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MI removed the southern gun line!
Lemme know when, I'll show you some heavily pounded GEMS. ;) To be honest, I'm kind of tempted to get a 350 or 400 Legend for a suppressed set up. Or a 300 blackout. I had not heard of the 41 Great Lakes.- Ben Lamb
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MI removed the southern gun line!
If this keeps you downstate weirdos out of Northern Michigan, I'm all for it. Just hope yins can shoot a real rifle. I'm all for the one buck rule. We need does harvested. Not barely legal bucks.- Ben Lamb
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MT EQC to determine corner crossing as "illegal"
Programs take time to build. Immediate gratification doesn't really work in real life. Montana doesn't compensate for access. They pay for access impacts. Mt also has over 6 million acres in block mgt, another 1/2 million enrolled in PAL, about that in open fields & another 580kish acres of... -
MT EQC to determine corner crossing as "illegal"
We supported that bill & helped with the amendment. To my knowledge no landowner has utilized this. Access corridors were a feature of block management for years, albeit slightly used. The bill just brought it back. It was a good effort and Mtbha deserves credit for their work. -
MT EQC to determine corner crossing as "illegal"
We tend to focus on the current access programs that provide incentives to landowners for allowing access to private land which means our current access efforts are centered around opening private land for hunting opportunities. -
Frank Church Wilderness to allow chain saws......
Yeah, no. I'm responding to the notion that we shouldn't have any trails in wilderness.- Ben Lamb
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Frank Church Wilderness to allow chain saws......
Counterpoint: We have small wilderness areas inside the National Lakeshore which go through swamps, sensitive habitats, etc. The trails in there help ensure the biotic community's resilience. In a lot of areas, trails are about keeping people off of sensitive areas so they don't get pummeled...- Ben Lamb
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MT EQC to determine corner crossing as "illegal"
MCS wasn't in existence in the 23 session. SB 333 got decapitated. Amended on the senate floor to keep it on life support, then died in committee, got blasted out and then the House floor cut it's head off. https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0330?open_tab=status MCS' position is that we... -
Frank Church Wilderness to allow chain saws......
There will always be those who seek to push the boundaries of what is acceptable and prudent. That's entirely why I'm grateful guys like Buzz are around to remind us what happens when accommodation turns into entitlement. There should always be strong resistance to allowing motors in...- Ben Lamb
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Frank Church Wilderness to allow chain saws......
When budgets get slashed and the work that should be done doesn't get done, people tend to gravitate towards reducing the restrictions that keep places whole. Personally, I'm fine with the use of saws for clearing trails, and the wilderness act provides for emergency declarations like this. I'd...- Ben Lamb
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Shotgun rules?
Joe, I wouldn't take the internet as gospel. Might be good to just call the USFWS and make sure you're legal, or if you need a permit you can get it. Because you want a gun, and especially because it's a short barreled shotgun, you will bring attention to yourself. A single shot break open... -
Gear Upgrades
Which is odd, considering your extensive collection of 1990's era fanny packs. -
Average/preferred whitetail rifle weight for blind/stand hunting
Nobody needs to see that. It's a fun rifle. Shoots a 350 grain bullet at about 1600 FPS. Drops a whitetail like a hammer drives a nail. The 450 3.25" BPE was considered the 30-06 of it's day. Good all around cartridge. -
Average/preferred whitetail rifle weight for blind/stand hunting
We are all slightly above average. So we got that going for us. -
Average/preferred whitetail rifle weight for blind/stand hunting
It's a great situation in which to hunt with older rifles, classics, etc. I've taken game out of a stand using everything from a model 70 in 06 to a 1880's vintage 450 BPE. Hunting from a blind or stand increases your options for hunting with cool guns. -
Gear Upgrades
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Tunes for the Second Sunday in May
- Ben Lamb
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Tunes for the Second Sunday in May
My mama said That your life is a gift And my mama said There's much weight you will lift And my mama said Leave those bad boys alone And my mama said Be home before the dawn And my mama said You can be rich or poor But my mama said You can be big or small- Ben Lamb
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