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    Montana season change proposal

    I live in the summer range. Hunting season is for at least half is in the summer range. For elk counts which is usually only 1-2 days is on the winter range. I'm not aware of any deer studies. During the winter months I would bet the deer are either on on a ranch or in the trees where you can't...
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    Montana season change proposal

    The biologist have to have feet on the ground but my research has shown that not happening nor is their interaction with those that live in those areas that see things every day, year after year. I see more boat floaters than ground pounders.
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    Zero turns

    I have a john deere for about that price that has been fine.
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    Montana season change proposal

    I hunt 318, 350. 322, 380s. Through the early 90s there were hundfeds of deer - everywhere. In the 60s, outdoor life had articles of trophy mule deer in area 350. In about 1994, they disappeared. I found skeletons of bucks, does and fawns in draws and gulches. Not around water like you see in...
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    Montana season change proposal

    I find it interesting that a decline in mule deer in regions 6 and 7 is a calamity while a near eradication of mule deer in region 300 between the 80s and present is of no concern. In the late 80s I saw 100-200 deer per day. I haven't seen a buck of any kind since 2005. I have seen a few...
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    2 parter! I am glad I am not single, and why does every single woman think they are a 10?

    After the end of my first marriage (6 months) I found women could tell you what you wanted to hear for about 6 months. It wasn't until the second elk season that their true nature bounced to the top. I'm working on 50 years with a woman that we share everything including hunting. The tough...
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    How Many 300+ Inch Bulls Have You Killed

    Not in my backyard
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    Montana season change proposal

    My concern is the boys over at Hunt talk really like the Colorado seasons. They have been talking about shorter seasons for a number of years. I really don't trust anything they would come up with. The muleys have been in trouble since the early 90s and mt fwp doesn't seem to recognise any of...
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    2 parter! I am glad I am not single, and why does every single woman think they are a 10?

    Up to 25, I was attracted to shiny objects - much like a fish. After that I looked for pleasant looking but common interests and compatable beliefs. By 26 I had exhausted my curiosity and rarely even dated. I learned early that the really attractive ones were nice to look at - ( no closer than...
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    How Many 300+ Inch Bulls Have You Killed

    I used to see a lot of 300+ bulls in the 60s and early 70s but I haven't seen anything close for at least 12-15 years. They just don't live that long.
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    Kill your dog and your political career at the same time

    I have killed a number of them but I usually wait for a year to determine if they have breedable characteristics. If not - out they go. She is a farm/ ranch girl. This is the life on the farm. There isn't room for emotion. I admire her guts to lay it out there.
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    Gold panning - Idaho

    Active claims are on the BLM - SR 2000 database. You can search from a number ways. Where the gold is should be available from the Idaho Geologic Survey. I know there is a publication by Staley that might meet your needs. There are interesting deposits near Murray, on and near the St Joe...
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    Back issues field dressing.

    Some interesting points. Living in the west, I can only remember gutting deer on flat ground a couple times - years ago when I was young and indestructable. Now I tie the elk heads to a tree to keep everything from sliding down the hill, flip them over on their back and tie a leg to keep them...
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    Chargemaster drifting weights

    Do you gents recommend a second scale to verify the chargemaster results at least on a intermittant test. If so what one is recommended?
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    What time do all you geezers get up in the morning?

    Bed by 10:30; up at 2:30-3:00 to pee; up at 6:30. This cycle started in my late 50s. At 73 it isn't improving. There isn't anything like sleeping in anymore.
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    Fool me once Salewa….

    In 1981 I bought a pair of white loggers for $150. In 2005 I bought a second pair for $500. I'm still wearing both of them. I have had the bottoms resoled a couple times and have worn them for work as well as hunting in timbered country and steep as hell cliffy country. I'm guessing my first...
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    Montana (and other state) hunter orange laws out dated?

    Years ago my hunting partner said the greatest safety feature in hunting was the antler requirement. It forces you to take your time to determine your target for legality. Not only having antlers but determining if they have enough (4 inch browtine or none for a cow). Snap shots and noise shots...
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    Oops

    I bought a new scope and through the process of sighting it in, I think I may have discovered a problem from the past. As I dialed the scope in I would find the hits close and then scattered. I was just about ready to send the new scope back when I started trying to identify the source of the...
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    Duffle bag as luggage

    Last time I did, I flew into Juneau. The airlines had torn the duffle and everytime it went around the baggage circle it spilled more 45lc. I must have had 10 people picking bullets for me but that was in the 70s. Counter that with a 45lc cartridge in my dop kit in about 2008 in Boise. They...
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    Snowpack not looking very good :(

    The snow is melting fairly fast but there is still snowpack above 7000. The groundwater is higher than it has been in 5 years. All my ponds are full for the first time in 5 years. All are discharging steadily with streams 2" by 2ft. My fields have whitecaps in the plow furrows. There is snow...

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