I'm with RWS too. I want to go weelin! Hey Stan if you can make it to Chickenbuck that would be great!
It has been kinda wierd around here lately. First on Sunday morning, Jeremy's mom and stepdad found a small buck (about 4" spike) washed up on their beach on Lake Melissa. And our neighbor saw a black bear cross the road about 1 mile from our house. We have never seen signs of bear in our area before.
Jeremy's mom and stepdad tried calling the DNR about the deer and all they said is to dump it in the local landfill. You would think they would want to come and look at it atleast, but no they were not that concerned about it. What if it was shot, (poachers). They did not care one bit. I still have the same respect for the DNR as I did after deer hunting last fall. We had I believe 3 deer to register and get tested. But nobody was there to test them, It was closing day. I would have thought someone would have been there on the last day. Sorry I'm venting, but it makes me upset the way they opperate.
I asked a DNR guy and he told me that they quit testing when they meet their "quota" for deer to be tested, they just want to get a sample as opposed to every single deer that gets harvested. I agree, they should be wanting to test as many as they can, but they have to pay those folks over time and they don't like doing that I guess. as for the deer washing up that is odd, but the DNR won't raise much of an eyebrow unless a few more start to. could have been a deer that just tried swimming across and drown, it happens believe it or not.
on a cool note I saw a moose today on glacial lake refuge where i work, it was pretty exciting because we don't get many of them down here. we do have lots of bugs though thats for sure
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