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BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD Intelligent Maximum Point Blank Range Method. Figure 1. Maximum Point Blank Range for 10 inch Kill Zone (160 gr 7 mm Rem. Mag. @ 5,600 ft & 60°F – Click on image for larger version) The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020 Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
WHAT SIZE WALL TENT SHOULD I GET? SIZE COMPARISON & LAYOUT The average sized cots range from 72 – 75 inches long and are about 25 inches wide which is 12.5 -13 sq feet and XL (and larger) sized cots are about 80 – 85 inches long and 31 to 40 inches wide wish is 17.2 – 23.6 sq feet. So a 12 X 14 foot tent could hold up to 8 regular sized cots or 6 large cots. LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONS Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD Intelligent Maximum Point Blank Range Method. Figure 1. Maximum Point Blank Range for 10 inch Kill Zone (160 gr 7 mm Rem. Mag. @ 5,600 ft & 60°F – Click on image for larger version) The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020 Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
WHAT SIZE WALL TENT SHOULD I GET? SIZE COMPARISON & LAYOUT The average sized cots range from 72 – 75 inches long and are about 25 inches wide which is 12.5 -13 sq feet and XL (and larger) sized cots are about 80 – 85 inches long and 31 to 40 inches wide wish is 17.2 – 23.6 sq feet. So a 12 X 14 foot tent could hold up to 8 regular sized cots or 6 large cots. LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONS Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
TOTAL PUBLIC HUNTING LAND ACRES BY STATE FOR USFS, BLM Alaska has over 271 million acres of public Land, including 71 million acres of Land owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). There is an additional 119 million acres of National Park Service (NPS) Lands in Alaska and some hunting is also allowed there. Based on the amount of public land and the low population (710,231), I calculated LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and onion meal, then use the rest for liver mush. BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FLY FISHING LEADERS CURES BEGINNER More Basic Truths, Rules or Guidelines about Fly Fishing Leaders. Leader provides near invisible separation between fly line & fly. Leader designed to bleed off energy so fly turns over and lands quietly on the water. Most leaders used for trout are 7½-9 feet with 4X-7X tippet. Min-Max leaders for trout 6-15 feet with 3X-8X tippet. MAKE SMOKY GRAVY FROM SMOKER DRIPPINGS Pour the smoky oil into a skillet or sauce pan and heat the oil on medium until warm enough to make a small amount of flour sizzle, then slowly add flour and seasonings while constantly whisking or stirring with a fork. Let the oil & flour brown to fit your personal preference. The roux will turn from white to blond to brown to darkbrown the
WHY HUNTERS QUIT HUNTING This is a companion piece to an earlier post about Women’s View of Hunting.. Now that some of the women in your life hunt with you, it might help to understand why some women quit hunting.. But since men quit hunting for the same basic reasons, this is a post about why people quit hunting. 2021 SPOTTING SCOPES COMPARISON OF 22 SCOPES UNDER $650 Below you will find a spotting scopes comparison chart of 22 scopes under $500. As I mentioned in the post about Choosing Outdoor Optics, I found myself without a spotting scope with the hunting season fast approaching.. I have been using spotting scopes for observing raptors and wildlife for both fun and for work for more than 40 years. HOW MUCH MEAT TO PACK OUT ON AN ELK? And despite rumors of elk quarters weighing 100 lbs, most hind quarters (hide on, bone in & feet removed) weigh much less. Cow Elk – Packed out 238 lbs – 197 lbs of boneless meat. We packed out 238 lbs of meat, bone & hide from this cow elk. That resulted in 197 lbs of fresh boneless meat after processing (see Table 2). HUNT ELK IN UTAH WITH OVER-THE-COUNTER PERMITS IN 2020 Utah now allows elk hunters to hunt all three general elk seasons; Archery, Rifle (Any legal Weapon) and Muzzleloader (hunt dates shown in Table 1 above). The total cost for Non-residents for a single season permit is still $393 for the Elk permit plus $65 for a Hunting License for a total of $458. The fee for Resident hunters will bethree
TOP 25 MONTANA GENERAL ELK RIFLE HUNT DISTRICTS FOR 2019 Table 2 Top 25 Montana Hunt Districts – Total General Elk Harvest – Rifle. *B.T. Bull Elk = Brow-tined Bull Elk. The HDs in Table 2 ranged from 841 to 251 total elk in the Top 25 HDs. The top nine HDs in Table 2 show basically the same Total Elk and Bull Elk on both sides of the table because the only difference were a hand full ofspike elk.
BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD Intelligent Maximum Point Blank Range Method. Figure 1. Maximum Point Blank Range for 10 inch Kill Zone (160 gr 7 mm Rem. Mag. @ 5,600 ft & 60°F – Click on image for larger version) The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020 Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
WHAT SIZE WALL TENT SHOULD I GET? SIZE COMPARISON & LAYOUT The average sized cots range from 72 – 75 inches long and are about 25 inches wide which is 12.5 -13 sq feet and XL (and larger) sized cots are about 80 – 85 inches long and 31 to 40 inches wide wish is 17.2 – 23.6 sq feet. So a 12 X 14 foot tent could hold up to 8 regular sized cots or 6 large cots. LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONS Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD Intelligent Maximum Point Blank Range Method. Figure 1. Maximum Point Blank Range for 10 inch Kill Zone (160 gr 7 mm Rem. Mag. @ 5,600 ft & 60°F – Click on image for larger version) The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020 Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
WHAT SIZE WALL TENT SHOULD I GET? SIZE COMPARISON & LAYOUT The average sized cots range from 72 – 75 inches long and are about 25 inches wide which is 12.5 -13 sq feet and XL (and larger) sized cots are about 80 – 85 inches long and 31 to 40 inches wide wish is 17.2 – 23.6 sq feet. So a 12 X 14 foot tent could hold up to 8 regular sized cots or 6 large cots. LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONS Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
TOTAL PUBLIC HUNTING LAND ACRES BY STATE FOR USFS, BLM Alaska has over 271 million acres of public Land, including 71 million acres of Land owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). There is an additional 119 million acres of National Park Service (NPS) Lands in Alaska and some hunting is also allowed there. Based on the amount of public land and the low population (710,231), I calculated LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and onion meal, then use the rest for liver mush. BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FLY FISHING LEADERS CURES BEGINNER More Basic Truths, Rules or Guidelines about Fly Fishing Leaders. Leader provides near invisible separation between fly line & fly. Leader designed to bleed off energy so fly turns over and lands quietly on the water. Most leaders used for trout are 7½-9 feet with 4X-7X tippet. Min-Max leaders for trout 6-15 feet with 3X-8X tippet. MAKE SMOKY GRAVY FROM SMOKER DRIPPINGS Pour the smoky oil into a skillet or sauce pan and heat the oil on medium until warm enough to make a small amount of flour sizzle, then slowly add flour and seasonings while constantly whisking or stirring with a fork. Let the oil & flour brown to fit your personal preference. The roux will turn from white to blond to brown to darkbrown the
WHY HUNTERS QUIT HUNTING This is a companion piece to an earlier post about Women’s View of Hunting.. Now that some of the women in your life hunt with you, it might help to understand why some women quit hunting.. But since men quit hunting for the same basic reasons, this is a post about why people quit hunting. 2021 SPOTTING SCOPES COMPARISON OF 22 SCOPES UNDER $650 Below you will find a spotting scopes comparison chart of 22 scopes under $500. As I mentioned in the post about Choosing Outdoor Optics, I found myself without a spotting scope with the hunting season fast approaching.. I have been using spotting scopes for observing raptors and wildlife for both fun and for work for more than 40 years. HOW MUCH MEAT TO PACK OUT ON AN ELK? And despite rumors of elk quarters weighing 100 lbs, most hind quarters (hide on, bone in & feet removed) weigh much less. Cow Elk – Packed out 238 lbs – 197 lbs of boneless meat. We packed out 238 lbs of meat, bone & hide from this cow elk. That resulted in 197 lbs of fresh boneless meat after processing (see Table 2). HUNT ELK IN UTAH WITH OVER-THE-COUNTER PERMITS IN 2020 Utah now allows elk hunters to hunt all three general elk seasons; Archery, Rifle (Any legal Weapon) and Muzzleloader (hunt dates shown in Table 1 above). The total cost for Non-residents for a single season permit is still $393 for the Elk permit plus $65 for a Hunting License for a total of $458. The fee for Resident hunters will bethree
TOP 25 MONTANA GENERAL ELK RIFLE HUNT DISTRICTS FOR 2019 Table 2 Top 25 Montana Hunt Districts – Total General Elk Harvest – Rifle. *B.T. Bull Elk = Brow-tined Bull Elk. The HDs in Table 2 ranged from 841 to 251 total elk in the Top 25 HDs. The top nine HDs in Table 2 show basically the same Total Elk and Bull Elk on both sides of the table because the only difference were a hand full ofspike elk.
BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD Intelligent Maximum Point Blank Range Method. Figure 1. Maximum Point Blank Range for 10 inch Kill Zone (160 gr 7 mm Rem. Mag. @ 5,600 ft & 60°F – Click on image for larger version) The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020 Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
WHAT SIZE WALL TENT SHOULD I GET? SIZE COMPARISON & LAYOUT The average sized cots range from 72 – 75 inches long and are about 25 inches wide which is 12.5 -13 sq feet and XL (and larger) sized cots are about 80 – 85 inches long and 31 to 40 inches wide wish is 17.2 – 23.6 sq feet. So a 12 X 14 foot tent could hold up to 8 regular sized cots or 6 large cots. LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONS Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD Intelligent Maximum Point Blank Range Method. Figure 1. Maximum Point Blank Range for 10 inch Kill Zone (160 gr 7 mm Rem. Mag. @ 5,600 ft & 60°F – Click on image for larger version) The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020 Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
WHAT SIZE WALL TENT SHOULD I GET? SIZE COMPARISON & LAYOUT The average sized cots range from 72 – 75 inches long and are about 25 inches wide which is 12.5 -13 sq feet and XL (and larger) sized cots are about 80 – 85 inches long and 31 to 40 inches wide wish is 17.2 – 23.6 sq feet. So a 12 X 14 foot tent could hold up to 8 regular sized cots or 6 large cots. LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONS Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
TOTAL PUBLIC HUNTING LAND ACRES BY STATE FOR USFS, BLM Alaska has over 271 million acres of public Land, including 71 million acres of Land owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). There is an additional 119 million acres of National Park Service (NPS) Lands in Alaska and some hunting is also allowed there. Based on the amount of public land and the low population (710,231), I calculated LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and onion meal, then use the rest for liver mush. BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FLY FISHING LEADERS CURES BEGINNER More Basic Truths, Rules or Guidelines about Fly Fishing Leaders. Leader provides near invisible separation between fly line & fly. Leader designed to bleed off energy so fly turns over and lands quietly on the water. Most leaders used for trout are 7½-9 feet with 4X-7X tippet. Min-Max leaders for trout 6-15 feet with 3X-8X tippet. MAKE SMOKY GRAVY FROM SMOKER DRIPPINGS Pour the smoky oil into a skillet or sauce pan and heat the oil on medium until warm enough to make a small amount of flour sizzle, then slowly add flour and seasonings while constantly whisking or stirring with a fork. Let the oil & flour brown to fit your personal preference. The roux will turn from white to blond to brown to darkbrown the
WHY HUNTERS QUIT HUNTING This is a companion piece to an earlier post about Women’s View of Hunting.. Now that some of the women in your life hunt with you, it might help to understand why some women quit hunting.. But since men quit hunting for the same basic reasons, this is a post about why people quit hunting. 2021 SPOTTING SCOPES COMPARISON OF 22 SCOPES UNDER $650 Below you will find a spotting scopes comparison chart of 22 scopes under $500. As I mentioned in the post about Choosing Outdoor Optics, I found myself without a spotting scope with the hunting season fast approaching.. I have been using spotting scopes for observing raptors and wildlife for both fun and for work for more than 40 years. HOW MUCH MEAT TO PACK OUT ON AN ELK? And despite rumors of elk quarters weighing 100 lbs, most hind quarters (hide on, bone in & feet removed) weigh much less. Cow Elk – Packed out 238 lbs – 197 lbs of boneless meat. We packed out 238 lbs of meat, bone & hide from this cow elk. That resulted in 197 lbs of fresh boneless meat after processing (see Table 2). HUNT ELK IN UTAH WITH OVER-THE-COUNTER PERMITS IN 2020 Utah now allows elk hunters to hunt all three general elk seasons; Archery, Rifle (Any legal Weapon) and Muzzleloader (hunt dates shown in Table 1 above). The total cost for Non-residents for a single season permit is still $393 for the Elk permit plus $65 for a Hunting License for a total of $458. The fee for Resident hunters will bethree
TOP 25 MONTANA GENERAL ELK RIFLE HUNT DISTRICTS FOR 2019 Table 2 Top 25 Montana Hunt Districts – Total General Elk Harvest – Rifle. *B.T. Bull Elk = Brow-tined Bull Elk. The HDs in Table 2 ranged from 841 to 251 total elk in the Top 25 HDs. The top nine HDs in Table 2 show basically the same Total Elk and Bull Elk on both sides of the table because the only difference were a hand full ofspike elk.
BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD Intelligent Maximum Point Blank Range Method. Figure 1. Maximum Point Blank Range for 10 inch Kill Zone (160 gr 7 mm Rem. Mag. @ 5,600 ft & 60°F – Click on image for larger version) The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020 Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
WHAT SIZE WALL TENT SHOULD I GET? SIZE COMPARISON & LAYOUT The average sized cots range from 72 – 75 inches long and are about 25 inches wide which is 12.5 -13 sq feet and XL (and larger) sized cots are about 80 – 85 inches long and 31 to 40 inches wide wish is 17.2 – 23.6 sq feet. So a 12 X 14 foot tent could hold up to 8 regular sized cots or 6 large cots. LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONS Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD Intelligent Maximum Point Blank Range Method. Figure 1. Maximum Point Blank Range for 10 inch Kill Zone (160 gr 7 mm Rem. Mag. @ 5,600 ft & 60°F – Click on image for larger version) The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020 Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
WHAT SIZE WALL TENT SHOULD I GET? SIZE COMPARISON & LAYOUT The average sized cots range from 72 – 75 inches long and are about 25 inches wide which is 12.5 -13 sq feet and XL (and larger) sized cots are about 80 – 85 inches long and 31 to 40 inches wide wish is 17.2 – 23.6 sq feet. So a 12 X 14 foot tent could hold up to 8 regular sized cots or 6 large cots. LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONS Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
TOTAL PUBLIC HUNTING LAND ACRES BY STATE FOR USFS, BLM Alaska has over 271 million acres of public Land, including 71 million acres of Land owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). There is an additional 119 million acres of National Park Service (NPS) Lands in Alaska and some hunting is also allowed there. Based on the amount of public land and the low population (710,231), I calculated LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and onion meal, then use the rest for liver mush. BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FLY FISHING LEADERS CURES BEGINNER More Basic Truths, Rules or Guidelines about Fly Fishing Leaders. Leader provides near invisible separation between fly line & fly. Leader designed to bleed off energy so fly turns over and lands quietly on the water. Most leaders used for trout are 7½-9 feet with 4X-7X tippet. Min-Max leaders for trout 6-15 feet with 3X-8X tippet. MAKE SMOKY GRAVY FROM SMOKER DRIPPINGS Pour the smoky oil into a skillet or sauce pan and heat the oil on medium until warm enough to make a small amount of flour sizzle, then slowly add flour and seasonings while constantly whisking or stirring with a fork. Let the oil & flour brown to fit your personal preference. The roux will turn from white to blond to brown to darkbrown the
WHY HUNTERS QUIT HUNTING This is a companion piece to an earlier post about Women’s View of Hunting.. Now that some of the women in your life hunt with you, it might help to understand why some women quit hunting.. But since men quit hunting for the same basic reasons, this is a post about why people quit hunting. 2021 SPOTTING SCOPES COMPARISON OF 22 SCOPES UNDER $650 Below you will find a spotting scopes comparison chart of 22 scopes under $500. As I mentioned in the post about Choosing Outdoor Optics, I found myself without a spotting scope with the hunting season fast approaching.. I have been using spotting scopes for observing raptors and wildlife for both fun and for work for more than 40 years. HOW MUCH MEAT TO PACK OUT ON AN ELK? And despite rumors of elk quarters weighing 100 lbs, most hind quarters (hide on, bone in & feet removed) weigh much less. Cow Elk – Packed out 238 lbs – 197 lbs of boneless meat. We packed out 238 lbs of meat, bone & hide from this cow elk. That resulted in 197 lbs of fresh boneless meat after processing (see Table 2). HUNT ELK IN UTAH WITH OVER-THE-COUNTER PERMITS IN 2020 Utah now allows elk hunters to hunt all three general elk seasons; Archery, Rifle (Any legal Weapon) and Muzzleloader (hunt dates shown in Table 1 above). The total cost for Non-residents for a single season permit is still $393 for the Elk permit plus $65 for a Hunting License for a total of $458. The fee for Resident hunters will bethree
TOP 25 MONTANA GENERAL ELK RIFLE HUNT DISTRICTS FOR 2019 Table 2 Top 25 Montana Hunt Districts – Total General Elk Harvest – Rifle. *B.T. Bull Elk = Brow-tined Bull Elk. The HDs in Table 2 ranged from 841 to 251 total elk in the Top 25 HDs. The top nine HDs in Table 2 show basically the same Total Elk and Bull Elk on both sides of the table because the only difference were a hand full ofspike elk.
BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD Intelligent Maximum Point Blank Range Method. Figure 1. Maximum Point Blank Range for 10 inch Kill Zone (160 gr 7 mm Rem. Mag. @ 5,600 ft & 60°F – Click on image for larger version) The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020 Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONS Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
SOLVE YOUR MODERN MUZZLELOADER ACCURACY PROBLEMS For a second shots during practice and in hunting situations, I use 100 grains of Pyrodex Pellets with the 250 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet and 110 or 120 grains with the 290 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet. (110 grains = 50+30+30; 120 grains = 4 X 30). I have written several articles on muzzleloader accuracy, muzzleloader bullets and systematicload
BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD Intelligent Maximum Point Blank Range Method. Figure 1. Maximum Point Blank Range for 10 inch Kill Zone (160 gr 7 mm Rem. Mag. @ 5,600 ft & 60°F – Click on image for larger version) The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020 Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and SOLVE YOUR MODERN MUZZLELOADER ACCURACY PROBLEMS For a second shots during practice and in hunting situations, I use 100 grains of Pyrodex Pellets with the 250 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet and 110 or 120 grains with the 290 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet. (110 grains = 50+30+30; 120 grains = 4 X 30). I have written several articles on muzzleloader accuracy, muzzleloader bullets and systematicload
USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONS Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and onion meal, then use the rest for liver mush. TOTAL PUBLIC HUNTING LAND ACRES BY STATE FOR USFS, BLM Alaska has over 271 million acres of public Land, including 71 million acres of Land owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). There is an additional 119 million acres of National Park Service (NPS) Lands in Alaska and some hunting is also allowed there. Based on the amount of public land and the low population (710,231), I calculated BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FLY FISHING LEADERS CURES BEGINNER More Basic Truths, Rules or Guidelines about Fly Fishing Leaders. Leader provides near invisible separation between fly line & fly. Leader designed to bleed off energy so fly turns over and lands quietly on the water. Most leaders used for trout are 7½-9 feet with 4X-7X tippet. Min-Max leaders for trout 6-15 feet with 3X-8X tippet. MAKE SMOKY GRAVY FROM SMOKER DRIPPINGS Pour the smoky oil into a skillet or sauce pan and heat the oil on medium until warm enough to make a small amount of flour sizzle, then slowly add flour and seasonings while constantly whisking or stirring with a fork. Let the oil & flour brown to fit your personal preference. The roux will turn from white to blond to brown to darkbrown the
2021 SPOTTING SCOPES COMPARISON OF 22 SCOPES UNDER $650 Below you will find a spotting scopes comparison chart of 22 scopes under $500. As I mentioned in the post about Choosing Outdoor Optics, I found myself without a spotting scope with the hunting season fast approaching.. I have been using spotting scopes for observing raptors and wildlife for both fun and for work for more than 40 years. WHY HUNTERS QUIT HUNTING This is a companion piece to an earlier post about Women’s View of Hunting.. Now that some of the women in your life hunt with you, it might help to understand why some women quit hunting.. But since men quit hunting for the same basic reasons, this is a post about why people quit hunting. HUNT ELK IN UTAH WITH OVER-THE-COUNTER PERMITS IN 2020 Utah now allows elk hunters to hunt all three general elk seasons; Archery, Rifle (Any legal Weapon) and Muzzleloader (hunt dates shown in Table 1 above). The total cost for Non-residents for a single season permit is still $393 for the Elk permit plus $65 for a Hunting License for a total of $458. The fee for Resident hunters will bethree
HOW MUCH MEAT TO PACK OUT ON AN ELK? And despite rumors of elk quarters weighing 100 lbs, most hind quarters (hide on, bone in & feet removed) weigh much less. Cow Elk – Packed out 238 lbs – 197 lbs of boneless meat. We packed out 238 lbs of meat, bone & hide from this cow elk. That resulted in 197 lbs of fresh boneless meat after processing (see Table 2). TOP 25 MONTANA GENERAL ELK RIFLE HUNT DISTRICTS FOR 2019 Table 2 Top 25 Montana Hunt Districts – Total General Elk Harvest – Rifle. *B.T. Bull Elk = Brow-tined Bull Elk. The HDs in Table 2 ranged from 841 to 251 total elk in the Top 25 HDs. The top nine HDs in Table 2 show basically the same Total Elk and Bull Elk on both sides of the table because the only difference were a hand full ofspike elk.
BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD Intelligent Maximum Point Blank Range Method. Figure 1. Maximum Point Blank Range for 10 inch Kill Zone (160 gr 7 mm Rem. Mag. @ 5,600 ft & 60°F – Click on image for larger version) The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020 Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONS Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
SOLVE YOUR MODERN MUZZLELOADER ACCURACY PROBLEMS For a second shots during practice and in hunting situations, I use 100 grains of Pyrodex Pellets with the 250 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet and 110 or 120 grains with the 290 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet. (110 grains = 50+30+30; 120 grains = 4 X 30). I have written several articles on muzzleloader accuracy, muzzleloader bullets and systematicload
BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD Intelligent Maximum Point Blank Range Method. Figure 1. Maximum Point Blank Range for 10 inch Kill Zone (160 gr 7 mm Rem. Mag. @ 5,600 ft & 60°F – Click on image for larger version) The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020 Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONS Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
SOLVE YOUR MODERN MUZZLELOADER ACCURACY PROBLEMS For a second shots during practice and in hunting situations, I use 100 grains of Pyrodex Pellets with the 250 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet and 110 or 120 grains with the 290 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet. (110 grains = 50+30+30; 120 grains = 4 X 30). I have written several articles on muzzleloader accuracy, muzzleloader bullets and systematicload
IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and onion meal, then use the rest for liver mush. TOTAL PUBLIC HUNTING LAND ACRES BY STATE FOR USFS, BLM Alaska has over 271 million acres of public Land, including 71 million acres of Land owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). There is an additional 119 million acres of National Park Service (NPS) Lands in Alaska and some hunting is also allowed there. Based on the amount of public land and the low population (710,231), I calculated BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FLY FISHING LEADERS CURES BEGINNER More Basic Truths, Rules or Guidelines about Fly Fishing Leaders. Leader provides near invisible separation between fly line & fly. Leader designed to bleed off energy so fly turns over and lands quietly on the water. Most leaders used for trout are 7½-9 feet with 4X-7X tippet. Min-Max leaders for trout 6-15 feet with 3X-8X tippet. MAKE SMOKY GRAVY FROM SMOKER DRIPPINGS Pour the smoky oil into a skillet or sauce pan and heat the oil on medium until warm enough to make a small amount of flour sizzle, then slowly add flour and seasonings while constantly whisking or stirring with a fork. Let the oil & flour brown to fit your personal preference. The roux will turn from white to blond to brown to darkbrown the
2021 SPOTTING SCOPES COMPARISON OF 22 SCOPES UNDER $650 Below you will find a spotting scopes comparison chart of 22 scopes under $500. As I mentioned in the post about Choosing Outdoor Optics, I found myself without a spotting scope with the hunting season fast approaching.. I have been using spotting scopes for observing raptors and wildlife for both fun and for work for more than 40 years. WHY HUNTERS QUIT HUNTING This is a companion piece to an earlier post about Women’s View of Hunting.. Now that some of the women in your life hunt with you, it might help to understand why some women quit hunting.. But since men quit hunting for the same basic reasons, this is a post about why people quit hunting. HUNT ELK IN UTAH WITH OVER-THE-COUNTER PERMITS IN 2020 Utah now allows elk hunters to hunt all three general elk seasons; Archery, Rifle (Any legal Weapon) and Muzzleloader (hunt dates shown in Table 1 above). The total cost for Non-residents for a single season permit is still $393 for the Elk permit plus $65 for a Hunting License for a total of $458. The fee for Resident hunters will bethree
HOW MUCH MEAT TO PACK OUT ON AN ELK? And despite rumors of elk quarters weighing 100 lbs, most hind quarters (hide on, bone in & feet removed) weigh much less. Cow Elk – Packed out 238 lbs – 197 lbs of boneless meat. We packed out 238 lbs of meat, bone & hide from this cow elk. That resulted in 197 lbs of fresh boneless meat after processing (see Table 2). TOP 25 MONTANA GENERAL ELK RIFLE HUNT DISTRICTS FOR 2019 Table 2 Top 25 Montana Hunt Districts – Total General Elk Harvest – Rifle. *B.T. Bull Elk = Brow-tined Bull Elk. The HDs in Table 2 ranged from 841 to 251 total elk in the Top 25 HDs. The top nine HDs in Table 2 show basically the same Total Elk and Bull Elk on both sides of the table because the only difference were a hand full ofspike elk.
BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020DIY COW ELK HUNTAFFORDABLE ELK HUNTS IN COLORADOBEST DIY ELK HUNTDIY ELK HUNTS IN COLORADODIY ARCHERY ELK HUNTBEST ELK HUNTING IN COLORADO Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and SOLVE YOUR MODERN MUZZLELOADER ACCURACY PROBLEMS For a second shots during practice and in hunting situations, I use 100 grains of Pyrodex Pellets with the 250 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet and 110 or 120 grains with the 290 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet. (110 grains = 50+30+30; 120 grains = 4 X 30). I have written several articles on muzzleloader accuracy, muzzleloader bullets and systematicload
USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONSKA BAR USMC FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC COMBAT FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC K BAR KNIFEVINTAGE USMC KA BAR KNIFEUSMC KNIFE KA BAR Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
WHY HUNTERS QUIT HUNTING This is a companion piece to an earlier post about Women’s View of Hunting.. Now that some of the women in your life hunt with you, it might help to understand why some women quit hunting.. But since men quit hunting for the same basic reasons, this is a post about why people quit hunting. BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020DIY COW ELK HUNTAFFORDABLE ELK HUNTS IN COLORADOBEST DIY ELK HUNTDIY ELK HUNTS IN COLORADODIY ARCHERY ELK HUNTBEST ELK HUNTING IN COLORADO Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and SOLVE YOUR MODERN MUZZLELOADER ACCURACY PROBLEMS For a second shots during practice and in hunting situations, I use 100 grains of Pyrodex Pellets with the 250 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet and 110 or 120 grains with the 290 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet. (110 grains = 50+30+30; 120 grains = 4 X 30). I have written several articles on muzzleloader accuracy, muzzleloader bullets and systematicload
USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONSKA BAR USMC FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC COMBAT FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC K BAR KNIFEVINTAGE USMC KA BAR KNIFEUSMC KNIFE KA BAR Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
WHY HUNTERS QUIT HUNTING This is a companion piece to an earlier post about Women’s View of Hunting.. Now that some of the women in your life hunt with you, it might help to understand why some women quit hunting.. But since men quit hunting for the same basic reasons, this is a post about why people quit hunting. INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you ever saw in the cross hairs at 350 yards.. It’s a reasonable shot to take in light winds, but your rifle is sighted inat 200 yards.
TOTAL PUBLIC HUNTING LAND ACRES BY STATE FOR USFS, BLM Alaska has over 271 million acres of public Land, including 71 million acres of Land owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). There is an additional 119 million acres of National Park Service (NPS) Lands in Alaska and some hunting is also allowed there. Based on the amount of public land and the low population (710,231), I calculated LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and onion meal, then use the rest for liver mush. HUNT ELK IN COLORADO WITH OVER-THE-COUNTER ELK TAGS IN 2021 Non-resident elk tags includes a fishing license and the cost for Non-residents in 2021 is $670.25 for Bull Elk (Antlered) or Either Sex Elk tags and $503.12 for cow/calf (Antlerless). The cost for Non-resident Youth tag is $102.78. Plus everyone 18 – 64 also has to buy a $10.13 habitat stamp. For Colorado residents, elk tags do notinclude a
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FLY FISHING LEADERS CURES BEGINNER More Basic Truths, Rules or Guidelines about Fly Fishing Leaders. Leader provides near invisible separation between fly line & fly. Leader designed to bleed off energy so fly turns over and lands quietly on the water. Most leaders used for trout are 7½-9 feet with 4X-7X tippet. Min-Max leaders for trout 6-15 feet with 3X-8X tippet. MAKE SMOKY GRAVY FROM SMOKER DRIPPINGS Pour the smoky oil into a skillet or sauce pan and heat the oil on medium until warm enough to make a small amount of flour sizzle, then slowly add flour and seasonings while constantly whisking or stirring with a fork. Let the oil & flour brown to fit your personal preference. The roux will turn from white to blond to brown to darkbrown the
2021 SPOTTING SCOPES COMPARISON OF 22 SCOPES UNDER $650 Below you will find a spotting scopes comparison chart of 22 scopes under $500. As I mentioned in the post about Choosing Outdoor Optics, I found myself without a spotting scope with the hunting season fast approaching.. I have been using spotting scopes for observing raptors and wildlife for both fun and for work for more than 40 years. PROVO RIVER BOUNCE RIG Bounce Rig Tips. Start with about 4 – 6 feet from the butt end section of a salvaged (but still strong) tapered leader. Attach about 3 – 4 feet of 3X – 6X tippet to the leader (depending upon size of fish and depth of water) I recommend attaching to a tippet ring.; Use fluorocarbon tippet if the water is very clear because it is less visible and it also sinks faster, but it is not as HUNT ELK IN UTAH WITH OVER-THE-COUNTER PERMITS IN 2020 Utah now allows elk hunters to hunt all three general elk seasons; Archery, Rifle (Any legal Weapon) and Muzzleloader (hunt dates shown in Table 1 above). The total cost for Non-residents for a single season permit is still $393 for the Elk permit plus $65 for a Hunting License for a total of $458. The fee for Resident hunters will bethree
