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    The Devil's Lettuce

    I've never understood why anyone would need an altered state of mind to enjoy hunting or fishing. If you need alcohol or weed to have a good time, you don't know how to have a good time.
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    Milk jug challenge.

    I'm not 100% on the background of the "Backfire milk jug challenge" but essentially the host made a statement in a video that most hunters don't have any business shooting long range. Someone in comments posted that he could hit 100% of his shots inside 600 yards. Backfire guy took him up on...
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    Bad deal...

    I am an engineer, although not a structural engineer, I did take all the structural design courses that were available in undergraduate studies because I thought I would go that route after graduation. Lack of available jobs took me a different direction. So take my analysis with a few grains...
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    USFWS comment period open on Idaho Bitterroot Grizzly recovery.

    I see what you mean. My guess is that like all other animals, the bears are finding the easiest, most abundant, and highest calorie meals that they can and focusing on that. There is a dense population of black bears in the Idaho side all along the Bitterroot mountains and no towns to speak of...
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    Time to play politics. Help me move these rule changes through the process at IDFG.

    I am opposed to both of your proposals. 1. There is no inconvenience to buy a license in December. Especially now that you can do it online. This would be especially problematic for NR when applying for controlled hunts. It would require them to buy 2 licenses just to hunt one year. 2...
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    USFWS comment period open on Idaho Bitterroot Grizzly recovery.

    Even if you allow the grizzlies to recolonize naturally there will still be people who will claim that the government secretly dropped off bears, and they have photos of the black helicopters to prove it, or they heard it from their father's brother's nephew's cousin's former room mate who knows...
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    AZ auction tags going away

    If google is correct, there are approx. 350,000 hunters in Arizona. If the auction tag system raised 3.2 million dollars last year according the social media post above, then AZGFD only needs to charge every hunter an additional $9 to replace that revenue, make it an even $10. All of the folks...
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    Should 17 year old apply for big three?

    As already pointed out, probably worse by then. If you want to hunt sheep, moose, or mtn. goat, start saving your money and look towards Alaska/Canada.
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    Should 17 year old apply for big three?

    Those can be done with over-the-counter tags, OTC. No drawing necessary. The big costs there are going to be logistical including bush plane flights.
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    Should 17 year old apply for big three?

    If you are going to start, the sooner the better. However, there are a lot of reasons why you shouldn't bother. Look up the nonresident drawing odds for the species that interest you and the states that offer non resident tags. If you are comfortable with throwing several hundred dollars each...
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    Fixing Western Hunting

    There is no fix, and no fix is needed. Western state residents should be able to hunt in their own states. Unrestricted NR access to tags or increased NR allocations in the west would eventually infringe on residents ability to hunt their home state. The demand for western tags exceeds the...
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    How many deer can you kill in your home state?

    A recent exchange on another thread has me curious how many deer the average hunter can kill in each state. Please note that I am not asking how many deer the average hunter kills, I am asking how many they could legally kill if they maxed out the available opportunity. Although the number...
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    Fixing Western Hunting

    Generally in Idaho we can get 1 deer tag. That tag is valid for a buck or a doe depending on specific units and seasons. If you shoot a doe, your tag is filled and you cannot shoot a buck that year. Most units that are predominantly mule deer are buck only for adults. In the northern part of...
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    Fixing Western Hunting

    Interesting info about Wisconsin. Thank you. If I understand you correctly, a hunter in Wisconsin can buy 4 deer tags valid for a buck each season. One for each weapon type. A hunter could in theory kill 4 bucks. How many does can they harvest? I wonder what the success rate is if you could...
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    Fixing Western Hunting

    Item 1 might sound good but in practice probably would have little effect. This is something that is already self limiting. Most hunters don't have the time to go on multiple week-long hunting trips each fall. I bet the number of hunters that have elk tags in more than 2 states is so small as...
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