Hunting with my dad today (one graphic pic) maybe NSFW

Elkaholic · 01-23-2012, 01:35 AM

As some of you know my step mom has Alltimers (how ever you spell it) and has for going on 7 years now. The reason I’m telling you this is that my dad and I never get to do things together. My step mom has 5 kids of her own that will not lift a finger to help out. If my dad wants to go do something for the weekend I have to go stay with my step mom. He found a family friend to stay with her for the weekend.

We used my .308 for this hunt. I was hoping to find him a 400 yard shot, yes I had the dopes figured out and proofed out to 500 yards. Well that didn’t work out. I got him 80 yards from a big fat cow that had no idea we where there. He looks at me and says where should I shoot it. I said put the cross hairs on its eye ball and squeeze the trigger. He looked at me with that look like I was crazy. I said squeeze the trigger.

For the first time in my life he listened to me

I don’t know why but I only took a couple pic’s

Pic of my dad with his Elk. Its left eye was the entry hole

This Elk was almost looking strait at us. I did a little skinning so I could see the exit hole a little better. This is the back of its head

This trip meant a lot to me. I enjoy spending time with my dad and don’t get to do it often

lsmurphy · 01-23-2012, 01:49 AM

Damn man!

Mandaree36 · 01-23-2012, 01:56 AM

Hey thats an awesome day afield.

Nothing like some quality time with a mans father - I know I cherish the memories I have of time in the field with my dad.

Damn I miss him.

Anyways tell him congrats on a good, clean kill!

Frank

lsmurphy · 01-23-2012, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Jubinizzle

That .308 really worked him over! Nice shot, very nice. If it can be done to an elk, it can be done to other creatures.

Yeah I've seen plenty of images of 'other creatures'.

Sometime you enjoy seeing the destruction and other times......well...........

Elkaholic · 01-23-2012, 02:15 AM

Thanks guys

I know that my dad knows that I know what I’m talking about. He’s seen me hit targets with this rifle at 1400 yards. I’ve killed more elk with a bow than he’s killed in his life.

It’s just hard for me. He’s 62 and I know that he’s not going to be around forever. This is the first time in about 3 years we’ve been able to go do something by our self.

I’m extremely proud of my old man today

OMG Obama Must Go · 01-23-2012, 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elkaholic

Thanks guys

I know that my dad knows that I know what I’m talking about. He’s seen me hit targets with this rifle at 1400 yards. I’ve killed more elk with a bow than he’s killed in his life.

It’s just hard for me. He’s 62 and I know that he’s not going to be around forever. This is the first time in about 3 years we’ve been able to go do something by our self.

I’m extremely proud of my old man today

As you should be... that is F'N amazing man!! +100

kalashnichris · 01-23-2012, 05:46 AM

very nice...i have no patience for hunting....but i do go with my dad,just to spend some time with him...congrats...that look like a nice elk

ronin · 01-23-2012, 06:08 AM

Way to go Elky!! That is very cool. I am glad you got to do it with your dad.

Excellent job sir!!!

BTW, what a shot! Did it even twitch or just drop straight down?

a-kmanator · 01-23-2012, 06:12 AM

Awesome day with pop's!...congrats on the load of meat...I prefer head shots...they drop like a sack of 'taters on the spot and you don't loose meat from trauma.

Chrissy · 01-23-2012, 07:19 AM

Glad you got to spend time with your dad. That was the important thing.

**IanMor** · 01-23-2012, 07:42 AM

I'd give a king's fortune to hunt with my dad one more time. It will not come to pass, this side of heaven. Good hunting, Elkaholic. Congrats to your pa.

mike minihan · 01-23-2012, 10:58 AM

Now that's a good day. Elk hunting with dad is as good as it gets.
I too would give all I own to spend woods time with my father,he
died in 1989.

I am an "elkaholic" also. I use a .375 Hollands. It kills right now
with a hit in the boiler room.

best regards,
Mike Minihan

ruckstar · 01-23-2012, 10:59 AM

Nice shot!