HOW MUCH MEAT TO PACK OUT ON A MULE DEER? It is one thing to drag a 100 lb white-tail across your grandfather’s pasture behind a 4-wheeler. It is another thing to pack a mule deer carcass back to your truck in rough country above 8,000 feet and it turns into real work if you have to pack out an elk or moose.. The questions about how much meat is on an animal or how do you pack that much meat are questions I constantly hear and read. BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020DIY COW ELK HUNTAFFORDABLE ELK HUNTS IN COLORADOBEST DIY ELK HUNTDIY ELK HUNTS IN COLORADODIY ARCHERY ELK HUNTBEST ELK HUNTING IN COLORADO Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and SOLVE YOUR MODERN MUZZLELOADER ACCURACY PROBLEMS For a second shots during practice and in hunting situations, I use 100 grains of Pyrodex Pellets with the 250 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet and 110 or 120 grains with the 290 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet. (110 grains = 50+30+30; 120 grains = 4 X 30). I have written several articles on muzzleloader accuracy, muzzleloader bullets and systematicload
USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONSKA BAR USMC FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC COMBAT FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC K BAR KNIFEVINTAGE USMC KA BAR KNIFEUSMC KNIFE KA BAR Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
WHY HUNTERS QUIT HUNTING This is a companion piece to an earlier post about Women’s View of Hunting.. Now that some of the women in your life hunt with you, it might help to understand why some women quit hunting.. But since men quit hunting for the same basic reasons, this is a post about why people quit hunting. BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES Provo River Fishing Report and Outlook for Late June. The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART Table 4 Percentage Fish Caught vs. Expected by Month/Fly Combinations – Middle Provo River 2013 – 2016. If we expect to catch 25 fish with a particular fly in a particular month and we actually catch 25 fish, then that is 100% of what we expect. If we caught at least 25% more fish than expected (>125%), the cell is colored green in Table 4. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR Iron Sights, Presbyopia, Shooting Glasses and Scopes for Muzzleloaders. For those of you that are old enough to need reading glasses, you know what I mean when I say it is difficult to shoot a rifle with open or iron sights. For the rest of you, be thankful for now, but be prepared to meet the same fate once you gain moreexperience.
BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 The 2021 OTC Archery season will be Sept. 2 – 30. There are OTC Archery tags available for 122 Either Sex GMUs and 51 Antlerless Elk GMUs on public land. There is much overlap, but there are 124 total OTC Archery Elk GMUs on public land. There are also 7 additionalprivate only
DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020DIY COW ELK HUNTAFFORDABLE ELK HUNTS IN COLORADOBEST DIY ELK HUNTDIY ELK HUNTS IN COLORADODIY ARCHERY ELK HUNTBEST ELK HUNTING IN COLORADO Yes, the limited entry tags are hard to draw and the cost for non-residents ranges from about $600 to $1,000, but six western states have Over-the-Counter (OTC) tags that range from about $497 in Washington to $895 in Montana. The title of this post is “DIY Western Elk Hunt for $1000 Budget”, so this is about a DIY publicland elk hunt, so
LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and SOLVE YOUR MODERN MUZZLELOADER ACCURACY PROBLEMS For a second shots during practice and in hunting situations, I use 100 grains of Pyrodex Pellets with the 250 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet and 110 or 120 grains with the 290 grain Barnes T-EZ bullet. (110 grains = 50+30+30; 120 grains = 4 X 30). I have written several articles on muzzleloader accuracy, muzzleloader bullets and systematicload
USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONSKA BAR USMC FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC COMBAT FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC K BAR KNIFEVINTAGE USMC KA BAR KNIFEUSMC KNIFE KA BAR Of the 299 original reviews, 254 of the reviews gave the Ka-Bar fighting knifes 5 stars (85%) and 28 rating were 4 stars (9.4%). Only 17 reviews (5.7%) gave the full sized Ka-Bar knife 3 stars or less. It is interesting that one reviewer that gave the Ka-Bar knife only 2stars
WHY HUNTERS QUIT HUNTING This is a companion piece to an earlier post about Women’s View of Hunting.. Now that some of the women in your life hunt with you, it might help to understand why some women quit hunting.. But since men quit hunting for the same basic reasons, this is a post about why people quit hunting. INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you ever saw in the cross hairs at 350 yards.. It’s a reasonable shot to take in light winds, but your rifle is sighted inat 200 yards.
