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    Replacing an extra fast action spinning rod. Recommendations?

    I second a Fenwick HMG. I do a fair amount of walleye fishing and absolutely love my Fenwick. Can find them well south of $200.
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    What does everyone do for a living?

    Elected prosecuting attorney in northern Minnesota. (My job title unfortunately encompasses much more than the criminal prosecution, but that is where my passion lies.)
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    Memories you made in the last year?

    THAT alone qualifies as an awesome year! My mom fought stage 4 lymphoma about five years ago and continues to have great annual check-ups. My 2024 started with a week in Cabo with my girlfriend. I'd never seen the Pacific Ocean before and it did not disappoint. I got skunked on my deep sea...
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    New property......should I clear all my property lines?

    I didn't get here in time to be the first to mention adverse possession and I've never practiced law in Mississippi. I agree with the posts that tell you not to make anything LOOK like a property line that isn't. Whether adverse possession, boundary by practical location or some other archaic...
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    What did Santa bring you…good or bad?

    I loaned a buddy one of my left-handed rifles for his kid to try this deer season. They returned my rifle and as a thank you/Christmas gift gave me a Zeiss Conquest scope. Soooo, now I have to buy a new rifle nice enough to justify that glass. The ladies at the office bought me a new fishing...
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    Your 2025 Goals

    To the OP, thank you for your service! I used to be a fairly avid runner. I think I was up to around a dozen half & full marathons but my last half was over a decade ago. I registered for another half this summer in an attempt to get my fat ass back in shape. I hope to complete that in less...
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    What the closest face-to-face encounters you've had with animals while hunting?

    Way less exciting than most of yours, but my closest by far. The first time ever turkey hunting we were set up at first light with my back to an oak tree. gun rested on my knee for support. Buddy calls in a flock of about 8 hens. I sit stock-still but eyes scanning for something with a beard...
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    Kari Swenson - 1984 abduction by “mountain men”

    I was talking to my parents about a particularly ugly Criminal Sexual Conduct case involving a child victim. My mom replied, "I'm just glad nothing like that happens around here!" Ignorance can be bliss, it can also be dangerous.
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    Traditional vs Elope

    If I had it to do over again? I wouldn't have married her. The divorce was more expensive than the traditional wedding we had.
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    Poaching data

    We had a local guy work as a city police officer for years and was recently selected for the conservation officer academy. One of his instructors was telling the class something similar. This new Conservation Officer relied, "I drink beer with my prosecutor. Is that good enough?"
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    Hunting bullet performance - prefer through or a grenade inside?

    Ballpark? Yeah.
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    Hunting bullet performance - prefer through or a grenade inside?

    As the crow flies? Maybe 120 yards. But it didn't go as the crow flies. Bolted south/southeast leaving a little blood. But at some point turned straight north leaving no blood in thick brush. Grid search saved our bacon. No snow. No blood. Plenty of competing deer tracks.
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    Idaho Unit 62A

    I don't believe the initial response was meant to reflect on the relative merits of your chosen unit. More the concern that you got a tag, without knowing the unit, have never been to Rokslide before, came here fairly quickly asking for advice, didn't read any of the forum rules on posting and...
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    Hunting bullet performance - prefer through or a grenade inside?

    Big, wide-open, west? I want the grenade so I can watch it drop in the sage flats. Thick, brushy, country in the midwest? I prefer the pass through. I've been called in on a couple of tracking jobs made MUCH harder than they needed to be due to lack of an exit wound. I allowed a neighbor...
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    Poaching data

    Did you miss the part where I am a prosecutor? I'm on the other side of the table trying to get tougher sentences on cases where defense attorney's, jurors and often judges are the one's not taking fish and game laws seriously. Holy shit did I step in it with this one!! For the record...
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    Poaching data

    Someone on another thread posted a question for @mtwarden and it was suggested THIS thread be started. I'm curious too. Does anyone (our favorite retired Conservation Officer or others) have actual data on what is poached? I've stumbled upon a couple poached headless bucks when WI had an early...
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    Outfitters offering cash for a pin

    I use onX for so many applications that it will really be hard for them to market much of my info. I currently have: Mule deer kill sites labeled with initials of the hunter (No animal info) The total area of my mowed yard. (I got bored one day and wondered what I mowed.) The site of a reef for...
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    Hunting License Price Increases

    Minnesota just had a decrease...of sorts. For as long as I can remember we had a separate "Early Season Goose" license plus the normal small game license and state & Federal stamps. This year when I went to buy my license I was informed they did away with the additional early season license...
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    When to quit?

    I'll admit I haven't read this entire thread. I missed it when it first posted as I was too busy hunting. I came across it last week and was about 6-pages into the most depressing Eeyore-BS I've read. When I was about to post that I saw that you had updated with shooting a deer. I decided I...
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    Random question II- Windshield scraper

    My fishing buddy's wife used his plastic government-issued passport card on their windshield. He was denied entry on a fishing trip to Canada because the card was too beat-up. Miraculously, they're still married.

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