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i'll keep it simple in bullet points -leghold trap reinstatement is an absolute must if we are to see deer numbers increase/stabilize. -you (yes you) must kill coyotes. -we must think of a way for g&f to make money other than selling tags. If i were in charge of that operation, i'll bet i could turn it into a financially profitable institution in a year, and cut tag prices and reduce tags to improve hunt quality. There are many, many ways for G&F to make money other than tag sales. They are gonna have to get creative. Tag sales should be the smallest ingredient in their revenue pie, not the greatest. No one wants white collar hunting, except the richy riches who posted above. I don't know where you guys are hunting, but i still see a fair amount of game when i hunt. But i think there could be a few more critters out there, a really good drought and we could be in trouble, no use dancing on the fence. -reduce the grey wolf to a cameo herd that is highly regulated, much like the buffalo. -open more roads. this will lead to dispersion of hunters, rather than the current concentration of hunters, and will lead to fewer "hunted out" areas. -sue the pants off the sierra club. find something, and sue them for it. sue the government. it's not illegal to sue fish and game, as bad as that seems, to reduce their bending to left wing radicals. (no harm done to g&f, just make them do what is best for wildlife and hunters) that said, i'm not against fish and game at all, but sometimes you have to get down and dirty to get your way. sue the feds. sue the blm. sue the state. it's the 21st century tantrum that gets you your way. if nothing else, tie them up in court to keep the crazies from advancing. i really don't want to sound vindictive here, sometimes you just have to make things happen. -but i think the real key is getting someone at G&F behind the wheel who knows how to make money and knows how to manage wildlife with out selling the critters down the tube. just my humble opinion. wish i could be more involved, but i have kids to feed. i'll do what i can.

Trade complete, thanks for looking. I never seem to have much luck selling at cwt. listed on another site and had 3 offers in 20 min. But still visit cwt almost daily. Great site! Thanks to the admin!!

i have a winchester model 1400 markII for trade. i'd like to trade it for a pump shotgun like a remmy 870 or something. it's a 12 gauge autoloader. the furniture is pretty beat up. the gun needs cleaned. that's the reason why i'm trading it. a friend attempted to show me how it clean it, and autos are too complicated for me. i told him to put it back together because i was going to get rid of it. so maybe you have the time and patience to and knowledge to clean an older auto shotgun. it's a pleasure to carry in the field on any dove or quail hunt. it swings well and operates smoothly (when cleaned!) let me know if this is something you may be looking for.

great pics!

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i have found that areas that traditionally hold mule deer seem to have deer in them consitently. however, i've found that muley's roam a bit as well. deer may be in canyon "a" today, and will disapear to ridge "b" tomorrow. just my experience.

cool!

bummer. makes ya sick to hear stuff like that.

nice!!

Seems like there was a big Ebola scare in the 90's too. I don't think too many people in the US died, if any . I would bet a pharmaceutical company is at the bottom of the wood pile.

pics or it didn't happen. lol.

i got a iphone i'll send a pm

herein lies the problem with the no baithing law. all i have to do to get you out of yuor spot and off my buck is pile corn/apples, etc under your stand and call fish and game. you show up, you get busted.

which mission bow is it?

there's money to be made in the cell tower industry. my best bud, who is my age, started a cell tower construction/ maintenance company 2 years ago, and just sold out to a larger company. me made bank, and still manages the company.

the sign at the gate says the area is closed. is it open to foot traffic? my dad got drawn for mule deer, and is not in that great of shape, i'm just looking for an area we can walk into w/out too much trouble.

They came in!!!

just a thought, a 300 ultra mag will kill a deer in south carolina at 75 yards as well as anything else. unless you're in a shotgun only area, i'd hang on to it....you never know when you'll get a hankerin' hunt in the west again. just throw a 3x9 on it and you're good to go.

cool thanks for the replies. i'll have to check it out.

game and fish be like..... poaching! you caught him with your hands. hand over your keys.

i learned never to use steel shot on doves. was blowing right through them, puff of feathers and everything and they kept flying. i did manage to put a few on the ground, but had to finish them off when i got to them. i wanted to make the switch from lead to steel for health reasons, but i can see that's not gonna work.

i recently had a brake put on my gun. my range finder failed me on my last elk hunt, i held high and let her fly. 6 shots later, the elk was still standing there and my ears rang for a month. (i was way off on my yardage guestimate, so i wasn't even close to hitting him) i have permanent loss, i'm afraid, from that incident. what'sworse, i went in there the next morning and shot said elk three times untill he wasn't moving any more. (this time, i was on the money, as i borrowed a range finder) so i took 9 shots w/out hearing protection. big mistake. will never do that again.

i bit on that one. wish i could afford a dozen pairs.

i just bought one last week. wished you would have posted it sooner.