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Hopefully they can speed up the testing turnaround. It was a full month in December when we got results last fall. I had Colorado deer tested in 2005, 3 days to get results. deer and elk up salmon river are pretty spread out in that big country.

The gray shaded areas aren’t full of CWD!, the point I was making is there’s no way nose to nose contacted spread from Montana to Slate Creek. I agree there is so much that is unknown about how this spreads. Wisconsin kills more deer with cars than most western states do with guns. Eradicate in...

CWD is on WY and MT boarder, how does it show up in slate cr? Is there a swath of cwd across the the gospel hump, selway, and frank church? If it wasn’t a game farm, was it an infected carcass, a ranch illegally bring in a deer to add genetics to their property? I don’t see the natural...

game ranch‘s had nothing to do with that spread either just Mother Nature?

read the paper you quoted “emerging prion disease drives host selection in a wildlife population “ not Qualified to quote any of those findings either way! “Bayesian modeling “ if one is four time more likely to contract something, is the other 4x less likely? When something comes out I pay...

What study shows CWD is not always fatal?

I see a lot of valley county plates down there! They’re hauling wood back up the mountain. They love that red fir in McCall. That fire last summer probably burned some tamarack on there side of the mountain so, might not have as much competition this spring

Any idea how much snow and at what level snow line is by Ola? Hopefully I can get in for firewood next month

Looks like there’s some pretty big gaps, SE &SW corners are going to have winter kill panhandle still under on snow depth. Still time left but it doesn’t look like statewide mortality like 2017

Regulatory year instead of calendar year. So, I could go back in fall but then I wouldn’t be eligible in spring if I harvested, correct? You couldn’t shoot 4 in back to back years? I’m pretty savvy on western regs, Alaska has a lot things no one else has!

Not 100% sure but I think it’s only 2 per calendar year

Back again same time same place. Fat boy dropped 30lbs we had much better hunt! We ditched the hilleberg tent and low profile cots for cabelas 8-man guide tent and full size cots. Only rained couple days, more snow than last year. Saw one brown bear and quite a few deer. Two Billy’s and a Nanny.

My buddy and I each shot mule deer doe’s at Blackhawk bar his tested positive mine didn’t. We were pretty close to slate cr

South east part of Oregon pretty sparse but Blues, Elkhorn and Eagle Cap would be a jackpot! It will never happen though

Reminds me of Sienfeld episode where Jerry can’t get his rental car and and there telling him they have his reservation but no car. lifetime license expired ? Who knew

F&G has management objectives, you would need to change those before implementing your herd building plan. Never heard of game agency that operates with those restrictions. Bottom line is you want to limit harvest and eliminate antlerless hunting, and increase mature buck populations. Game...

Those tag numbers merely represent Idaho desire to manage predators. I always buy 2 wolf tags. Double punch is the only ethical shot to take on wolves. Instead of posting tag numbers how about hunting license numbers probably not as shocking?

Could probably look at 40,41,42 general season hunter numbers and get a idea of how much added pressure would end up in 39 if they did make those southern units all draw. Putting all those hunters close to home takes a lot of pressure of rest of state. Yeah population is booming but hunting...

Waited 2 hours at Walmart, left dumped my garbage truck and hit a different vendor on way back to my route no wait and no issue getting my daughter a tag at noon. Pretty sure this debacle will force some change. Can’t have 30,000 plus customers pissed off at once and not get some blow back.

Every meeting they have doesn’t start with crop damage, every project, every survey, every management plan, every budget doesn’t revolve around farmers and ranchers. Things could better here and they could be a lot worse! Credit were credit is due. It’s a forum criticism is Inevitable and to be...

Really farm/ranch issues is only thing F&G worries about? You sound ignorant when you make statements like that over and over. We get it you don’t like the influence they have in the department. RMEF had article years ago stating that Utah could have same number of elk as Colorado based on there...

OutdoorWriter isn’t the only person capable of cut/paste off fish and game website. I like checking multiple times a day it reminds me of that famous Jim Carey movie line!

I used to live in timberline subdivision, foothills burned and house flooded after I moved in 2006. I miss 300 days of Sun a year and clear clean air. My wife hated the wind. Mt. Elden burned before I moved there in 1998 I always wondered what that fire must have looked like from Route 66. Flag...

Why stick with points at all? The way population growth in the west is trending and the fact that there are no secret spots left in the west. We all bought into the idea of getting in line for our turn. Turns out there isn’t enough for everyone! Whatever you do to modify the Ponzi schemes will...

I say 90-10 knowing full well there will be tags leftover, let residents and nonresidents pick them up until there sold out. Not a big deal every state gives there residents preference. The $$ will be there demand is not going anywhere.

1)90-10 split on tags 2)no nonresident cap on leftovers 3)points gone across board in 2028 4)75$ nonresident hunting license, charge whatever going rate is for tags. Rip the band aid off approach. Points=ponzi. There is no fix as with all western states with exception of California your...

15 million hunters in U.S. they can’t all hunt Idaho, although the Boise national forest has been trying for years! Is there a better system not yet.

I stand corrected I thought it was in state revenue not federal pie split 50 ways. How does that formula work is it more size or license based?

Absolutely the Ponzi schemes generate $$ for game and fish depts. But P&M comes from guns, ammo,etc…. Not hunting Licenses AZ has 7.2 million people they sell a hell of a lot more 9mm and shotgun shell than Idahos 1.7 million

Lot’s people banging drum on how point systems are all broke. States have to keep modifying them to keep people in them. idaho’s first come over the counter internet draw is embarrassing. needs to be fixed so friends and family members can apply/hunt together or all just hunt somewhere else . I...

I canned all meat comes out fantastic. Ground my wife’s a couple years ago into gourmet burgers with beef fat and blue cheese. Canned raw pack with salt pepper and garlic works best for me. Goat I shot last week 2/20, putting cape on Billy I shot 8/30/2011 couldn’t stand looking at short hair...

Learning curve for sure! Had good hunt figured out what worked and what will do differently next. My brother was not in Goat shape and got beat up pretty good. Canned whole Goat came out good, no such thing as a tough piece of meat when you can it

Last year when the unsold tags in outfitter pool came available you could pick up quite a few units. some of the controlled deer and cow hunts are not out of reach, the draw is worth it if you already have a hunting license

Interesting I always bait off and above road so I can get the bear out whole by myself. If i shoot one before dark, drive to cell service, wait for help, pack it out it’s 1am before I get home. I go up a closed road and across a creek. Not sure if hound hunters have ever been across my site...

Lots of bears in 39 and it’s a large unit so Bear hunting pressure is not on par with the poop show that is general deer. I’ve taken 3 on baits but, I’m a meat hunter for bears I shoot first thing that’s legal unless it looks like it just got kicked off mom. I can the whole bear they taste...

My brother and I are looking to hunt kodiak for first time. We are looking to go mid February, we are flexible on dates his wife works for Alaska airlines. We are planning to use island air. 7-8 days camping, have watched every YouTube video I could find, a lot of guys hunting above cabin in...