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    When is the last time you saw a monarch?

    I think that's a Red Admiral. I am seeing a lot of Fritillaries in my yard the past few days. The Viceroy you mentioned is a good example of what they call batesian mimicry. The poison in milk weed is taken up by the larvae of Monarchs and passed on to the adult. It makes them poisonous to...
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    Prairie legacy wilderness

    Apes I think I could agree to leave it if there were not people supporting transferring federal land to the states. I also can not help but think the reason that some don't support the wilderness is because they can't get their hands on it then. In a perfect world I would say leave it as is...
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    Prairie legacy wilderness

    When I first started college and majored in wildlife my goal was to help keep game populations high for hunters. With age that changed. I know I will catch guff for this, but I believe that creation attests to the creator and would like future generations to be inspired as I am when I stand on...
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    Prairie legacy wilderness

    Dank you are absolutely right. We learn as we go, but sometimes a few people don't. Smoky the Bear was a real bad idea. Now that we have applied a little more forest ecology to our brain we understand that the idea promoted by Smoky was destructive in the long run. Same with the fools in...
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    When is the last time you saw a monarch?

    I read an article a year ago about the population decline of Monarchs. I have a bog that I pump 1000 gallons an hour through to clean my pond. I use native plants in the bog to use up the nitrogen from the fish crap. Anyway, for many years I raised over 200 Monarchs on the swamp milkweed...
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    Prairie legacy wilderness

    I had voted yes, but BBQBluesman and Ghost may have swayed me the other direction. I do think I want one of these shirts that are selling in many places now. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LXDHJCT/?tag=nodakangler10-20 Edit: The shirt is a good reminder to the bunny huggers that we own this land...
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    Study: Public lands bolster state’s economy

    That's just one of many interesting facts. Great article BBQBluesman thanks for sharing it.
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    Study: Public lands bolster state’s economy

    I was out to Medora this week-end and things are green, green, green. I was checking in and they had this Extreme Fire Danger warning at the campground. I said that must be an old sign. She said no. I looked up the U S standardized fire assessment and it was moderate, not even high. I said...
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    Handheld GPS Shopping

    Garmin 64 with NDTRAX. Actually western U S. .
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    COW is delicious

    I knew the old guy (O. A. Stevens) who wrote Handbook of North Dakota Plants. Stevens Hall at NDSU is named after him and that is the book we used for all of our Botany classes. That may have changed now. I don't know how true it is, but a Botany prof said Stevens would have his wife drive...
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    COW is delicious

    I have a half dozen books on wild edible plants and medicinal plants. Publications back to 1896.
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    Deer Feeders

    I have a crab apple tree in my front yard that I think is not going to make it another year. The thing I don't like about it is it has crab apples about two inches in diameter. Surprising they don't taste to bad. However, it leaves me with four five wheelbarrow loads of apples to clean up...
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    back country camping

    I camped like Kurt in the late 1980's early 1990's, but today I am more with Shorthairs and Johnr. I did buy an insulated 1600 magnum Clam and think I will take it after a wolf in Montana this fall.
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    Snowflake's First Day At Work

    I think you and I should get together and tell stories. I'll bet we would both go away scratching our head. Even though I only have maybe one drink a month we may have to have a designated driver.
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    Snowflake's First Day At Work

    Don't get your hopes up to fast. I back in the 1980's having people working with me that just got out of college and they could not understand why someone with 30 years experience was paid more than them. They also couldn't understand why they didn't start with two weeks sick leave and two...
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    Where do you fit in???

    What are you talking about Willis I don't own any guns. No no no. The ultra liberal backstabbers would sell out to China or Russia and we would have an enemy base on the continent. Simply don't bail them out. If they spend beyond their abilities to pay let them eat dirt. Teach them the...
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    Single Bevel?

    I thought the Howard Hill was double bevel. One thing they don't talk about is that rotation requires energy. They say they get better penetration because the bone splits. I have hit heavy bone in deer with a 70lb bow and the bone is so shattered I worried the warden would think I had shot...
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    Single Bevel?

    Ya, passing fad is the wrong description. They have been around for many years. They just never become real popular with anyone but the traditionalists. If the traditionalists switch to single bevel in a few years the companies will have some reason the double bevel is better. So then they...
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    Single Bevel?

    http://www.3riversarchery.com/schmeisser-archery-broadhead-one.html I order most of my traditional equipment from Three Rivers. I think the single bevel is way over rated. It's like those fancy fish hooks that catch more fishermen than fish. Nothing wrong with them, but keep in mind that a...
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    National Grasslands

    DirtyMike you about summed it up. For the record I wish the wolf had stayed eradicated from Montana and Idaho. I'll also admit that makes me biased for elk.

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