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I’ll go with that. Big Ag, drain tile and ethanol plants are destroying the ecosystem. One can plant all the trees you want – but if you don’t have the ecosystem to go along with it – well, we are finished. Around my area I watch great habitat fence lines being tore out every year – more and more by these big ag/dairy farms. And it’s true as true when I stated that farmers are getting grants to tear out trees on subpar land to put in more crop. As they say – “just put more fertilizer down!” I am assuming these grants are from Ag Dept. The farm owner and cat operator are good honest people. As he told me, “you can’t lose being a farmer right now. They just keep giving me free money!”.

I just love that I have to pay for the trees from the DNR nursery to plant on my land – but then the DNR / Ag Dept. gives grants to farmers in my area to tear trees out to plant more crops. Makes a lot of sense

Got my better half out for her first ever turkey hunt. She gained a heck of a bruise from the 10 gauge but better yet – she’s hooked on Thunder Chicken hunting for life!!

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Terribly sad

I am hoping KQ makes some changes permanently that I am hearing today: REM, Replacements, Husker Du, Alabama Shakes, Collective Soul, on and on.

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Let’s just have a free for all then Fins on public land and water. Sounds like that is what you want correct?

That’s why it’s called public land.

I think you are on the wrong forum then. This forum is for sportsmen(women) who appreciate the “public” outdoors – and respects – and puts the resources over their personal “it’s all about me” attitude

Let’s just have a free for all then Fins on public land and water. Sounds like that is what you want correct?

I am with ya Hillhiker!!

What destruction I have seen of ecosystems by disrespectful off roaders is sad and unacceptable.

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soo……. how many of these so called “feral” cats are just maybe farm cats looking for dinner??????

serious question!!!!!!!!

When I catch cats in my live trap – I have yet to get within 20 yards and they go bat crazy, fangs showing and hissing. They are feral. If they are mellow / docile – I let them lose and give them a pass and I never see them again. Coons are really out and so far two in a week.

Definitely get that – but as I have mentioned before – not all areas of 642 are the same for sure and the population is way down on the northern side.
I was more eluding to YOY we never find any adult deceased deer. They say CWD is 100% fatal. We just are not seeing it in the wild.

Just keep using live traps but switch up the bait: cat food, marshmallows with peanut butter on them, tuna, and other tasty’s. Sooner or later they can’t resist. 15 last year for me.

I chewed from 19 to 51. From the time I woke up till I went to bed there was a chew in my mouth. At 51 and raising all my sons on my own I made that choice to stop chewing for them and I. I needed to be here for them!! At that point I threw my tins away and never looked back. Was it easy? HELL NO!!! My boys will tell ya along with me it was a miserable, horrid 2 weeks.
Best decision I ever made and one of my proudest Daddy-O- moments.

Early April is 1st Season. Can’t wait for those Thunder Chickens to come strutting in!!

Thank you very much the kind words. Our group that runs this event are definitely proud to be a part of it!

We are already up to 14 boats! Get those entries in early this year and participate in this great event!

Amazing commitment from you Randy. The world is a better place with the likes of people like you. My most sincere condolences and I can only imagine how damn proud both your parents must be of you.

600 Norways and Spruce Transplants; 25 various Apple trees &then probably top off my spring planting with a few more Contender Peach Trees.

Amazing the satisfaction one gets! This will get me to 19,000 in 21 years

They said on the news tonight the actual cost to operate was well over $100 per passenger. Something tells me we lost our taxpayer arse on that venture!!

Totally agree with you. A big NOPE on both!!!!

We need to make it easier to bust poachers!!!!!

It absolutely sucks BigWerm. It literally is like someone took sandpaper to my gums and inside of mouth and tongue and ground er down to the meat – and it won’t go away! I got so much shi(p) from people getting vaccine at first it just strikes a nerve with me. Especially when people I knew that died from Covid. People can do whatever they want – but I have yet had those that believed in the vaccine give those that didn’t give grief. All I ever saw, heard and still hear are the people that don’t believe in the vaccine give crap to those that did get the vaccine. Left a bad taste in my mouth (no puns intended )

Got Covid in over Christmas for the 1st time (got vaccines when they first came out). Wish the HELL I would have kept them up with the vaccines. Still cannot taste, mouth as raw as a floor burn – and joints are miserable.

Bring it on all ya Covid naysayer KEYBOARD warriors. I will listen to the Dr.’s any day after what I am going through – which is on me for not keeping up with “da shot”.

Being on a School Board – I can tell you that cell phones AND cell phone policy is a challenge to say the least. Lake City has an established cell phone policy that we as a school board is trying to improve. As of right now Junior High is no cell bell to bell (and going great). Sr. high is no cell in classrooms (put in door cadie) – but teachers individually can allow. I am totally against this as it now crates subjectivity from class to class. However -I personally struggle with this as Jr and Sr high are in same building – so you have kids walk by each other in between class with some allowed phones and some not. It virtually is impossible to enforce fairly. The argument is that Sr high students are more responsible and we need to prep them for the real world. Well “most” of the real world jobs one cannot be looking at your phones all day!
Every student in LC already has an Ipad. Every classroom has a phone in case of emergency’s.
I hear over and over from Superintendents at the Minnesota School Board Conference a month back that the best working policy is no cell bell to bell for all.

Totally get it Grouse. It is still hard no matter what the relationship or the depth of the issue(s) at hand.

No matter what – or to what stage or relationship one is with a loved one struggling – or even past that part and on the way to sobriety – I highly recommend “Courage to Change: One Day at a Time in Al-Anon”. Even though I moved forward years ago – i read my daily passage as a testament to helping myself heal from the pain we see, saw, or dealing with.

Again – best wishes for your cousin grouse and he is in my prayers.

Great story and no more true words spoken.
I lost my spouse and my son’s (during their most vulnerable time of their lives, beginning at 10 years old for all three) lost their mother to addiction / mental illness. Even though she still is alive – she continues with her demons.

I had plenty of friends that said, “just throw her in the ditch and move on”. In the end it was these friends that I “threw in the ditch and I moved on” because they didn’t get it nor wanted to get it.
THANK GOD kids are resilient is one thing I cannot minimize.

Someday I will write a book from a loved one’s perspective and how addiction / mental illness affects their loved ones.

I now have a wonderful partner whom my boys look up to as their “2nd” mom. Julie doesn’t take this for granted as deep down – even though they won’t say it – they miss their mom.

I wish nothing but the best for your cousin Grouse. Al-Anon helped me and can also help all those who see the addiction battles in their loved ones.

Plant Manager for a Medical Device Manufacturer – but my most favorite “side” jobs is being on the Lake City School Board and volunteering for numerous events and sportsman’s clubs, etc.

Always a treat finding a set 5’ from each other!

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Seems you need to stop trolling in your parents basement Walleyesforme….

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Think about changing career paths!!

SS isn’t going anywhere and the government isn’t always out to “f” you over like some of you think.

Let’s have a government with no rules and a free for all and see how that goes…………

Getting old of all the doom and gloom conspiracy theorists on BOTH sides. That is where the holistic problem starts that we are in as a country / society.