Recent content by sapperJ24
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May Poll: HTAT aka For: Hunt Talk Acumen Test: Mike Bader Recent Commentary.
That sounds pretty frustrating. I wonder if something else is at play here. Have you recorded dates and roads which are incorrectly closed and submitted that to the supervisors office for comment? Edit to add: looking at the Salmon Cobalt RD MVUM from 2020 there are no roads that open May 1...- sapperJ24
- Post #8
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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May Poll: HTAT aka For: Hunt Talk Acumen Test: Mike Bader Recent Commentary.
I'll try to be brief with my experience. Not sure if this applies to the Lolo as well, or not. But authority to swing gates open varies depending on the reason for the gate. For administrative use, if the gate is in place for grizzly bear security reasons, then there's a limited number of...- sapperJ24
- Post #4
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Bipartisan bill to reintroduce wolverines in CO legislature.
I don't see wolverines significantly, or even minimally, impacting ungulate populations. Wolverines are primarily scavengers and small game hunters. There are isolated instances of preying on ungulates, but it is quite infrequent. Colorado can likely (eventually) support 100 or so wolverines...- sapperJ24
- Post #30
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Bipartisan bill to reintroduce wolverines in CO legislature.
SB24-171 passed third reading in the house last week with a bipartisan vote of 51-13. Bill text and votes: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-171- sapperJ24
- Post #20
- Forum: Sportsmen Issues
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Study: Hunters Die After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison
Conversely, there's a lot that has to happen for the jump to be confirmed in humans. CWD needs to become widespread enough to be encountered at some rate across the landscape; hunters need to harvest and eat infected but asymptomatic animals; people consume infected brain or spinal cord; meat...- sapperJ24
- Post #27
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Study: Hunters Die After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison
Field and Stream greatly overstated the findings of the bulletin from Nuerology with their sensationalist title. The authors of the bulletin are calling for increased surveillance and further investigation. They didn't conduct, or attempt, a study here. They've merely brought attention to the...- sapperJ24
- Post #17
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Fresh Tracks Weekly - Reform the EAJA for wildlife
An awards database has been public since the 2019 John Dingell Act. Awards can be looked up here: https://eaja.acus.gov/?action=list&entity=CaseRecord Center for Biological Diversity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, EarthJustice have done especially well for their attorneys over the years. In...- sapperJ24
- Post #12
- Forum: YouTube Channel
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My FWP Hunter Survey
Just got called. Only question was, "did you harvest any elk this year?" No questions on effort or where. Maybe there would have been a follow up if I said yes. I have no confidence in the reliability or statistical validity of the survey. -
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Wilderness Area montage
I don't think we're in disagreement here. Maybe I should have said, claimed and then managed as wilderness when convenient. The trains and highway down in the valley below the picture sure didn't make it feel like wilderness. For anyone interested in more info... -
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Wilderness Area montage
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****OFFICIAL****2024 SPRING BEAR THREAD
Montana FWP on the board with a moderately sized griz. https://www.kpax.com/news/montana-news/grizzly-bear-euthanized-after-killing-cattle-in-teton-county- sapperJ24
- Post #18
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Burn boss indicted
Just want to add a few comments from my prescribed fire experience. Most, if not nearly all, of the Rx fires that I've participated in (either actually burning or looking at the plan) are written with an RH of 15% on the low end of the prescription. Most of the plans are written with a range of...- sapperJ24
- Post #19
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Mountain lions "losing fear of man"?
Mountain lions hanging around communities and stalking people in the national forest isn't excusive to California or in areas where hunting is not occurring. Most of the lions I've seen in Montana didn't stick around for a prolonged observation, but I've also seen some that didn't seem to care...- sapperJ24
- Post #18
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Pyramid Lumber in Seeley Lake, MT Closing
Weyerhaeuser has its MDF facility in Columbia Falls. Stoltze is also still in operation. https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/blog/weyerhaeusers-plant-in-columbia-falls-montana-is-the-worlds-longest-running-medium-density-fiberboard-facility/...- sapperJ24
- Post #82
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Burn boss indicted
Update for those following along: on March 15, Snodgrass's (the burn boss) attorneys filed a motion to to move the case to federal district court. They argued, (quoting a Washington Post opinion article), "that “because Mr. Snodgrass was acting in his official capacity as a federal official … he...- sapperJ24
- Post #11
- Forum: Public Land Issues
