You must be referring to flicker shads. It’s a constant work in progress!

That is pretty darn creative! Can’t believe Skeeter went all those years, and didn’t remedy that?? Other than that I really like the boat.

Jesse,
Beautiful rig, congrats! I have an older 1790, and I’m curious to find out if they ever redesigned the live well drain? On mine the drain is on the side about a 1/4″ above the bottom, so when you drain it out there’s always about a 1/4″ of water left in there. Engineers were definitely sleeping on that one!

Thanks guys, I will definitely give this a shot, and hopefully it will help.

Reddog, Beautiful rig. I installed my 998 this year on my Skeeter 1790, and I put it above the step like you to protect it, as I had my thru hull ducer for my 2D. Long story short, there was nothing I could do when it was above the step to get satisfactory results. I ended up moving it to the bottom step(tight fit) so that the HDSI ducer is below the transom line, and it made all the difference. Didn’t want to do it that way, but I wasn’t going to settle for a crappy image, with what I spent on it. Hope it works out for you, as you’ve been very helpful to allot of people with these units here and on WC….Dan

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CWD was here before the DNR even knew what it was

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Amen to that bro! Great excuse to create jobs, and keep money flowing for the WDNR.

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*Yes, you have to kill the deer to test them. I believe they test the brain. The CWD casn be in the brain, lymph nodes and the spine.

*One can slam the DNR all day long but we do not know all the facts or the whole story.

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*They remove and test nodes, not the brain or spine. The statement that yes they have to kill deer is both falicy and truth. The falicy is that they did not,do not, have to h wrangle up a mass slaughter to address questions surrounding the influence of the disease while does are carrying fawns and the herd is vulnerable due to an overly harsh winter. Legitimate kills by licensed hunters would suffice nicely as would reported car kills from within the duly appointed hot zone.

*I live very close to this situation along with many others who and we use and area in question. Our local newspaper and television stations are really focusing on this so we get very good coverage. The only FACT that we have been given is that a deer was taken from this area that was tested for CWD. Lots of deer were.That one ne deer’s test allegedly came back as positive. They have no proof that the deer was NOT a migrant deer and not one simply moving thru the area….remember, this was a free ranging animal.

I find it ironic that the bio-developement that bought the old elk farm property needed those animals removed before they began working the ground and that the finding of cwd being found was very, very close to the start-up time period. It is the dnr’s contention that the prions found in the disease itself can live in the ground for a long, long time and that the fencing has to remain standing that once contained the elk herd’s prairie. If this is true, why would the farmer who sold the land and allowed his elk herd to be killed off [at tax payers expense yet] feel as though it is safe to jeopardize fielding a herd of very expensive beef cattle on the exact location if a disease is imbedded in the ground that has limited study and current information can not conclude with any certainty that animals OTHER than cervids will not be infected?

When you get in touch with Cornicelli, why not ask him directly why, if this is such an outstanding solution to get information, doesn’t he put on his field duds and come down and show all of us just how great of a marksman he is? I can answer that before you make the call. He hasn’t a clue. I’ll even go out on a limb here and say that even you have more possible, credible answers based on your field experience than this Cornicelli guy provided you do some serious thinking.

There are an awful lot of people here who will be affected by this bs. To suggest we have our heads in the sand and “don’t know the facts” is fine. We know more than we let be known. There is a better way to do this. And sometime down the road it will come to light that cwd was NOT the cause for this, simply a scare tactic tool to reach another end.

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As someone who has dealt with this slaugter in WI(earn a buck, sharpshooting over bait, and more special kill seasons than you can count) for 10 yrs, I couldn’t have stated it better!

