I’d credit his agent. I don’t know all of the details yet but getting the Giants to sign Correa to a 13 year contract for $350M is a pretty good piece of work, especially when long term contracts rarely work out for teams.
I’m sure at some point in this contract the Giant’s are going to be paying $27M/yr for his Astro’s production 8-10 years ago.
We tested some small lakes in the area last weekend (Dec 3) and saw 5-6 inches.
Let’s get back on topic. What can this state/hunters do to better manage the herd. Again – we are seeing a significant drop in harvest. Seeing the opposite across the river. I can’t believe personally the hunting styles differ that greatly across the River than in Minnesota.
I believe from year to year there is ebb and flow when it comes to game numbers. When comparing MN to WI, keep in mind the very north end of WI only goes up to Duluth. The southern end of WI would be in Iowa if it was MN. Not all hunting zones are created equal either. There’s a big difference between the Arrowhead, Ottertail Co and the SW zones. Winter is a wild card that’s variable from year-to-year and can’t be planned for. You can only plan for the recovery when there are tough winters. If you’re in one of the northern zones winter kill is a real thing and it affects management. It’s easier to contribute to the deer harvest if you’re in a 2-deer or HC zone vs areas that are bucks only or have limited antlerless harvest. Again I’ll point out that the 2000s represented the peak of peak. In the years I hunted from 1980 to 2020 those years were the anomaly.
Bottom line is you have to enjoy the hunt and success is not a given. I guess you could take your $35 to the grocery store but you may only get 3# chuck roast and a few pounds of hamburger.
Probably more racing oriented but if you go to Finn Sisu you can talk saunas while you’re there.
Joe’s should be worth looking into. Hoigaard’s is another name.
Not Aitkin but I just got a report that there was some ice fishing on some smaller lakes in Carlton Co. When I drove through on Nov 20 Moose Lake was locked up and Sand Lake was partially covered (10 days ago).
I have to believe there is walkable ice to be found. Not sure about ATVs.
I’m not in the know but what percentage of flopping is to get additional stoppage time? If you’re up 1-0 do you flop?
I generally like to spend some time watching the world cup but haven’t watched any this year. Like a lot of people I find the ball control strategy to generate one or two shots for a 1-0 win boring to watch. I’m talking about some Spanish teams in the past. There are some teams that play an aggressive style. Teams like Germany or the Netherlands can be fun to watch.
There is truth about the MLB games grinding to a halt in the 5th or 6th inning. Pitchers throwing 30+ pitches for a half inning.
The past few years the Gophers non-conference schedule has primarily been against the local teams that are in the NCHC (UMD, St Cloud, UND, etc) plus Mankato (WCHA) so they typically have a solid strength of schedule. Mankato lost to Denver in the national championship game last year. For the Big-10, Michigan is commonly in the mix and teams like Penn State & Notre Dame have recently had good seasons as well.
It’s interesting that there are some programs that have fallen by the wayside like CC, Mi State and Wi.
In the time I’ve hunted (north end of 156) numbers have always been up and down. It was bucks only the first handful of years I hunted and I didn’t see a deer until my third year hunting. I seem to recall decent deer numbers in the 90s and crazy numbers of deer in the 2000s (like everywhere else). The winters of 2013 and 2014 decimated the deer in our area. I visited my property throughout the year in 2014 and literally saw 7 or 8 deer for the entire year (to include summer feeding in neighboring hay fields). I went thru a stretch from the start of May to Halloween without seeing a single deer in the neighborhood. I managed to see 3 deer while bow hunting for the 2015 season. Numbers have climbed since then but seem to have leveled off. What has happened is the micro patterns have changed. Literally 600 yards away as many as 30 deer will pile into the neighboring field to feed so I don’t believe the deer numbers have noticeably changed in the area for the past few years.
Something to keep in mind: The 2000s were the peak of the peak so using that as a benchmark for deer numbers is going to be heavily skewed.
JD Winston appearance???
Scrolling thru the pics there are a number of different phases represented which is interesting to see.
The hunting I’ve done so far has been represented by many flushes but very few shots. I’d say these have been the best numbers I’ve seen since the 80s. With some warmer days in there the biggest downside has been ticks.
