I got a tag off the alternates list in 2020. I was #395, and I was notified on October 23rd. I technically had until Nov 1st to buy it (10 day time period), but the email stated this:
"Note: In an effort to sell out of these surplus and alternate licenses, we may offer them to more people than...
I'm going to have to walk back my previous strict forky elitism, I got this blacktail on camera and I can't help but call him a fork. I need to see this guy in person
I ended up getting the B2s on sale and I have been loving them. Appreciate the information though!
Just realized I didn't even post this in the optics forum to begin with, that probably didn't help in my search for optic info
But now you are talking about the quantity of deer harvested, which is a completely different thing. I totally agree with you that a relatively small proportion of hunters harvest a disproportionate amount of deer compared to the rest of licensed hunters - I was only responding to you saying it...
According to the recent NRC memo that was sent out prior to this meeting, almost 80% of Michigan deer hunters don't harvest any antlerless deer in a given year. Granted I don't know the specifics on what data they used to come to that conclusion, but what else could that mean besides people...
The numbers aren't going down because most people still weren't shooting does, at least not at the rates we needed. That's an oversimplification that doesn't take into account areas where we can't hunt of course, but I think it's broadly correct. These changes are meant to push people towards...
I think these are some great changes. I like the one buck rule because it allows people who really want to get a second buck to go hunt the upper peninsula. It seems like a great way to increase doe harvest down south while simultaneously bringing people back up over the bridge for deer camp...
Worth keeping in mind that I'm pretty sure there were no major wolf inbreeding issues or consistent population declines on the island until canine parvovirus was introduced around 1980, presumably from someone's domestic dog. So it's not like some totally pure experiment ran its course and...
It's a fair question, but as someone who is spending that $900 this year, it will be worth it for me regardless of the result. I'm only going to hunt blacktails in WA, so this allows me the opportunity to hunt whitetails/mule deer as well + the long season gives me enough flexibility that I can...
Seems like there is a lot of variability in this, might be related to some of what atlas is mentioning (from Ruggerone et al. 2023)
"Subadult Chinook salmon have been found extensively in offshore areas of the NPO and BS, where they overlap with pink salmon (Major et al. 1978, Myers et al...
"Schultz said R&D is an important function, but the Forest Service has identified a lot of redundancies since research outposts have often been autonomous. By putting all of it under one umbrella, the agency can be more specific about how it conducts its various research and, subsequently...
Yeah I hadn't heard of this either. Got nothing but good things to say about Rapid River though, I know a bunch of guys who have Rapid River knives that love them. I'm cheap (and I tend to lose knives), otherwise I would have one or two myself.
I've never even been to California but I have this odd fascination with hunting there, especially blacktails. I'm hoping to make it down to hunt within the next few years. I'm always excited to see more blacktail discussion too, regardless of where they are located