Traveling Circus

Those are great pics Whaler....... We didn't run last weekend........ drove around but no sightings, so we never cut the dogs loose.... our season is about done. the good news is that fishing is picking up!

cold tonight, and no new snow for the morning...... gonna be another tough one.

Bold...... they haven't been pressured much!

Here's one of those Montana wolves (but not mine). Back when I was a real man........

Time to break out the greenbacks Whaler, and outfit that .204 with a thermal scope!

Coyote Back Straps...... I just puked a little...... you must be supplying the China Moon ......

The people I know from NW Montana are hunters, miners, and National Forest Service employees, and they strongly dislike wolves.... This area is outside of the financial influence of Yellowstone. I've been hunting there since 1991..... In the winter of '96-'97 they lost a large percentage of their deer and elk herd to a very nasty winter. Like 60% of the deer and 40% of the elk...... but over the next few years the game populations recovered. I don't remember the year the wolves started showing up, but it's been at least 10 years that they have had wolf predation in the area..... the game population has not recovered, and other predators are being affected too...... fewer cougars, fewer grizzlies (not a bad thing ), fewer black bears..... prey species of course have been affected..... deer, elk, moose, sheep, goats..... You can say what you want about the health of the aspen and beavers in the park (Yellowstone), but outside of the park, wolves have had a very negative impact from many peoples perspective. Not just outfitters. Not just ranchers ....... Those rural mountain communities rely on tourism dollars, and hunters provide income not just for outfitters, but lodgers, restaurants, gas stations, many ancillary businesses...... It's a fair bet that 90% of the locals outside of the park "environment" strongly dislike wolves...... and Democrats

10000 snows in Hamlin on Superbowl Sunday....... migrating crows along the lakeshore yesterday.....This rain will blow out the creek, and hopefully old man winter will leave it alone ....... we can hope can't we?????

Unreal....... It's amazing how they keep coming in..... 2 years ago we shot 7 or 8 coyotes in one square. Seemed like every weekend there'd be a new single or pair in it..... for us that was a first. Bill, I ran the pup tonight in Hilton pretty close to the lake, and there was probably 8" of snow there. You've got to be getting some of that at your place...... does the deeper snow help or hurt you? We never got anything going.....

Anybody have a universal sight moving/installation tool that could be borrowed? Rochester area.

It is very cool...... wish I could also. The "real time" trail pic is awsome.... Bill.... was it a female?

Wow is that dog black........ Been years since I've seen one like that! Nobody chases in that area, but it gets called plenty........

Nice Bill....... dark one.

I also have had good luck with the Bradley..... Pork butts, brined chicken, baby backs....... mmmmmm I've owned one for about 5 years now.... no issues yet.

Thanks Bill, the pup is coming along. ..... we've chased some fox there but no coyotes yet...... they're there, we just haven't been there when they are. Seems like the coyotes are starting to show themselves more now, and we had a pair together yesterday. The winter's been easy so far. I've never seen so much fat on them.......