Here are some of the other Indiana bills that were signed into law today.
• Senate Enrolled Act 241 requires the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to establish a bobcat hunting season Bobcats – Indiana’s only native wild cat – were considered endangered for decades but they were...
Hugh Glass Monument - well off the beaten path in Perkins County, South Dakota. He was the guy attacked by a grizzly bear and then abandoned and left for dead by two of his own men.
Research his story sometime. Tough, tough son-of-a-bitch. Happy hunting, TheGrayRider.
Louisiana Black Bear Update
On Thursday, October 5, 2023, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission received an update on the status of the Louisiana black bear population. Louisiana black bears were listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in 1992. They were removed...
Species: Leopard
Country: Botswana, Kalahari Desert
Type of hunt: Leopard hunt with hounds
Terrain: Kalahari Desert in Botswana
Weapons: Rifle and shotguns
Hunt Length: 10 day hunt, killed on Day 5.
Outfitter/main guide: Mangwa Hunting Safaris
Persons Involved in Hunt: 12 people from 4...
Happy Independence Day 2023. God please continue to bless America! 🇺🇸 Still the best place to live on Planet Earth!
Good luck hunting to all Hunttalkers this upcoming autumn, TheGrayRider.
I bought a sheet of stamps at a US Post Office titled, “Endangered Species” today. (See bottom row in photo below.)
Apparently, the desert bighorn sheep is endangered, according to the US Postal Service.
Are we hunting an “endangered” species in several Western states? I thought they were...
New Zealand tahr, free-range, public land, no aircraft utilized, guided, South Island. Another fun, tough mountain hunt. 5/28/23.
Typical mountain terrain on the South Island. Happy hunting, TheGrayRider.
Probably 35 years since I took undergraduate statistics course. Question(s) for younger & brighter minds:
How do you calculate the true odds if you buy several raffle tickets of a limited 600 ticket big game raffle?
If I buy the first ticket, I think the odds are 1/600. Then the second ticket...
The 2023 NRA Annual Convention & Exhibits is in downtown Indianapolis about two weeks out, 4-14 to 4/16, 2023.
Have fun to all Hunttalkers who plan to attend. I will participate in the NRA’s full-day of continuing education on firearms law on Friday at the Marriott and then on to the...
Rebel Without a Cause. Stopped by his grave marker in rural Fairmount, Indiana today.
“Live hard, die young - leave a beautiful corpse.” James B. Dean.
Happy hunting, TheGrayRider.
I had a little luck in the Arizona Big Game Draw Results today. Very blessed and ecstatic.
1. 2022 Fall Desert Bighorn Sheep - Drawn Nonresident- Hunt 06044 Dates: 12/9/22 - 12/31/22 Any ram Unit 45C (Kofa National Wildlife Refuge) - 14 NR points. I hired an outfitter/guide already.
2. 2022...
Great news for the local African populace, wildlife, hunters, businesses, and tourism employees in both Africa and USA. Hunting is truly conservation as the money expended here and overseas is exponential. Wildlife is protected and locals directly benefit economically.
Email received from DSC...
Any Hunttalkers also attending the Dallas Safari Club Convention in Dallas from January 6 - 9? My first time attending this convention.
I heard the YO Ranch downtown is a good place to eat. Any other recommendations on restaurants, fun activities, etc. Thanks, TheGrayRider.
9/11/2001. 20 years ago tomorrow. Never forget. I knew two people who were killed at the Pentagon.
I was working in NW Indianapolis that day. The Twin Towers falling was the most dramatic and shocking part.
A special thanks to the first responders that day and to our military who defended our...
I just read that California will soon shut down a few National Forests right before the hunting season due to the wildfires or future threat of fire.
Any information on the outlook in Northern Nevada? Stagnant smoke present now? Early Nevada seasons ruined by fires/smoke? Any relief in sight...
Two weeks from this afternoon, I am hoping to board a scheduled United flight to Johannesburg, South Africa for a two week plains game hunt - zebra, kudu, sable, implala, blue wildebeest, and possibly Cape buffalo.
Three years of planning and I actually think its gonna happen. After 2020 and...