MAPS:
      Its been a long time since Ive been out in the back country, last time Ive went we didnt have cell towers. Just had our compass and our piece together a local topographic maps, then laminate all them in one section. Now the the internet and cell towers and smartphones are the norm. GPU's, Smartphones are nice and all, but where Im going, there are no roads, ok Im kidding some roads and some trails, but not cell towers.  I dont feel like packing lbs of extra battery either.
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It's dangerous to go alone. Here take this!
 

 
Did you watch the Great Outdoors with John Candy? It was pretty cool.      

Camping pro tip make coffee at night and put it in a thermos. It should stay hot over night even in an old thermos and really makes waking up and making breakfast a lot happier in the morning to have a warm cup of coffee. Also plan to get lost I know it sounds silly but it does happen and having a plan for it can make a difference. Mostly what direction to travel to find a road or a river since if you find one of those you will find civilization. Also remember to bring water to kill any fire you start and then enough to pour over the fire 10 minutes later to make sure it's out since it's fire season.
 
Also keep in mind fishing is a great camping activity depending on the river you could get bass, salmon, trout or steelhead. Great thing about Oregon is you are within 2 hours from about any landscape type on earth so keep that in mind. You can camp in snow, forests or sand dunes, beach, or desert  all within just a couple hours. If you haven't been Crater Lake is worth going to and has a lot of trails around it.

Xantac
500 mag with a short barrel, I don't think i'd even want to shoot that.

Really not all that bad unless you start putting 700gr rounds through it. If nothing else, the noise is always interesting.

Xantac
500 mag with a short barrel, I don't think i'd even want to shoot that.

Jerry Miculek had enough after 8 shots. Slow motion at 1:52 is very impressive. 
 
https://www.youtube.com/w...nOzyqiT1FFA&t=173s

Smith and Wesson make good guns! Me and the boyfriend have two. He open carries and conceals his m&p 40 cal and I carry a bodyguard 380. Fun to shoot indoors and out!!

Been in Central Oregon a month now. Havent had much free time for outdoors yet, just got a job "Prep Cook" a few weeks ago in Bend "Hour drive" to the In-laws sucks, but its free rent for the summer "House sitting" Dad just retired, and Mom/Dad went gold panning in East Oregon for the summer.  Theres all kinds of trails, back roads, lakes, camping right in your backyard here, I cant wait......
 
 Looks like September, wife and I can start getting outdoors, we'll be seeing 100F temps here in the high desert this weekend.
 
 

What part of Utah?
 
Anyone got these,
https://www.smith-wesson.com/firearms/mp-40c-mag-safety
 
 
Maybe my first camping spot here in Oregon:
http://www.campgroundsoregon.com/oregon_campgrounds/cobble_rock_campground.html
 
(LINK) Googlemaps
 

damselindistress
We have a smith and wesson 2.0 m&p 40 cal. It's fun

NICE!! The 2.0 trigger has fixed alot of the complaints that peeps had. Still no APEX trigger but I love it as is. They took away the "self  loading" feature were it drops the slide thats locked back when you insert a new mag. Well I would not say it was an actual feature but thats what happened once you inserted your mag in really hard though.  I bought S&W's new AR 2.0 MP15. Got to say I LOVE IT! But yeah the only complaint my fat freind has with his M&P 9mm 2.0 is that the new grip texture is too rough on his love handles when carried IWB.

Zeyan_
What's the outside?

Someone not in Jail.

The metro Boise area sucked eggs, my asthma went from OK to Crap, but out in the mountains was fine.  Being in Central Oregon has been a god-send, other than keeping hydrated and no sodas your fine.  Too bad you cant aford to live on the land anymores, like the old days.....

HAZMAN_THE_GREAT

 
 
Well I went fishing again today. Not too shabby. Got this 5 pounder bass. At least its something. I though I was going to leave empty handed today. But even if I did, just being outside and enjoying the sunshine is rewarding enough.

Nice Fish

So Knight have you at least done anything yet? Well hopefully you have. Summer is almost over brother. We have about a month and two weeks left before fall. Got to get out there man and stimulate your mind with some good outdoors, nature, and sunshine.

Went fishing again today and caught these two bass fish. It took awhile of course. Both are not as big as that one in my recent pic on this thread. But hey at least its something instead of nothing. 
 
Here is one of them still on the hook.

 
 
And here are both on a plate that I was preparing to season and cook for my father to eat. Boy let me tell yall, he was REALLY excited to eat them. Its been a while since he had fresh caught fish, especially bass. Just watching him eat with joy and happiness felt so rewarding.