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Gotcha guys. I've actually been looking at the TWRA website, but it only offers limited info. What do you do with them after you've shot them?

Welcome to TGO!

Okay, so I'm not a hunter. My dad wasn't a hunter, so I have no experience whatsoever (other than the half dozen or so deer I've had to shoot at work). I might have to talk a TGOer into taking me under their wing and learnin' me some stuff some day. Anyways, I know a lot of guys like hunting yotes. Why? I understand the other game that you eat, but what is the purpose of coyote hunting? Does it have to do with keeping the "predator" population down or what? Keep in mind that I'm not being critical in any way, I'm just genuinely curious.

Know anybody with a bunch of land?

I'm glad 1gewehr helped you out there. I was afraid it might be the new Apple iGun...

I tried looking at the Sloopy's website, but I assume db and his drool overloaded the server. All I see is:

I second this. I have a spreadsheet on my computer that I keep the best loads in. I also have a notebook that I use to jot down notes while I'm at the range. Just when I figure out what works best, I go on and try something else!

Thanks for the input guys. Chris, it'll be next week sometime, but I'll holler at you.

You'd think that since the "throwback" drinks are so popular, they'd bring 'em back for good. You know what they say about common sense... :-\

Whoo hoo! I found Mountain Dew Throwback at my local grocery store today!

An even easier (and less permanent) option is the battery disconnect knob that MCSCOTT suggested. I was looking at this one - BATTERY DISCONNECT SWITCHES - JCWhitney It has a 15 amp bypass to allow the clock to keep settings, etc. For my issue, it seems like this would defeat the purpose. I reckon I could install the disconnect knob without the bypass. It's rated at 125 amps. I figured it all up and all the aftermarket doodads running at once should be about 75 amps at the most (yeah, there's a lot of crap on the car). That'd leave about 50 amps for the vehicle itself. What kind of amperage does the average car without aftermarket crap use? EDIT: A deeper search into that product suggests that it is rated for 125A continuous, 500A peak. I think this would work. Any naysayers? Please feel free to jump in and keep me from screwing something up!

Where would I mount a switch like that? Under dash or...?

I agree!

I saw that on the news yesterday. My only thought was "Wow, I bet that guy really hates dogs by this point..."

I might have to look into this idea. Any suggestions on the easiest way to do a cut-off switch? Possible. I've never heard anything, but those fans are pretty quiet. Unless there's something making it run constantly over the course of two days, I would think it'd be dead every morning when I'm in my work week. I've thought about getting one of those battery tender style maintainers that allow you to leave the leads on the battery & run a plug to the grille for easy connecting/disconnecting, but the wife would probably take issue with it. I'd have to either run an eaxtension cord out of the front door or from around the back of the house. :-\ Lester & bkelm, I appreciate the suggestions on the jump-start units. I might try the cut-off switch thing first. I agree that a good jump start unit would have many uses besides my current problem, but I need to not spend the money right now if I can help it.

There are some personal goodies (Sirius Radio & GPS), but that isn't my issue as I unplug them daily. They'll let me take it to the dealership, shop, or Comserv (radio shop) as often as I need to, but nobody can figure it out. The only GPS (besides my TomTom that I unplug) is built into the dash camera. I've tried pulling the power completely to the entire unit. No luck. I actually haven't checked the trunk light. The battery is dead at the moment since I've been off for this eye surgery. As soon as I get it restarted before returning to work, I'll check that. It's nothing in the interior. The car sits basically right in front of my kitchen window and I glance out at it everytime I'm in the kitchen at night. LOL. That'd be shooting myself in the foot. They'd take my take-home car away.

You might not even have to change the location on your profile. It just depends on how you define "near Nashville"...

Hate to see ya go. Best of luck. And ya know - you could stick around after the move. There's no requirement to live in TN to participate here!

Like this? --->

"Swell" or "Swole"?

The Harbor Freight unit is advertised as "400 amp boost rate / 900 amp peak". IIRC, they have a pretty decent warranty on their stuff, so if it sucks, I ought to be able to return it. Here's a link to the product I'm looking at- 12 Volt Jump-Start and Power Supply EDIT: I just looked. It appears to have a 30 day warranty. That should be plenty of time to see if it works, but with my luck, it would crap out on day 31...

Titan- Well, they put their fancy machines on it that say the car itself (battery, etc) is 100% working correctly, which I believe since the car starts just fine if I drove it the day before. During my 6 day work week, it starts fine every morning after the first, so it's gotta be something added onto the vehicle. The dealership isn't gonna try to figure that one out as it's not their issue. :-\

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Alright, so I'm thinking about buying one of the 12v "jump starters". Every time my squad car ('09 Crown Vic) sits for more than 48 hours, the battery goes dead. I've had the battery & alternator checked by the guys at our city shop and everything is ok. I know something is pulling on the battery, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what. The radio, the camera system, the lighting/siren system, everything that I plug into a cig outlet - all off or unplugged. It's getting rather inconvenient to keep rearranging vehicles at my house to jump off my squad car after my days off. The jump starter units run about $50 at Harbor freight. What other ideas (cheaper ideas) do you guys have? I would just undo a battery cable when I park it, but that's a pain in the rear. I'm somewhat vehicle savvy and can only get away with doing so much to the city's car without getting into too much trouble. What ideas y'all got??

I thought that for a long time, too. I think that may be how they used to do it. Not sure when/if it was changed.