I know a lot of people on the forum aren’t big fans but I tried some woodcock on my new pellet grill and they’ve turned out great. Nothing fancy. Just a rub and time on the grill.
I’ve owned 2 sled shacks, 4 hub shacks, and a plywood suitcase shack and honestly I disagree with this. Juts my opinion, but the only thing that’s truly more mobile is being on foot.
Flipping up the shack, throwing everything in the tub, dragging it to a new spot, drilling holes again, etc. takes just as much time as crashing down the hub, throwing it in the tub and dragging it all to a new location.
I think many here already know the only real answer for mobility and that is a good ice suit and a lightweight flasher. Whichever shack you use, use it as a base camp and stay mobile in the surrounding area without dragging a shack.
it took me a few years to realize this but once I did my wallet was happier (not chasing the next best shack) and my fishing time increased exponentially. The shack stays warm so when I need a break I can go back to jigging in there.
My knock against hubs… WIND. Maybe there are better designs now but when I was using one the production of dealing with ice screws and guidelines pushed me away from using them. I spend the majority of my time ice fishing outside anyway. It sounds like we probably have a similar approach while on the ice but personal preferences probably differ. I like the flip ups because I find them more flexible. It’s already a sled. I’ve removed all the seats and just use a bucket as I’m already bringing one. If you’re hole hopping and just want a wind break they can work for that. If you’re using it as a wind break you can easily position it to watch tip ups, AFs, etc. It can be flipped down to run a heater as a warming house if you’re going to sit for a while. For what I want out of a portable the flip ups seem to be the best design.
The flip up house dimensions are all available online. An idea would be to look up Otter, Clam, Eskimo options to see which ones could dimensionally fit. Find some store setup demos to get a sense of how they will fish with respect to space (smaller flip ups are going to fish small). Entertain a hub if house space isn’t there.
Flip ups are more mobile than hubs. That may or may not be a primary consideration based on fishing style.
Northstar has the ADK but it doesn’t have the seat options of their other canoes. I think you’re pretty much sitting on the floor. Cost of carbon/kevlar as well.
For reference: I have an older Clam Nanook that allows a nominal 2 rod spacing of 30″ with 12″+ to the walls. Seems decent when fishing one person. It has space in front for a flasher unit and a buddy heater. Current Nanooks are showing 61″ wide. Not sure how it would fish with a 60+ lb dog.
Is that an Xcel program?
One consolation was the last couple games I attended were around 2hrs 40 mins. Starters into the 7th inning.
The .30-30 is the greatest deer-wounder of all times and should be outlawed.
How about a 7-30 Waters?
Almost all country music guitarists are interchangeable from one band to the next and no one would notice.
Can’t say I follow country but it seems to be the genre where they still play instruments. Of course this doesn’t apply to classics like Chet Atkins, Glen Campbell, Roy Clark, etc.
Serious giant pumpkin growers can take it to a different level. Soil testing, soil prep, climate controlled green houses, irrigation, genetics, plant care and pruning, etc. Fruiting in July may or may not be an accurate assumption.
Only did a short outing on Sun. One grouse flush. Deer ticks were definitely out.
Diva- Whip It
And Divo sang Whip It, but that may have been auto-corrected.
One more correction: It’s actually Devo. Short for De-Evolution.
It depends on how you define “hit”. Billboard #1? Billboard Top 40?
A few of the bands featured here actually had multiple hits if you define it as US Billboard top 40. And even more of these bands had varying success after their hit songs in the US, but back in their home countries/rrgions or in independent channels.
A-ha was definitely NOT a one hit wonder. They had a number one album and they had a second number one US Billboard hit song with The Sun Always Shines on TV. They also had significant success across multiple albums on the European charts and back in their home country of Norway.
Soft Cell did have only one US chart appearance, but they were in the UK’s top 40 many times and across multiple albums.
Success on the US charts is notoriously fickle. Because of the way US commercial radio operates the scope of music has always been very limited compared to other places like Europe.
Not to say that Europe doesn’t have its own quirks when it comes to the pop charts. David Hasselhoff had 12 albums released in Europe and he had multiple top 100 songs.
