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adam

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11/08/2011 10:25PM

It is time to start the November 2011 Photo Contest.

First an important note. If you see that you have won the contest or a prize in the contest, please email your address and choice of hat, shirt, or bandanna to me.

The theme for this month's contest is "Wildlife".

Monthly Category: Show us those wildlife shots in canoe country

Prize: BWCA Hat, Shirt or Bandanna.

Winner will receive an additional prize of leather work from Dicecupmaker with the bwca.com flying moose on it. Thank you Dicecupmaker!

Thanks to Cooke Custom Sewing (CSS) for sponsoring the year end prize!

Remember 1 entry per person please. This helps us vote accurately.

Rules:
- You must be signed in as a member with a valid email address in your profile to enter (or win).
- You can only enter one photo per monthly contest. You can enter the same photo if it did not win in a previous month.
- You must be the photographer of the photo and have the rights to post it.
- Photos are entered in the contest by making a reply posting to this message and using the "Add a photo to this message" link during composition. This will allow you to upload a photo from your computer to the contest or allow you to select a photo which you have already loaded into your photo gallery on this site. If you want to enter your photo in another way, please contact us.
- Please describe in the message the location of the photo.
- Judging will be done by the www.bwca.com staff and moderators.
- A member may win once per year.
- Photos must be posted to this thread by 11:59pm on Nov 30th.
- Photos must be in jpg (jpeg) format and uploaded to the site.

Contact me if you have something in a different format or are having problems uploading to the site.

Thank you for participating!

Adam

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kanoes

11/08/2011 10:31PM

wildlife? a wing night weekend.

i think bigfoot is blurry. (mitch hedberg)

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Hawbakers

11/08/2011 10:32PM

Mergansers on Lake Insula

"Far more interesting than the chase itself is the observation, the study of the life histories of the strange and wonderful creatures of the wilderness." President Theodore Roosevelt

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Hawbakers

11/08/2011 10:45PM

Great picture, Jan!

"Far more interesting than the chase itself is the observation, the study of the life histories of the strange and wonderful creatures of the wilderness." President Theodore Roosevelt

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Twins87

11/08/2011 11:19PM

Long Island Lake beaver Aug 2011

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jwartman59

11/08/2011 11:42PM

swainson's thrush

lac la croix. often heard singing at dusk.

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Boppa

11/09/2011 08:55AM

It had the potential of a vicious attack. Horseshoe Lake, September 09.
Boppa

"Yesterday is the past, Tomorrow is the future, Today is a GIFT, that is why it is called the present".

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cptrea

11/09/2011 09:34AM

Swamp/Saganaga portage.

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snakecharmer

11/09/2011 12:49PM

Cow moose along the Gunflint Trail.

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after"
~ Henry David Thoreau

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mirth

11/09/2011 01:20PM

Grey Jay, Thursday Bay of Crooked. September, 2011.

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Corsair

11/09/2011 01:41PM

Horeshoe Lake July '10

Woke up to find this little lady performing natures work.

"Pack lightly, Tread lightly"

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apugarcia

11/09/2011 02:15PM

Evidence of wild life... Crooked Lake Sept 2011 (not for contest, just had to share this one)

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apugarcia

11/09/2011 02:30PM

Swans on Crooked Lake, don't know what species

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Wallidave

11/09/2011 02:58PM

Bald Eagle in Quetico on Saganagons couldn't wait for us to finish cleaning fish and almost landed on my head.

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BoxofRain

11/09/2011 03:56PM

First night back was wild

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mooseplums

11/09/2011 06:02PM

Whoops

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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mooseplums

11/09/2011 06:02PM

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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mooseplums

11/09/2011 06:02PM

remove please

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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Canoe Dude

11/09/2011 08:22PM

This lil guy posed for me, July 2006 just north of Lower Basswood Falls

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mr.barley

11/09/2011 10:56PM

Right before he/she plopped into the lake to retrieve fish entrails.

Because I'm wearing one and I just did....

