[Wendull C.]

They can fly. I had one bust out of a creek i was surveying less than 3 ft away. Scared the living shit out of me, anf flew off.

[Wendull C.]

Originally Posted by stoned40yrs

Unit 26, the Brooks Range. I lived there in a eskimo village in the 70s and 80s. I got a full curl or better every fall. Great meat. I never went real high up the mountains. I liked to catch them when they were lower. Sunning themselves on the side of the mountain or when they went lower for water or mineral licks. I see dall all the time where I live right now in southcentral alaska. 10 miles up the valley toward the glacier has a bunch of herds there. Permit drawing for these dall. No roads just atv trails up there. I've been up there a thousand times and only remember twice when I didn't see dalls either on the side of the mountains or down in the valley at the water and mineral licks. This fall I'll be hunting Grizz, caribou and moose in the Talkeetna mountains near Eureka. Can't wait

Thank you fine sir. May you get a boone and crockett grizzly, and a fine eating couple of ungulates this season. You lucky dog, you.

[JustSumTomatoes]

Originally Posted by armedoldhippy

we had deer out the wazoo around here until a couple of years back. we had drought three summers running & "blue tongue" disease killed a hell of a lot of them. (epizootic hemorrhagiac disease, sp?) it mainly strikes bigger older deer, and is worse during droughts when deer concentrate around water sources & the disease is spread by the bite of a tiny midge fly...

Several years ago we had a chronic wasting disease outbreak in our deer down south. Saw many dead mature deer near water. Seems like the disease has cleared up but the DNR is still testing wild populations for it.

[Earlmarne]

I freakin hate turkeys.
They keep the grouse off my place. I love the spring hunt though. Getting Tom's fired up and coming in is a kick in the pants

[armedoldhippy]

Originally Posted by TychoMonolyth

I know turkeys can fly, but not so well. Someone told me you can run them down. Is that even possible?

damn things run better than they fly (think Secretariat), and they fly better than most folks realize. wild turkey drumsticks are (almost) inedible because of the tendons/ligaments in them. i pressure cook/crockpot the legs/thighs until meat falls off, them mix it with dressing mix & a can of mushroom soup & bake in oven...

[Wendull C.]

Originally Posted by JustSumTomatoes

Several years ago we had a chronic wasting disease outbreak in our deer down south. Saw many dead mature deer near water. Seems like the disease has cleared up but the DNR is still testing wild populations for it.

Concentrated around water? That was blue tongue most likely. Where i buck hunt in Colorado there is chronic wasting. If you find one, it looks thin, confused, ears laid all the way down. Sad to see. Best thing is to shoot em tag em have em tested and get a new tag. It is getting bad in Wyoming and Colorado.

[JustSumTomatoes]

Originally Posted by Wendull C.

Concentrated around water? That was blue tongue most likely. Where i buck hunt in Colorado there is chronic wasting. If you find one, it looks thin, confused, ears laid all the way down. Sad to see. Best thing is to shoot em tag em have em tested and get a new tag. It is getting bad in Wyoming and Colorado.

You're probably right. All the hunters in the area were calling it CWD because it was very prevalent, but from what research I could find blue tongue was also common in the area. Sounds like the DNR has got both under control now over here.

[Pinball Wizard]

It was a nice sunny day, today. 600-900 Sandhill Cranes flew over the house.

They don't honk...they clatter

[armedoldhippy]

heading to 'bama in a week for turkalurks. aint been in several years after going 17 years in a row. cannot WAIT to get down there! Talladega Nat'l Forest, here i come!

[Mtn. Nectar]

best in hunt aoh.............birds everywhere round these parts.......struttin' rough........

I use Jeb's chokes.........