TOTAL PUBLIC HUNTING LAND ACRES BY STATE FOR USFS, BLM Alaska has over 271 million acres of public Land, including 71 million acres of Land owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). There is an additional 119 million acres of National Park Service (NPS) Lands in Alaska and some hunting is also allowed there. Based on the amount of public land and the low population (710,231), I calculated LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and onion meal, then use the rest for liver mush. HUNT ELK IN COLORADO WITH OVER-THE-COUNTER ELK TAGS IN 2021 Non-resident elk tags includes a fishing license and the cost for Non-residents in 2021 is $670.25 for Bull Elk (Antlered) or Either Sex Elk tags and $503.12 for cow/calf (Antlerless). The cost for Non-resident Youth tag is $102.78. Plus everyone 18 – 64 also has to buy a $10.13 habitat stamp. For Colorado residents, elk tags do notinclude a
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FLY FISHING LEADERS CURES BEGINNER More Basic Truths, Rules or Guidelines about Fly Fishing Leaders. Leader provides near invisible separation between fly line & fly. Leader designed to bleed off energy so fly turns over and lands quietly on the water. Most leaders used for trout are 7½-9 feet with 4X-7X tippet. Min-Max leaders for trout 6-15 feet with 3X-8X tippet. MAKE SMOKY GRAVY FROM SMOKER DRIPPINGS Pour the smoky oil into a skillet or sauce pan and heat the oil on medium until warm enough to make a small amount of flour sizzle, then slowly add flour and seasonings while constantly whisking or stirring with a fork. Let the oil & flour brown to fit your personal preference. The roux will turn from white to blond to brown to darkbrown the
2021 SPOTTING SCOPES COMPARISON OF 22 SCOPES UNDER $650 Below you will find a spotting scopes comparison chart of 22 scopes under $500. As I mentioned in the post about Choosing Outdoor Optics, I found myself without a spotting scope with the hunting season fast approaching.. I have been using spotting scopes for observing raptors and wildlife for both fun and for work for more than 40 years. PROVO RIVER BOUNCE RIG Bounce Rig Tips. Start with about 4 – 6 feet from the butt end section of a salvaged (but still strong) tapered leader. Attach about 3 – 4 feet of 3X – 6X tippet to the leader (depending upon size of fish and depth of water) I recommend attaching to a tippet ring.; Use fluorocarbon tippet if the water is very clear because it is less visible and it also sinks faster, but it is not as HUNT ELK IN UTAH WITH OVER-THE-COUNTER PERMITS IN 2020 Utah now allows elk hunters to hunt all three general elk seasons; Archery, Rifle (Any legal Weapon) and Muzzleloader (hunt dates shown in Table 1 above). The total cost for Non-residents for a single season permit is still $393 for the Elk permit plus $65 for a Hunting License for a total of $458. The fee for Resident hunters will bethree
HOW MUCH MEAT TO PACK OUT ON A MULE DEER? It is one thing to drag a 100 lb white-tail across your grandfather’s pasture behind a 4-wheeler. It is another thing to pack a mule deer carcass back to your truck in rough country above 8,000 feet and it turns into real work if you have to pack out an elk or moose.. The questions about how much meat is on an animal or how do you pack that much meat are questions I constantly hear and read. BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES A Personal Water Filter (Life Straw) Lightens the Load. I live in the high, dry Inter-mountain West. In warm weather, I carry at least four liters of water each day when hiking, scouting, hunting or fishing. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART I have a different take on a hatch chart. Instead of thinking about what insect is supposed to be hatching at a given time of year, how about an actual catch chart? I looked back at our fishing notes and tallied all the fish we caught by month and the flies or nymphs weused to catch them.
BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR My solution for the muzzleloader was to put a scope on it. I am lucky that my state allows us to hunt with non-magnifying scopes (1X) (without a note from the Doctor), so I DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020DIY COW ELK HUNTAFFORDABLE ELK HUNTS IN COLORADOBEST DIY ELK HUNTDIY ELK HUNTS IN COLORADODIY ARCHERY ELK HUNTBEST ELK HUNTING IN COLORADO If you want a DIY, fair chase elk hunt in the West, all you need is 7-10 days and about $1,000 for tags and transportation to get out toelk country.
TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 Colorado OTC Elk units (rifle & archery) ranked by total elk harvested and by hunter success for last three season (2017 - 2019) to choose ahunt for 2021
LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONSKA BAR USMC FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC COMBAT FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC K BAR KNIFEVINTAGE USMC KA BAR KNIFEUSMC KNIFE KA BAR Sorry Gregg, I have not seen a “Coastie” version of the Ka Bar Fighting Knife. I did find a Titanium Fixed Blade Survival/Water Rescue Dive Knife that is “Used by US Coast Guard and US Navy”. But I don’t know anything about this knife. I have fond memories of working with the U.S. Coast Guard in a previous life SOLVE YOUR MODERN MUZZLELOADER ACCURACY PROBLEMS That MZ powder is the bomb, I’m shooting one of the first guns Tony Knight ever made, a MK85 made in his basement when he first started making muzzleloaders, this one has the Italian barrel. WHY HUNTERS QUIT HUNTING This is a companion piece to an earlier post about Women’s View of Hunting.. Now that some of the women in your life hunt with you, it might help to understand why some women quit hunting.. But since men quit hunting for the same basic reasons, this is a post about why people quit hunting. BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES A Personal Water Filter (Life Straw) Lightens the Load. I live in the high, dry Inter-mountain West. In warm weather, I carry at least four liters of water each day when hiking, scouting, hunting or fishing. PROVO RIVER FLY FISHING HATCH CHART I have a different take on a hatch chart. Instead of thinking about what insect is supposed to be hatching at a given time of year, how about an actual catch chart? I looked back at our fishing notes and tallied all the fish we caught by month and the flies or nymphs weused to catch them.
BEST FLY ROD FOR BEGINNERS A person new to fly fishing will hear many references about the action of a fly rod. Action may be described as very fast, fast, medium-fast, medium or slow (sometimes referred to as classic), but that doesn’t begin to explain why action is important or how different actions are better suited for different situations.. Simply stated, a fast action rod is stiffer than a slow action. IRON SIGHTS, PRESBYOPIA, SHOOTING GLASSES AND SCOPES FOR My solution for the muzzleloader was to put a scope on it. I am lucky that my state allows us to hunt with non-magnifying scopes (1X) (without a note from the Doctor), so I DIY WESTERN ELK HUNT FOR $1,000 BUDGET IN 2020DIY COW ELK HUNTAFFORDABLE ELK HUNTS IN COLORADOBEST DIY ELK HUNTDIY ELK HUNTS IN COLORADODIY ARCHERY ELK HUNTBEST ELK HUNTING IN COLORADO If you want a DIY, fair chase elk hunt in the West, all you need is 7-10 days and about $1,000 for tags and transportation to get out toelk country.
TOP 25 COLORADO OTC ELK HUNTING GMUS (UNITS) FOR 2021 Colorado OTC Elk units (rifle & archery) ranked by total elk harvested and by hunter success for last three season (2017 - 2019) to choose ahunt for 2021
LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and USMC MILITARY KA-BAR FIGHTING KNIFE REVIEW PROS & CONSKA BAR USMC FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC COMBAT FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC FIGHTING KNIFEUSMC K BAR KNIFEVINTAGE USMC KA BAR KNIFEUSMC KNIFE KA BAR Sorry Gregg, I have not seen a “Coastie” version of the Ka Bar Fighting Knife. I did find a Titanium Fixed Blade Survival/Water Rescue Dive Knife that is “Used by US Coast Guard and US Navy”. But I don’t know anything about this knife. I have fond memories of working with the U.S. Coast Guard in a previous life SOLVE YOUR MODERN MUZZLELOADER ACCURACY PROBLEMS That MZ powder is the bomb, I’m shooting one of the first guns Tony Knight ever made, a MK85 made in his basement when he first started making muzzleloaders, this one has the Italian barrel. WHY HUNTERS QUIT HUNTING This is a companion piece to an earlier post about Women’s View of Hunting.. Now that some of the women in your life hunt with you, it might help to understand why some women quit hunting.. But since men quit hunting for the same basic reasons, this is a post about why people quit hunting. INTELLIGENT MAXIMUM POINT BLANK RANGE METHOD The Maximum Point Blank Range Method is designed to simplify aiming when you may be under a lot of stress. Imagine the largest buck or a monster bull elk you ever saw in the cross hairs at 350 yards.. It’s a reasonable shot to take in light winds, but your rifle is sighted inat 200 yards.
