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    Taking SS early (62)

    I retired at 62 but after two months I found another job. I returned the money I had received and worked until 65. At that point I could make as much as I can with no limitations. One year I even made nearly $100,000 on top of SS. The next year I ended up buying a baler. I work for farming.
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    Who will shoot a cow elk this year?

    I drew a cow tag and have a bull tag so I will be hunting for both.
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    What the cat drug in

    A new addition to the tale. It is normal to have to dodge the mice and voles the cats drop off on the porch. Lately they have upgraded to red squirrels but this morning the tale reached a new level. I went out to feed and the morning offering was a young muskrat. My cats obviously have high...
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    Have any of you thought who gets your stuff. Or do they even want it

    When my dad died I was named the admin for the estate. We gathered around the kitchen table and I read the will. About 3/4 of what was directed was of no interest by the recipients. Then we discussed who wanted what, divied up the items and I took the rest to the dump. It was amazing how...
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    Flagging Tape on Public Land

    I use flagging occasionaly when I am working out the best path to put in a new trail (5-6 miles) I follow that with blazes and in the really difficult places - tread with a pulaski. I even put in bridges in places to limit my risk crossing creeks with horses. I spent a few years doing that for...
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    Klamath River Dam Removal

    On the edge son.
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    Klamath River Dam Removal

    I remember the snake before the dams. The salmon runs weren't anything special. I think you are better off limiting the wholesale slaughter offshore. You can't afford the replacement electricity. Maybe you just need to shut off the electricity from those dams for 60 days and see if everyone...
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    Silver Valley FNG

    I worked at the Bunker in the late 70s and am from the Montana side. At these metal prices, you are likely to have opportunities there. It would be nice if there was a change of attitude of the public from the "mining is evil" program.
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    Late season elk tactics

    In the jungles of western Mt, glassing is an occasional thing. The bulls are in the timber during the day. I've seen them feed on the freeways all night and then bed on the ridgetops - 4-6 miles away. They get closer to the cows by thanksgiving. The raghorns and spikes hang around momma for...
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    "The Case for Destroying Old Forest Roads"

    In the 70s there was a road built inside a designated wilderness area by mistake. It was reclaimed and on that success an effort was started to reclaim every road to pre-existing status and then propose it for wilderness. Sadly the old roads had a surface width of 10-12 ft while most of the new...
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    Anybody carry a fixed blade knife on their belt while hunting?

    Two
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    What do you do for a living? How can you help?

    I am a specialist in placer gold. Where to find it. How to permit it and? How to mine it and leave the ground and streams as close to the untouched condition as possible. I pretty much focus in Montana but have worked in most of the west. I know -- a little too specialized to help the majority...
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    Electrical Tape on muzzle?

    I use freezer tape. It has worked for 50 years.
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    Altitude sickness

    I live a 6740. Our neighbor brought up his herd of 2 year old bulls for the summer to verify they aren't susceptable to altitude sickness. Another neighbor told me once that he encountered 1-2 cows per year that had to be trimmed out of the herd because of altitude sickness and they were usually...
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    Scouting

    I know I have said this before but---. You can scout all you want in June - August but it is meaningless for the months of Sept- Dec. I have elk in my yard through Aug but it is a crapshoot by fall when they are somewhere within 10 miles dependant on the weather. I'm sure deer are more...
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    Altitude sickness

    I visited a mine on the Peru - Bolivia border at 17,800 ft. The locals fed us coca tea out of leaves. Never noticed the elevation.
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    Dog issue…

    Lost one one time at the emergency vet with gall stones. Similar symptoms.
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    Bringing back Bison article

    If you pay attention to the really old publications you will see that the bison migrated from Canada to Texas. You may want bison but someone has to feed them. If you think elk are tough on fences, you will find that bison just walk through them. I know a lot of llc's that are family run...
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    Old guys packing elk!!,

    I have cut them in half and drug each half downhill or even around a ridge nose to get to a place that is cool early in the season or convenient to then stage the transport. Then I quarter and hang in a tree that I can can see from enough distance to limit bear risk. After that it is just a...
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    Match bullets speed vs wound Chanel

    I think you have left out the third item - bloodshot. I don't worry about recoil but my purpose of hunting is the meat. I focus on accuracy, penetration but minimal bloodshot/ loss. A friend of mine, that shoots wolves with a 50 cal, shot a cow elk with the same rifle. She was bloodshot from...

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