It started off as a typical day at the office. Grab a cup of coffee, turn on the computer and take a look out the window while the computer boots up. This morning, however, there were three deer in the small one-acre patch of woods behin…
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January 25th, 2011
Wyoming Bison herd accepted for Pope and Young Entry.
Now the Pope and Young Club will accept entries from the Jackson Wyoming herd . According to the article in the Pope and Young Newsletter, the official boundaries will be “all lands in Lincoln and Sublette County and that portion of Teton County South of the Flagg ranch to Grassy Lake Roa, south of hwy [...]
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Washington State Looks to Give Ski Patrol Some Power
My friend Chris used to jump off the chairlift on the last run of every day and ski to the parking lot. The Ski Patrol would chase him down and take away his lift ticket in the parking lot. There was little else they could do in Upper Michigan. But that might not be the [...]
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Montana Ranchers Can’t Get No Wolf Satisfaction
Montana has the fourth largest land mass of all 50 states (57 if you are the president..dig, dig). The total land mass makes up 145,577 square miles of which 93,590 square miles is farm and ranch land. There are 29,800 farms and ranches in Montana, the average size composing 2,010 acres. Included is a map [...]
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More at Risk in Bear Country: Photographers or Trail Runners?
Photographers creeping their through the backcountry, trying to be silent to avoid disturbing animals are on track to lose their status as ‘most likely to get mauled.’
“I don’t think that running in bear habitat is a risk to bear habitat or population levels,” Servheen told the committee during its Missoula meeting on Thursday. “But some [...]
January 25th, 2011
Buck Knives Announces RMEF Membership Premium
MISSOULA, Mont. – Throughout 2011, all Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation banquet attendees who renew or begin membership in the conservation organization ($35 value) will receive an exclusive gift – a BuckLite MAX – Orange hunting knife ($29 value) proudly made in the USA by Buck Knives. It’s like getting a year’s subscription to “Bugle” magazine [...]
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Ski Guide Hit by Avalanche Explosive
A 63-year-old mountain guide was on a solo tour in the Pyrenees when he spotted an aluminum tube resting in the snow. He recognized it as an avalanche charge fired from a compressed air cannon, so he gave the tube wide berth. In an extraordinary fit of bad luck, the charge blew up just as [...]
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January 12 A.M. Deer Hunt
My buddy was gracious enough to go on camera duty again the next morning so we headed for the pine tree where I shot my wide 8 point last year. It is on top of a pine ridge next to a green field with a hardwood drain that runs from the green field in behind [...]
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Thomas Sowell: “‘Rights’ At Someone Else’s Expense”
Good article this morning from Thomas Sowell: “Many of the people we honor today are people who are skilled in the rhetoric of grievances and promises of new “rights” at someone else’s expense. But is that what is going to make a better America?” Related ArticlesWill Obama’s Executive Order Restrict Recreational And Commercial Fishing? (1)Only [...]
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Roundtable Discussion On Wolves Held At S.H.O.T. Show
The title of Toby Bridges article is, “Wolf Attack at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas“. According to Bridges, the roundtable, which included David Allen from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Cal Groen, Director of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and Michael Bean, representing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife [...]
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Week 4 – Goose Breakfast Sausage
This recipe will work for venison and duck as well. 4 lbs goose partially frozen 1-1.5 lb pork fat, very well chilled 2 teaspoons ground mace 2 teaspoons rubbed sage 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon kosher salt 3 cloves chopped fresh garlic (or 2 teaspoons granulated) 1 cup ice water 1/4 cup pure maple syrup [...]
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Do Doctors Need To Know If You Have Guns?
There are states that allow or perhaps mandate that doctor’s offices ask their patients to include information about gun ownership for themselves and their families in their medical records. Florida has two bills proposed that would prohibit such a privacy intrusion – SB432 and HB155. Marion Hammer, former president of the National Rifle Association, has [...]
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Daily Devotional – Jan. 25
Bible Study Verse Matthew 6:19-21 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, [...]
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Daily Devotional – Jan. 24
Bible Study Verse Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (NIV) Thoughts We had spotted the elk herd from about 2 miles away using spotting scopes, the stalk was now on! [...]
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Daily Devotional – Jan. 23
Bible Study Verse Matthew 15:8 ” ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.’ ” (NIV) Thoughts Serious anglers and hunters are always on the lookout for some new idea, new lure, new ammunition, or a new method to be more productive in the field or on the water. [...]
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Daily Devotional – Jan. 22
Bible Study Verse Luke 22:47-48 While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, but Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” (NIV) Thoughts Bad days. Had one [...]
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Daily Devotional – Jan. 21
Bible Study Verse II Corinthians 8:9 You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. You know that Christ was rich, but for you He became poor so that by His becoming poor you might become rich. (NCV) Thoughts “Shoot!” “No, you take him!” “No. You shoot.” After I said that, I slowly lifted my [...]
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Daily Devotional – Jan. 20
Bible Study Verse Psalm 145:14 The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. (NIV) Thoughts There are many polarizing issues affecting fisheries and wildlife management in our world today. Invasive species wreak havoc in both our seas and on our hunting fields. These as well as many other issues [...]
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Daily Devotional – Jan. 19
Bible Study Verse Psalms 47:9 The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings of the earth belong to God; He is greatly exalted. (NIV) Thoughts So true is that verse. We go to a church in Lexington, Illinois. We really enjoy it there. During season it’s [...]
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Daily Devotional – Jan. 18
Bible Study Verse Isaiah 66:1 This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for Me? Where will my resting place be?” (NIV) Thoughts That statement above makes you realize how awesome and encompassing God is. Have you ever sat in [...]
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