Thunderchicken...A couple of us in Montana Bowhunters Assn worked very hard to get the Trophy Poaching regulations in place a number of years ago. MBA stood for the right thing then and generally does now. .Getting poaching penalties changed is not easy. We had to define something with unusual...
All you need to do is look at most any BLM grazing allotment, especially riparian areas, hardwood draws and other important wildlife habitats and you know wildlife habitat needs do not have equal footing with grazing. DEADLINE: The HiLine Resource Management Plan (2,400,000 acres of BLM north...
Re sizing....I normally wear a 10 1/2 or 11 and I bought an 11 1/2 which fit perfectly. I bought these because I need a wide toe box but not wide foot which these fit the bill. The leather is rather soft which makes them comfortable but subject to scrape/cut wear. Also the leather/fabric...
I agree these have been comfortable for me right out of the box.....only thing is they are coming apart after 6 months of chukar hunting and quail in Az.....
As a non resident with 17 points, I finally drew Unit 5 Bighorn tag. I plan on going down a week before archery season starts and stay til the end if necessary....with a longbow I get to stay in sheep country a lot longer than most.
Montana Backcountry Hunters and Anglers will be there again to express our support for this bill....if you like it just the way it is, you should support this bill. Show up if you can. Sign the petition but call or email or write a letter to Daines as well.
The world is shaped by those who...
For those who dont care or get it......
1) The legislature takes over the role of the Fish and Game Commission even they know little about wildlife or hunting.
2) Lighted nocks is breaking down the line on electronics on bows and arrows that has been in place for many years. On the archery tech...
If EACH of you Sportsmen would join and support one or more of the organizations that are there every day to protect your interests Sportsmen could be in the drivers seat in the Legislature. Instead these Sportsmens groups usually have to play defense against some mean-spirited attacks on...
The agenda has a speaker from Deseret Land and Livestock of Utah so maybe some form of Ranching for Wildlife will be presented as the answer? Big bucks... but you will never get a tag unless your wallet is bulging. Sorry but I will always be wary when a symposium is sponsored by MOGA and...
Yeah, the NRA wants to spend hundreds of millions putting a cop in every school but overwhelmingly supports the Republicans who whines because they think government spending is the problem......
Territoriality and loss of opportunity
As Big Fin stated, once a bait pile goes down on public land, the so called hunter will stake his claim to the area. I have personally had this happen to me in AZ, plus I could no longer hunt the spot as if i shot something there it would be over bait, of...
As some of you know, baiting deer is legal in Arizona and is becoming more prevalent especially for the unique coues deer. There is now an opportunity to end this practice as the AZ game and fish commission has new rulemaking proposed for public comment that would ban the practice...now a...
I have done considerable investigation of such "Ranching for Wildlife" programs in NM, UT and CO. The programs are ripe for abuse....stories of landowners harassing wildlife on public to drive them onto their private land, hunting only the perimeter and providing a sanctuary "no hunt" on the...
What scares me the most are legislators willing to sell out public lands, the public's wildlife and interfere with science based wildlife management. They seem to be able to lull most sportsmen into watching the outdoors horn porn shows instead of what these snakes-in-the-grass are up to. All...
I bought my wife a Beretta BL3 20 O/U 35 years ago and now it is my go to upland gun over my GSP....it looks pretty used after many chukar hunt crashes. That said, my Ithaca 16 full I have had 55 years now and it has shot hundreds of upland birds. It has been blued twice and needs it once again.
If you are from out of state and have hunted backcountry for 50 years you cant be safe in a WY Wilderness, but if you are 16 and never have left the city limits of Cheyenne you can go unguided and be just fine. Best be called the "Outfitter Protection Law". And I thought those "independent...
In Montana Backcountry Hunters and Anglers we have a program of Habitat Watchman where any member can assign himself to a piece of ground special to him.....drainage, Ranger District, Forest, and keep an eye on what is going on there.....from ATV violations, damage, bad proposals by the agency...
Sam Houston is FAST...Flanders over 10 yd/carry average....Griz defense looked a lot like the Cats last weekend....backs usually a step behind where they needed to be to make the tackle...