Tom,
Certainly wasn’t attacking you personally, my apologies if it seemed like it, I do respect your viewpoint. It’s just that this is a hot button topic for people in S. Wi. This all started out as a big scare tactic, and it has evolved into a deer management tool for the DNR. Everything they do is in the name of CWD, and people are absolutely sick of it. There are no sick deer toppling over and dying like they said there will be, and the DNR keeps changing there CWD plan continuously, because it has been a complete failure. I have a good friend who is now a retired DNR warden, and he will tell you the same thing. I’m not saying that CWD doesn’t exist, as I believe it has long before they started testing for it. I’m sure there are other animals too that have this same kind of thing, and they aren’t going extinct, it’s natures way. It certainly doesn’t mean they will all get it, you just live with it like other states have been doing for many years. You can’t get rid of it anyway, even if you wiped out the entire deer herd, because the prions remain in the soil. To absolutely decimate the deer herd because of this is an absolute crying shame. The last I checked I wasn’t getting a property tax rebate on my hunting land that they have ruined with their mismanagement of CWD. I have a son that won’t hunt anymore, because he doesn’t see any deer anymore, and I can’t say as though I blame him. I hope for your sake that they don’t go this route in MN!

Tom,
You must be living under a rock? This charade has been going on in in Southern Wis for nearly 10 yrs now, and with 35 mill spent on it so far, the DNR knows nothing more about it now, than they did when they dove head first into it back then. They were going to be the hero on the white horse, and eradicate the deer herd. Ask them how that is going so far. All they’ve managed to do is urine off hunters, landowners, and business’s that used to thrive when we had a traditional nine day gun season. They have turned Wis deer hunting into a mockery over this thing. I can quote you from nationally known deer biologists, that are laughing at the way the WI DNR is going at this thing.

The deer will come back??? I guess you’ve never heard of this handy tool called Earn a Buck. My guess is you soon will, because if you follow Wi lead, this won’t be far off for you. Long story short, this is just a continuous slaughter of does. You have to keep tipping over does to earn the right to hunt antlers. This is a pathetic practice that has, and will continue to decimate the herd to the point where it isn’t even worth buying a license anymore. Trust me, they will not allow the herd to come back, so you can forget about that pipe dream.

As someone who purchased land in Sauk Co, at a premium price for the explicit reason to have a place to hunt deer, I feel that I have been totally bent over by the way the WI DNR has mishandled this. My advice to the MN hunting public is don’t stay quiet on this, or there will be awful circumstances in your future if your DNR follows WI’s lead!

Prayer sent

Been a landowner in So. Wis since 85, and what I’ve seen the DNR do to the population in the last few years is absolutely mind boggling. Between their CWD scam, unlimited antlerless tags, and earn a buck, it doesn’t really pay to buy a liscense anymore.

Guys,
Thx for the great feedback. It appears there are not to many negatives to this stuff. Mendota stated that in time you might have to re-waterproof this, and was wondering how you would accomplish this? Also wondering if the 20% comes off the listed price, or is it already reflected in the price?
Hey Tom, if I get this outfit will it increase my chances of netting a hog like that….. nice fish!

Heard a lot of positive things on this stuff, and I am in need of a good rain suit, one that actually doesn’t leak! How does this stuff compare with Cabela’s Guidewear?

Mendota,
Where did you pick up your Gamehide Typhoon outfit around Madtown?

Yep, he signed with Seattle.

He’s more than listening, he’s got you covered!

Great news, we will continue to lift her up.

Congrats, gonna make a great boat partner!

Have to agree with HRG and Steve O. Been out on the flowage numerous times with Pemble and he flat out produces. You will also learn a ton in a days fishing.

I had a musky done a couple years ago that wasn’t what I was expecting. I took it back and told him what I thought, and he agreed wholeheartedly with me. He did it over, did a great job, and everybody is happy.

Set it, and don’t forget it!

Will be in prayer for all of you.

Lax Reproductions, Conover Wi. Been doing repro’s for 25 yrs.

First 25yrs in Madison, last 30 in Sun Prairie.

Thx Mendota

Mendota,
Being from the same area, what time and what channel are you pulling the shows from?

Incredible buck! You have a lifetime of memories in that thing. What did it tape out at?

We will keep lifting you up. Stay strong in your faith!

No better medicine than prayer, and you are in mine!

That doesn’t sound too bad. What do you think the odds are that the DNR would use that 9 mill on just stocking or lake management? I know if that was the WDNR, I would have little faith that those revenues would be used for what they were intended. Sorry to sound negative about a good idea, but facts are facts.