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    The ambiguity of theft and failure of enforcement

    My local sheriffs department is a joke as far as I am concerned. About 10 years ago someone broke into my shop and stole about 400 elk sheds that I had just sorted to finally sell. Also made off with a almost new $800 chain saw and a handful of other items. When I called it in, they refused to...
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    Mule Deer Population trends

    Hard to believe the population estimates that MT FWP comes up with for mule deer in Montana. All of the spots that I hunt in western Montana are a shell of what they were just 10-15 years ago. In places I used to see 50-100 deer over a weekend, Im lucky to even see a single deer these days. Lots...
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    Mike Lee introduces legislation to sale and develop public lands

    I think I am taking this green decoy thing way too far. So much so that I have killed dozens of big game animals and hundreds of birds just to infiltrate amongst real hunters to try and convince them that actually giving a damn about the animals they hunt and the lands they recreate on is an...
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    2022 shed thread

    He found it right before dark about 5 miles from our campsite. We had to be out by the next day and had 15 miles to go from camp to the truck. Wish we would have had some time to look for the match. I might make a run back over next week, but damn it was a tough spot to get in and out of.
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    2022 shed thread

    My buddy found this beast while we were on a backpack shed hunting trip last week. Scored 176.
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    Spring bear

    The tracks from last week
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    Spring bear

    Saw some fresh black bear tracks in the snow last week in central MT and spotted one off in the distance yesterday in region 2. Here are a few bear pics from the past two seasons.
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    Alpine Happiness

    There really isn't true above tree line alpine around where I live, but these are a few from my local wilderness taken on a multi-peak climb overnight trip last June.
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    Alpine Happiness

    Nothing better than spending a day (or a couple weeks) up in the alpine. I have some similar goals. I have been checking off highpoint for each mountain range in Montana, but still have a long way to go on that list. I'm also trying to summit every peak above 7000' in my local wilderness area...
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    Balloons - let's see 'em

    Can't wait to start finding these out in the woods!
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    100 bucks or less sunglasses

    I have been using Sunclouds for a few years now. I have been pretty happy with them and I have very sensitive eyes.
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    Spearfishing intro

    After hearing my friends stories about his shark encounters in Hawaii, I thought I would be way more nervous about sharks. For some reason (stupidity?) they really didn't bother me too much as long as I could keep an eye on them. We tried diving in a spot that had very poor visibility after a...
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    Ballot Initiative to End NR Big Game Hunting?

    Wasn't planning on replying to this thread as in my opinion these ideas are more of a joke than a serious solution to the multitude of problems hunting in Montana faces.
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    Spearfishing intro

    I did some scuba diving back when I was a kid and a few times more recently, but I have never been certified. I have done some reading on shallow water blackouts, but not something I worry about too much with the type of spearfishing I do. I don't stay down very long and very rarely...
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    Spearfishing intro

    There are plenty of things I would change about my life, but I do take advantage of any relatively cheap outdoor related activities that I can. I know you make it over to Montana on occasion and if you are interested, I could take you to a couple of my pike spearing spots sometime. I only know...
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    Spearfishing intro

    I've done quite a bit of spearing for pike in Montana and spent a week down in the bahamas last month mostly focusing on spear fishing. Definitely one of my favorite warm weather pursuits. Most of the places I go, I don't have to dive down much, but I do it anyways even though it doesn't seem to...
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    Winter Mortality in Interior Alaska

    Thanks for the info. I kind of figured that might be the case, but like you said there isn't a ton of detailed weather info online for that area. I have a friend I used to work with that is a pilot in Tok. I need to call and pick his brain. I might be taking my new BIL on a moose hunt up there...
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    Winter Mortality in Interior Alaska

    Sad to hear about the impacts the weather up there is having on the wildlife populations. Any of you know if the 40 Mile area is just as bad? Looks like they are over 200% average precipitation.
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    A Middle Fork Float Hunt

    Thanks for sharing such a great adventure. That is a dream hunt of mine and hopefully I’ll get to tag along with a tag holder someday. I’ve done the MF at 4.7’ and the upper end was a pretty wild ride. Ran into a couple groups that experienced some carnage on the river. One group lost their...
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    New Ice Auger; What should I be looking at?

    Ross, I just got an 8” Ion for Christmas. So far I’m really happy with it. The reverse function is nice to keep less water and chips from accumulating up on the ice. Another reason I picked the Ion over a Strikemaster is the blade design since I do fish in places that occasionally get a bunch of...
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