TOTAL PUBLIC HUNTING LAND ACRES BY STATE FOR USFS, BLM Did I learn anything? Yes. The Western States have Most of the Public Hunting Land. I knew most of the public land was in the Western States and Alaska, but look at the totals for the Top 12 States (all Western States; Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming) compared to the Remaining 38 States. LIVER MUSH - DIY MAKE IT YOUR OWN SELF Liver mush has been my favorite breakfast meat since I was a child. I published this for all those misplaced southerners that can't find liver mush. Make it yourself. And who better to do that than hunters? When I get an elk or mule deer, I eat have one fresh liver and onion meal, then use the rest for liver mush. 2021 SPOTTING SCOPES COMPARISON OF 22 SCOPES UNDER $650 Below you will find a spotting scopes comparison chart of 22 scopes under $500. As I mentioned in the post about Choosing Outdoor Optics, I found myself without a spotting scope with the hunting season fast approaching.. I have been using spotting scopes for observing raptors and wildlife for both fun and for work for more than 40 years. BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FLY FISHING LEADERS CURES BEGINNER Whoo Hoo! Now we’re fishing. I caught 5 or 6 cutthroat trout between 16 & 22 inches and a 22 inch rainbow. All of the “cuttys” were ether too big or too small (in the slot), so they were immediately released, but the bow went home with me. PROVO RIVER BOUNCE RIG Bounce Rig Tips. Start with about 4 – 6 feet from the butt end section of a salvaged (but still strong) tapered leader. Attach about 3 – 4 feet of 3X – 6X tippet to the leader (depending upon size of fish and depth of water) I recommend attaching to a tippet ring.; Use fluorocarbon tippet if the water is very clear because it is less visible and it also sinks faster, but it is not as MAKE SMOKY GRAVY FROM SMOKER DRIPPINGS See if you can recognize that mess in the photo. If you know what it is, then you should know exactly what to do. Yes, that's right, we'regoing to eat it.
PROVO RIVER FISHING REGULATIONS Jim and I were fishing in the Lower Provo back in July and we found a large dead Brown Trout. The fish was tangled in the moss by fishing line that was trailing from his mouth and evidently broken off and died from being trapped and/or from the large hook stuck in it’s stomach.. Big fish can break off when we use light tippets, but this fishing line was at least 20 lb test, so it was HUNT ELK IN UTAH WITH OVER-THE-COUNTER PERMITS IN 2020 Currently updating this post for 2020 Utah’s General Elk Season permits are not called “Over-the-counter (OTC) permits but they are available OTC for both residents and non-residents on a HOW MUCH MEAT TO PACK OUT ON A MULE DEER? It is one thing to drag a 100 lb white-tail across your grandfather’s pasture behind a 4-wheeler. It is another thing to pack a mule deer carcass back to your truck in rough country above 8,000 feet and it turns into real work if you have to pack out an elk or moose.. The questions about how much meat is on an animal or how do you pack that much meat are questions I constantly hear and read. BACKCOUNTRY CHRONICLES DIY Hunting, Fishing & Outdoor Tips* Home
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NEVADA FAMILY FOUND ALIVE, BUT PEOPLE STILL DON’T KNOW ABOUT PLBS The family that has been missing in the Nevada mountains were found alive Tuesday afternoon. Two adults and four children were taken to the hospital for mild hypothermia and dehydration and are expected to be released today. They were lucky. They did things wrong that putthem at risk and
LEE LOADER RELOADING KITS ARE PERFECT FOR BEGINNERS AND SURVIVAL KITS Lee Loader reloading kits are great for anyone that wants to try reloading without spending a lot of money for equipment because each kit only costs about $30. I bought the 45 auto SURVIVAL TIPS: TELL SOMEONE BEFORE YOU GO The mountains, canyons and deserts of the Western U.S. are amazing places to live. With over 360 million acres of public land in eleven states, people come from all over the world to enjoy outdoor activities here. But like all mountainous areas, they can also be FISHING TIPS, TRIPS AND CATCHING GREAT OL’ BIGGERNS BACKCOUTRYCHRONICLES IS GUEST ON SIZZLIN ARROW OUTDOORS PODCAST I was first introduced to Paul Rhoades several months ago by a mutual friend. Paul owns a company called Sizzlin Arrow Outdoors which currently has a Pod Cast PROVO RIVER WINTER FLY FISHING REPORT AND OUTLOOK FOR JANUARY 2021 It has been a while since we published a fishing report. We’ve been doing plenty of fishing, just have not taken the time to collect data and write a report. Last week Mike asked me when I was going to start writing reports again. I told him I would post them if he would write PROVO RIVER FISHING REPORT AND OUTLOOK FOR LATE JUNE The high spring flow on the Middle Provo is finally behind us. The flow has been steady between 630 – 640 cfs since June 12 (2020). Now that the highest (and the yo-yo) flow is over, the fishing and hatches should quickly return to what we consider normal. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT DON’T SPRAY DANDELIONS, EAT THEM – A RECIPE YOU WILL ACTUALLY LIKE Too many homeowners today freak out and unleash chemical warfare at the first sign of a weed or bug in their lawn or garden. Why do we do that? Because that is all we know. NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TIMELINE We constantly hear that many species are threatened with extinction. Extinction is a fact of life for every species as much as death is for every individual. More species (99%) have gone extinct in the past than exist on our planet today and most of those extinctions were dueto
THE REAL PROBLEM WITH NATURE-DEFICIT DISORDER Several years ago, I heard of the term Nature-Deficit Disorder and was learning what it was all about. I found a story, from Last Child in the Woods – Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder, by Richard Louv about an organization ---> DIY ELK HUNTING GUIDE Thank you! You have successfully subscribed to our newsletter. JOIN OUR PRIVATE NEWSLETTER AND GET EXCLUSIVE OUTDOOR TIPS.Subscribe
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