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Downgraded to pretty good Tempered enthusiasm. It wasn't 2012 levels. Marten trappers will be extremely happy
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Some of the things have changed some are still the same. My mom and dad said that many farms were lost not because they couldn't pay the mortgage but because they couldn't pay the taxes. Then they borrowed the money to pay the taxes and couldn't pay that back, then lost their farm. People that had some money in the bank had it stole when the banks went under and only got 10 cents on the dollar. Many of the bankers came out rich. When they would take farms they would keep the mineral rights from under them because they had to pay no taxes on the mineral rights. The bank itself were dissolved but many or the stock holders came out rich. Federal insurance on deposits has since helped with that problem along with bank examiners helped stop some of the inside stealing, unless they are too big to fail of course.
We farmers like to have pride in being in control of conservation but many times the bottom line is what rules. The fox running the chicken house didn't work out well in the dust bowl days and it was soon seen that the group couldn't operate without oversight from big brother. Of course when big brother helps, complete control is always a threat. Putting a chicken in every pot and getting that vote is a big incentive to maintain control. Lets just face it, if there wasn't some oversight in conservation the land would be down the Mississippi. The land isn't lost, just relocated to the delta, lol. The gov has been watching over us to protect us from ourselves since the days of Joseph in Egypt.
In Plato's ideal society known as the Republic there are 3 main classes. The Kings who rule, the soldier who keep the rule of law and order and the worker bee who does the work. Its the workers job to put the nectar in the honey pot up at the top and if there is any left at the top it will overflow and trickle back down to the worker bee. If he complains he is expendable and easily replaced by those from a segment that hasn't caught on to the system yet. Just be still and pay your consumption tax and be HAPPY, lol!
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6 minutes ago
Goodmorning Trappers 20’ with light snow. Have a nice day!
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10 minutes ago
cool looking coon, guys, let's see the put up on them skunk's jerry
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11 minutes ago
Great,get those trappers rolling! 
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1 hour ago
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3 hours ago
Well, this isn't going to work,... it won't download any of my newer pictures, even after reducing them to 10% of original size. maybe someone can tell me how to do this. They are JPG's, less than 400kb, but they won't load.
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3 hours ago
I think Kendall Gray makes wholesome content.
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3 hours ago
Ted nugent was the loudest, gojira and lamb of god were both killer. Suicidal tendencies was awesome to.
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5 hours ago
You are on to something, bearcat, and wording in a proposal matters. Alaska proposals allow for significant opportunity to explain the proposal, reasons for such, and negative and positive impacts, both likely and un-likely. I think that with the right language, and the right forum, (Statewide), the use of cell cameras for trapping only would stand a chance of passing. And I would suggest finding a sympathetic biologist, or better yet a Regional, to discuss it with and get feedback. If you can get them on your side, it will be infinitely better for the proposal.
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5 hours ago
RIP, loved his articles and his book,met him back when Kyle had their traveling trapping classes.We got together later at the Caven's house for dinner and stories...he"ll be missed...
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5 hours ago
Dang, I didn't realize Single Sixes had gotten so expensive, mine was my dads that he got back shortly after I was born. I've got both cylinders for it, but always used the long rifle for trapline dispatch. I did use the magnum sometimes while hunting with it and had a scope on it for hunting, which made it not quite as convenient for carry. I had a High Standard nine shot revolver that was also designed to shoot both magnum or long rifles, but I only have the magnum cylinder for it. I bought it off my cousin probably ten years ago because it was a good deal, and test fired it before I bought. Hadn't shot it since, so a couple of years ago I decided I really probably should use it for something. So that is what I have been packing the last couple years, good reliable gun, carries well in a shoulder holster although it spends most of its time under my snowmobile seat. Fixed sights, but accurate, 22 magnum is overkill for anything but wolves (which 22 long rifle also dispatches well) but not too bad. 22 magnum in a pistol though is LOUD, not a good choice if you are someone who does suburban trapping like so many of the eastern folk on here do.
I've got a Mark II I have used a few times, and various rifles at different times, including a 218 Bee Improved that was Way too nice to pack on the line, back when they first opened up wolf trapping here and we were required to use centerfire for the first couple years until they amended the law. But those two revolvers have been what I used the vast majority of the time, and mainly the Single Six.
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5 hours ago
"The human body is 60% water. Higher population means more water is walking around and not available. At some point, the amount of available water can no longer sustain the population."
Excellent point!!!
I say we start with the communists.
Instead of reducing them to soylent green for food, we just squeeze all the water out of them.
Every drop matters! That's what they did to people in "Dune". Keith
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6 hours ago
I'd surely eat that, even if it ended up looking like that on the way out, 
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6 hours ago
Are there so few bears, or so many hunters, there has to be a draw? Do you think hunters would kill all the bears if there was an open season?
No WI is estimated to have somewhere between 25 and 30K of black bears in the state, which is significantly higher numbers then 20-30 years ago. As you can read on the above chart about 15k permits are issued each fall and roughly 4K of bears are harvested annually give or take a couple hundred. That means that the success rate is about 27% for those with permits. Which to me seems low when one considers the population we have and our hunting methods using baits and hounds. There are signifcantly more hunters applying for permits each year then there are permits granted. So with a fairly low success percentage for those with permits and needing several points in many cases to be successful, getting a chance to harvest a bear in WI with all the bears we have is slim. I applied in 1988 and got a permit. It was 90 degrees that day and I was sweating badly, stunk like H quit at 6 PM and went bass fishing! I miss the non kill tags when you could go out and read sign, and seek out bears but did not have a kill tag.
Bryce You have to remember, not all the people who get a tag even hunt. Some are antis putting in to take tags out of the equation, but many are people that put in and then are busy or lazy when the season comes and either don't go out or only go out a time or two. And of course some of the hunters are physically impaired, and some just flat don't know how to hunt. What the heck is a non kill tag? I know you can pursue bears in Wisconsin with hounds without needing a license, and I've never heard of any state where you can't go out and read sign and look for bears without a license.
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6 hours ago
Deer stops and swivels required. Go to the FWC website and search trapping regulations to see what has been proposed for change . Hope this helps. As a Florida trapper...what is your opinion on all this?
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6 hours ago
I will second Kinley. Breaking trail in a field and breaking trail through the timber and brush where there is at best a fourwheeler trail and often not even that are two different things. With your experience on a snowmachine you may not have too many problems adjusting Joe. Although your mention of being on the seat of the sled makes me wonder, in my experience the only time you are sitting down when breaking trail in those conditions is when you take a coffee break. (of course I generally ride skidoos, which are notoriously more tippy than other brands). But for the majority of people it is a real challenge.
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6 hours ago
The “Newts Master Lock”? I have some of those too. I made 48 snares and have them all loaded but I am waiting on some supplies to finish them.
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6 hours ago
I'm assuming you don't make many pee posts. Unless it is a natural pee post you are setting blind, it's pretty tough to make a pee post set without pee.
Otherwise you may be correct, I sometimes use urine in conjunction with gland lures on flat sets, and sometimes not. I will often shoot turds with a shot of urine, but very seldom use it with any baited or non gland lure sets.
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