The view from a buck's bed in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I always like to crouch down right in them and see why they picked that spot. Still searching for my first big woods buck. No rush.
I was assisting with a project that is trying to determine the status of coldwater fishes in the inland lakes using environmental DNA + setting DO/Temp loggers that will be collected next spring.
Does anyone know when IDFG usually posts the new lists for returned tags? The next returned tag sale event is September 2nd, and the website states that the available tag list is posted the Tuesday before (which would be today). I checked the elk list and the deer list and they were both last...
So it's the false advertising of big bucks around every corner in MT that is the issue? Not the rut hunting with rifles on general tags in 90% of the state?
I like my tikka. Super light, handles well. A bit finicky on ammo, but shoots eld-x's extremely well. I'm not a huge fan of the super light barrel, seems like I spend way more time waiting around for it to cool at the range than shooting - but it is nice to have a light rifle on the mountain...
I am quickly learning how difficult it is going to be to get a good pic of a bear up here in Wisconsin. 5th bear spotted so far, and the only one that I have been able to get any pictures of. This one was far too busy flipping dead wood and rooting around to pose in a clearing.
If you think huntfortruth and lobbying articles are even remotely reliable compared to peer-reviewed literature - then there really isn't much more to say on my end.
"The average mortality in mallards fed lead--magnesium alloy shot was less (58 percent) than that occurring in birds fed commercial lead shot. Mortality among mallards fed iron, copper, zinc-coated iron or molybdenum-coated iron shot was significantly less than in birds fed lead shot, and was...