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Actual Weight of Meat - Can we be honest?

I carried an entire whitetail buck out this year 4 miles, one trip. Bone-in quarters, de-boned rib meat, skinned skull, tongue, heart etc. Almost zero meat waste. I thought about this thread when I got home, but didn't have the heart to weigh it. I doubt it was more than 60 pounds.
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- Post #124
- Jan 13, 2020
- Forum: Field care - Meat, Trophy, Taxidermy
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Tell us about your elk failures

My elk hunting career in gif form-
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- Post #24
- Jan 8, 2020
- Forum: Elk
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Tell us about your elk failures

2007- I’m driving down a Forest service road mid-day, after hunting whitetail that morning. Come around a corner and there’s a herd of elk on the hill, with one spike in it. This is a fresh burn, and I bail out and get set up in an opening where the elk are going to pass through. Cow, cow, cow...
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- Post #16
- Jan 8, 2020
- Forum: Elk
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Hunting in or near grizzly country

Or accepted the risk, and knew it was a possibility. Life is a long series of decisions on risk management. We all accept the risk of fatal car crashes, but get in cars anyways. I spent probably 60-80 days in grizzly country last year. I knew that the chances of me getting dusted by a bear were...
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- Post #19
- Dec 30, 2019
- Forum: Elk
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Hunting in or near grizzly country

It's super, super scary.
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- Post #3
- Dec 29, 2019
- Forum: Elk
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A Poll Regarding Bad JuJu

Your buddies are trying to reverse engineer their way into an awesome cooler.
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- Post #22
- Dec 29, 2019
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Managing the ‘plethora of riches’ -Martha Williams on Meateater

I wish I knew a better way to show how dire the situation is in NW Montana. Like @Mtnhunter1 said in another thread, FWP counted twice as many elk on one ranch in central Montana, as what they estimate all of Region 1 has in over 10,000 square miles. Changes like they have proposed are like...
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- Post #18
- Dec 19, 2019
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Managing the ‘plethora of riches’ -Martha Williams on Meateater

Just glancing at those region 1 changes- They got rid of a cow tag that issued 5 permits last year, changed a 7 day wilderness archery season from either sex to antlered bull only, and changed an archery season in a unit with 0.06 elk per square mile from either sex to antlered bull only. If...
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- Post #17
- Dec 19, 2019
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Didn't get away: before and after

All this thread is showing me is how poor our mule deer management is in Montana. Good grief guys.
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- Post #93
- Dec 18, 2019
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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6th times a charm?

Fantastic news. The ability of modern medicine is truly incredible, we don't give them enough credit. Heal quickly and fully!
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- Post #67
- Dec 18, 2019
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Montana elk management plan--Page 55

I've asked 4 different biologists why this hasn't been used, and each one has a different excuse. So far I've heard: -I'm worried they're out-competing mule deer. -It's unfair to the neighboring landowners. -It's impossible to know whether or not these elk are always inaccessible.
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- Post #5
- Dec 18, 2019
- Forum: Elk
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Montana Hunting season Comment period open

Thanks. It looks like they're proposing something similar in 417, although they're not calling it a shoulder season.
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- Post #5
- Dec 18, 2019
- Forum: Elk
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Montana Hunting season Comment period open

Can you point me to the page in the proposal that mentions this? I'm missing it. Thanks for posting this. I attached the public meeting schedule below.
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- Post #3
- Dec 18, 2019
- Forum: Elk
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Weyerhaeuser to Sell Montana Lands

I hope my nervousness is misguided, but it sure would've been nice if Weyerhaeuser did announce the buyer.
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- Post #12
- Dec 17, 2019
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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APR on NPR

And certainly being so close to Missoula helps them compared to being in NE Montana.
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- Post #52
- Dec 17, 2019
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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APR on NPR

Same model works in MT it seems, at least for this ranch- https://www.mannixbeef.com/
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- Post #50
- Dec 17, 2019
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Weyerhaeuser to Sell Montana Lands

Weyerhaeuser wasn't in MT until a few years ago, when they bought out Plum Creek. Plum Creek always allowed free access, and Weyerhaeuser honored that when they bought the land.
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- Post #5
- Dec 17, 2019
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Didn't get away: before and after

Good grief! 30" inside spread?
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- Post #5
- Dec 17, 2019
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Discuss Master Hunter programs here....

Yep, no risk of this getting intertwined with the state agency at all.
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- Post #125
- Dec 16, 2019
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Colorado wolves

No doubt wolves, not even really debatable to me. I'm not familiar with the wolf situation in Colorado other than headlines about introduction efforts, is there dispute about whether or not they're currently there?
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- Post #7
- Dec 13, 2019
- Forum: COLORADO