When I was shooting competitively, yes did reload. When the kids were growing up, reloaded for them too for reduced recoil, long before reduced loads were commercially available.
Now, with old age and bad joints, I'm able to hold 1 moa. I don't shoot nearly enough; but, still good enough to take table fare. Commercial ammo has greatly improved over what was available years ago; so I buy a couple of same lot # ammo boxes a year from my local store. If ammo should become in short supply again, there are still enough supplies and powder squirreled way to supply the whole family and grandkids for a few years.
Undertrapping is more detrimental long term than overtrapping. I have been taking the same amount of beaver every year from several traplines over a period of 40 years.
They look good !!! The deer are looking forward to you putting those fresh young green plants into the ground. We had that happen one time thou it turned out to be a groundhog stuffing himself. Had trouble with crows a few times pulling baby sweet corn out and eating the seeds. Good luck.
Interesting! Been looking at some new welders either an inverter stick or a flux for when I cant have my bottle for my gas rig and was looking at the green machines..might get one now ...though I do like the versatility of a small stick with a few different rods
Never was 1 for much scouting maybe drive around in the evening to try and roost some off of the roads.i know guys that would go out and pattern them to find out where they were headed every morning.learned alot chasing them for over 40 years.
Wildlife fish not hatchery. Most sport fishing does not allow wild fish to be kept. Those wilds are left for the natives. Gill netted they don't survive well after being released anyway.
I mentioned this 48 Newhouse a few replies above. I got this from a guy who had been a Washington State beaver trapper many decades ago. Prior to 1963 the only guys who could trap beaver were certain trappers who were issued 48's, trapped beaver for the State, and sold all the beaver they caught to the State for $7 each. Many of these trappers caught large numbers of beaver, they had very strict standards for put-up; these guys pretty much taught us what we know about clean skinning and a nice finishing job. Of course this was a money making deal for the State Game Department...until it wasn't. It was retired several years ago.
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