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  1. Hunting Wife

    I can't believe they can't fill these positions!

    I hear you Nick, and your idea is a decent one. I think this is an interesting discussion and some of the outside the box solutions might be just what we need. Lord knows what we’ve been doing isn’t working very well.
  2. Hunting Wife

    I can't believe they can't fill these positions!

    I don’t think it’s a matter of experience, or even skills. I think it’s a matter of interest. All I can base my opinion on is my experience with different hiring requirements in different agencies, and the types of wardens we end up with as a result. About 10 years ago, our agency went to a...
  3. Hunting Wife

    I can't believe they can't fill these positions!

    I think this hits the nail on the head. As society in general loses its connection with rural life and the outdoors, fewer and fewer people really want to live in rural areas. I don’t know what the right timeframe is, but when the agency foots the bill for FLETC, Academy training, field...
  4. Hunting Wife

    I can't believe they can't fill these positions!

    Military does. Others might but I don’t know. Mine does not do it, but I don’t know to what degree they have the authority but choose not to via policy.
  5. Hunting Wife

    I can't believe they can't fill these positions!

    I can get on board with some kind of repayment of student loans after so many years of service. Lots of states do that for hard-to-fill positions or locations. For example, Alaska will pay off your student loan if you go out to teach in some of the remote villages for a few years. ND will pay...
  6. Hunting Wife

    I can't believe they can't fill these positions!

    But we also want quality applicants. My agency has no degree requirement. We mostly hire a lot of former military and regular cops. Very few of them hunt, very few know really anything at all about wildlife identification or hunting, few are actually interested in warden work, and they spend...
  7. Hunting Wife

    CWD - Seeing is Believing

    Mine from 640 just came back positive too. Sob.
  8. Hunting Wife

    Actual Weight of Meat - Can we be honest?

    Touché
  9. Hunting Wife

    Actual Weight of Meat - Can we be honest?

    So wait…you fed half of your deer to the dog? 🤦🏻‍♀️
  10. Hunting Wife

    Poor folks supper

    Geez Louise. I’ve heard of all kinds of sammies but not that one. What is a milk sammich, for those of us less cultured folks around here? This is like that pig cake @Wildabeest had to explain to me. 😂
  11. Hunting Wife

    Poor folks supper

    Never heard that term, but I just got home from working out in the snow all day, and it sounds fantastic! My mom did make this occasionally when we were kids but she just called it beans and cornbread.
  12. Hunting Wife

    Sunday Pic of the Day

    Everything I have was taken with my phone, which isn’t the greatest quality. This new phone is better, but the old ones are pretty noisy. Some of these have been posted before.
  13. Hunting Wife

    Hybrid Goose - what’s the make-up?

    That makes sense. By the time they molt to adult plumage it should be black, but they are long gone here by then so I don’t have a good guess when or how fast that transition occurs. Here they often look kind of dusty gray when they come through, but it’s going to vary somewhat by individual. I...
  14. Hunting Wife

    Sunday Pic of the Day

    It wasn’t Sunday, but I didn’t get around to looking at what I got until today. This was Friday morning on my walk to the office. Fantastic Aurora -most colorful I’ve seen yet. Anybody else catch them?
  15. Hunting Wife

    A little humour for your day

  16. Hunting Wife

    Sunday Pic of the Day

    Hubby bought me studio time at the local art shop. Finally finished my first pieces. @Ben Lamb how did I do? I really enjoyed pottery in school, and I think I might enjoy it even more now. There is something so relaxing about it that I did not fully appreciate when I was a kid.
  17. Hunting Wife

    Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement

    This. Just because someone doesn’t feel strongly either way on a particular question does not imply apathy. Perhaps it just isn’t applicable to their specific situation. However, the respondent had the option to choose a lesser degree of agreement/disagreement and declined to do so. Counting...
  18. Hunting Wife

    EOY ‘23 - What Worked, What Didn’t?

    Seriously consider the LASIK. My husband wore glasses from the age of 3, and then switched to contacts in college. The contacts were still a struggle for him…constantly dry eyes, pain to deal with while camping/hunting. We bit the bullet and got him the LASIK about 15 years ago. It was nothing...
  19. Hunting Wife

    A little humour for your day

    Chris Farley. Classic.
  20. Hunting Wife

    Lever gun and a story

    Now that it’s back in shape and up to the task, hoping there is much more game in its future.

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