KPE wrote:

I want to show off my chart reading too. Snow-water equivalent varies depending on the temperature. Looking at a common temp range, 15-19F, 20″ of rain is equal to about 1″ worth of rain.

So even if we get a 24″ snowfall it’s not worth much in terms of water.

My yard has been perpetually damp for several weeks, and I have very little tree cover and high winds every day. I don’t think my yard got into draught mode all summer. This is the first summer in 4 years that I never stopped mowing for 4 weeks at a time, we just kept getting rain once a week and everything was lush and green all year.

Neighbor lost some corn crops due to excessive water. Not a lot but some. I’m 30 miles from downtown St. Paul.

But Gims map said you were in a drought. It doesn’t matter what you see with your own eyes. It’s science! You’ll take your drought and you’ll like it!

The drought monitor can be deceiving. A couple years ago when we had record snow fall it said we were still in extreme drought. You’d have convincing someone looking at their 5 foot high snow banks that we were in an extreme drought. Rivers flooded in the spring and we were still in a drought according to the map.

Sometimes you gotta use your own eyes and common sense.

The temps drop Monday. Wind lays down Tuesday. I’d bet there is some small water that is fishable by your cabin by Black Friday Glenn.

If the weather forecast holds we should have some walkable ice by thanksgiving weekend in northern MN.

Cool looking buck! I like the oddballs.

I used to live in town and it always seemed like the big boys would come in after the normal peak rut to do their thing with the resident city does. Pretty cool to see monster bucks chasing down the ladies in broad daylight on the city streets. My neighbor had a big buck mount a doe right out their dining room window just as the family was starting on thanksgiving dinner.

We always do 50 percent pork mixed in with duck, goose or venison.

I may try beef for the burgers this year but those aren’t smoked and just go on the grill.

Jimmy Jones wrote:

Lots of 20+ geese taken back when. I weighed all of mine and couldn’t begin to tell how many were well over 18 pounds.

You must have killed the last of the 20 pounders.

Reminds me of the old fish records.

You guys must have killed the last of the 20+ pounders back in the 70-90’s.

I have yet to find a picture of a wild Canada on a scale that hits 20 lbs. It’s the Bigfoot of the goose hunting world.

Bummer. They had good stuff. James let us know how P & S is. I have about 100 snows that I will be processing this winter some time.

It is very good. I make it out of snow geese but have eaten a lot made out of venison and it tastes the same. I used curley’s recipe as well. Looks like they may be out of business.

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>FinnyDinDin wrote:</div>
The mythical 20 pounders! There was a guy who offered a big reward if anyone shot a goose that weighed 20 lbs. Nationwide contest and no one shot one even close.

Wish we knew about this because we shot many over 20. They were all weighed on a certified scale. This was mid to late 80’s through the mid 90s which is when I quit waterfowl hunting. No idea if there are still giants there or not, but they sure were hard to bring down.

15+ lb goose is extremely rare. When the contest was ran guys thought the biggest would come out of Rochester. Very few 15+ were shot and nothing even close to 20 lbs.

I think your scale was broken. Or maybe you shot a swan. I’d love to see a pic of these 20+ lb geese on a scale. You would be a legend in the waterfowl world.

I’ve shot a lot of giants. Weighed a few that were large and 13.5 lbs was the biggest.

CaptainMusky wrote:

I grew up in Hutchinson and we had those giant Canadians too! It was ridiculous how big they were. It was common to shoot them over 20 pounds.

The mythical 20 pounders! There was a guy who offered a big reward if anyone shot a goose that weighed 20 lbs. Nationwide contest and no one shot one even close.

It’s too bad Rochester plant closed. There are some new hot pond spots in the state and I’m guessing it’s the Rochester descendants that took up residency.

gimruis wrote:

Have seen 5 antlerless and a fork buck today. Stunning day out, absolutely no wind.

Aren’t those called does?

Just given you a hard time!

She didn’t properly cite her source. Looks like of all the posts, she decided to use riverrats troll post.

Riverrat wrote:

Ava Kian I recommend starting with skunks and racoons. They are easier to hit when you are drunk. They taste like chicken I swear. Let them air out for at least 4 weeks hanging in your backyard shed before you boil and eat. The maggots will go away when you boil it.

From the article:

In an online forum, one user wrote that they’ve acquired other forms of roadkill, like skunks and raccoons — though they didn’t need the possession permit.

Congrats DT! Stud specimen you got there.

Tyler, I have the lvs32 system and am planning to upgrade to a new system by the start of the season. I bought mine right before they upgraded to the 34 so it isn’t too old and it works fine. I could let mine go for a good deal if you are looking for used. PM if interested. I’m about to leave on a week long hunting trip so it might take me a couple weeks to get back to you.