I wish I could talk my dad into going hunting, he's just lost all interest in it over the past decade or so.

Fundump23 · 01-23-2012, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elkaholic

Thanks guys

I know that my dad knows that I know what I’m talking about. He’s seen me hit targets with this rifle at 1400 yards. I’ve killed more elk with a bow than he’s killed in his life.

It’s just hard for me. He’s 62 and I know that he’s not going to be around forever. This is the first time in about 3 years we’ve been able to go do something by our self.

I’m extremely proud of my old man today

Means he did something right in raising you.

Great Job!

Reminds me of a country song; "In the Living Years"

kansasrebel · 01-23-2012, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elkaholic

Thanks guys

I know that my dad knows that I know what I’m talking about. He’s seen me hit targets with this rifle at 1400 yards. I’ve killed more elk with a bow than he’s killed in his life.

It’s just hard for me. He’s 62 and I know that he’s not going to be around forever. This is the first time in about 3 years we’ve been able to go do something by our self.

I’m extremely proud of my old man today

I know what you mean. I've hunted with my dad for the past 40 years. This past fall was the first time we didn't go hunting together and it felt really empty. He's over 70 now and it's getting hard for him to do that much walking. One more thing...nice elk!

ColonelKorn · 01-23-2012, 03:54 PM

Your dad probably has a few months of serious eating right there. Congrats.

Ding · 01-23-2012, 05:56 PM

MMMM elk steaks,I'm hungry..

It's awesome to see you guys get out and get some trigger time hoss but epic fail.No rifle in picture and your pop doesn't have blood all over him.Oh wait,ahh YOU do..LMAO..Smart dad..

bubbazan68 · 01-23-2012, 06:00 PM

awesome man awesome congrats on all in all a great day for you and your dad

Maser · 01-23-2012, 06:03 PM

Cool pic. Not seeing what's "graphic" but then again I don't live a sheltered life.

Hope everyone enjoyed their elk burgers.

panzertruppe · 01-23-2012, 10:19 PM

What a shot,

I had a good weekend with my Dad too.... Not as good as yours, but then you bagged an elk too.....

panzertruppe

Cy4ka · 01-23-2012, 11:20 PM

Good hit! What kind of gun and which bullet did you use?

OMG Obama Must Go · 01-23-2012, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by IanMor

I'd give a king's fortune to hunt with my dad one more time. It will not come to pass, this side of heaven. Good hunting, Elkaholic. Congrats to your pa.

Just a song that popped into my head when I read your post, i listen to it when I think about lost family members....

Elkaholic · 01-24-2012, 12:09 AM

Thanks again for all the kind words guys and girls

I wish I would have gotten a pic of dad with the rifle but I didn’t.

The rifle is a Savage FCP 10, McMillan with a NightForce NXS 5.5-22 sitting on top of it. The ammo was a load I worked up using a 165gr Speer hot core bullet traveling at 2700 FPS

Ding, I’ll get you a few packs of Elk meat. It was funny, my dad was asking about you this weekend. He likes you for some reason. LOL.

Elk…

OMG Obama Must Go · 01-24-2012, 12:11 AM

Thats a beauty!

Fundump23 · 01-24-2012, 01:43 AM

You were definitely set up for that 500 yard shot!

And so here's the song I mentioned earlier.

Md3%er · 01-24-2012, 04:39 PM

Nice Elk! I've been trying to talk dad into a hunt for a couple years! Great shot!

Ding · 01-24-2012, 04:43 PM

Quote:

He likes you for some reason.

That's cuzz I be a lucky guy,like a rabbits foot,maybe not for the rabbit though.LOL..He would have shot a bigger cow if I was there.You tell him I said howdy and that I am happy for him he got to go hunt with you rich.We'll need to go fishin someday and catch some smoked salmon and steelhead..

Elkaholic · 01-24-2012, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jubinizzle

DAMN! Nice rifle man, Very nice.

How do you like that Nightforce?

