Recent content by Southern Elk
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History Found In the Field
Our place is in Mississippi. Sherman marched through there or maybe I should say burned and destroyed everything as he passed through. He burned our county seat. We are also near a railroad that was there at that time and soldiers likely traveled through on the way to the battle of Vicksburg.- Southern Elk
- Post #242
- Forum: Back In The Day
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History Found In the Field
Soldiers from the Civil War moved through our family land. They camped and maybe even skirmished there. We have found a lot of musket balls, knives and spoons, ect. My grandfather said when he was young, they found old rifles while plowing and would just toss them aside. Next time I visit my...- Southern Elk
- Post #239
- Forum: Back In The Day
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Non Political Broadhead Thread (With a Bonus Poll!)
I have always used fixed heads, with the exception of the one time I used a mechanical and didn't recover an elk, due to lack of penetration. I have used 125 gr Slick Trick Magnums since 2007. They fly like field points and I've had great penetration using them. I have killed elk, mule deer, and...- Southern Elk
- Post #10
- Forum: Archery
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Montana House Bill 676 - This could sell off 1.25M acres of State Trust Lands - that's almost 25%!!! This is not the Homesteading Bill
Thank you and I will do that. BHA mentions this bill here, although there is no link to take action. https://www.backcountryhunters.org/montana_bha_mid-session_legislative_report- Southern Elk
- Post #100
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Montana House Bill 676 - This could sell off 1.25M acres of State Trust Lands - that's almost 25%!!! This is not the Homesteading Bill
Thank you. I've held off on commenting for the very reason that you mentioned. I will continue to monitor it here.- Southern Elk
- Post #98
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Montana House Bill 676 - This could sell off 1.25M acres of State Trust Lands - that's almost 25%!!! This is not the Homesteading Bill
Almost a week into this and still no call to action that I’ve seen from conservation orgs. Am I missing something? Why aren’t we hearing more about this? It’s potentially the biggest land grab that we’ve seen in MT. I’m hoping that someone in know will telll us it’s DOA in the senate...- Southern Elk
- Post #89
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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A little humour for your day
Didn’t know you were into that kind of music.- Southern Elk
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- Forum: Jokes
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General meme thread - NSFW -
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- Post #336
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Montana House Bill 676 - This could sell off 1.25M acres of State Trust Lands - that's almost 25%!!! This is not the Homesteading Bill
An amendment to HB 676? I’m not seeing that we get anything in return for what’s being sold off.- Southern Elk
- Post #69
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Montana House Bill 676 - This could sell off 1.25M acres of State Trust Lands - that's almost 25%!!! This is not the Homesteading Bill
Bump for the Monday morning crowd. Montanans contact your senators.- Southern Elk
- Post #65
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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General meme thread - NSFW -
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- Post #293
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Montana House Bill 676 - This could sell off 1.25M acres of State Trust Lands - that's almost 25%!!! This is not the Homesteading Bill
Exhibit A for why states can’t be trusted with federal lands. Why wouldn’t you try to find ways for all of the people of MT to access our public lands instead of selling them off to a privilege few?- Southern Elk
- Post #46
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Montana House Bill 676 - This could sell off 1.25M acres of State Trust Lands - that's almost 25%!!! This is not the Homesteading Bill
Why didn’t you offer that as an amendment? There are no such guarantees in this bill.- Southern Elk
- Post #44
- Forum: Public Land Issues
