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Sunday Pic of the Day
Blue-winged Teal, western Montana- SilentBirdHunter
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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How close is too close?
Excellent advice from someone who encountered brown bears over 20 years of summer fishing! Unlike Kodiak brown bears, where a shot may mean a gut pile, the interior grizzlies I've encountered seem to ignore a "warning shot" maybe they think it is close thunder? I've also seen Dall rams and...- SilentBirdHunter
- Post #23
- Forum: Fitness, First Aid, and Backcountry Survival
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Canvasbacks
I agree. That is the one photo I printed and framed from this year.- SilentBirdHunter
- Post #40
- Forum: Feathers and Wings
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New camera recommendations?
I like the Nikon p900 or p1000. I bought a p900 used for $300. It has optical zoom to 83x, shutter speed as fast as 1/300 second, and can shoot a sequence of many 16mp photos in a second. 83x optical is eqiv 2000mm 35mm zoom lens. Rechargable battery. For $300 used it is a good value. An upgrade...- SilentBirdHunter
- Post #19
- Forum: Cameras - Photo and Video
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School Me on Hunting In Grizz Country
I spent 30 years in griz country in interior Alaska and had 5 close caĺls. I always carried bear spray and either a rifle or shotgun. AK Fish and Game has some good videos about electric fence around camp. We used electric fence at fish camp and a lighter fence setup for backpacking. I started...- SilentBirdHunter
- Post #42
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Inexpensive Camera Shots
Osprey fighting this morning's wind here in western MT. Nikon P900 used bridge camera.- SilentBirdHunter
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- Forum: Cameras - Photo and Video
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Canvasbacks
More Montana Canvasbacks Oops...needed to zoom out on this one:- SilentBirdHunter
- Post #38
- Forum: Feathers and Wings
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Sunday Pic of the Day
Whispering Drake- SilentBirdHunter
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Canvasbacks
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- Post #37
- Forum: Feathers and Wings
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Cinnamon Teal
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- Forum: Feathers and Wings
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Bluewing Teal
An overcast day, so the light was not great, but this bluewing was posing nicely here in western Montana.- SilentBirdHunter
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- Forum: Feathers and Wings
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Sunday Pic of the Day
Cinnamon Teal Drakes in wester MT. I am enjoying them as there were no Cinnamon Teal in interior Alaska where we lived for the past 30 years.- SilentBirdHunter
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Cinnamon Teal
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- Forum: Feathers and Wings
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Cinnamon Teal
3 drakes from this morning. I assume a hen is on a nest nearby and they are competing for her?- SilentBirdHunter
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- Forum: Feathers and Wings