If you would have asked me 2 years ago if I’d ever spend $2000.00 on a scope I would have said HELL NO. Then a buddy took me out and let me hit a 1000 yard target with his rifle. I’ve never really been one to half ass anything, if I’m going to do it I’m going to do it right. The buddy that let me shoot his rifle hooked me up with some of his long range friends and his rifle. I went shooting with these other people and they had all different kinds of scopes. All of them let me look thuw there glass and shoot there rifles.

I liked the KnightForce the best. I love this scope and I’m already saving for another, even thou I don’t have a rifle to put it on yet

Elk…

Elkaholic · 01-24-2012, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ding

That's cuzz I be a lucky guy,like a rabbits foot,maybe not for the rabbit though.LOL..He would have shot a bigger cow if I was there.You tell him I said howdy and that I am happy for him he got to go hunt with you rich.We'll need to go fishin someday and catch some smoked salmon and steelhead..

What are those salmon and steelheads going to be smoking?

tedbo · 01-24-2012, 09:06 PM

Good on you! The last time I saw my Dad alive was after we went hunting. We didn't bag a damn thing but memories for me............
We had the best time together-quality time. He passed that following April.
I so miss him,especially when my wife and had bought our farm. The first deer I got was from my back porch which,by the way was where I had intended my Dad to hunt from as he was having more of a hard time dealing with the cold.
Every time I am in the woods I have him on my mind.

Everyone, give your Dad a big ol' hug while you can. For those of us who cannot,give a toast and prayer of thanks for what hand he played in making you the man you are today.

**IanMor** · 01-24-2012, 09:40 PM

Ted,
Yeah. I'm right there with you. Whenever I have a rifle in my hands, or I'm afield chacing the game I think of my dad. I also think how proud he'd be of my youngest son, Noah as he and I are chasing game. Often times I will recall a hunting story of my dad when my boy and I are out. I figure he'll know his grandpa through me by the stories I tell. I teach him to track, read the wind and stalk just like my dad taught me.

It is through hunting we become immortal.

akjim · 01-25-2012, 03:42 PM

Elk, that was beautiful, the Dad deal and the Cow.... congrats man. Hope you didn't have to force him to hump up those 14000 foot "foothills" you Ding play around in.... Big time thumbs up bro.

Elkaholic · 01-25-2012, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by akjim

Elk, that was beautiful, the Dad deal and the Cow.... congrats man. Hope you didn't have to force him to hump up those 14000 foot "foothills" you Ding play around in.... Big time thumbs up bro.

Look what the cat drug in

How the heck you been doing Jim? Id be more than happy to take you hunting but the post might start out with… hunting with grandpa

Dad didn’t have to do much hiking on this trip. It was a special damage hunt; they gave us a key to drive behind closed gates. Luckily for him I know this area like the back of my hand and know where the Elk like to hang out. The tallest mouton I’ve climbed in this area is only 3000 feet tall

Elk…

akjim · 01-26-2012, 08:11 AM

Doing ok by any grandpa standards,,you friggin whipper snapper,,, on this side of the dirt, so I consider myself blessed. As for hunting,,,,Now that was a different story. Another deer season with nothing in the freezer,,,and no moose permit.... About the only thing up here left in the woods are big assed coyotes and trout fishing. Didn't even get ice in until about two weeks ago, God Bless Global warming...

But can't complain, still gainfully employed and that Barrett that I sold financed my light sport pilot license that I finished in July. Got a pile of videos on the fun,,
http://youtu.be/41C6Rp1RRLk
Now working on my private (as soon as the FAA gives me a "special" medical clearance, ticker problems) and Basic Ground Instructor certificate, gotta keep the old brain cells from going to mush...
But anyways, wonderful Elk you gotthere you nut. keep up the good work for the rest of us wannabe Elka holics... between you and Bigwheel and his wonder White fishing I can live vicariously all year round. Keep em coming.
Cheers Boys...
Jim Out...

Fundump23 · 01-27-2012, 03:48 AM

akijim;

So you're back from your walk?

"See ya, time for another walk."

