Set up a discrete bait station and trap them. Shooting is more fun to think about, but a trap works all day every day vs occasional shooting bouts. There are good live traps that can catch multiples and they will keep coming.
A 10 day mountain hunt is too much for most adults.
I've done it, but with my wife along. I'd never recommend it unless your kid was a real special kid (and you would only know that if you had the kid in that situation already (which you haven't)).
Ideally, he should be waiting for new tags to come out to start building points on. Some that will be available in the next few years: SD pheasant tag, WY yellow-bellied marmot stamp, Montana feral pigeon tag, Colorado cottontail nonresident tag, and Nevada ground squirrel. ;)
After divorce, the above would be my choice with a little twist combining the fish taco with the spice coating like blackening. Put garlic in a bowl and toss with fish to coat. Add chili powder, some cumin, bunch of salt and toss to coat. Finally a dusting of flour before frying. This makes a...
I'm running myself in circles trying to find something that fits my wants... I'm looking for a simple 2 burner cooker to put on the porch... It will get used for getting cast irons smoking hot for searing, for deep frying, for canning, for wok use.
I currently use a single 50-60K BTU bayou...
Check to see if the kings will be in at the fish ladder in Whitehorse.
The Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre in Whitehorse is a nicer museum than you would expect.
Adding a blocker like a brick or chunk of 2x6 to force them into gap made by the trap with the trap at 90 degrees to the wall is a good way to catch ones that don't eat a bait.
This thread got me all geared up to start thinking about vermin control for this summer.
I'd teach it to like some sort of food and go from there. If you can get it to eat peanut butter or sunflower seeds (or seeds stuck to peanut butter) not associated with a trap, you can transition it to feeding in a trap and then to the trap trigger. For sneaky mice that are hard to trap the...
I spent a bunch of time looking for the same/similar. Every time I was close, I found a problem. The thing I ran into most was that nearly all the made in USA that fit my criteria are safety toe of some sort and I didn't want that. I'd LOVE it if someone proved me wrong.
I've done several trips that were several months long and hunted or fished while doing it. Dealing with meat is the biggest challenge. I've stored meat or fish in freezers (someone else's or mine stored and picked up later), but that isn't cheap or easy. That is what would give your plan pause...
I think they would probably work great with a good turkey choke tube, especially if you have or really want one. Until TSS came into favor a heavy 22.5 inch gas gun was my turkey gun of choice. These days, I would not consider something larger than a 20 for a dedicated run and gun turkey gun. I...
I owned one that I'd say performed well.
The others were a combination of problems. Nearly all had wandering zeros between range trips (moving zero without significant bumping). I had a couple that lost zero due to bumps. I had one go absolutely tits up. I had several that did not track during...