Over the last 5-10 years, my joy in hunting big game has been largely non-existent. I've had a few fun hunts, but I wasn't really into it. I got a bird dog, and that consumed a lot of time along with running a small business, family health, etc. I've just kind of lost the joy of big game...
When you make wildlife management a political issue, politicians will oblige.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/outdoors/2024/01/21/bill-would-prohibit-hunters-from-shooting-antlerless-deer-in-north/72270765007/
My Father-in-Law is down to his last 6 200 grain corelockts. "That's 6 more seasons!" he said.
So I'm going to do some load development for him and hopefully pull together 50 pieces of brass to do so. Factory ammo is non-existent and while I can get the Hornady brass, it's always seemed...
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MUCC 1-pager here: https://mucc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/5108OppositionOnePager-3.pdf
This is what I sent to my Rep:
Hello Representative Coffia,
My Name is Ben Lamb, and I live (IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER)
I am writing today to...
Caliber is the internal diameter of the bore.
Cartridge is the actual completed case, bullet, primer & powder.
Y'all are using one of these incorrectly.
It's not right. Change your evil ways.
Solid work from RMEF & The BLM:
https://mtstandard.com/news/state-regional/big-hole-valley-national-elk-foundation/article_e147994e-2593-11ee-8d93-1f79719ca9ab.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
https://fwp.mt.gov/binaries/content/assets/fwp/commission/2023/aug/non-game-wildlife-acct/cs_non-game-wildlife-account-workplan-for-fy2024.pdf
This is a really solid work plan laid out by the Non-game folks at FWP. It brings in some key elements of the legacy proposal that was in SB 442 (albeit...