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    Lever Guns, what would you choose & why?

    I picked up a (Ruger) Marlin 1894 44 magnum in 2024. It's pretty much everything I could ever want in a lever action rifle. I chose .44 mag so I could hunt straight-wall states including MI, where I'm from. 357 would have been fine too but I liked the idea of the 44. If shots are under 150, I'm...
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    A lot of you are strange…………..

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    Quotable Quotes

    "Because it's there" - George Mallory, when asked why he would attempt to climb Everest
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    Turkey DNA initiative started, requesting hunter harvested samples

    The context I was missing I'm familiar enough with the theory, but I was trying to understand exactly how it was pitched to state agencies. I'm not tapped in to southeastern turkey issues, so I don't know the history. Of course they would want to jump on anything that could help with the...
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    Turkey DNA initiative started, requesting hunter harvested samples

    I haven't paid much attention to him, that's true. My question was more asking about whether or not the state agencies that pushed season dates back did it because of the dominant gobbler stuff or because of other factors relating to nest success/turkey populations (whether or not it actually is...
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    Turkey DNA initiative started, requesting hunter harvested samples

    Why do you think the "dominant gobbler theory" was the reason that states delayed starting dates? I don't get the fixation on this dominant gobbler thing, it seems like it was based more on long-term population declines than any singular social dynamic.
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    Bill to end perpetual DOI conservation easements

    I can't help but laugh about the "future generations" framing. Perpetual easements are one of the only things future generations could actually count on. Hope this fails and never gets touched ever again.
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    How about a Motown Monday ?

    Fun fact, this isn't Curtis Mayfield. It's really common to see this attributed to Mayfield, but this is actually "Be thankful for what you got" by William DeVaughn. Fantastic song either way
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    Bucket list

    I'm definitely not an expert, but I could start a thread that discusses how to start building wooden bows and detailing the common issues that I ran into/that people commonly have questions about if that sounds like something people would be interested in. Seems like a bunch of people want to...
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    Bucket list

    I haven't killed any deer with my self bows yet either, but it's definitely a lot of fun to make them. Good thing to do in the winter.
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    First cougar cubs verified in Michigan in more than a century

    Yeah, lions are state listed endangered in MI, somebody got in trouble for shooting one a few years back in the UP.
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    Bucket list

    Moose. Ideally lower 48 but any moose is a good moose Life goal is a bull elk with a bow I made myself
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    Restoring a riparian zone

    So it was a severe fire + a lot more extensive than just riparian replanting. I'll withhold judgment with that in mind, even if it is going slower than the other section due to the lengthy planning process. Hopefully the plant community and the stream itself ends up reflecting what they are...
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    Restoring a riparian zone

    Right, and my point of bringing the literature up is to question what the heck they expected to happen? Like unless this spot was an absolute moonscape, there's no reason to assume this would ever be worthwhile, assuming that this is the extent of what was done.
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    Restoring a riparian zone

    I don't know the specifics on any of this, but I don't see why they even tried to do anything? It was just because of the fire? I'm not super well-versed on fire-related riparian restoration literature, but I was under the impression that unless the fires were super severe there was really no...
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