I'd much rather have a representative who I believe will support LWCF acquisitions than a representative that I worry would gut the program.
The attacks by public land opponents have a much broader scale than just state or private land transfer.
ODFW will record a note on something if it's interesting (ie wolverine) but only wants to use data collected from their randomly deployed cameras. They'll set out a grid and randomize the locations of cameras and then send some poor technician 4 miles down a wilderness trail and have them drop...
If I have a good bed of coals and fill the woodbox with madrone it will burn for 18 hours before I need to stoke it. And it's unnerving how little ash is produced.
Growing up in a 2000 sq ft house with terrible insulation and a junky insert we would burn about 8 cords in a winter.
My house is...
I bulged L4 or L5 back in 2020. I have to keep after stretching and moderate exercise to keep it happy. Every year it's a less annoying issue, but hunting exertion has never made it worse. I don't load up my pack as heavy as a lot of guys though.
Edit to add: Hiking around hunting and packing...
Weird stuff happens in Wolf Creek... Beautiful area though.
@Greybeard what kind of winters are you ready to endure? The Willamette Valley and SW Oregon will be fairly mild. Have to cross to the east of the cascades for real winter. The Willamette valley is way nicer than people give it credit...
I only check on this thread about every 50 pages so I'm not keeping up with the discussion, but I'll hazard a guess that non resident hunters tend to be biased toward more active/ dedicated hunters, regardless of the state.
Of course, all of the Montana folks here on HT are hardcore guys, but...