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tobywan

11/10/2011 02:35AM

Camp visitor who stopped for lunch

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bojibob

Moderator

11/10/2011 07:19AM

"One inch on the map ~ is not one inch on the ground"

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smuts

11/10/2011 10:48AM

Horse Lake swimmer

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rockstaranon

11/10/2011 12:31PM

After he was caught red handed (brown handed?) eating our food for the next two nights, we sent Yogi into a timeout so he could fully understand why what he had done was bad. Here you see him hanging his head in shame.

Lower basswood falls site on Crooked Lake. May 17th 2011.

"The fish and I were both stunned and disbelieving to find ourselves connected by a line." - William Humphrey

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HikingStick

11/10/2011 02:11PM

I'm not eligible to win this month, but wanted to share this one anyway. I still get the chills thinking about hearing him coming through the brush that morning...

Taken from the northernmost campsite on Little Loon Lake, just after dawn, Sunday, September 25, 2011.

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ? J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

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MooseTrack

11/10/2011 04:33PM

taken on a canoe trip

For those interested (not to advertise) I am an outfitter and guide.

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rlhedlund

11/10/2011 06:25PM

May '09

Life is good, living is better. Everlasting Life is Best! Pray for Us Amok.

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TuscaroraBorealis

11/10/2011 06:30PM

?Brule bay August 2011

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kanoes

11/10/2011 06:44PM

quote MooseTrack: "taken on a canoe trip
"
GREAT PHOTO!

i think bigfoot is blurry. (mitch hedberg)

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HikingStick

11/10/2011 07:07PM

quote MooseTrack: "taken on a canoe trip
"

Wow! I've always loved dragonflies.

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ? J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

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cowdoc

11/10/2011 08:43PM

Along the Gunflint...

"What could happen?"

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cowdoc

11/10/2011 08:48PM

quote snakecharmer: "Cow moose along the Gunflint Trail.
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snakes.....did you notice the blood on her hindquarters??....close encounter with a wolf??

"What could happen?"

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MooseTrack

11/11/2011 09:09AM

Thanks

For those interested (not to advertise) I am an outfitter and guide.

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TIGERKAT

11/11/2011 02:15PM

Are you lookin' at me?

Our photogenic Crayfish friend from Smoke lake August 2011.

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mcguiness22

11/11/2011 06:33PM

I have quite a few photos of this particular bull. I chose this one because a. It was the first full body shot I got of him b. The photograph is mostly straight c. I did not have the zoom on at all. I was roughly thirty-five feet from this guy. It was one of the most intense experiences of my life.

I wanted to share this other one for fun. I saw these two about 15 hours prior to seeing the bull. About 10:30 the night after I saw the cow and calf I heard a couple moose calling in the woods behind me. Very cool.

Both these photos were taken on Horsehoe Lake near the head of the South Brule river mid September 2010

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vickieh69

11/12/2011 04:08PM

quote MooseTrack: "taken on a canoe trip
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Wonderful photo

"Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion." ~Democritus

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bapabear

11/12/2011 04:34PM

I'd never seen a loon on the nest until this year. We tried not to get so close as to bother her and this was the best I could get. She was motionless in her well protected spot on Omega Lake. June 2011.

May waters rise to meet you. May wind and current be always at your back. May the Good Lord paddle with you, And may yours be the lightest pack.

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SunCatcher

11/13/2011 11:27AM

Moose on the Bloodvein River. Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. Ontario, Canada
SunCatcher

Dad Always said "We don't Always catch fish...but we ALWAYS have a good time"

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moose664788

11/13/2011 11:56AM

A Tadpole on Caribou lake my son found.

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KevinL

11/13/2011 02:54PM

KevinL

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boonie

11/14/2011 10:35AM

quote cowdoc: "quote snakecharmer: "Cow moose along the Gunflint Trail.
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snakes.....did you notice the blood on her hindquarters??....close encounter with a wolf??"

And what's up with the left front leg...?

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Instigator

11/14/2011 10:42AM

Without knowing time of year, first thought is that she had just delivered a calf.

