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    Montana - Time to Shake it Up?

    Several different types and brands of collars available, but for the combo VHF/GPS multi-year battery life collars they tend to be pretty spendy. Its tough to get a solid number on cost as most companies base that on the quantity purchased and potential for further contracts. From what I...
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    The first thing I ever did in the business was tow a crashed helicopter from MT down to CO. Not the most confidence boosting way to start off. If I was smart, I would have quit right then. In actuality, I am very glad that I had the opportunity to do what I did and be a small part of wildlife...
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    As to not gunning and mugging anymore...despite how fun it looks on the screen it is a tough job. It was pretty much everyday for 4 months with no real scheduled days off. We did get some non capture days due to travel, maintenance and weather, but we still had work to do on those days. It was...
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    I have GoPro video of a couple of those rodeos. I have 100's of hours of GoPro capture video. I often just left it on for hours at a time at work. It is a bit daunting and very time consuming to go though all that footage to make a video, but I'm planning to get after it at some point over the...
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    I've worked with helicopters quite a bit and flown with at lease two dozen different pilots. These capture pilots are on a completely different level. Not many guys can handle the constant stress of that kind of aggressive flying all day, everyday for months. The company I worked for hired a...
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    Either has the potential to result in injury or death. Despite how rough those falls looked, the animals rarely end up with more than bruises. When I am putting videos together, I often pick the most dramatic looking footage to use. Most of the nettings are much less intense looking than the...
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    Helicopter Capture Compilation

    I was deleting a bunch of old photos and video off my phone yesterday and realized that I had a bunch of cool video clips I filmed with my phone at my previous job. A lot of the time I had a GoPro attached to my helmet, but there were also a lot of days I just didn't want to deal with it. These...
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    Howdy from NW MT

    Welcome from further NW in Montana
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    MT WSF Fundraiser

    Would love to see that. If you ever find out it is available for public viewing, please let me know.
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    Get ya some of that wilkes turf

    They sold one of their ranches in central MT to a Russian oligarch just prior to the invasion of Ukraine. I know a couple ranchers that live nearby and they are not too happy about it.
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    Hunter attacked by dogs.

    Interesting you should mention your experience with cats recently. I just saw this article yesterday about the cat colonies in the Missoula area. I can't imagine a colony of 25+ feral cats not having a significant impact on local wildlife. https://www.umt.edu/news/2024/02/022124cats.php...
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    Smith River Permit - Non-resident allocation

    I've had a couple peak season trips like that. Have also had a few peak season trips where we only saw a handful of people each day. Sometimes timing just sucks and you end up intermixing with a couple other groups all day on the water. Totally different experience each way. I'm usually on it...
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    Stafford Ferry CE

    Some pics from a sheep capture, test, and relocate project we did awhile back. Some of these sheep were caught on this property and adjacent to it. Frozen Missouri River Not sure why, but all my pics from the helicopter that day turned out blurry. Winifred
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    Smith River Permit - Non-resident allocation

    Ha, I wish! I meant the Smith in that second paragraph. Only done the MF once, but might be able to beg my way onto a trip this year.
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    Stafford Ferry CE

    Uhh...so was I? Completely agree that ease of access is an issue in Montana. I actually wrote in being against the proposed new road in the Bulwhacker area. The eastern part of the breaks are significantly easier to get around in than the upper breaks where this conservation easement is...
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    Smith River Permit - Non-resident allocation

    The Middle Fork is the best multi-day float in the north west in my opinion. Weird to have forest service check you. I have been down it about 20 times and have never encountered any federal employees. Talked to or been checked by state guys a bunch. I'm somewhat acquainted with the park...
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    Smith River Permit - Non-resident allocation

    I do have mixed feelings about the new permit distribution between res/nonres. I am somewhat supportive of it though since I know tons of residents that have never been able to draw in over 20 years of applying. Also, all the management and maintenance is paid for by FWP not the forest service...
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    Stafford Ferry CE

    Scrounged up some pics I took while there. I ran into the rams on this property while on my way back to the truck.
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    Stafford Ferry CE

    Have you ever been there or really anywhere in the Breaks before? Just because a road touches the same BLM lands a few miles away doesn't mean that it is practical or even possible to traverse the canyons to get to the other area. The spots I have glassed from using this property could possibly...
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    Stafford Ferry CE

    Great piece of property that deserves to be protected and kept open to public use in perpetuity. I've hiked thru it a few times to get to some good glassing spots for sheep that would be almost inaccessible without it.
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