Well another very short Missouri rifle season is gone and once again the local rags are putting pictures of the superhuman 6 year olds who,s egotistical Dads say killed a 20 point buck at 300 yards with a 223.The one I liked the best was the 6 year old girl on TV channel 10 from Springfield MO whos Dad was bragging and then the 6 year girl blew him out of the water with the following statement.."my daddy held the gun while I shooted it"I guess me and many others morals and common sense standards are to high for those simple minded jackasses that try and teach a kid how to kill at 6 years old..I had this stupid idea of trying to teach my 6 year old how to read and write and good and bad..But what do expect from those morons when the MDC is promoting this crap under the guise of teaching kids early..Pure bullshit--They start this brainwashing with so called hunters ed.Pure "commies"the whole MDC.Lets get these kids thinking the MDC is always right-the MDC is there for your good-the MDC takes care of all the land and water-the MDC puts all the fish and deer and turkey on the land..
THE MDC IS NOT YOUR FRIEND IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM..
Afew years ago someone put an ad in a paper for 6-7-8 yr olds to win 500 dollars.All they had to do was bring their deer rifles and hit a paper plate at 25 yards 3 times.
Guess how much money was paid out.Not a penny.Only 5 morons with thier kids showed up..
The rifles and various ammunition were placed on the table and the KIDS were told to load and stand and fire at the paper plate..The 6 and 7 year olds could not read or understand what ammo went into their rifle.They did not even know their rifle when laying with the others.The 8 year old who thought he was so much smarter than the others jammed a shell of the wrong caliber so bad the rifle was taken home to be worked on..Point is people the MDC does not give a dam about really being safe and knowlegable or this would be included in a hunters ED class..They want that money as soon as they can get it no matter what age.....
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Elk belong here cattle are the intuders
Its finale.The MDC is going ahead with its elk stocking program.I hope for the best for everyone,BUT knowing most game departments its all about MONEY..I will bet they will have some ridiculous type of hunt someday and once again will violate the constitution and try and charge the property owner to use their own land..
Going back to my work with Elk out west our problem was the Elk populations were getting smaller and the hunters had been trying to tell the bigwigs for years they knew the answer,but everytime the Game dept would come up with we do not have the funds.Absolute Bullshit ..
A group of hunters called their bluff in the Newspapers and said they would pay for the study.The claimed problem was the forest service and BLM and State needed to get the cattle out because they were eating the Elk out of house and home.What they did was run a 8 ft fence before the spring migration for miles where the elk and cattle would be separted..After 2 years the pictures were stunning..The side where only cattle had access looked like the aftermath of a nuculer attack..Vegetation,trees gone as high as one could reach water holes stomped shut and full of their crap and stunk to high heaven..The side where the Elk had access looked better than it did before the test and there were estimated almost twice as many Elk sometimes..The hunters had proved their case..Also in the study it was found that cattle eat as much as 10 times as Much as Elk sometimes and their droppings were about the same compared to what they ate.Also Elk and deer will almost never go wadeing and crapping in the water holes.They will stay around the edges.The cattle would go right into the springs and lay down,defecate,and the act of them walking would close the springs shut..Due to lawsuits from cattleman it was almost 20 years to get them out and much of the high country has still not come back to where it used to be..People seem to forget that ELK are the residents here and cattle are a foreign introduced species..
Going back to my work with Elk out west our problem was the Elk populations were getting smaller and the hunters had been trying to tell the bigwigs for years they knew the answer,but everytime the Game dept would come up with we do not have the funds.Absolute Bullshit ..
A group of hunters called their bluff in the Newspapers and said they would pay for the study.The claimed problem was the forest service and BLM and State needed to get the cattle out because they were eating the Elk out of house and home.What they did was run a 8 ft fence before the spring migration for miles where the elk and cattle would be separted..After 2 years the pictures were stunning..The side where only cattle had access looked like the aftermath of a nuculer attack..Vegetation,trees gone as high as one could reach water holes stomped shut and full of their crap and stunk to high heaven..The side where the Elk had access looked better than it did before the test and there were estimated almost twice as many Elk sometimes..The hunters had proved their case..Also in the study it was found that cattle eat as much as 10 times as Much as Elk sometimes and their droppings were about the same compared to what they ate.Also Elk and deer will almost never go wadeing and crapping in the water holes.They will stay around the edges.The cattle would go right into the springs and lay down,defecate,and the act of them walking would close the springs shut..Due to lawsuits from cattleman it was almost 20 years to get them out and much of the high country has still not come back to where it used to be..People seem to forget that ELK are the residents here and cattle are a foreign introduced species..
Saturday, October 9, 2010
The rest of the story
As most people know who have half a brain know it is never the ones who are in command-the higher ups that know whats really going on.They are too busy playing politics..
