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    Seth Bodnar - independent US Senate candidate

    This is a podcast episode that I did with Seth Bodnar. He is running as an independent candidate for United States Senate. Most know my frustration and dislike for the symbiotic duopoly of the two party system. It makes me wonder if Montanans are willing to vote independently or if they will...
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    Nosler discounts and Promo Code

    I should do a better job of staying on top of the discounts that our partners offer. Nosler has always offered a discount with Promo Code RANDY. Now, through July 31, 2026, they are increasing that discount to 20% with code RANDY. https://www.nosler.com/
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    Geezers Clean Yer Freezers - July 31

    For those of you in the Bozeman area, we are hosting our first annual Freezer Burn party on Friday, July 31. I wanted to name it after a small gathering my Dad used to have with a few of his buddies, "Geezers Clean Yer Freezers," but everyone else thought Freezer Burn was a better name. Fresh...
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    Fresh Tracks Weekly - Wildlife, Timber & Healthy Forests

    With a lot of confusion about what the Roadless Rule rescission will/won't do, Marcus and I decided to film this week's FTW out in the field by climbing up to a forest treatment that occurred on USFS land within view of my front porch. A great example of what can be done if we get on with the...
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    Kenetrek 4th of July Sale - America250

    If you're looking for new boots, now might be a good time. Kenetrek is having 25% off most of their boots to celebrate America250. Link here - Kenetrek 4th of July Sale If you add a pair of gaiters to your cart, then use Promo code RANDY at checkout, the gaiters will be free. Lots of other...
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    America250 - Our Public Land Experiment

    Tons of things being done to celebrate our country 250th Anniversary. For me, I struggle to think about how different my life would have been without public lands. It has been a huge impact on my life to having amazing places to explore, discover, get lost and un-lost, to hunt and fish, to...
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    Ranchers Shouldering the Waste of Mining and Coal Bed Methane?

    I think there is a Hunt Talker who is living this problem in his everyday life of trying to make a living on the land. https://montanafreepress.org/2026/06/22/in-southeast-montana-a-history-of-coal-mining-haunts-farmers-and-ranchers Bad deal for the ranchers and farmers whose water quality has...
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    Mrs. Fin is selling her walleye boat

    We’ve done a full detailing and spiffed up all the items on our Lund boat and Mrs. Fin says to give the Hunt Talk crowd a heads-up in the event someone here is in the market for a decked out used walleye boat. We are going to consign it next month if I can sell it on my own. Hunt Talk gets...
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    Fresh Tracks Weekly - Point Schemes Disguise Tag Declines

    Marcus and I did this video, knowing that when draw results come out from a lot of states people will have all kinds of ways to revamp the point schemes we deal with. Almost like point schemes somehow create larger herds, which results in more tags - NOT! More animals in the hills goes a long...
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    Fresh Tracks Weekly - Vote In Your Primary Election

    We always claim that our elections are a choice between the lesser of two evils. That surely can be, yet when only 20% of Americans vote in primaries the most rabid candidates have an advantage due to the hyper-partisan party loyalists voting in very high proportions compared to the rest of the...
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    Fresh Tracks Weekly - Montana Corner Crossing

    We produce this weekly news update we call Fresh Tracks Weekly. This week we cover the Montana corner crossing topic, with some of my editorial about our elected and appointed officials demonstrating a high level of conflict of interest as the Executive Branch pursues their effort to define the...
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    Carrying The Fire - Hal Herring's new Podcast

    I know many of you are podcast listeners. Many of you read and follow Hal Herring, one of the most insightful people I know. He decided to start his own podcast after years of hosting the BHA podcast. We are helping him with editing, publishing, and other aspects that are not the "fun part" of...
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    Bots and Colorado tag reissue list

    I had mentioned on a podcast that a person had approached me about using a bot to illustrate how easy it is to get tags on the CPW reissue list. He had proven the same on the website mentioned in the article linked below. He said he was as able to get any float permit he wanted, even when odds...
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    North Dakota Elk Tag RAFFLE

    For any of us who are non-residents, we have one chance to hunt elk in North Dakota. It's a Governor's Statewide Permit. This year, it is being issued via a raffle, by Pheasants Forever. Summary from Pheasants Forever North Dakota has a special allocation lottery, where non-profits can apply...
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    MT EQC to determine corner crossing as "illegal"

    I had heard this was coming, but the release of the agenda this morning confirms such. Lt. Governor has taken it upon herself to determine that corner crossing is "illegal." She is doing this, absent any case or other legal finding beyond "because we/I said so." This is the effort in Montana...
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    Conservation or Big Beautiful Ballrooms?

    Maybe being a former CPA who spends my spare time helping conservation groups causes me to be offended more than it should. Reading a Congressional budget recommendation this morning (I need to stop reading my old CPA newswires), I notice that Congress (Senate Amendment) is going to add $1...
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    North American Pronghorn Foundation in Bozeman 5/16/26

    This is notice to the Hunt Talk crowd that if you are nearby and you want to do something fun on a Saturday afternoon, here's your chance. And hopefully raise a few bucks for the North American Pronghorn Foundation. I hope it snows that day so it cancels the plans of those going spring bear...
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    Montana Elk Hunt with Ted Roosevelt IV - 2025

    I had written in this prior Hunt Talk thread about an elk hunt with Theodore Roosevelt IV - https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/happy-birthday-president-roosevelt.330892/#post-3987022 Today we released the video of that hunt. Hope you enjoy it.
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    Sen Mike Lee as AG?

    I just got some message from folks I know in DC. Seems there is a meeting today to convince POTUS that Utah Senator Mike Lee should be the next Attorney General. Not sure where having such a strident anti-public lander is least damaging to public lands; as Chair of the Senate Energy & Natural...
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    Forest Service Reorg - Progress or Politics

    The USFS announced a huge reorganization yesterday. It will be the continual debate around running government like an efficient business, and in the process of such, how much is truly the desire for efficiency and how much is politics? National HQ will end up in Salt Lake City. Regions will be...
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