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    MT opener

    Going bird hunting instead.....less people, more relaxing and a lot easier packing game out.
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    Idaho 27-1 Sheep

    A buddy and I drew 27-2 I believe ...in 1981. We intended to bowhunt so we only had bows the first 12 days in.....no mature rams. We were backpacking, including our water, up 2000-3000 vertical and glassing until we ran out of water, decending to float a short ways and climb back up. Then...
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    SB 298 - Crossbow bill rears its ugly head

    My comment to commissioners Again and again Molnar shows up in favor of crossbows. He is tenacious for sure. Some time ago I, representing Montana Bowhunters, put on a series of workshops across the state to introduce handicapped to opportunities to use the Permit to Modify Archery Equipment...
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    Google Bot Data Mined Super-Fund Site

    Tolke Whip 54# bow, 2216 easton shafts and magnus 2 blade broadhead. Ram was killed in the exact area now covered by the River Road East fire started a couple of days ago. Opening up that mountain with fire should help that sheep herd in the future.
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    Montana Elk Management Survey Results

    Well said Shoots.....my W MT take is similiar. Public land management is important to elk mgmt but important elements of the new EMP emphasis on Habitat is largely unachievable in the short term. Most W MT forested elk habitat needs more fire. I recently saw where the Bitterroot was using a...
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    Montana Moose Tag

    Where summer habitat is very good, bulls can be pretty sedentary UNTIL the rut starts. If you want this bull, be there on opening day....before he begins to think about girls.
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    Google Bot Data Mined Super-Fund Site

    I have advocated for the continuation of Montana's UL sheep hunts simply because I want any dedicated hunter of average means to have the opportunity to hunt sheep somewhere sometime. I had the opportunity to trad bowhunt sheep in Idaho, MT, Colorado and WY over the years just because I...
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    This is your property classification and appraisal notice

    Your super-majority party of the Legislature just chose to dramatically lower business equipment taxes, which further shifts tax burden onto residental property owners. And they continually vote down options for local communities to raise revenue via tourism, etc. And of course, most of them...
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    Who has done a diy mountain goat hunt in the lower 48?

    It was a great run before compounds flooded archery. In about 1962 I drew an Idaho archery-only goat permit. I killed one with my trad bow. Later I found out I was the only applicant for the 10 permits available.
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    Who has done a diy mountain goat hunt in the lower 48?

    Over the years I have taken 6 DIY all with traditional archery equipment. Idaho, Montana, Colorado. The first one was when I was 20 yo, the last one I was 72 yo. All solo. I don't advocate solo as I had a couple of scary close calls, but good choices knowing you are solo makes fewer serious...
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    Wyoming Corner Crossing Defense Fund

    In western Montana we frequently found old private/public boundary fences off legal boundaries but almost always to give private landowners a few more acres of free unrestricted grazing of public lands.
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    Beaver Hunting?

    Truth be known, my Alaska hunting partner and I killed one with our bows in the late 70s.....as food when the plane was a week late coming to get us due to weather issues. It wasnt bad meat given all we had was a few dried potatoes to eat for the week. However, after parting it out and eating...
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    Beaver Hunting?

    Beaver in the West contribute so much wetland habitat for other species including furbearers, waterfowl, fish, amphibians, moose, as well as water storage in streambanks. Not that taking one would likely devastate a colony, but loss of beaver colonies does have consequences.
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    Bird dog PSA - Grass awns

    I bought a $40 digital otoscope to check my GSPs ears and save some $200 vet bills. Happens every year.
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    Porcupines

    A friend lost his Airdale on its 18th porky....they don't learn without some help. Some anti porky gun dog training sessions are advertised along with anti rattler and anti skunk. Personally my pointing dogs wear shock collars and as soon as I can tell it is a porky they get a high level...
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    2023 Colorado Sheep & Goat Results

    At nearly 80 I can look back and be very appreciative of 1) a very different era and 2) putting in for lots of limited hunts back when it was feasible to draw. 4 bighorn ram permits (Colorado, Idaho, Wy, MT), a bison (UT), 6 moose (UT, WY, ID, 3 MT) , 4 goats (CO, ID, 2 MT), plus multiple elk...
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    SB 298 - Crossbow bill rears its ugly head

    This bill is the camels nose under the tent. Crossbow manufacturers love those who are the front people touting just helping the disabled. But history of other states show that the ease of getting a physician to sign a form creates overwhelming demand which causes States to rollover to...
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    SB 298 - Crossbow bill rears its ugly head

    House FWP Hearing of SB 298 Crossbow will occur Thurs April 13 at 3 pm. If you cant attend in Helena you make comments to the Committee via Zoom....need to register by Wed eve I believe. Take time to let the Committee how you feel about Crossbows in our archery elk season.
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    What Has Montana's Stream Access Law Meant To You?

    Thanks for reminding us what we have and could lose without constant vigilance. It would be interesting to see how much economic benefit Montana's stream access provides Montana. Sure the traveling fisherman or floater brings in a lot of money, but perhaps even bigger is that stream access is...
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    Will the Great Salt Lake dry up?

    GSL starved for water is just one more symptom that we have surpassed our human carrying capacity by gradually destroying our own habitat. Of course, other living beings, having no voice will suffer along with us.
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