Who needs political threads! Nothing like resorting to childish insults to show everyone that you have no arguement. Or self control for that matter!!

I’ve shot dozens of deer with Remington Core Loks. .243, 30-06, and .32 special. Never had a problem.

Before even getting into policies, let’s talk January 6th. Let’s see the mental gymnastics you do to shrug that one off.
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What about it? Pelosi not allowing the national Gaurd to step in?
Trump saying go peacefully?
The capital police letting them in the building?
The truth and what you’ve been told from the MSM are two different things.
No police were injured, only one fatality that day and it was an unarmed patriot woman. There was no violence or destruction of property like the left’s George Floyd riots.
Remember kamala helped bail those rioters out of jail?
Walz and his wife left their windows open to enjoy the smell of burning rubber and buildings because it was the smell of change in the air. They also let that go on for 3 days without any assistance to MPD from the National Gaurd. 3+ days of violence vs not even one full day with little to no violence on j6.

Gitchi Gummi wrote:

Never ceases to amaze me how people on this site will never miss an opportunity to throw jabs to one side of the aisle but yet at the same time are completely oblivious to the travesties on the other side of the aisle.

Travesties like? No open borders?
No foreign wars? Cheaper gas? No endless spending and printing of money? No sex changes for felons in prison? No guys in girls restrooms or sports? Could you please enlighten us garbage deplorable neanderthals?

Bearcat89 wrote:

Couple miles east of Mille Lacs.

Yup, very hard to compare the 2 areas the same. I completely agree with the assessment that way.
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I agree. 157 in Pine County and 157 in Aitkin county are very different and probably should be separate areas.

Lean on that 2nd ammendment right.
Lock the doors, lock and load.

I’ll be hunting family land east of Cambridge in 225 this weekend.
2nd and 3rd weekend I’ll be up in the swamp, 155 south of McGregor

Price seems fair to me. I’m tempted, but really don’t need another fish house.

Leave them alone! Let nature do its thing. They don’t need medicine and surely don’t need hot dogs. You’ll do more harm than good by interfering.

gimruis wrote:

Someone posted in the live from the tree thread that it has to be the closest Saturday to Nov 6. Next year it’ll be on Nov 8. Last year it was on the 4th.

Just the timing of the calendar cycle every so often.

This. Been this way forever.

I guess it won’t let me link to the video

fishthumper wrote:

I don’t know if I should applaud him, or Slap some sense into him. That’s FAR more risk than I know I’m willing to take. I would not be surprised if we one day see a video of him and it does not turn out well for him. Adrenaline junkies often end up pushing the limit one time to far at some point.

He almost killed himself in Africa a couple of years ago. I can’t remember exactly what happened but his spear ended up in his thigh.

I recently had a similar question about public access on a specific pond from the road right of way and was unsure of the legality. 5 minutes on the phone with my local CO cleared it all up. Your best bet is to talk to the guy who is employed to interpret and enforce the laws.
To me it sounds like they are perfectly legal to hunt there. Join them or beat them to it.

Red Eye wrote:

Anyone have any experience with the Axil XCOR electronic ear buds? Will be use mostly for duck hunting. After getting my bell rung a couple more times this last weekend in North Dakota I decided to spend some cabelas point money. They have them $100 off right now.

I have no experience with ear buds but it sounds like you need some new hunting buddies if you’re getting your bell rang every weekend. That’s unacceptable. He/ she/ they are permanently damaging your hearing.

gimruis wrote:

I generally agree with Big Werm’s post on the co-management. It doesn’t seem very transparent, especially lately.

I will say that there are definitely factors that have altered the lake though, and some of them are out of our control. There’s no doubt that the water has become clearer as a result of upgraded septic systems and the addition of zebra mussels. As a result, sunlight penetrates deeper and allows warmer water. Both of which do not favor walleye populations, generally speaking…while definitely favoring bass populations. Certainly there also seems to be milder winters over the long haul as well. That doesn’t necessarily mean its going to be a colder and/or snowier winter than average this time around. It just means the chances of that are reduced.

That being said, both forage and walleye populations seems fairly robust right now so the loosened harvest restrictions are justified.

I don’t think it’s changed as much as some think. It’s always had clear water when conditions allow. I remember seeing the bottom in the fish house in 20-22ft of water way back in the mid nineties. I also have seen it very stirred up and dirty as recently as this past summer. The wind and run off plays more into water clarity than anything out there. Removing septic drains and adding zeebs has made a difference but not to the extent some people think.

gimruis wrote:

Does anyone know if the docks are still out there or have they been pulled? Jon mentioned that the buoy markers were gone already.

Docks are in at liberty. From what I saw it looked like most of the rock makers were still in place as well.
I know lakeside and flamingo still had a rock hazard bouy on top.

fishthumper wrote:

Anyone know how many of the youth license and early season license are sold in Minnesota? I looked for both and could not find any #’s. Just curious how many people are doing them.

I couldn’t find anything either. I will guess that the number of people participating in the early doe season is increasing each year they offer it.

