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  1. joelweb

    Mule Deer Taste, Is it just me?

    Mule deer tastes great to me.
  2. joelweb

    California new anti-lead implementation

    I just hope that the bullet companies keep creating more non-lead options so they shoot accurately in more guns. Copper bullets are generally longer, which comes with consequences. I was a big fan of the heavy core Barnes MRX while it lasted.
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    Which conservation group

    I'll offer my support for PLWA. We are pretty lucky to have them in Montana. Lots of other groups work on access, but nobody else is keeping access to (which is different than through) public lands open by playing the legal game. In fact, I can't think of another group in the country that does...
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    Which conservation group

    Many great groups listed in this thread. As someone who has worked in the sporting community for a while, I recommend giving at both the local and national level. National groups can take on the big issues and they have reach and leverage that local groups cannot match. Local groups are going to...
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    Genetics vs. Habitat for Big Bucks?

    I don't doubt that this has a major effect, but why do some places consistently produce big deer while others do not? I can't imagine that some places produce plump does every year while does in other areas are always famished.
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    Genetics vs. Habitat for Big Bucks?

    I think food availability and the nutrition of that food plays a big role in antler size. The farther south you go the earlier the greenup. Deer in places like Utah and Arizona are pushing up new antlers long before deer in Montana. Plus, deer in Montana often come out of winter in poorer body...
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    Washington State record mule deer!

    Very nice. Amazing they can find anything to eat in that country given all the cheat grass in the photo.
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    10x vs. 12x binos

    I recommend 8.5x42 binos on your chest harness and 15 power binos on a tripod. 12s would shake way too much in the hand and need to be mounted to a tripod in my opinion.
  9. joelweb

    PreHunt has made it's debut on Social Media

    I know that the Muley Fanatic Foundation is working with lawmakers and outfitters on legislation to ban this practice in Wyoming... http://blog.eastmans.com/sell-soul-buck/ Sell Your Soul For A Buck??? 42 Posted September 4, 2017 by Schuyler Watt in General A new bill proposed may make it...
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    Cameron Hanes to be on Zinke created Conservation Council

    Good for Cam. I hope he learns a lot from the experience and that he is able to represent hunters in a positive way through this opportunity.
  11. joelweb

    Rinella smoked bear ham

    I don't know about the other ingredients in the recipe, but you always pack brown sugar when measuring.
  12. joelweb

    MT FWP Tentative Season setting meetings

    I think the presence of CWD is going to make it harder to convince FWP that less hunting pressure is what's needed for mule deer, given that older bucks are more likely to carry the disease. If anything, we might see a push in the other direction.
  13. joelweb

    MT FWP Tentative Season setting meetings

    I would be comfortable if the muley season stopped at the end of the third weekend. We'd still get to hunt the early part of the rut, and it'd give the deer a break. Such a change would need to occur across a vast region in order to have an effect. Otherwise pressure would just concentrate.
  14. joelweb

    MT FWP Tentative Season setting meetings

    I know places in western Montana where I can find 50 deer a day. Problem is finding something bigger than a 20 inch 4x4.
  15. joelweb

    MT FWP Tentative Season setting meetings

    Mule deer hunting doesn't suck in western Montana, it's just a lot better out east.
  16. joelweb

    MT FWP Tentative Season setting meetings

    Good question. I don't know.
  17. joelweb

    MT FWP Tentative Season setting meetings

    It should be noted that 93 percent of the current harvest in HD 103 is focused on whitetails. Making that particular HD a mule deer permit area shouldn't have a significant effect on overall opportunity. It might take some of the application pressure off of the Region 2 trophy zones, as region 1...
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    MT FWP Tentative Season setting meetings

    Interesting to see how FWP used CWD as a reason to oppose this hunt, even though CWD isn't present in that part of Montana.
  19. joelweb

    Why not sell some land ?

    It should also be noted that the BLM is required to identify priority lands for acquisition and lands suitable for disposal through local land use plans. Because many of the BLM land use plans are 20-30 years old, their acquisition and disposal lists are grossly outdated. Some lands that were...
  20. joelweb

    Why not sell some land ?

    The BLM has the authority to dispose of small and isolated tracts of land that are difficult and uneconomical to manage. Assuming that those lands are publicly inaccessible and that they are too small and isolated to ever make publicly accessible, targeted land disposals can make sense. For...
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