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Stone Glacier pack or Exo Mtn and Why ?
I've used both. SG are a little lighter. I like Exo as a company better.- sclancy27
- Post #9
- Forum: Gear, Gear Deals & Gear Talk
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Protection in bear country
I have primarily carried spray only, for work and play. For work I was only allowed to carry spray and we were working in dense riparian areas in NW WY that had high numbers of G bears. -
Deer age, antler growth, and culling
I've thought about that a lot and I definitely think there is some validity in that line of thinking. Logically you would expect the years with the most big bucks to correlate with the largest age classes (high populations) just from a probabilities perspective. However, my observations have... -
Deer age, antler growth, and culling
For sure, I completely agree. At least what I noticed the previous 2 times (in the areas I hunt) I noticed a drop in pressure for a couple yrs after those big population declines which I think temporarily caused increased probability of survival. If you do the math using MT's accepted... -
Deer age, antler growth, and culling
Before listening to the podcast, I will kind of give my what I have seen happen (from an antler growth perspective) in MT in the last 25 years. From my observations there have been largely 2 scenarios. Caveat, I think any average deer can get to 150" +/-. This is supported by some data... -
Deer age, antler growth, and culling
I haven't listened yet to this one, I'll have to give it an hour. Thanks -
Montana General Season Structure Proposal
1. The vast majority of whitetail hunting (outside R1 and R2) will take place on private land anyway. 2. I would like your argument on why outfitter lease holdings would increase approximately commensurately with your supposed increase in time (which I don't think will be true in practice)... -
Montana General Season Structure Proposal
I'm not saying it doesn't play a part, it's just in wild population nutrition plays the larger role. And as far as the 40s and 50s....I'm going to throw out my hypothesis. Wildfire was much more common in the west than today, as was logging. Plus way less development, etc. This created... -
Montana General Season Structure Proposal
Captive deer breeders pay big $$$ for sires because they can control feeding, ie habitat. So genetics play the dominant role. Their feeding protocols are still affecting the way the genes are expressed, but they can pick those high responders and transfer those genes into another generation of... -
Montana General Season Structure Proposal
I just did a 5 min search, there is obviously more. I would run through citations for more papers. Here's a paper and a Wyofile article that goes over it, along with a second paper that discusses similar research in ID. I'll also attach a video GoHunt did with Dr. Brock Mcmillan, a mule deer... -
Montana General Season Structure Proposal
You can argue with researchers like Monteith, etc. I realize what you are describing happens, but it is by far the outlier. -
Montana General Season Structure Proposal
Obviously there are genetic outliers. All I'm saying is that even tho those traits may be passed on, they are not reliably expressed in the next or subsequent generations. The expression of the genotype is the important part and that seems to be controlled in large part by maternal condition... -
Montana General Season Structure Proposal
Big bucks are generally a function of habitat quality. "Genetics" play a role, but that role is diminished as more research points out "genetics" is really habitat in disguise. At least thats what the best mule deer researchers in the world are concluding. Now, obviously, those deer need to... -
2024 WY pronghorn, deer, and R elk draw
You drew NR Sheep....you dog- sclancy27
- Post #10
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Montana General Season Structure Proposal
That is an interesting study, tho I think some holes can be poked in the experiment and the practical application of the results. I would be hesitant to use a study on captive deer (it doesn't outright say they were captive, but that is heavily implied given the experimental procedures) and... -
Montana General Season Structure Proposal
Those forkies are tamer during the rut than most cattle I see on the landscape -
Montana General Season Structure Proposal
I think that is a stretch, both from a data backed perspective and a logical perspective. The data that I know of suggests that the mother has an outsized effect on genetic phenotype (expressed traits not just genotype) of its offspring. That is, depending on the in-utero condition of the... -
College students Living at Home
I would have them pay a certain amount (couple hundred dollars) and put it into a money market account that goes to them when they are ready to move out (would not tell them). It gives them ownership of the place they live and shows how money and discipline work when they move out.- sclancy27
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- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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