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Cicadas
I keep reading articles about this dual brood emergence coming up. It all sounds pretty crazy to me. I used to live in Nebraska/Kansas as a kid, and I still remember the seasonal cicadas - but this just sounds outright preposterous. Does anyone have much experience with these periodical cicadas...- tmcdowell
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Non-Game Species Encountered in the Field
What is the most unique/memorable non-game species you've encountered while hunting? While on a recent black bear hunt, I was hiking slowly through a canyon under a dense canopy of Doug Fir and Lodgepole Pine when I encountered a Great Gray Owl - a first for me. I watched it for about 10...- tmcdowell
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Home Heating Questions
Well I just got our December NG/electric bill from NW Energy, and all I can say is "ouch." Sure, it was a cold month, and sure, I do live in an old home that most likely has crappy insulation and one insanely inefficient gas stove. But energy bills like this definitely hurt financially. I've...- tmcdowell
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- Forum: Money and Finances
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Lessons from hunting a ranch
My favorite part of being a member of HT is reading others' trip reports - successful or otherwise. Nothing beats a good hunting story, and some members on this forum ought to be published for the quality of their writeups (anyone want to edit and publish a book..?). I can't say I've contributed... -
Public lands access from interstate highway?
Title kind of sums it up. I couldn't find anything on the subject doing a quick web search. For public lands bisected by a state or interstate highway, what, if any, are the laws regulating parking and accessing said public lands from the highway? This, of course, assumes that one can park...- tmcdowell
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- Forum: Public Land Issues
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School me on Western Spring Bear
Last year I hunted spring bear for the first time in SW MT. It was a great season, hiked my ass off, and eventually had one close encounter with a small bear late in the season. Needless to say, I didn't notch my tag. I did learn/reaffirm a few things in the process: bear hunting ain't easy...- tmcdowell
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- Forum: Other Big Game
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Howdy from Montana
New to the forum and new to hunting, so I thought I'd introduce myself. It's been a helluva year - bought our first home in Manhattan, MT, had our first kid (a little girl), and I picked up hunting. Fall 2020 season ended in some upland birds and a mule deer - enough to get me plenty addicted...
