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in reply to: Last Colorado Grizzly #26722

Man that is quite a story!

I know the Grizz up here sure make a person more aware. Just last year I was out bunny hunting, around July I think it was, and was 3/4 of the way through walking a rough square of cutlines that would lead me back to my truck. I kept my eyes focused about 25 to 50 yards ahead of me hoping to see rabbits along the edges. Then for whatever reason I lift my head and look further down the line and see this big brown mass about 150 yards away heading in my direction. A quick look through the the seeing glass turned that brown mass into a Grizz sow and two cubs. Didn’t have no weapon on me besides my longbow and knife.

Fortunately I saw them before she saw me, and the wind was crosswind to us both. Just kinda froze for a moment, not wanting move for fear of her seeing me, and not wanting to stay in their path of travel neither. Lucky for me there was a dip in the line about 100 yards out from me, and when they dropped into that I hopped into the alders and made my way back the way I came.

Sure made for a memorable bunny hunt!

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in reply to: hunting feathers #26707

Mostly been a shield cut fan until I tried parabolic and found them a bit quieter. Always wanted to try banana cut though.

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in reply to: The bug has me so I started a new bow (finally finished) #26705

Man she sure is pretty! Wonder what she would look like with longbow limbs…

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in reply to: NY porkers make the news #26703

Yikes!!! Pigs are everywhere now a days.

We also have a problem with them in Alberta, all of which have escaped from pens here or in Saskatchewan. Seeing as how they are pretty prolific critters, it is now illegal in Alberta for a landowner or person with right of access, not to shoot any feral pig encountered. Even put a bounty on them. And yet the best pig elimination method found in Alberta so far has been Wolves. Seems wherever the pigs pop up the Wolves are sure to follow, with the pigs always on the losing end.

Now as my chosen moniker suggests, I love wild pigs. To me they are the ultimate game animal. So I am a bit conflicted with their appearance in my Province. Don’t know whether to applaud their arrival, or fear the changes their presence may cause. Guess a fella just has to wait and see…

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in reply to: Tularemia and Hunting Safety #26693

Lots of good advice in this thread.

I have always carried gloves for dressing out my deer (not for hygenic reasons, but because warm blood can make for cold hands in a hurry when our November temps are -20*C), and now I will carry them around during my bunny hunts as well. Also gonna inspect the exterior of any bunny for visible parasites as well.

Who woulda thought these cute wittle fellas could be home to such a thing.

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in reply to: Tularemia and Hunting Safety #25571

Just wondering if this mostly relates to cottontails, and if this parasite is only found in the USA?

Where I live my only lagamorph is the snowshoe hare, and the majority of hares that I have killed and eaten has been during the summer months from June to August. My Province has no season or limits on these fluff balls and no warning of this parasite appear in our hunting regs.

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in reply to: How Often Do You Practice? #17696

As often as possible. 1 hour a day is what I prefer when I can devote the time.

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in reply to: How to deal with mosquitoes? #17694

Another plug for Thermacell. In extreme cases a blood transfusion also works :shock:.

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in reply to: Newbie looking for first longbow #8797

I would go with the Montana. It is a quality bow and falls into your price range. I have owned two over the years, one right handed and one left, and never had a problem with either.

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in reply to: A great stump shoot #7702

Awesome stuff! Sounds like your household won’t lack for venison.

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in reply to: Is camo necessary? #63675

T has got it right, camo is not required. That being said I wouldn’t go hunting in a white t-shirt and blue jeans neither. I pretty much just stick to plaid shirts now, with earth tone carpenter slacks. Both can be picked up at used clothing stores cheap, or regular stores a little less cheaply. Either way they are less expensive that the majority of camo equipped clothing found in outdoor stores.

And also as T said above, minimal movement. That is more important than the type of clothing eyerytime.

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in reply to: Squirrels of 2012 #63551

Thanks for the kind words folks.

And I totally agree with you Steve, shooting Squirrels is a blast. Fortunately for me the Squirrels in my area were not gun shy, and instead of bolting would heckle me from about 20 to 30 feet up. That being said, once I killed the first one the others became too flighty to shoot with the flu-flus. I swear one even did a back flip to dodge an arrow! So that afternoon I left my flu-flus at home and loaded a bow quiver full of hex heads. Still missed far more than I hit, and lost an arrow or two. Must of took about 30 shots total, but from what I hear about Squirrel hunting 10% ain’t to bad.

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in reply to: Geist vrs Lee Rue III on Bergmann's rule… #62696

Thank you everybody for the replies and thoughts so far.

You are right Dave, it is all fun. And I can definately second your opinion on Dr. Geist’s work, then man had definately put his time in. I am currently reading his book Mule Deer Country, and already he has made several points that I hope to discuss on this forum.

My own opinion on Bergmann’s rule after much discussion and thought, is leaning towards the sceptical side. While it makes sense under certain circumstances, I do not think it is the tell all, end all rule that my high school science teacher would have me believe.

I can only hope more work will done on this subject in the future. It almost makes a fella want to back for more schoolin… Well almost :wink:.

Now if only someone would figure out why these damn skeeters are so big…

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in reply to: Squirrels of 2012 #62266

My usual go to for all small rodents (Hare, Squirrel, Woodchuck) is to leave them in a salt water soak overnight. Then I roast them slowly in a roaster or crock pot until the meat is ready to fall off the bone. I then seperate the meat, dust it in flour/seasoning and brown it in a frying pan under medium heat. You can then add it to stews/pasta/salad or eat it as is.

I find Squirrels go best with a home made blueberry ketchup, after cooking them in the above fashion.

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in reply to: @#&^%*$ Bear! (Update: Bear wins) #62162

Well the Bear has succesfully evaded me, as our 2012 Spring Bear season ended yesterday. A couple stalks were made, and while no arrows were loosed, I would have been able to tag him if I had carried Thumper more often. Oh well eh? There is always this fall (August 25th archery opener). Until then I will spend my time chasing him with a camera with the hopes of snagging some good photos to share with you folks. Gotta admit that it was kinda fun (and a whole lot more difficult) chasing one specific animal. Hopefully I will see him more often this season once the rut slows down. Here are a couple of pics showing what he did to my target.

My Wife and our pooch shortly after finding the target.

A close up of the damage done.

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