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    study done on Isle Royale National Park after NPS and MDNR transplant wolves

    Eradicate all the moose. Deer, wolves, whatever can migrate there and back across the ice if they so choose.
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    Extra Stupid Window Stickers

    He might need to brush up on his LE department’s use of force policy.
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    Antler Point Restrictions

    Strategies to have more mature MD in the unit: -LQ -Short season -Season dates, e.g. no rut hunt -Increase the population/improve the habitat -APR Social management of wildlife, options 1-4 can be expensive or cause stakeholders to complain. APR costs nothing and gives the appearance of trying...
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    Turkeys

    FINALLY. Day 13 of bow season and I’m in the blind. Bird gobbling his head off from the roost. He pitched down into a private field, but was drawn back towards me by a clucking hen. Hen at about 40, tom at 60. Didn’t see them through the thick brush. I’ll try calling again around 9 AM hoping...
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    Squirrel
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    Doe
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    Foraged Food Thread

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    Future hunting trips

    Now my wife’s leaning towards Maui instead of Miami for our next trip - I’m looking at axis deer🤞
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    New to the forum.

    Welcome from Iowa!
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    Non resident hunting advice

    The million dollar answer is a million other hunters want “the best odds at lower elevations and more manageable terrain”. The wealthy ones fork out 15k, and everyone else goes back to the drawing board. There are Land Trust properties where elk pass thru or show up intermittently, but your...
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    Turkeys

    Well, heck. Nice to see everyone out having a good time! Too much going on in my life: Normal busy spring yard work. I couldn’t get what I needed to start taxes until 3 days to the deadline, and then I had to go back and amend 4 past returns b/c I discovered that I screwed those up. 3/29...
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    The Great HT 2026 weigh in.

    Weight inching up in the 160’s but averaging about 6 good workouts per week. Feeling great, diet slightly more relaxed, still eating very clean overall.
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    Seriously - Thank You rich boys for this new Idaho law.

    They should pass another law to boot out all the NR influencers who bought in. Maybe we could get a roster of the purchasers through FOIA? On a related note, the popularity of western big game hunting is and has been spawning a rolling list of ways to creatively game the system to nab a tag.
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