A great example of this would be Gary Numan/Tubeway Army. Quite notable in the punk/new wave era but only known for the song “Cars”. I think Devo falls into this category as well. Devo had too many albums and were too influential to be considered a one hit wonder. The fact that Lilly Tomlin booted Devo off the Midnight Special show after seeing the video for “Whip It” adds to the lore.
There is another category as well: Bands that had longer careers with cult followings. Radiohead charted with “Creep” and The Grateful Dead with “Touch of Grey” but I don’t think anyone would categorize these groups as one hit wonders.
One band that made the most of their one hit was Starland Vocal Band – “Afternoon Delight”. They won two Grammies.
We saw fewer grouse in 2021 vs 2020. Don’t remember how many we harvested but likely not more than a handful.
Being that after this week most teams will begin conference play for the rest of the year, if there are still any folks out there who believe the Gophers are the only team with cupcakes on their schedule I encourage you to go look at scores from today.
I heard a discussion about this on the radio and the trend started in the 1990s. The idea for a college football program was to get the best possible bowl game they could. This translates into a better record as 6 wins are needed to be bowl eligible. I’m assuming the programs believe they are better off playing a better team in a bowl game vs the non-conference schedule. Even now an 11-1 record for the elite programs could bump you out of the national picture and 10-2 would certainly bump you out. Expanding the playoffs would likely a good thing and possibly open the door for a few more higher profile matchups during the season. It wasn’t that long ago when only 2 teams made the playoffs.
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That sucks that you have to deal with that. It seems like people are getting worse and worse with regard to others’ land and property.Amen. I put a (cheap) trail cam out on some private land, right next to public in an area of the public no one ever goes, and still within a week it was gone.
I had a similar problem with trail cameras in an area on private land adjacent to unused or rarely used public land. Naturally the thought turned to who was messing with my cameras. Turns out it was bears. If you search the area the camera may be on the ground nearby.
I actually had a chance to fish the middle fork of the Salmon river back when I started fly fishing (part of the Frank Church Wilderness). I knew next to nothing. I think I was using an 8’3” 5-wt I bought at Burger Brothers in Roseville (which became Gander Mtn).
My recollection of the experience is I would wade out (wet wading) to a depth where I thought if I went any deeper I’d lose my footing. I just drifted a weighted hares ear nymph with no strike indicator. If the fly line started to drag I’d lift the rod. Caught both cutthroat and mountain whitefish. I want to say something around 14” might be representative of the trout I caught. I know my friend caught some bigger fish on spinning gear. It’s possible I also caught some small bull trout in the tributaries to the middle fork (I’m not sure if they have any stocked brook trout there). It’s probably been 30 yrs but Idaho is a place I want to go back. Didn’t happen this year but I have ideas 💡.
I don’t recall the cutthroat were that difficult to catch. Best bet might be to contact a local fly shop to get some intel on some fly patterns. Not sure when you were planning to fish. Sept may be towards the end of the hatch season. Maybe some smaller mayflies (BWO patterns?) but subsurface nymphs/streamers may be the way to go.
I wish they would schedule better non-conference games though. The three opponents they play in non-conference every season is kind of a joke.
I think this holds true across most of college football (basketball as well). As a general rule I think the non-conference is more of a “tune up” to conference play. Even Alabama has LA-Monroe & Austin Peay on the schedule this year. Mind you these are home games as well. I don’t think these power five programs want to travel to play a tough opponent. The risk of a loss has end of season implications.
Luckily I have an ample supply of 1-1/8 oz 16ga field loads for upland. Definitely need longer range planning if you’re looking for something specific.
I purchased a 20ga in the fall of 2019 and with periodic looking never found a 1 oz field load. I finally opened up my Edina pocket book and ordered some 7/8 oz Bismuth. At least for the 20 I’m set for the kind of upland I want to do. Target, buck or non-toxic seems to be what you can find if you look around. Standard high brass lead field loads requires time and diligence.
Revisiting this from the OP in 2016. It’s probably pretty predictable but finding 16ga ammo right now is definitely a consideration. I would say availability and price has significantly changed.
