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    Idaho Palisades 2024 elk hunt

    LOL. "I've been told." I believe this was taken off an internet post that I recall...Is OP for real? I don't get the shtick. I also scrounged up a Palisades archery tag this year. Never hunted it before. I think we have our work cut out for us.
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    AZ auction tags going away

    "Hating" is your spin. Apparently it is constructive, hence the point of the thread; Arizona took actual concrete action. It's a conversation worth continuing to have if we want to make things better and preserve our hunting heritage. If you are "tired" of it, that's on you. You aren't the...
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    Pyramid Lumber in Seeley Lake, MT Closing

    You ever hear the Iris Dement song, "Our Town?" Your story sounds exactly like my hometown, albeit a bit larger. We were 2,000 but still a well-rounded little town. When I go back now, I am overwhelmed with sadness to the point of tears. Not to mention the substance abuse and broken...
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    Scientists working to unravel mysteries around rare gray wolf found in Davenport IA

    Yup. Or escaped domestic. Not exactly a daunting "mystery."
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    Colorado: HB 1375. Wolf Non-Lethal Tied To Rancher Compensation.

    This bill isn't passing. Read past the headlines. In fact, it will get crushed. Folks see "bill introduced" and assume it is a done deal, and get worked into a lather. This stinker doesn't have the support.
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    AZ auction tags going away

    I agree wholeheartedly (said as an AZ resident). This news comes as a bit of a surprise to me given the clout that those able to purchase said-tags obviously carry. Increase tag or application fees, expand 'bonus' raffle programs, etc. We've got 350,000 license-buying hunters in AZ. The...
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    Return Of The Jaguar to Arizona and New Mexico, your thoughts?

    What are you basing your opinions on? There is actually an excellent book done by a former Arizona biologist, David E, Brown, called "Borderland Jaguars." I can't recommend it (or any of his other books on Southwest wildlife) enough. It is the definitive word on the subject. Jaguars have been...
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    Why are CA pigs a menace.

    In John McPhee's "Irons in the Fire" he does a vignette on a Nevada brand inspector. The inspector tells a story of breaking up a particularly difficult cattle rustling ring. Two rustlers were stealing hundreds of cattle, then trucking them to a remove canyon that they had fenced and filled with...
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    Any hog farmers on here?

    Pigs are very easy (and cheap to raise). I stopped raising them after realizing the "smarter than a dog" cliche was true. It's hard to eat something that excitedly greets you at the gate every day when you get home from work. You mention being retired. With a little extra work, you could pry...
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    Why are CA pigs a menace.

    Note to self: don't store acorns in your wall in pig country.
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    Burn boss indicted

    Hmmm. How so?
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    Burn boss indicted

    I worked around John Day a lot during my fire career. If I had to guess beforehand one spot where this situation would arise, it would be John Day. My take: Prescribed fire is inherently risky. As the adage go, "If you are going to make an omelette, you are going to need to break a few eggs."...
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    2024 Garden!

    Glad to see other folks share my gardening hobby! It complements hunting nicely. We won't be planting here until late May (7,000 feet) but I am getting everything ready for starting seeds. I am also putting in 4 new fruit trees this year (Cherry and apples, late-blooming varieties to beat the...
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    Why fewer California elk

    Interesting thread. I fought a lot of fire in California, never did see an elk there, and have never been hunting in CA. Out of all the places in North America I would have liked to see before development, California is top of the list. What a remarkable place it must have been.
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    Potential new WR Rosie

    What a hoss, and looks like a dedicated, deserving hunter. The article says he has several Roosevelt's in the books...Aren't those northern CA elk tags darn near impossible to get?
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