Had a great hunt on Sunday. Easy limit in less than an hour. Find areas that haven’t been hunted and you’ll find the birds. These came from hard to access public land that nobody was willing to work for.

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suzuki wrote:

I ate some fresh Teal for the first time last night. My buddy gave us 3 breasted birds. I did it super simple on high heat with only a little oil and salt/pepper so we could really know what they tasted like. Tender as a young Grouse.
We both thought they were delicious at first but at the end kinda rich and different. I could see doing them differently with seasoning or sauce but man were those things tender. Is Mallard comparable to Teal or better?

I think teal are the best, then mallard, then wood ducks.

Reef W wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>grubson wrote:</div>
Ron, it matters because more people means more hunters

But, it doesn’t. Firearm deer licenses peaked in 1992 at 443k and in 2023 there were 315k. Archery has picked up a bit but only added about 20k over that time frame.

Are youth and antler-less tags included in that count? How about archery+crossbow and muzzle loader? Rifle tags may have gone down (I’d bet mostly because of hunters up north in wolf country giving up) but the other seasons have seen increases since 92.

buckybadger wrote:

I’ll bet that the hundreds of acres of public land here in Wabasha county ~4 miles from our land doesn’t have more than 2 vehicles parked at it on any given morning during the youth gun hunt. It’s not as if there are just lines of angry blaze orange little people scouring the woods and shooting all the deer.

I have friends who tried hunting public down there last year. The gave up after 3 days of having guys set up on top of them and the non stop “squirrel” hunters stomping through the woods all day. I’m sure they’re are lesser known places but overall those big public pieces down there are trampled by hunters from September through December.

Yes, I’d be willing to bet there are guys that only gun hunt that complain about archery hunters having the whole fall to hunt. I’m not one of them, but I’m sure it’s happening.
The fact is that the more opportunities to hunt will mean more game harvested. The more new seasons they open up, the more game will be harvested. At what point is it too much pressure? There’s a lot of variables here, I’m not saying you can’t get a big buck or fill your doe tags in the late season now that we have early seasons because obviously that’s not the case. The odds do go down though. So much of hunting (like fishing) is pure luck, there’s always a chance, regardless of pressure or population.
There’s enough deer (in farm country) to handle the extra harvest without a doubt. The extra pressure just puts more deer into nocturnal patterns or pushes them into properties that don’t get hunted, which could potentially hurt everyone throughout the remainder of the seasons.
Again, I’m not necessarily against the early doe season or the youth season. I am glad it’s not gonna effect the private property I hunt though.

Ron, it matters because more people means more hunters, which means less game available for everyone. Add in new seasons and it just gets harder for the average Joea and his kids. Our population keeps rising but as far as I know, they aren’t making more land and habitat anymore.
I think good populations and good hunting experiences create more new hunters than extra seasons.
For the record I think the early teal season is totally unnecessary. I’d rather have the season go longer than start sooner. Mid October and we’re still covered in teal here in my area, if you can find a place that hasn’t been hunted yet…..

I don’t really care either way, but I survived without a “youth” season growing up.
Also, if you think hunting pressure doesn’t effect deer and deer movement you’re nuts, especially mature bucks.
I know two guys who are very accomplished deer hunters who only target mature bucks. Neither of them would even consider allowing youth hunters in their spots. Both guys will be taking youth hunters out this weekend, just not anywhere near where they themselves hunt.

Bearcat89 wrote:

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I can’t decide if I want to go up early tomorrow morning or wait and go in the afternoon so I can troll after dark. Leaning towards just going in the morning and heading home at dark since I’ll be going solo.
If you guys see me in my black alumacraft with a yamaha feel free to stop and say high. Planning on putting in at liberty and hanging around the east side.

These damn kids are killing my fishing time, wishing I was taking your second seat like normal.

Yea such is life though.
I’ll miss having you there to net all of MY fish!!

I can’t decide if I want to go up early tomorrow morning or wait and go in the afternoon so I can troll after dark. Leaning towards just going in the morning and heading home at dark since I’ll be going solo.
If you guys see me in my black alumacraft with a yamaha feel free to stop and say high. Planning on putting in at liberty and hanging around the east side.

Anybody planning on fishing tomorrow? Weather/ wind looks good. I might make a trip up there for the day.
Hopefully the bite has picked up since the last time I was up a month ago. Anybody been out there this week?

buckybadger wrote:

^Honda Ridgeline

Riverrat wrote:

Big G its no surprise to me that one of the biggest snowflakes on IDO would complain that a birding society that puts out bird identification books would throw a fit and compare it to George Floyd. This isnt the gubment trying to get you into a cat suit and give you free tampons. Its a birding club sick of blue hairs and snowbeards acting exactly as you typically due. Complaining that their view should constantly be validated on who is historically correct and morally superior. There is that better than trying to use a little humor?

Word salad with a little name calling thrown in for good measure. Tell me you have no arguement without telling me you have no arguement. You got him this time!! Wow.