Recent content by Ben Long
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Affordable Housing Land Disposal???
Here's my take on this bs. https://writersontherange.org/beware-the-trojan-horse-targeting-public-land/- Ben Long
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- Forum: YouTube Channel
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What is the nastiest place where you have found elk
Before that, Miistaakis. Backbone of the World. -
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Round In The Chamber
I've said this before, but when you're hunting upland birds with a group, everyone has a fully loaded shotgun perfectly capable of killing their partners. No one says, "no one load your gun until a bird flushes." You watch the muzzle, watch your footing and use your head. I don't see a big... -
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What is the nastiest place where you have found elk
85th and Plum. (85 miles back and plumb in the middle of nowhere.) -
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What is the nastiest place where you have found elk
Since you asked. mtmuley. Public land. Over the counter. Only took me 40 years to find him. -
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What is the nastiest place where you have found elk
Well it depends how you define "nasty." If you mean remote and rugged, this one. Looking down on a mountain goat. But we did have stock so not really that bad. Reminds me of my old friend Gary Sloan who had another spot in the Bob he called "Idiot Basin" because only an idiot would kill an elk... -
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Help my inner Jeremiah Johnson... just got a new muzzleloader
Oh I should add that my initial target will be whitetail with a slight chance at an elk. What kind of range should I expect?- Ben Long
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- Forum: Muzzleloaders
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Help my inner Jeremiah Johnson... just got a new muzzleloader
So I just inherited a replica .54 caliber Hawken rifle. I've shot blackpowder a few times but have never owned my own or hunted with one. The rifle is in good shape. My friend hunted with it and killed deer with it, but it is lightly used. It's outfitted with a modern peep sight. Montana now has...- Ben Long
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- Forum: Muzzleloaders
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Blind Calling for Lions
I would also cover ground looking for tracks over sitting in one spot but that's just me. I hate sitting for more than an hour.- Ben Long
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- Forum: Other Big Game
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Blind Calling for Lions
I called in a lion this fall with a Primos can doe call. I had another come in to a bugling bull elk that I was also stalking. Not sure if either would work outside the rut, but the doe call got the cat's attention big time. I would think a fawn bleat would be the ticket. That's all I know...- Ben Long
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Back Country, Solo Elk Hunt
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Why do you hunt - Kids?
When my son was little, I took him bug hunting even before we went fishing together. We'd turn over rocks and find all sorts of bugs and keep them in jars. I think that's what got him into nature. For medical reasons he was not able to shoot or hunt but he always loved to fish and catch snakes...- Ben Long
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Why do you hunt - Kids?
I suggest taking the kid fishing. A nice day at a place with plenty of fish. Have fun. Catch some fish. Then eat those fish in the tastiest way you can cook them. They may never understand guns and killing things with eyelashes, but they'll get the gist of it. And the conversation may grow from...- Ben Long
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SB209 - Revise term length of conservation easements
Conservation easements that are not perpetual are basically leases or rents. This bill would essentially destroy conservation easements as a real-world tool for access and conservation. It's been about 30 years since FWP inked an easement on the Thompson River. If that had been a "termed"...
