Speared many a pike out of a flip over. However, you WILL need cleats if you use a flip over. At least I do. The edges of the hole melt a little over the course of the day which slopes the edges to a smooth sheen and slipping into the spear hole is a VERY real possibility as the day goes on...
Give JMF a shout duk. He runs some stuff out your way and is a wealth of info on coyote snaring. I'm of little help as my habitats are vastly different from your's out there and I use different techniques. He's the guy I go to when I have questions. Between the two of us, we can usually...
I've got an old growth cottonwood/box elder/ash shelterbelt on the N of my property and a mix of pine, junipers, russian olive, and bushes on the south. The snow will pile up 15 ft in the old growth while the pines and other stuff will have inches. Seems to me that'w the best combo I've come...
Just came off the snare line. We now have ice balls, snow, sleet, and a good 20+ mph wind. It pretty much sucks out there right now. Iced up snares, eyeballs getting pelted with ice, wet from my armpits to my ankles, I LOVE IT!!! LOL!! Roads are pure crap out here right now. I took the...
THIS is the number one reason we fight over deer IMO!!!! Habitat destruction is rampant and I don't see it changing. The deer carrying capacity is a fraction of what it was 20 years ago. No question about it. A buddy had to take down two stands this fall because the landowner dozed down both...
Hey fellas, got up this morning and the radar for ND looks nasty. However, radar can make things look worse or better than they are. We have freezing rain here in Valley City and I can't even walk on my deck. Driving may be treacherous already. Just trying to give folks a heads up if you...
This site is stronger than ever IMO. I'm not worried about that at all. Strong opinions are the fuel that runs this thing. If nobody ever squabbled, fought, got mad, called someone names, or did anything else conflictory, this site would be B. O. R. I. N. G. I like the mix here on NDA...
I hang the ones we get in a tree so the woodpeckers, tweety birds, and other feathered critters have something all winter to peck on that gives them fat and energy to make it through. By spring, the carcasses all weigh about 3 lbs and all the meat/fat is gone. I like to watch the tweety birds...
No you're not Davey, if you were you'd have given up on the one tag system by now and I'm tired of talking. It's a failed idea. If it was worth the key punches and based on anything but social whining the G&F would have adopted it. Try to get the current system changed without cause and I'll...
Steri strips work pretty good if you have a shaver and a cone of shame. If I can see muscle/tendons/etc. and not just skin and fatty tissue, it's to the Vet I go. Fences SUCK!!!
Shot my first two muzzy bucks with a cap and ball CVA using grain powder. 60 yrd range or so. LOVED IT!!! Especially when the cap would go off........and nothing else. ;:;banghead
Glad to hear you're staying out of trouble so to speak. I'll ship'em a soon as I get'em, but no hurry. I have others the gators can beat on until you get to'em. Brightest red you can come up with. Might hang one up and fish with the other. Makes me giddy with anticipation. Thanks DM!!!!
I put in with 0 preference points. I couldn't care less what percent chance I have...it's STILL a chance. There's just something mystical about pulling the trigger.....and having ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what happened. (Grin)