Sounds like you had a good time.

I've been trying to get out as much as possible as treatment for my "cabin fever"

01-23-2012, 01:35 AM	#1
Elkaholic Senior Member AKaholic #: 11204 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Portland Or. Posts: 805	Hunting with my dad today (one graphic pic) maybe NSFW As some of you know my step mom has Alltimers (how ever you spell it) and has for going on 7 years now. The reason I’m telling you this is that my dad and I never get to do things together. My step mom has 5 kids of her own that will not lift a finger to help out. If my dad wants to go do something for the weekend I have to go stay with my step mom. He found a family friend to stay with her for the weekend. We used my .308 for this hunt. I was hoping to find him a 400 yard shot, yes I had the dopes figured out and proofed out to 500 yards. Well that didn’t work out. I got him 80 yards from a big fat cow that had no idea we where there. He looks at me and says where should I shoot it. I said put the cross hairs on its eye ball and squeeze the trigger. He looked at me with that look like I was crazy. I said squeeze the trigger. For the first time in my life he listened to me I don’t know why but I only took a couple pic’s Pic of my dad with his Elk. Its left eye was the entry hole This Elk was almost looking strait at us. I did a little skinning so I could see the exit hole a little better. This is the back of its head This trip meant a lot to me. I enjoy spending time with my dad and don’t get to do it often

01-23-2012, 01:49 AM	#2
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01-23-2012, 01:56 AM	#3
Mandaree36 2nd Class Member Platinum Contributor AKaholic #: 4562 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: North Dakota Posts: 14,466	Hey thats an awesome day afield. Nothing like some quality time with a mans father - I know I cherish the memories I have of time in the field with my dad. Damn I miss him. Anyways tell him congrats on a good, clean kill! Frank __________________ CENSORED.. I wont check my religious beliefs at the door....to accomodate you - nor will I apologize for them... We do not ask for your poor or your hungry. We do not want your sick and tired. It is your corrupt we claim. It is your evil that will be sought by us. With every breath we shall hunt them down. Each day we will spill their blood. ‘Till it rains down from the skies приедьте и получите некоторых Вы трусы

01-23-2012, 05:46 AM	#7
kalashnichris Member AKaholic #: 44358 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: palm coast florida Posts: 326	very nice...i have no patience for hunting....but i do go with my dad,just to spend some time with him...congrats...that look like a nice elk __________________ "One click down for automatic.Two clicks down for semi.Mikhail Kalashnikov was not a man to mess around." The Punisher

01-23-2012, 07:19 AM	#10
Chrissy Veteran Member Bronze Contributor AKaholic #: 10475 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York Posts: 1,779	Glad you got to spend time with your dad. That was the important thing. __________________ ~100% genuine and non-inflatable~ The He-Man Woman Haters Club: Murphy, FireSPY, Javelin, Dirt Diver Small Penis Club: Colonel Korn, Geist

01-23-2012, 02:15 AM	#5
Elkaholic Senior Member AKaholic #: 11204 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Portland Or. Posts: 805	Thanks guys I know that my dad knows that I know what I’m talking about. He’s seen me hit targets with this rifle at 1400 yards. I’ve killed more elk with a bow than he’s killed in his life. It’s just hard for me. He’s 62 and I know that he’s not going to be around forever. This is the first time in about 3 years we’ve been able to go do something by our self. I’m extremely proud of my old man today

01-23-2012, 06:08 AM	#8
ronin Trying to Get a Grip Gold Contributor AKaholic #: 6354 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USA Posts: 9,673	Way to go Elky!! That is very cool. I am glad you got to do it with your dad. Excellent job sir!!! BTW, what a shot! Did it even twitch or just drop straight down?

01-23-2012, 06:12 AM	#9
a-kmanator Resident Parts Butcher Bronze Contributor AKaholic #: 7569 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: 100 yards to your right...If you can read this..You're in Range... Posts: 3,235	Awesome day with pop's!...congrats on the load of meat...I prefer head shots...they drop like a sack of 'taters on the spot and you don't loose meat from trauma.

