"............its becoming almost like politics as to what you believe................"
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1'st pair non insulated Mountain Hunters I purchased some years back leaked at the heel very quickly. Carter's Boots in Bozeman replaced them no questions asked. New pair also leaked somewhat quickly, in heel. Living in BozeAngeles, I brought them directly to Kenetrek. They Cheerfully...
I swear I won't call him names. After all, he's actually being honest for once.
But there you have it "I"M NOT A FAN".
Posted right here on a website devoted to and subscribed to by DIY hunters who hunt mainly public land. Defend away............................................
I've seen a few rams. Haven't seen that bad of a break before. He was getting around OK, but I wondered if he was hit by a vehicle or a bad fall, or ???.....
Spent the day voyeuristically spying on some of my friends.
One sported a hmm-mm😊. Just barely missed the mount pic. I'm no Miller......
One sported a brutally broken horn:oops:
Hoped for head buttin' - no such luck.
A good day.
P.S.
Saw many many hundreds of NYE elk scattered allover...
I read this thread with some amusement (poor choice of words for some concern...):
https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/future-wildlife-managers-hopefully-future-hunters.293506/
Lotsa' likes.😒
Think about the fact that future wildlife managers, having made it to the commitment of college level...
For sake of this point, the folks that pushed the stream access issue were met with huge resistance. however, they believed in it and wanted it badly enough, that they took the fight (gaining support along the way) to the powers that be and let the outcome fall how it may...
".......a vast majority of the current crop of hunters not knowing any different to what could be, complacency, and a bunch of old farts that just don't have the desire to continue the fight...... Maybe this is really is as good as it gets".
Maybe. No Tony Schoonens and no/not enough "go...
I'm, "oversimplifying it", yet, "it would not be difficult to make changes...."
Then get some go getters together and go ATTEMPT to get it done, unless it's not that simple or is more difficult than you just stated????..........
As this discussion expands and lingers, I find myself wondering how guys like John Gibson, Tony Schoonen, and Joe Gutkoski (to name a few Montana giants) ever were able to steel up and take the bull by the horns.
They did not have a bunch of social media, internet warriors and heroes, and other...
Worked with/for hunters and anglers in Montana for over thirty years. The worst "pricks" I dealt with ranged from Texas billionaires's who thought they had some special privilege and that their presence as landowners on the Montana landscape was a blessing from the almighty Jesus, to (Native...
Watching this conversation has been interesting as well as disheartening.
As a cheap seat technician for MFWP for thirty plus years, I can tell you that there is discussion within the dept about status quo issues among the rank and file.
There are those of us inside the dept. that bust(ed) our...