With a tape measure and some math, you can easily determine the weight of the fish you just released. How big was it?” “What’d you catch it on?” It’s a toss-up which of these questions is asked more frequently of successful anglers. The answers to both sometimes bring out the creative, and maybe cunning, side […]
ICE FISHING TIPS The first thing to do to target fish under the ice is check around and see where they have been biting. This doesn’t mean I’m going to fish there. I figure if the word on the street is that fish are coming from an area, it’s a safe bet there will be […]
Helpful Fishing Tips A majority of the fishing tips found below have been written through knowledge gained in the outdoors and relative materials found in the media. Because of the growing interest in tips like these we will be writing more and adding them here when time permits. Quick Tips Quick and easy fishing tips […]
The first chart is a Ballistic Chart which depicts a range of bullet calibers from the 6mm 100 grain Remington to a .35 Remington shooting a 200 grain bullet. The chart displays the energy in foot pounds and bullet trajectory for numerous cartridges from 100 to 400 yards in distance. Ballistic Trajectory Chart This chart […]
ANATOMY OF A WHITETAIL DEER Whitetail Survival Ears: Deer have a well developed sense of hearing.Their large ears are used to funnel sound into the ear canal. A network of muscles attached to the ear allow the deer to turn its ears in any direction without moving its head. Like dogs and other animals, deer […]
GRIZZLY BEAR CHARACTERISTICS Appearance: The brown bear (sometimes called a grizzly in North America) is a large animal, usually dark brown in color, though it can vary from a light creamy shade through to black. The long guard hairs over the shoulders and back are often tipped with white which, from a distance, gives a […]
ALBINISM IN WHITETAILS Albino: Among the questions most often asked are “What causes some deer to be albinos?” “How common are they?” “Are they protected?” and “Can they reproduce?” Albinism is a recessive trait found in mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and even plants. These plants and animals do not have the gene for normal coloration […]
PREDATORS OF THE WILD TURKEY The wild turkey faces a diverse array of predator species, and these predator species vary in their mode of search and capture. True predators or carnivores, actively search and kill living prey. These include bobcats, hawks, owls, eagles, and all snakes. However, many predators of turkeys are more generalists (omnivores) […]
THE EFFECTS OF FOREST FIRES ON GRIZZLY BEARS The 2000 fires that occurred within remote wilderness portions of the grizzly bear recovery ecosystems, generally created a natural mosaic pattern of burned and unburned vegetation. Grizzly bears will benefit from increased diversity in the landscape and increased abundance of grizzly bear foods over time. Survival of […]
How Do Bears React to People? Black bears may enter camps or your cottage or home, especially when wild foods are scarce, but they rarely attack people. Black bears usually retreat before people are aware of them. Their hearing is more sensitive than a human’s, and their broad, soft foot pads allow them to move […]
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