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Using dogs, or over bait?

Big Head Carp. Think about the potential for branding........

^^^^^^^^agree, especially if you are used to the traditional shotgun. Been using one since I was 12, so it becomes second nature.

Nice Zebra, a friend recently got one. How do you like that nightforce? They have a really good reputation. Have you posted a range report on it previously? Just let me know and I will look it up. Go Armalite!

Wolves have a bond within the pack unlike anything humans have. While I have only heard of one wolf attack that happened in Minnesota last year, it doesn't surprise me that they hung around. They had just lost an important member of their pack. Up in this area, if bear dogs get too close to a den with pups, the pack usually ends up killing the dog or dogs. Usually happens during spring season or summer during training. I have only only seen them singly or in pairs around here, and not close up on foot for the last 35 years. Interestingly just now I went out to feed my wood boiler about 8pm our time and I startled a coyote. Being that close in to our house in this harsh of winter makes me concerned about our dogs, whom aren't that big. I will be packing a 357 or 22 WM when I let them out the rest of this winter, and I won't be able to let them out by themselves. He didn't move off more than 150 feet. I could still see his eye reflections in my headlamp light.

You will be in my nek of the woods. Some big black bear around. That is awesome.

Thursday August 21?

Condoms

Welcome from Wisconsin. Sounds like a good build. I will be interested to hear what BCG you decide on.

Good one!

They are a good food source. Very low in chemical contaminants. Probably will be developed for fish cakes, cat food, etc. eventually.

These time lapse show the lakes freezing over and on Lake Superior, the huge Lake Effect snows we have had. http://science.time.com/2014/02/23/great-lakes-frozen-time-lapse-video/#ixzz2uN4DtxOU

I am actually involved in the carp issue. They will make it to Michigan and Superior. Their native range includes Siberia. They like cold water. The grass carp actually comes from the Amir river between Siberia and China. There are four different kinds of Asian carp. Big Eye or Big Head, Silver, Amir (Grass) and Black. The first two eat algae, Amir eats vegetation, and Black Carp eat mollusks. Right now 85% of the fish in the Illinois River by weight are Asian Carp. This was done in ten years. The only thing that will stop it is an act of mother nature or God. Politics let the window of opportunity to stop them close. I am an avid Great Lakes fisherman and I will probably see the Lakes Change due to this in my lifetime. And I am 65.

I had to take 2 feet of heavy wet snow out of my 500 foot driveway last week and tonight it will get down to -19F so I will have to get up at 4 am and walk up the hill to fill the wood boiler to keep the house warm. We will hit 90 inches snow this next week for the year, and none of it has melted, since the winter has been so cold. Winter used to be fun, now its work. I for one am ready to leave it behind.

Glad you came through OK man. Even endoscopic surgery is no fun.

Update: Armalite responded to my email. They are continuing to sell B model rifles. They are just not in that catalogue for some reason.

Update: i emailed Armalite. They are continuing to sell AR10 B rifles, they are just not in that catalogue.

The current Armalite online catalogue is showing only AR10 A models, the ones that use PMags, etc. No AR10 B models using Armalite Gen II proprietary magazines. I hope Armalite clarifies what is going on so us B model owners know the score.

The current Armalite catalogue is only showing AR10 "A" models that use 3rd party magazines (PMags, etc.). No AR10 "B" models whatsoever! A lot of changes at that company right now. Any thoughts? Any rumors?

Unfortunately it was the Army Corps of Engineers who were doing most the foot dragging.

very familiar with those. Yeah they have a population of SilverCarp in the Sandusky river over in Ohio.

Great point that could save a lot of lives. When covered with snow those little shelters at the base of evergreens also retain heat very well. Ask any one who has ever used FLIR in that environment. Very tough to spot a heat signature if someone is holed up underneath one. Also if a long term survival situation, can ward off scurvy by boiling some of those spruce boughs in water and drinking the tea. The remains of the leader of the MacKenzie expedition, most of who died of scurvy, was found with his back against a black spruce. If he had known, salvation was right there.

Good luck with the surgery. Hope your surgeon doesn't have anything in common with a warship. ( A navel destroyer...) My apologies, that is bad!

Unfortunately my wife does not like guns and will have nothing to do with them. I have tried for 30+ years to get her to try shooting, and she absolutely refuses to. But she doesn't raise a ruckus about my shooting. It is something I would like to share with her, but it isn't gonna happen. She has so many other positive traits, I am not going to let that get in our way. She comes from a family with a strong hunting tradition, so it is a bit of a surprise.