Very cool. Thanks for sharing. I’ve seen a lot around my house in northern MN but they are always bolting across the road.

I have no interest in trapping them but shooting one would be cool. How well do they come to a call? Can you run em with dogs in Iowa?

Lots going on in the world to be concerned with and here we are, the most powerful country in the world, and we currently do not have a president capable of making any decisions. He can hardly even form a sentence. Kind of a scary thought. Hopefully nothing pops off before trump gets in.

Jaws of ice are nice. Problem is they have no customer service. None. I had a part rattle out and called and emailed several times and got no response.

I bought a gun rack for my new atv to use for an auger and have been happy with it. I’d post a link but this site won’t allow it. If you google atv tek you will find something similar to what I use.

There is not any money in outdoors. Gotta do indoor living soil or hydro. Living soil is where it’s at but longer cycle.

Growing herb is easy. Growing really really good herb that you can make money off of is not easy. To make money long term you need to have really good stuff.

If you want to make money quick get in the retail business early in legal states such as MN. Way more profitable than farming. There is boatloads to be made. Just be ready to sell and cash out before the wave breaks. You’re selling a revenue stream and you need to sell at the peak. I’d do it but can’t with my other businesses.

BigWerm wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>FinnyDinDin wrote:</div>
Just more proof the Mille lacs ‘problem’ has always been about the forage and not the harvest or nets during the spawn.

Glad to see the forage numbers holding strong and the fishery coming back nicely.

Prior to 1999 there was no problem, harvest just ebb’d and flowed like every other lake does. Mille Lacs’ ‘problem’ has been co-management, and nothing else. Unless you think the harvest history and data started in 1999 along with co-management.

Agreed commanagement is the problem. The lake has always had a healthy population.

When there has been a recruitment problem it is due to cannibalism due to lack of forage. Many on here blame spawn and recruitment issues on nets. Just not possible to screw up a spawn with the amount of netting that goes on a lake like Mille lacs.

I am in way defending netting or spearing. Just made the point that when forage is healthy, everything else falls in place, nets or no nets.

Didn’t mean to derail the thread. Good to see her doin well.

Just more proof the Mille lacs ‘problem’ has always been about the forage and not the harvest or nets during the spawn.

Glad to see the forage numbers holding strong and the fishery coming back nicely.

Casting the islands for browns and splake can be productive in the fall. Mainly an early morning thing but if you get a cloudy day it can be good all day. Look for rock structure along the shore.

Otherwise what bman said. If you hire a guide do Josh tiegen.

I’ve had lymes and anaplasmosis. I got a doxy scrip early and it started to knock out the symptoms quick. It takes longer for the meds to work the longer you have had the disease.

Both can take a long time to show up in tests. If you have a deer tick bite and start feeling crappy get on doxy asap. Some docs don’t want to prescribe meds until it shows up in a test. Time to find a new doc if that’s the case. They both suck and you do not want to wait the days, weeks or even months that it can take for it to show up on tests, trust me.

Good luck to your pops Werm. Hopefully that was it and he will be fine soon.

Dutchboy wrote:

Good to hear the Band gave the DNR the go ahead on loosening the slot. Biz must be off at the Casino.

This was my first thought as well. If the tribes didn’t give this their blessing the harvest estimate numbers would have been twisted to meet the tribes desires.

Maybe the crap economy and inflation means less people willing to go to the casino and give the Indians their money.

Youbetcha wrote:

I dont know why they went away from their v8

Emission requirements implemented by the liberal politicians. The same politicians that fly their jets around the world and live in mansions.

The tundra V8 is probably the most bullet proof truck engine ever produced. Shame it went away due to politics. Funny thing is the gas mileage on the V6 turbo isn’t all that much better than the V8’s and about 4-5 miles less per gallon than what they list.

JEREMY wrote:

Barotrauma?

Probably barotrauma from FFS. Did you see Weibe out there?

Kidding aside, keep in mind fish kills usually are a good thing. Might be good size structure out there in the next few years.

Currently all we got is an empty hook. There isn’t anything left to it. No one home.

The only thing we have to replace it with is an orange grub. And lots of the fish aren’t digging the orange.

Can we all call it for what it is? There is no vaccine for Covid. mRNA shots are not vaccines. Real vaccines have been around for centuries. They changed a centuries old definition to fit the governments agenda. It is an injustice to real vaccines that actually work. People are finally done shaming us for not taking the shots. Can we all stop calling it what it’s not.

Lots of mud was tossed around on here from some members shaming us for living our lives, not taking the shots and not buying in to the government and medias BS regarding Covid. Did they ever come on and admit they were wrong?

Hope you get better fishthumper. They cooked up a weird virus that they let loose on us. Get well.