Re: Law Dog]
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06/28/20 09:33 AM
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I've tanned otter skins and put a tag on them for 125.00 and there usually gone in no time when people come in the shop. I will say this it all depends on where you are trying to sale I can take fur to the Bland show here in southwest Virginia and you can't get rid of it. Then I can take it to a show like NC in Smithfield and I sale a bunch now I dint get that kind of money but then again I'm not a mountain man .
No matter where you go there you are.
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Re: Mt Men
[Re: Zim]
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07/01/20 11:32 AM
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Patrice
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Tom and Nancy and I go way back! (Just kidding. I first met them in person at the FTA convention in Marshfield in 2018.) It was 100 degrees that day in that hockey arena. It was absolutely miserable, yet the two of them could not have been more kind and pleasant. They smiled and spent time with each person who came to visit. Nancy told me they were on their way to Illinois for a funeral. They had a lot going on, but that didn't stop them from as gracious as two people could be. Tom spent some time talking with Zim about people they both knew from years back. Wonderful people!
WTA District 9 Director ... Go D9! Member: WTA, Intertel, Mensa (Trappers ain't stupid.) Life Member: NRA
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Re: Mt Men
[Re: mushfoot]
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07/01/20 11:41 AM
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i like to watch tom and marty the rest of them not so much Same as me. Those two make the show. I don't care for Rich or the other guy who is always chasing "lions" out of the area. Shoot some of them and I'd be more interested.
I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
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Re: Mt Men
[Re: Patrice]
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07/01/20 11:43 AM
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Tom and Nancy and I go way back! (Just kidding. I first met them in person at the FTA convention in Marshfield in 2018.) It was 100 degrees that day in that hockey arena. It was absolutely miserable, yet the two of them could not have been more kind and pleasant. They smiled and spent time with each person who came to visit. Nancy told me they were on their way to Illinois for a funeral. They had a lot going on, but that didn't stop them from as gracious as two people could be. Tom spent some time talking with Zim about people they both knew from years back. Wonderful people! It must have been really hot to make Tom cut off his beard. If it weren't for Nancy being there, I wouldn't have recognized him.
I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
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