Now going back to rest of the story on how this rancher stopped elk from knocking down his fences..As mentioned before this rancher discovered elk can't really jump like a deer can so rather than build higher fences (which is costly)he looked at the worn ruts in the ground left by the elk to see where they cross the most and for 50-60 feet he did the following..He actually lowered the top strand of wire 2 inches and replaced it with a strand with NO barbs for the elk to get hung on.Instead of fixing the wire tight to the post he just ran it thru a loop,and to keep it very tight there were some very strong springs on the end..I think you get the picture.The elk could clear the fence easy and if some did come down on the wire the springs would give and NO BARBS would not snag(or injure)the elk.On other places along his ranch he would simply open the fence when the elk migrated in spring and fall and put the cattles some where else for a few weeks..We went to some town meetings and told the people to give it a try and next year almost no calls..Also for informative purposes in the several decades with the elk there was never a fatality with a vechicle.There were a few wrecks and alot of them were caused by peoples dogs chasing the elk accross a road..
Now our next big-big problem had to be solved.The elk herds were declining -WHY
Our next blog will try and explain it and probably hurt a few feelings
Now going back to rest of the story on how this rancher stopped elk from knocking down his fences..As mentioned before this rancher discovered elk can't really jump like a deer can so rather than build higher fences (which is costly)he looked at the worn ruts in the ground left by the elk to see where they cross the most and for 50-60 feet he did the following..He actually lowered the top strand of wire 2 inches and replaced it with a strand with NO barbs for the elk to get hung on.Instead of fixing the wire tight to the post he just ran it thru a loop,and to keep it very tight there were some very strong springs on the end..I think you get the picture.The elk could clear the fence easy and if some did come down on the wire the springs would give and NO BARBS would not snag(or injure)the elk.On other places along his ranch he would simply open the fence when the elk migrated in spring and fall and put the cattles some where else for a few weeks..We went to some town meetings and told the people to give it a try and next year almost no calls..Also for informative purposes in the several decades with the elk there was never a fatality with a vechicle.There were a few wrecks and alot of them were caused by peoples dogs chasing the elk accross a road..
Now our next big-big problem had to be solved.The elk herds were declining -WHY
Our next blog will try and explain it and probably hurt a few feelings
Sunday, October 3, 2010
It looks like fall is finally here and I am ready for it.September electric bill is half of what the rest were this summer.Seeing more acorns now,but so far I have not seen a decent buck and that has me concerned..That is not right for my place..Lots of does and fawns.Several with triplets and one with 4 and one he/she with a fawn and as of today Its tiny little spikes still had velvet.
Lately I have been reading some real garbage in the papers about the MDC bringing Elk back..
Before I retired to Missouri I had worked on and off for the Game Departments in Washington and Idaho with the elk and one of the most notable "whacko" comments from all knowing citizen was that elk can jump 7 ft straight up..Bad news fella,Elk don't jump..We found that out years ago and I still have some video I shot years ago to back it up,but from where I come from everyone knew that..but what a lead cow will do is rear up and come down on a fence that she can not step accross and that is where our job was to solve the private fence problem..Our elk migrate up to 100 miles and there are ranch fences along the way..Everyone involed was trying to think of how to do this and that with the elk when a letter came to elk feeding headquarters..
Normally the higher ups would not even bother to read them,but this letter made so much sense and so simple..It was one of those shake your head and tell yourself "why didn't I think of it..This man had one of the largest migratings herds in the country and said he hasn't had fence down for years..Next time the answer...
Lately I have been reading some real garbage in the papers about the MDC bringing Elk back..
Before I retired to Missouri I had worked on and off for the Game Departments in Washington and Idaho with the elk and one of the most notable "whacko" comments from all knowing citizen was that elk can jump 7 ft straight up..Bad news fella,Elk don't jump..We found that out years ago and I still have some video I shot years ago to back it up,but from where I come from everyone knew that..but what a lead cow will do is rear up and come down on a fence that she can not step accross and that is where our job was to solve the private fence problem..Our elk migrate up to 100 miles and there are ranch fences along the way..Everyone involed was trying to think of how to do this and that with the elk when a letter came to elk feeding headquarters..
Normally the higher ups would not even bother to read them,but this letter made so much sense and so simple..It was one of those shake your head and tell yourself "why didn't I think of it..This man had one of the largest migratings herds in the country and said he hasn't had fence down for years..Next time the answer...
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Well here it is almost fall and every thing is starting to change especially the critters..Leaves are coming off slowly,most of the fawns have lost their spots,the bucks have rubbed off the velvet and the first part of the rut is here now that the week of the full moon is here.It seems they all turn nocturnal too,and last of all the hummingbirds are heading south..I do not know how they do it but come April 15 they come back and Sept 15 they start back..I have been seeing some acorns but not the way they were 3 or more years ago and thats where you will find the deer.
