Stay dry(ish).
Purple are gauges that have exceeded the "Major Flood" level. Black is record setting flows. I just commented last week that the Skagit has the oldest FEMA flood mapping in the Puget Sound area, and a really low 100-yr flood elevation. I bet that changes soon!
So my office is currently embattled in a local development dispute. We represent a water district looking to protect drinking water quality. I'm the one that gets to present at all the public meetings. I just did my first tonight. It was very stressful. I'm all kinds of wound up. I'm already one...
https://wdfw.wa.gov/newsroom/news-release/skagit-county-woman-sentenced-wildlife-trafficking
Multi-year effort (the second time!) that only resulted in $1,800 in fines. Which likely didn't even pay for lab testing of the evidence.
https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/wdfw-lands/land-acquisitions
WDFW once again is proposing to greatly expand the public estate in WA. There are some absolutely great additions here. I encourage those that care to take 30 secs and send an email of support.
[email protected]
My dog got smoked by a skunk in the driveway the other day at o-dark-thirty. Side note, probably the biggest dick move I've ever made, I walked back into the house, woke my wife up, and said, "Don't let the dog in, he got skunked. Allie and I are leaving. Bye." My daughter and I then went...
Ok, this is a carryover from another thread I started last year, where I was trying to spend an unusually large bonus and wanted to upgrade my rifle.
https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/help-me-spend-my-bonus.327215/
Being debby downer, I used it for a family vacation and bought some investment...
If you were to guess, how many deer would to speculate are in this photo?
We glass this area all morning and turned up exactly...
zero deer. zero shots heard.
We did managed to still hunt up 7 in the afternoon our of some bedding areas, all does with one tiny forky.
When I asked my...
I have a Vortex Summit SS that I bought from someone on here a number of years ago. The actual tripod is fine for my needs but the standard head is bad and getting worse. I took it apart tonight and found a bunch of metal shavings in all the moving parts. It looks like the OG lubricant was...
Any ideas how to fix this?
One of buckles on the frame pulled out on my first elk hunt of the year. In the moment I used a bit of paracord, but I would like to find a way to attach the buckle again.
I sent a request to MR but I doubt I'll have enough time to ship it to them and get it back...
I brought this up in another thread, but I think it warrants its own thread.
Here in Eastern WA we're seeing increased regulations restricting public use and recreation on public lands due to the wildfire risk. While I think everyone is in agreement that wildfire suck and that we shouldn't go...
If anyone hears or sees a deal on a used self-bailer, 12.5-15' I'd appreciate a heads up. I'm finally forced to give up on the canoe idea. There just aren't enough rivers around here that you can swing with a canoe, and none of my family care for the simplicity of the canoe. Plus all my friends...
After thinking about this for a while, I thought I would run a situation I found myself in by the HT crowd and get your thoughts.
Boat-in camping over Memorial Day weekend. Have 4 of 6 sites taken with our group, two fams, 4 adults, 4 kids (7-14). Another group shows up at 4 pm and takes a...
https://chadlove.substack.com/p/the-prairie-canary-in-the-coal-mine
You can have both wildness and people inhabiting the same space, but you can’t do it without a baseline of protection for that which is defenseless against those powerful forces who attempt to conflate unrestrained greed and...
https://www.ncwlife.com/news/local-forest-service-employees-sound-the-alarm-on-federal-staff-cuts/article_3af57088-ee47-11ef-8842-83dd39c6805a.html
Additionally, Wickenheiser said rangers fly out around 10,000 pounds of human waste every year. Without the staff to do that, he warned of human...
I'm looking for ideas on dog boots. I've tried both of these from gundogsupply
https://www.gundogsupply.com/gds-dog-boots-ob.html
https://www.gundogsupply.com/lewis-dog-boots.html
Neither stay on well enough to keep using. Yes, I followed the recommended install for the Lewis boots, but the...
Bonuses came out and they're.... um, good. I'll throw most if it at investments and savings for future real estate, but there is room for a frivolous new purchase.
Options:
Truck Cap: I debate this every year, it would be great most of the time, but I'll still need to take it off for firewood...