Short answer; no.
However, younger beaver castors tend to be "shelly", but they still work.

I have a high profile attorney friend who twice within a couple of years got pulled aside by TSA when they found a few loose rifle cartriges in his day pack. He never got fined, but on the second time he was threatened that if he did it again he wouldn't get off very easy.

Senator Baldwin previously sponsored a bill to delist the wolf; but she had judicial over ride within it. I doubt she would sign a bill allowing pure science w/o some kind of out.

Wisconsin already has a law on the book that if the feds delist the wolf, that the state must have a management season. There are some curiosities as to how the new wolf plan made by the state has created management and sub zones. The plan also calls for shorter reporting times to address the concerns of Wisconsin's last wolf season.

[quote=3togo]Titiana,

I wish the US had a country full of intelligent people like yourself, instead of the mentally weak folks we see running all around and in our Congress.

Really?

The berries hold on for a long time around here, kind of like crabapples do. I think after they get seasoned, the birds like them more

What do you think is worth more the skunk or bobcat

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I always have problem catching a lot of mice. Somebody several years ago on this forum said to use 1 and 1/2 size traps instead of the rat type traps with yellow pans in the weasel box to reduce this problem. The larger trap will kill the weasel and hopefully not set the trap off with the mice. I might try it when I set for weasels again.

Wife and I are celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary next year. We have decided to do a Caribbean Cruise.

Our anniversary is in July, but we are going to wait until Jan/Feb of 2028 to do the cruise.

We've done other cruises in the Med. and other places, but none in the Caribbean.

Anybody have any recommendations on which islands we should hit.

We have found some that go out of San Juan and would hit some of the more popular islands. St. Kitts, St. Maarten, etc.

The problem is the air fare would be outrageous to fly into San Juan. I'm hoping to go out of either Miami or Ft. Lauderdale.

Miami would be my first choice because we could hit some of the beaches and touristy stuff when we get back.

I would really like to hit somewhere close to Daytona so the when we get back we could hit Bike Week.


Also what cruise lines to use. Most of the ones we used in the Med were Norwegian CL. But they don't hit the islands we want.

I've always gotten a suite on the ship, except our first one. Not good because I tend to get a little seasick.

I'm wondering what the smaller rooms are like on these ships.

Also some of the things to do at some of these ports.

I know we want to try a little of the local cuisine. My wife is a foodie.

She also said she'd love to parasail. She is also up for possibly going to the more adult "oriented" beaches.

hey why don't you give me to Cajun boy at least he will cook me up into a tasty meal then I will die knowing I'm delicious.lol

me lol

Are you saying that you leave the bark on for a year and then peel them or are you not peeling them at all?

Does peeling them right after you cut them lead to a higher chance of them cracking? Even if I dry them slowly out of the sun or away from heat sources?

How close to the edge of the pelt are you making your holes?

Thanks for all the help everyone.

Schmattz [/quote]

I leave the bark on. Then scrape it off after a year, or two, whenever I get to using the hoop. Taking the bark off right away is easier, but can lead to the shoots splitting while drying. That's another reason to cut in winter, when the sap is down.

I put the holes for lacing, pierced with an awl, about 3/4 to 1 inch in from the edge.
Muskrats get little buckskin circles glued on for reinforcement.