Agreed. Spoke to a 77 year old landowner while I was out one day. He asked if I saw any whitetails. I said no, haven’t seen one in several years. He said the same- that he used to only have whitetails and now it’s 100% mule deer. He was complaining that there’s restrictions on mule deer does...
I hope you are not suggesting that you are coming from some universal perspective? No perspective is universal, so I’m not sure what point you are making.
You haven’t provided anything to refute any assertion I’ve made, and instead have just become angry and accusatory. I said previously, we’re...
Again, people struggle with scale. Does “management” at a national scale make sense for wildlife that roam over square miles? To me, no. For wildlife that move between multiple countries and continents twice each year? Yes. But even at that, the fed involvement is pretty limited to population...
I think you are just trying to intentionally obfuscate. That’s your prerogative…no amount of dialogue here will change anyone’s viewpoint, so this is all kind of pointless anyway.
The point being made is that, with regards to wildlife specifically, the Feds tend to be made up of folks much...
It’s almost always 3pt mule deer that people confuse with hybrids. The tine configuration throws people. The OP deer looks all mule deer to me.
@Schaaf that one looks like most hybrids I’ve ever seen. Whitetail in the back, mule deer in the front. Cool find.
Also nowhere near nimble enough to adjust to winter kill, drought, disease die-offs, other population-impacting events. The states struggle enough to do this, and they are operating at a much smaller scale.
Accidental meatless Monday. For those that like weird pizzas:
-Crust of your choice
-A sweet oil or vinegar- I’ve used pear-infused olive oil, but lately it’s been medjool date balsamic vinegar. Spread over crust
-mozzarella
-sliced pear
-chopped walnuts
-bleu cheese
Bake, and top it with a...
I am a fed. I don’t want the feds anywhere near managing all hunting nationwide. The absolute ridiculousness and cluelessness that comes down from DC every time we try to get a hunt package approved is assinine. A scary (and growing) number of the administrative types have only experienced...
Yes. Sable pics please. The most intriguing African animal for me personally.
African travel/hunting stories over tariff/election/political threads any day.
You knew the hunt would be a tough one, yet you went anyway when luck and health conspired against you. If that isn’t flipping the bird to your dotage, I don’t know what is.
Perhaps adaptations need to be made as time marches on but I don’t think getting off the couch and going, whatever that...
I hunt alone a lot, and have for years. I also drive cross country alone. I hike alone. I work in remote places alone. Sometimes I camp alone. I run errands around town after dark alone. I don’t think the hunting is particularly more dangerous than any of the other things. But I do think about...
2014… can’t believe more than a decade now?
Joined at a really tough time having just lost my FIL and greatest hunting mentor. Was therapeutic to engage here.