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    Meat Care Equipment Priorities

    1. Game bags - Nothing else matters if you don't take care of the meat in the field. 2. Cooler - You don't need an expensive roto molded cooler. 150 qt. Igloo coolers will hold ice for over a week no problem. Depending on the logistics of your hunt you might not need a cooler at all. 3. Grinder...
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    Montana (and other state) hunter orange laws out dated?

    I don't have much faith in the average hunter's judgement, I wear orange even when it isn't required and I put an orange panel on the back of my backpack. Realistically, by the time I put on my backpack and bino harness there isn't much of the vest that is still visible, hence the back panel...
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    Did it make the jump?

    The article doesn't make any direct connection between consuming infected deer meet and CJD. It did get me curious about human exposure to CWD prions and I found an angle I had not considered before. CWD prions are in the soil, aren't humans being exposed to CWD prions just by being in...
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    Rockstar Research with Kevin Monteith

    It will be interesting over the coming years to see what his research shows for how long it takes for deer to recolonize abandoned habitats.
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    Wyoming Corner Hopping

    I just don't underestimate the ability of an entitled crazy person to make my life miserable. I live next door to one. The type of person who doesn't care how much money they spend just to spite you. I'm in the corner crossing camp, but I will be very cautious when/if the need arises to...
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    Wyoming Corner Hopping

    Regardless of whether corner hopping is finally ruled to be legal, i.e. not a criminal offense; any landowner will still be able to sue you for civil trespass. He would have to prove that you caused damage to his property but in the meantime you get to incur the costs of your defense to prove...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    If you started in 2015 then your first 2 years of hunting were during some of the best years in decades in terms of mule deer numbers and hunter success. There have been 3 hard winters since then that have kept the population from growing and the 22-23' winter was a really bad one. There is...
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    Wyoming Range Winter Wrap-Up with Jeff Short

    This podcast should be mandatory listening for all mule deer hunters.
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    Success rate by weapon choice as a function of advancing technology

    I think the rifle success rates would have risen as well if it could be attributed to an increased elk population.
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    Success rate by weapon choice as a function of advancing technology

    I think that some very subtle changes could be contributing. Improvements in sights, arrows, rests, and broadheads all contribute to increased accuracy and consistency. That builds confidence. Bows have become easier to tune and are more forgiving in general making it easier to become...
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    Success rate by weapon choice as a function of advancing technology

    I had not taken a detailed look at whether success rates had changed in any of the units I am most familiar with but I would have thought long range hunting had a greater impact. The years between 2010 and the present show success rates consistently above the trendline so there may be some...
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    Success rate by weapon choice as a function of advancing technology

    Yes, Idaho does have more restrictive muzzleloader rules than many other states. However, Idaho does allow for inline muzzleloaders that meet the requirements. The quality of muzzleloaders has definitely improved in the last 20 years not to mention 40 years. They are more reliable, consistent...
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    Success rate by weapon choice as a function of advancing technology

    I came across this graph while reading through some Idaho elk management information. The effects of advancing technology on harvest success has been debated in the past but this is the first time I've seen a graph that illustrates how this has changed over time. I did some quick looking at...
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    Wolf Depredation In Grand County, CO

    It looks like the article has already been taken down.
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    Idaho Spring Bear

    In my experience, bears will be most likely to find a bait site quickly if it is later in the season. When I put out bait on opening day in mid April it can take a couple weeks before the bait gets hit. There have been a couple times when I have started baits later in the season in mid to late...
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    Arizona does away with auction tags

    Shane Mahoney is wrong about this one. It is disingenuous to imply that these auction tags raise money that would otherwise be unavailable. The money that is gained through auction tags can be easily replaced by increasing the cost of the average hunting license. I read that Arizona raised 3.2...
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    Idaho Wolves, the story no one is talking about.

    It is a bad precedent and one that will be used in conjunction with the wolverine ESA listing to disrupt even more trapping and hunting opportunities in the future. The two grizzlies that were killed as a result of wolf trapping were injured by illegally set snares that did not have breakaways...
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    Mineral site

    I don't doubt it. And enforcement of this issue is certainly difficult. The question is, are you going to follow the law, or are you going to adopt an attitude that poaching is ok as long as you can get away with it?
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    Mineral site

    Yes, unfortunately Idaho does not disallow the placement of bait for taking photographs. IDFG does interpret any residue that is left in the soil as "bait" for the purposes of hunting big game and there is no statutory distance from the site or time from removal that makes hunting the area...
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    Mineral site

    And where is it legal to do this?

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