01-23-2012, 07:42 AM	#11
IanMor Moderator AKaholic #: 643 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Yuck State Posts: 6,966	I'd give a king's fortune to hunt with my dad one more time. It will not come to pass, this side of heaven. Good hunting, Elkaholic. Congrats to your pa.

01-23-2012, 10:58 AM	#12
mike minihan Senior Member AKaholic #: 3156 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Medford,Oregon Posts: 511	Now that's a good day. Elk hunting with dad is as good as it gets. I too would give all I own to spend woods time with my father,he died in 1989. I am an "elkaholic" also. I use a .375 Hollands. It kills right now with a hit in the boiler room. best regards, Mike Minihan __________________ Sic transit gloria mundi

01-23-2012, 10:59 AM	#13
ruckstar Veteran Member AKaholic #: 8980 Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,749	Nice shot! I wish I could talk my dad into going hunting, he's just lost all interest in it over the past decade or so. __________________ The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. - Thomas Jefferson They say that liberals are elite, but you're a liberal and you're just another moron. - Bucky Katt I'm disgruntled and I have a gun, Is the Post Office hiring?

01-23-2012, 03:54 PM	#16
ColonelKorn Tinfoil Asshat AKaholic #: 6198 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hell's Septic Tank Posts: 5,804	Your dad probably has a few months of serious eating right there. Congrats. __________________ Carthago Delenda Est

01-23-2012, 05:56 PM	#17
Ding onomanopeoia AKaholic #: 7821 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Right Behind You Posts: 8,469	MMMM elk steaks,I'm hungry.. It's awesome to see you guys get out and get some trigger time hoss but epic fail.No rifle in picture and your pop doesn't have blood all over him.Oh wait,ahh YOU do..LMAO..Smart dad.. __________________ I only listen to the 14 little voices in my head,the other voices mean nothing. Voice#7-"There's Nothing That a Screwdriver to the Temple Can't Fix" SFC I Corps 68'-72'

01-23-2012, 06:00 PM	#18
bubbazan68 Banned AKaholic #: 3654 Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,058	awesome man awesome congrats on all in all a great day for you and your dad

01-23-2012, 06:03 PM	#19
Maser Banned AKaholic #: 98199 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Mysterious Cities of Gold Posts: 544	Cool pic. Not seeing what's "graphic" but then again I don't live a sheltered life. Hope everyone enjoyed their elk burgers.

01-23-2012, 10:19 PM	#20
panzertruppe Curio & Relic AKaholic #: 3934 Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,654	What a shot, I had a good weekend with my Dad too.... Not as good as yours, but then you bagged an elk too..... panzertruppe

01-23-2012, 11:20 PM	#21
Cy4ka Banned AKaholic #: 158050 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Behind You Posts: 5,602	Good hit! What kind of gun and which bullet did you use?

01-24-2012, 12:09 AM	#23
Elkaholic Senior Member AKaholic #: 11204 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Portland Or. Posts: 805	Thanks again for all the kind words guys and girls I wish I would have gotten a pic of dad with the rifle but I didn’t. The rifle is a Savage FCP 10, McMillan with a NightForce NXS 5.5-22 sitting on top of it. The ammo was a load I worked up using a 165gr Speer hot core bullet traveling at 2700 FPS Ding, I’ll get you a few packs of Elk meat. It was funny, my dad was asking about you this weekend. He likes you for some reason. LOL. Elk…

01-24-2012, 12:11 AM	#24
OMG Obama Must Go MOɅΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ AKaholic #: 159331 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 777	Thats a beauty! __________________ Infidel American Come and Take It Si vis pacem, para bellum If you wish for peace, prepare for war

01-24-2012, 01:43 AM	#25
Fundump23 Banned AKaholic #: 9046 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 3,015	You were definitely set up for that 500 yard shot! And so here's the song I mentioned earlier. Last edited by Fundump23; 01-24-2012 at 01:51 AM.

