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  1. sierrahunter

    11th hour California Gobbler

    For obvious reasons, fall is my favorite time of year, but turkeys are not easy to hunt this time of year. I have a tried and true location I hunt both spring and fall turkeys, but this year, the birds simply would not leave private land. So, I began exploring a new location, and was able to...
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    Creepy Spaghetti

    I found this while hunting recently, and had to look this up. This is a horsehair worm, which apparently infects crickets and such when it’s small. When it reaches a certain stage, it somehow causes its host to seek water, where it bores holes through the insect’s body, and exits into the water...
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    Interesting Bird Bands

    I was for almost 20 years. I’m now with a different Federal agency.
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    Interesting Bird Bands

    It helps the USFWS adjust the reporting estimates. They use statistical models which are better informed when the money bands are returned. Money bands have a higher return rate, and the agency can better estimate how many non-money bands were not reported by comparing the two rates.
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    Interesting Bird Bands

    This mallard was the only banded bird I’ve ever shot. I love these money bands!
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    D5 opener

    I know guys that are successful using both strategies, but right now, you’re going to have more encounters during the first and last hour of shooting than any other time of day. So spend those key times in a location with lots of sign, and stay put. Burn boot leather during midday looking for...
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    D5 opener

    It’s hot, dry and windy right now. I saw 10 bears and a couple spike bucks during archery season. I’ve only encountered two bears and no deer so far in rifle. We need some weather. Be sure to return when it rains. Hunt during and after the rain. Also, it helps to focus on an area that looks...
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    Got my bear skull back!

    Word to the wise: do not boil your bear skulls! I’ve done quite a number of bear skulls over the years, and boiling them, even for a short time, often causes the teeth to crack. The teeth don’t crack immediately, but over the years, you will find the canines will split and the molars shed...
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    Plantar Fasciitis

    I started to have PF about 15 years ago, especially after long days of hiking. I went to a Good Feet store, and they wanted $500 for insoles. I walked out of that store and straight to REI, where I picked up some $50 inserts. They really didn't do the trick. I went to a podiatrist, who gave me...
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    Breaking Game Laws THEN Uploading It To YouTube?

    This was a seriously stupid issue for the OP to point out publicly. A quick note to Randy would have been the upstanding thing to do, in my opinion. For the rest of us, when we're tempted to publicly call out someone for doing something wrong, let's take a second to ask ourselves why we feel...
  11. sierrahunter

    Grim Reaper Broadheads

    I’ve killed three bears with them. The animals all piled up within 40 yards. I wouldn’t shoot anything else.
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    All Forests closed in California

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    Bear pot pie

    Yes. She just took a shoulder roast out of the freezer, threw it in the pressure cooker with veggies and broth, and then did a bunch of other things I don't comprehend to make it happen.
  14. sierrahunter

    Bear pot pie

    100% from scratch. The wife made it, of course. She’s a keeper.
  15. sierrahunter

    Vandalism

    There are just as many idiot hunters as there are idiot nonhunters. I once found a couple hunters camped right off the road who were using paper towels as toilet paper. They simply dropped these paper towels on the ground after use, and the wind would pick them up and scatter them. They were...
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    New Freezers are Like Gold

    Nice
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    New Freezers are Like Gold

    I just bought that same Frigidaire freezer. Lots of problems with them, apparently. See the reviews online. Mine arrived and the green power indicator light didn’t work. Tech came out and jiggled some wires until the light came on. Buyer beware. I did get $400 off the purchase price because the...
  18. sierrahunter

    California Sooty Grouse

    I've hiked far and wide trying to find drumming birds. I've never been able to pinpoint their location.
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    Canadian Black Bear Kills Woman

    This statement makes no sense to me: “Conservation officers said that a necropsy of the bear found it had a stomach full of blueberries – meaning the attack was prompted by hunger.”
  20. sierrahunter

    2020 Sierra Nevada Bear

    Yup, Same here. Zero fat. Wasn’t quite a beeline. I only found my arrow after dark because of the lighted knock, which was invaluable.

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