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So, other than size, what are the distinguishing features that differentiate a wolf from a coyote? I can see where a costly mistake could be made, especially from a distance.

I wonder how they figure out who gets the licenses first? I haven't gotten mine yet, but there have been years when I received it a lot earlier than I expected.

Much like mosquitos and ticks, we have no choice but to accept their presence. There really is no natural population control for the critters other than hunters, trappers, and disease. But in all honesty, I have not seen where the deer population has suffered at all from growing coyote populations. In fact with deer hunter numbers and activity on the decline, perhaps another source of deer population control may be looked on quite favorably in the future. I guess my attitude is that they are just another furbearer to hunt and trap.

The quote that I was basing my comment on from this article was, " It's no wonder hunters blame Canis latrans for slaughtering little deer each spring and summer. Most all scientific studies over the past 30 years have documented predation, largely by coyotes, as the leading cause of whitetail fawn mortality." And then this article adds: "But wait a sec … Predation may have less of an impact than we think, writes Justin Dion in this article posted to the National Deer Association's WEBSITE." To me that is a contradiction of "most all scientific studies over the past 30 years"

I have caught and landed one carp that size, but not with a cane pole. I was casting for bass, and hooked him in the tail. Those carp can really fight. I thought she was going to get pulled in the water a couple of times. I loved this video!

I use a wrist strap style of release and my palm is down and I trigger the release with my middle finger and my forefinger laying on top of the barrel of the release.

I find it interesting that this article admits that their lone study contradicts "most all scientific studies of the past 30 years". So if they are trying to say that 30 years of scientific studies are bunk, why would we believe this one?

I'll bet that those old Bear razor heads have killed more deer than any other head ever manufactured and sold. I still have a bunch of them and every-so-often I pull them out and kill a deer with them. I also have a wad of aluminum shafting and assembled arrows that is so big a bundle that I cannot get both hands around them. They are still killing deer. Yeah, I went through the stage of buying everything that came out in archery equipment and go-fasters. I have a wall full of bows that were quite high end at the time of purchase. Yes, I bought into the speed freak-ism. Now, I have what I have, and am no longer trying to buy success. A little late in learning that lesson, but I have been taking deer with the same bow for the past 24 years. My Mathews MQ-32. And you know what?..... the deer these days are just as dead as the ones that I got back when I started with my recurves.......lol.

Browning Serpentine is the absolute worst head that was ever invented .... https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=155782.0 It would load up with fat and hide and became a "blunt". Fortunately they are no longer made, but in case you run into some at a yard sale or something, be sure to buy them only as a novelty item. There was another one called the Super Hilbre that had a plastic ferrule. You can probably imagine the problems that happened with these. These were around for quite a few years before they were discontinued. Today's broadheads?........well I'll let others determine which ones are the worst.

That idea of holding the bow against your feet for the "foot-held" division of Flight Shooting always made me wonder how many guys wound up with their bow in their mouth. They must have had straps or something to keep that from happening........I hope. However, whether hand held or foot held, it sounds like fun.

Quite possibly. They did not identify him in that picture.

Congratulations fasteddie and Mrs. fasteddie.

Anybody ever try this as a sport activity. Distances well over a mile have been recorded.

The chamber may be empty, however, the rule taught today is to treat every gun as if it is loaded. That's a good rule to live by. I remember back in the early days, I talked to hunters that I ran into that thought it was a good idea to cradle his shotgun in his arm with the barrel pointed at my kneecaps. I had to insist that he not do that......lol. Another guy placed the muzzle of his shotgun on top of his boot while resting his arm on the butt-plate. I didn't converse with him for very long. Today people seem to be a bit more conscious of safe gun handling.

So, what year was it that mandatory hunter safety training was required to legally gun hunt? Some of the gun handling practices in some of these old pictures are downright scary.

That is a problem with many clubs of all sorts. There gets to be these kinds of internal squabbles that destroy whole organizations. It's too bad.

I used some 2" x 4" welded wire fencing formed into a 4' diameter circle around the apple, pear and peach trees that I planted to keep the deer way from nipping branches and rubbing antlers on them until they were big enough to survive the onslaught of deer. It worked good.

I have a lifetime's supply of reloaded ammo that I have built over a bunch of years. I don't buy factory ammo anymore. And when I bought reloading components, I made sure that I didn't cut myself short on quantity, so the price of what I've got looks ridiculously cheap. The only way the anti-gunners can get to me is if they outlaw lead bullets.

I have been toying with the thought of joining back up with Avon Bowmen, but it is so many miles to get over there. I was a member through the 80's, and it was a lot of fun. They have a great set of courses over there and great facilities.

What's the name of your club?

I don't see any reason why they wouldn't be good eating. They eat the same things that rabbits eat. The only thing that might not be so good is all the fat that they have. I imagine they might be a bit greasy if that fat goes all through the meat. I do have one that was wandering around my yard that I may decide to take out.....and maybe even eat. He's getting dangerously close to the garden, but I think the electric fence may discourage him. I have one strand about 3" off the ground tat may zap him a bit.

Frankly all my old favorite pastures and hay-lots are being filled up with houses and such, or are growing over with brush so high and dense that if there are woodchucks there you could never see them. I have given up woodchuck hunting because the wide open spaces that used to be around locally are no longer good habitat for woodchucks. So how about the rest of you? Anybody still taking up the challenge of long-distance woodchuck hunting?

So, how many of us bowhunters keep our archery skills sharpened by competitive shooting at bow clubs? Do you people continue shooting through the summer months?

Well, here we are in June. Anybody still looking for things to do? I can't even find enough time to do a little fishing. By the way, if anybody tells you that retirement now gives you time to do all those things you never had time to do while you were working, don't listen to them. Since retirement, I have been busier than ever before......lol.