01-24-2012, 04:39 PM	#26
Md3%er Member AKaholic #: 159699 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 228	Nice Elk! I've been trying to talk dad into a hunt for a couple years! Great shot!

01-24-2012, 09:06 PM	#30
tedbo Veteran Member AKaholic #: 3825 Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,361	Good on you! The last time I saw my Dad alive was after we went hunting. We didn't bag a damn thing but memories for me............ We had the best time together-quality time. He passed that following April. I so miss him,especially when my wife and had bought our farm. The first deer I got was from my back porch which,by the way was where I had intended my Dad to hunt from as he was having more of a hard time dealing with the cold. Every time I am in the woods I have him on my mind. Everyone, give your Dad a big ol' hug while you can. For those of us who cannot,give a toast and prayer of thanks for what hand he played in making you the man you are today. __________________ I VOTED FOR THE CONSTITUTION! I'm on my second cat! Never post when you're toast! (you know who you are.)

01-24-2012, 09:40 PM	#31
IanMor Moderator AKaholic #: 643 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Yuck State Posts: 6,966	Ted, Yeah. I'm right there with you. Whenever I have a rifle in my hands, or I'm afield chacing the game I think of my dad. I also think how proud he'd be of my youngest son, Noah as he and I are chasing game. Often times I will recall a hunting story of my dad when my boy and I are out. I figure he'll know his grandpa through me by the stories I tell. I teach him to track, read the wind and stalk just like my dad taught me. It is through hunting we become immortal.

01-25-2012, 03:42 PM	#32
akjim Curio & Relic AKaholic #: 7245 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: maine woods Posts: 2,554	Elk, that was beautiful, the Dad deal and the Cow.... congrats man. Hope you didn't have to force him to hump up those 14000 foot "foothills" you Ding play around in.... Big time thumbs up bro. __________________ LET US SPEAK COURTEOUSLY, DEAL FAIRLY, AND KEEP OURSELVES ARMED AND READY,,,,,TEDDY ROOSEVELT 1903 WOO HOOO WHAT A RIDE ! "SQUADRON LEADER AKJIM, 11 GROUP AKF, REPORTING FOR NIGHT ZEPPELIN INTERCEPT DUTY,,, AS ORDERED SIR"

01-26-2012, 08:11 AM	#34
akjim Curio & Relic AKaholic #: 7245 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: maine woods Posts: 2,554	Doing ok by any grandpa standards,,you friggin whipper snapper,,, on this side of the dirt, so I consider myself blessed. As for hunting,,,,Now that was a different story. Another deer season with nothing in the freezer,,,and no moose permit.... About the only thing up here left in the woods are big assed coyotes and trout fishing. Didn't even get ice in until about two weeks ago, God Bless Global warming... But can't complain, still gainfully employed and that Barrett that I sold financed my light sport pilot license that I finished in July. Got a pile of videos on the fun,, http://youtu.be/41C6Rp1RRLk Now working on my private (as soon as the FAA gives me a "special" medical clearance, ticker problems) and Basic Ground Instructor certificate, gotta keep the old brain cells from going to mush... But anyways, wonderful Elk you gotthere you nut. keep up the good work for the rest of us wannabe Elka holics... between you and Bigwheel and his wonder White fishing I can live vicariously all year round. Keep em coming. Cheers Boys... Jim Out... __________________ LET US SPEAK COURTEOUSLY, DEAL FAIRLY, AND KEEP OURSELVES ARMED AND READY,,,,,TEDDY ROOSEVELT 1903 WOO HOOO WHAT A RIDE ! "SQUADRON LEADER AKJIM, 11 GROUP AKF, REPORTING FOR NIGHT ZEPPELIN INTERCEPT DUTY,,, AS ORDERED SIR"

01-27-2012, 03:48 AM	#35
Fundump23 Banned AKaholic #: 9046 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 3,015	akijim; So you're back from your walk? "See ya, time for another walk." Sounds like you had a good time. I've been trying to get out as much as possible as treatment for my "cabin fever"

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