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AO: How Did You Get Here?
On another thread last night I mentioned that I found AO while Googling Remington 700's for sale in Canada/Alberta. We also find lots of newcomers here who found some of the diverse topics we discuss and add their own questions or threads; last night it was a young Philipina looking to get out of a busted headlight ticket; today there's a 1 post member asking about power engineering courses.
What brought you here? Ads in AO Magazine, a search engine when you were looking for something?
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Heard about it from a friend, in the magazine, and then finally came up when googling some gear, so decided to join.
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I got here trying to sell something for my Dad....and then I got hooked....some probably wish I never came 
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Coyote X2
It used to be called a "jumpoline" that was right up until your Mom got on one back in 1972
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Lefty.....yer the best! lol
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A google search about sheep hunting in Alberta... back in 2005.
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Found it looking for reloading info, trolled a little then stuck it out. lol.
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" I think many times we get too caught up in the pointed goal of simply bagging an animal, and often forget to enjoy the journey and often the struggle that is the hunt. " Timothy Herald.
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Seen it in the regs a couple years back.
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Sittin' here waitin' on a deer, drinkin' beer and wastin' bullets, Aimin' at the empties, missin' hittin' pine trees, It ain't my fault them cans keep movin', My baby's on the phone sayin' baby come home, Where you been and What you've been doin', We'll I've been, sittin' here, waitin' on a deer
Drinkin' beer and wastin' bullets
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I was new to the internet was just looking for porn. 
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I came in to tell TJ how wrong he was.....lol
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I sobered up the next day, and here I was. cant seem to find the exit
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Rolling Hillbilly
SturgeonQuest 2013
caught 11
Tagged 15
Repeat captures 2
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Quote:
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I was new to the internet was just looking for porn. |
Hey: Should we just call you "Guy" now? Now that I think of it, i've been thinking that's a topic worthy of a new thread...........
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I came here cuz Rob shut the old server down and started this one..... Before that... I was around from the beginning...which i believe was from an ad in the magazine back when its dimensions were 2 foot wide by 3 feet tall...and felt like the Edmonton Journal in your hand LOL !!
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Ive been a reader of AO magazine since day one. Bought the first issue from Caroline Supply in the late 90s....
Rob advertised the website in the magazine. After seeing it in the magazine for a month or two I logged on and the rest is history.
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Pro Staff member for:
Final Approach, Bushnell, Pure Fishng, & BBJ Tackle
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I was looking to find mulies in Ab... Found this and spend countless hours reading, laughing, learning and rolling my eyes...
Still looking for the mule deer...
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Some rotten SOB in a dark green 7.3 diesel ford cut me off on the road, then a rock from his tires cracked my windshield! I did not get a plate number but he did have an Alberta Outdoorsmen decal on his rear window. So i figured i would join up and give him some well deserved payback.
J/K
I found the site just by looking around for decent folks who like guns and the outdoors. Even if most on here are from Oilberta
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Interests: Things that go Zoom, and things that go Boom.
'You can't fix stupid, but for a hundred bucks an hour, we sure can diagnose it"
Pay It Forward.. In Memory of Rob Hanson
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I think I was googleing info on some lakes and some old threads came up. After reading a few topics I got hooked.
I've always been a fisherman and have met some great people on the site. Now I'm taking up hunting and meeting more great people and the info on the site is awesome.
Thanks Rob for having this site.
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I know how Twisted Canuck found it.....he was googling how to make Mojitos and how to figure out how to be socially acceptable to waitresses. I think he met a few friends here that he still lifts weights with to this day! 
sorry man couldn't resist
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Coyote X2
It used to be called a "jumpoline" that was right up until your Mom got on one back in 1972
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Lefty.....yer the best! lol
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You're honestly expecting me to remember something that happened over 3 years ago? I was searching for something on Google...maybe something relating to fishing in Alberta? It was a little intimidating, at first, with some of the...erm...characters, on here; but I got into it pretty quick.
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I used to think that I might be indecisive...but now, I'm not so sure.
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Yer on a roll tonight, Lefty! 
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"Huntinstuff" here on the forum got me in to it. I will never ever regret it!!!
Thanks sooooo much Randy!!!
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A buddy I work with (who got me into hunting) is a member and after seeing him on here a couple times I got curious and checked it out.
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I was searching for advice on where I could cut Birch Firewood. An old thread came up in my Google Search about Birch Firewood and I checked out the site.
Now some other guy is going to be looking for Birch Firewood and this Post is going to come up and we'll get another member joining the Forum.
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I intend to live forever.So far,so good.
I gotta have more Cowbell.
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Seen the add IN AO magazine. There is a tremendous amount of knowledge on this forum , and a fair bit of entertainment as well
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I Goolgled "How to throw guys into the river" and this site came up first. And signed up. Strange. 
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I knew I shoulda taken that left at Albuquerque !
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I was googling how to remove a barbell piercing (don't ask) and I've been here ever since. Kinda like the hotel california....
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Bought the magazine and I think the forums were mentioned on it, or I was googling something and found it, been a few years so don't remember exactly.
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I was looking around for maps of wmu 410 and bang AO showed up, got some great advice and never left. Fun running into other members in the field, putting faces to handles.
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Quote:
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I came here cuz Rob shut the old server down and started this one..... Before that... I was around from the beginning...which i believe was from an ad in the magazine back when its dimensions were 2 foot wide by 3 feet tall...and felt like the Edmonton Journal in your hand LOL !!
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X2. Funny how Jim Shockey used to be one of the writers.
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I was looking for mixing recipies for mojitos and here I am.
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I was doing a google search for used outfitter tents for sale. In the market again for a reasonably priced 14X16 with internal frame.
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