I have also been seeing something I absolutely do not want to see and should not see if people gave a dam about their dogs..dog packs of 3 to 12 killing and chasing everything they come accross.It seems just a waste of time to tell the owners IF you can find them,so folks around here just shoot them and then people they go running to the sheriff complaining...Seems some people are so stupid you have to spell it out..Keep your dog on YOUR property and you will have no problems.
I have also been seeing something I absolutely do not want to see and should not see if people gave a dam about their dogs..dog packs of 3 to 12 killing and chasing everything they come accross.It seems just a waste of time to tell the owners IF you can find them,so folks around here just shoot them and then people they go running to the sheriff complaining...Seems some people are so stupid you have to spell it out..Keep your dog on YOUR property and you will have no problems.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Its time for dog control
For all you dog lovers out there like me I have a question for you- especially the ones with hounds and other large dogs..Do you keep your dogs penned up or do you just look the other way while your dogs disappear for hours ,all night or even days..or are you the type that "bitches"when someone tells you what your dogs are doing.Are you the guy that always says it can,t be my dog it wouldn;t hurt a fly..Where in the hell do you people get off letting them dogs run and terrorize people,animals and property and when someone shoots the dam dog you want to sue..I,ve had 3 dogs in my life and they lived a combined total of 58 years because I watched enjoyed and took care of them..
I have searched the internet on figures for the amount of animals that dogs kill but really got nowhere..but in my opinion they probably kill more game than all hunters put together and no one is doing a dam thing about it.Its always after the fact that something gets done..MAYBE
Once again the MDC has put an article in the papers that is pure bullshit and if I had known I would have donated to this 81 year old mans defense..They say that the only people who can shoot a dog is CATTLEMEN...and then they said that MO statue 578.012 says that you can not kill a dog..Statue 578.012 is the cruelty to animals statue..starving -poisoning-no water etc is cruel,but shooting one is usually the final option when all else has failed..
Now on the other hand MO statue 273.033 is the statue that gives you the rules to kill a dog if the sheriff or MDC does not do its job...
So here is my message to all you so called dog lovers.If you REALLY care about whatever pet you have- keep them home cause I and everyone else don,t want them digging my garden,chasing my critters or chasing me..When that happens they are GONE
I have searched the internet on figures for the amount of animals that dogs kill but really got nowhere..but in my opinion they probably kill more game than all hunters put together and no one is doing a dam thing about it.Its always after the fact that something gets done..MAYBE
Once again the MDC has put an article in the papers that is pure bullshit and if I had known I would have donated to this 81 year old mans defense..They say that the only people who can shoot a dog is CATTLEMEN...and then they said that MO statue 578.012 says that you can not kill a dog..Statue 578.012 is the cruelty to animals statue..starving -poisoning-no water etc is cruel,but shooting one is usually the final option when all else has failed..
Now on the other hand MO statue 273.033 is the statue that gives you the rules to kill a dog if the sheriff or MDC does not do its job...
So here is my message to all you so called dog lovers.If you REALLY care about whatever pet you have- keep them home cause I and everyone else don,t want them digging my garden,chasing my critters or chasing me..When that happens they are GONE
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Hows this for dumb and dumber
Once again your feeble minded MDC has sent an article to all rag newspapers who blindly print their crap and as usual they sign the name of some local moron conservation agent who never wrote a word of it..Here it goes word for word-
We have state statues pertaining to removal of plants from state and couunty highways and roadway right of ways..In general it makes it illegal to dig or remove any plants or plant parts from those right of ways..OXYMORON #1--However they do allow the collection of seeds,fruit,nuts ,berries,edible wild greens or flowering parts of plants for personal use or educational is OK..DUH aren;t they plant parts??As conservation agents its our job to protect these resources..
Alright Mr MDC agent I,ll tell you what to do.Go lay on the right away and see if those county and state bush-hogs don;t remove you and your plants and if you survive give them a ticket for removing plant parts..
We have state statues pertaining to removal of plants from state and couunty highways and roadway right of ways..In general it makes it illegal to dig or remove any plants or plant parts from those right of ways..OXYMORON #1--However they do allow the collection of seeds,fruit,nuts ,berries,edible wild greens or flowering parts of plants for personal use or educational is OK..DUH aren;t they plant parts??As conservation agents its our job to protect these resources..
Alright Mr MDC agent I,ll tell you what to do.Go lay on the right away and see if those county and state bush-hogs don;t remove you and your plants and if you survive give them a ticket for removing plant parts..
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