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snakecharmer

11/14/2011 12:50PM

quote boonie: "quote cowdoc: "quote snakecharmer: "Cow moose along the Gunflint Trail.
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snakes.....did you notice the blood on her hindquarters??....close encounter with a wolf??"

And what's up with the left front leg...?"
Hahaha! I hadn't noticed the red on the hindquarters. Good catch doc. The pic was taken in August, so not calfing related. Wolf encounter is a possibility. The front leg is just pushing water (high shutter speed).

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after"
~ Henry David Thoreau

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mocha

11/14/2011 04:25PM

we came upon this bull moose on Rib lake within the first hour of our fall 2009 trip. he tolerated our presence for close to 45 minutes. one of the favorite highlights of that trip.

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MooseTrack

11/14/2011 05:17PM

Thanks again :>}

For those interested (not to advertise) I am an outfitter and guide.

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mooseplums

11/15/2011 06:14PM

quote jwartman59: "swainson's thrush
"

This is very nice....great lighting

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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richard721377

11/15/2011 06:54PM

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richard721377

11/15/2011 06:57PM

Picture of this dinner guest was taken on Insula Lake.

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mr.barley

11/15/2011 10:45PM

quote snakecharmer: "quote boonie: "quote cowdoc: "quote snakecharmer: "Cow moose along the Gunflint Trail.
"

snakes.....did you notice the blood on her hindquarters??....close encounter with a wolf??"

And what's up with the left front leg...?"
Hahaha! I hadn't noticed the red on the hindquarters. Good catch doc. The pic was taken in August, so not calfing related. Wolf encounter is a possibility. The front leg is just pushing water (high shutter speed)." Doc has an eye for the hind quarters of large animals.

Because I'm wearing one and I just did....

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mooseplums

11/16/2011 10:11AM

quote mr.barley: "quote snakecharmer: "quote boonie: "quote cowdoc: "quote snakecharmer: "Cow moose along the Gunflint Trail.
"

snakes.....did you notice the blood on her hindquarters??....close encounter with a wolf??"

And what's up with the left front leg...?"
Hahaha! I hadn't noticed the red on the hindquarters. Good catch doc. The pic was taken in August, so not calfing related. Wolf encounter is a possibility. The front leg is just pushing water (high shutter speed)." Doc has an eye for the hind quarters of large animals."

also looks like there are puncture hole if you zoom in closer.

"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"

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gunflintguy

11/16/2011 10:26AM

Knife Lake

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HikingStick

11/16/2011 03:56PM

quote KevinL: " "

That looks like a Toe Biter Beetle. I hope you found it while you were wearing shoes.

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ? J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

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bobbwca

11/16/2011 06:11PM

This doe came into camp numerous days to visit us! She was either lonely or looking for food! June 2008, Crooked Lake.

Bob

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RAFA Ranger

11/17/2011 07:42AM

Disappointment Lake - July 2009

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fitgers1

11/17/2011 03:50PM

Waiting for our leftovers on Jack Lake, August 2011

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson...and...“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".

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fitgers1

11/17/2011 07:02PM

quote mooseplums: "quote mr.barley: "quote snakecharmer: "quote boonie: "quote cowdoc: "quote snakecharmer: "Cow moose along the Gunflint Trail.
"

snakes.....did you notice the blood on her hindquarters??....close encounter with a wolf??"

And what's up with the left front leg...?"
Hahaha! I hadn't noticed the red on the hindquarters. Good catch doc. The pic was taken in August, so not calfing related. Wolf encounter is a possibility. The front leg is just pushing water (high shutter speed)." Doc has an eye for the hind quarters of large animals."

also looks like there are puncture hole if you zoom in closer."

Good catch. That's all the proof needed. Open the season I say.

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bstrege

11/18/2011 11:32AM

This is my entry. The pine marten killed a rabbit right in our camp. The rest of these photos are the sequence of events:

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jwartman59

11/18/2011 11:53AM

quote mooseplums: "quote jwartman59: "swainson's thrush
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This is very nice....great lighting"
thanks mooseplums, from you that is quite a compliment.

