Recent content by Pucky Freak
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Catch All Fishing Thread
She told me she was done hooking baby sunfish on every cast, and wanted to land a BIG fish that we could keep and eat. We went out for cut-bait today - struck out on two lakes d/t very turbid water from the recent storms. The third spot worked great, we caught dinner along w/ some cut bait for...- Pucky Freak
- Post #158
- Forum: Fishing Hole
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Whatever happened to..?
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- Post #319
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it
It is simple, and does not solve everything, but perhaps it is a start: All nonresidents of NM must obtain a big game license through the public draw in order to hunt public land. NR outfitter quota? Private land only.- Pucky Freak
- Post #352
- Forum: NEW MEXICO
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Wyoming deer Special draw odds??
Yeah, every year it gets pulled from the website but remains in the public google drive folder. Bob and Glenn typically save the link, but Glenn deactivated his account and I foolishly deleted his phone # from my contacts 🤬- Pucky Freak
- Post #15
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Wyoming deer Special draw odds??
Could someone post a link to the WG&F Google Drive folder with the tag quota proposed changes? The one with the red and blue mark-ups. Please and thank you. @WapitiBob @BuzzH @JM77- Pucky Freak
- Post #11
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it
Yes, E-Plus benefits the non-hunting public, and the benefit is concentrated in certain applications (see above), as well as concentrated in regions of the state where elk live. That being said, I’d argue that the entities that benefit the most are wealthy non-resident hunters, outfitters, and...- Pucky Freak
- Post #131
- Forum: NEW MEXICO
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New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it
G&F agencies can and do turn hunting license dollars into a multitude of uses benefitting non-hunting residents: clean air, clean water, clean soil, reclamation, fishing, thriving ecosystems, parks, trails, problem animal removal/relocation, roadkill cleanup, salvage tags, nature programs, boat...- Pucky Freak
- Post #119
- Forum: NEW MEXICO
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Foraged Food Thread
Dotted-stalk suillus (bolete). Another fun find from my 7-year-old. Bugs got to about 80% of the flesh already - I got a handful-sized yield.- Pucky Freak
- Post #132
- Forum: Recipes and Wild Game Cooking
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New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it
There are many ways other than transferable tags to incentivize private landowners to make and maintain elk habitat improvements. See: every other elk state. No matter how it’s spun, NR’s paying a private citizen for a tag to hunt public land doesn’t pass the sniff test. I hope that the...- Pucky Freak
- Post #78
- Forum: NEW MEXICO
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Kansas elk 2023
Love the write-up! Definitely one of my favorite no-shot-taken narratives.- Pucky Freak
- Post #227
- Forum: Elk
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The Rinella Effect
Pace yourself, shed-dweller. You’re not due for another 12 hours.- Pucky Freak
- Post #88
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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The Rinella Effect
Big game hunting is mostly a spectator activity nowadays. 10% people hunting and 90% people experiencing vicariously through videos of the 0.1% of people filming. I drank a lot from that well. It’s entertaining as shit, but it’s toxic to everyone. No more for me. No Newberg or Rinella, or...- Pucky Freak
- Post #9
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