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PaddleIN

11/18/2011 03:04PM

Knife Lake

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L.T.sully

11/18/2011 08:16PM

Snake on Lake Insula 04

The creation of a thousand forests is in a single acorn- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Kendra

11/20/2011 03:33PM

Frogs on Insula

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Chlorin8ed

11/22/2011 08:56AM

Fourtown, Sept. 2011

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paddlefamily

11/22/2011 12:39PM

Spruce Grouse. Wabakimi 2011.

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fitgers1

11/22/2011 08:45PM

quote paddlefamily: " Spruce Grouse. Wabakimi 2011."

Great picture. I haven't seen one of those since I was a kid.

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thecanoeman

11/22/2011 10:16PM

A Beaver having a meal while watching us fish.

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Ho Ho

11/22/2011 10:16PM

On Little Indian Sioux, July 15, 2011 -

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luft

11/22/2011 11:09PM

Slug Fest on the Gunflint Trail/ East Bearskin 2011

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lilcowdoc

11/23/2011 09:08AM

quote bstrege: " This is my entry. The pine marten killed a rabbit right in our camp. The rest of these photos are the sequence of events:

That is crazy! Looks like it should be on planet earth! Great photots

“A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out”

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hikeabelle

11/24/2011 08:03PM

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gutmon

11/27/2011 10:27AM

Kawishiwi River buck

"The trouble with the world isn't that people know too little, but that they know so much that just ain't so." Mark Twain

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sterngirl

11/27/2011 11:03AM

We called him Larry. He came around whenever we fileted fish or had a meal.

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bapabear

11/27/2011 12:59PM

quote gutmon: " Kawishiwi River buck"

Impressive!

May waters rise to meet you. May wind and current be always at your back. May the Good Lord paddle with you, And may yours be the lightest pack.

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bapabear

11/27/2011 12:59PM

quote gutmon: " Kawishiwi River buck"

Impressive!

May waters rise to meet you. May wind and current be always at your back. May the Good Lord paddle with you, And may yours be the lightest pack.

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Zulu

11/29/2011 04:32PM

Red Fox
Sea Gull River
October 2011

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Navigator

11/30/2011 07:14AM

Saganagons Moose near Silver Falls

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egknuti

11/30/2011 08:47AM

Taken on Oyster Lake. The wind was blowing in and I almost drifted into the moose. Thankfully he didn't want anything to do with me and sauntered off into the woods.

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DeterminedOrange

11/30/2011 10:15PM

Vista Lake. It was a nice thing to wake up to!

Great photos everyone!

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cowdoc

12/01/2011 08:39AM

D.O., reminded me of one of my pics (not for contest). Taken on Middle Cone.

"What could happen?"

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DeterminedOrange

12/01/2011 09:08PM

Neat to see the calf swimming behind, thanks for sharing.

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Rich11

12/01/2011 10:49PM

This was taken at my aunts house in southern California. He was sitting on the fence watching there cat.

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talusman

12/10/2011 08:28AM

Horseshoe Lake

He's a rolling stone, and it's bred in the bone; He's a man who won't fit in.

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bassnut

12/14/2011 05:50AM

MooseTrack: great photo!!

"Blessed are the cracked because they let in light."

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MooseTrack

12/19/2011 05:31PM

Thanks!

For those interested (not to advertise) I am an outfitter and guide.

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adam

Moderator

12/20/2011 08:09PM

The winner of the November photo contest is Moosetrack!

The winner of the trip report contest is MNIIHON!

The extra prize goes to luft.

Happy Holidays!

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nojobro

12/22/2011 09:31AM

Congrats to the winners!

Question: how are the extra prizes awarded?

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kanoes

12/22/2011 12:32PM

quote nojobro: "Congrats to the winners!

Question: how are the extra prizes awarded?

"
by height...

:)

i think bigfoot is blurry. (mitch hedberg)

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MooseTrack

12/23/2011 09:50AM

Thank you....

For those interested (not to advertise) I am an outfitter and guide.

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