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Unless I am missing something, you can find plugs at most hardware stores like ACE. Cork or rubber, maybe even a small twist type like a live well plug. Just put them on the hole from the inside to keep from knocking it off in transit.

I stopped by Menard's on the way home awhile ago during the grand opening. A fine young youth approached to sell me Direct TV. I said great, I would like my bill to return to the $29 a month you are advertising, I have been with you for a long time and it is around $70 for the same basic package. Needless to say, he lost interest fast.

Yep, they really do eat all the weeds. And the pasture looks like horses have been clipping it.

Did the MDC ever post how the elk turned out BBQ'd. I wonder if artificially implanted elk taste like native elk. It was a $30,000 meat shoot.

And there is always the path up the other side, over the dam, then down to the parking lot. It is a hike, but alot safer than trying to cross a raging river.

Was that where Bill Clinton posed the other night with 2 porn queens? I thought there was an article a month or so ago about it being resolved, maybe I am wrong. I may be confusing it with the new get away camp the MDC took over in the area last year on the Current.

I reseeded the bare spots earlier this spring with the hopes of rain, they sprouted and wilted. I am on county water and it is costing enough to keep the garden going that produces food. I sit this morning planning a fishing trip at the office with a friend. He stated that the creeks will be muddy, big storm passing thru. We still made plans. I watched a nice big cell come thru the Ozarks, enter Wayne county just west of the farm, then watched it split to the north and south. I had about 12 drops here, not enough to run the wipers. Perry county had enough to puddle the bridge we fished this afternoon, but the gravel was already dusty again. Fishing was slow, new creek and not much for water. Did find 2 big otter toilets in about a 1/2 mile of stream. Seen a few deer.

Where do we draw the line on how much the government has to protect us from endangering ourselves. If I recall, there are signs at all accesses that the river may rise suddenly due to generation. All who fish tailwaters know, the river rises suddenly and gets dangerous. If you saw the water rising and felt that it may be dangerous to cross, why did you attempt it? Why not wait till the boats start running and get a ride across the river? If you were fishing Rim Shoals, would you have heard the horn? Bottom line is, you are responsible for your own safety. You can not blame it on a SW Power employee, faulty equipment, or the guy across the stream failing to let you know the water was coming up. The horn is a courtesy, we all know what will happen when they turn the water on. I always used a marker stone and kept a watch on it.

The point was "rocky mountain elk" species was never destined to live in MO, we introduced it here in a feeble attempt to replace an extinct species of elk that was native to MO for sporting purposes. It is not really about the elk, it is about hunting elk in the future. You can fluff it up by saying that they are here to kill weeds, but the main reason for the reintroduction was to create a hunting animal population for those too cheap to pay to go out west. Man's interests were the driving reason behind the elk, the personal gain of being able to hunt elk again in MO. And Elk Hunting was what drove them to extinction in the first place. Man and his interests or needs have nothing to do with what is best for nature. It is not a native animal, who knows what disease or change it may bring to the Ozarks. Look at the wild horses, they are nice to look at, but were not native and they cause problems. Feral hogs, MDC did not introduce them, and they can't manage them. There are no predators for the elk, they will have to rely on man to control the population. It will have to be managed to prevent harming other populations of hunting animals already here. And, if you really looked at what I meant, I was simply stating that man needs to be controlled in order for the rest of nature to be returned to balance. We know that will never happen. I never really shrug off mankind's role in the natural world, but I never stand around hugging a tree trying to figure it out. The obvious solution will never be an answer until something wipes us out.

Interesting, I had one several years ago. It must be an obsolete model. Is this one for sale?

When you speak of dormant grass, do you mean brown and crunchy or disappeared back into the ground leaving bare soil? I have alot of both. It did cloud up here this morning and I saw what looked like a rain cloud, then it cleared off and got hot.

What kind of a trip do they try to sell at Cabela's?? I prefer that shop to BPS.

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They have seen more bait dragged in front of them than the average smallie.

Many meetings were held and landowners were against the elk for the majority. But, then suddenly, the program progresses to the boondoggle we have now.

I have seen elk up close, and tasted them. I have a friend that raises them and I can buy one on the hoof if I want to. MDC elk are off limits and will only be hunted by a lottery ticket like in Ark. Meanwhile, many of my dollars are whizzed away creating a nice little hunting preserve. It is not restoring nature, it is a feeble attempt to restore a species that was not destined to live in MO. If you want to restore nature as it was s'posed to be, eliminate the original problem. Waterfowl management is a part of a nationwide interest due to migratory reasons, we have to do our part. Fish structures improve fishing that generates fishing interest that generates revenue. Private stockings is a way of giving back to the taxpayer that funds the dept. I don't have a reason for prairie chickens, I would rather have them stock more mountain lions so I can get a shot at one of them. Elk have no benefit unless someone can prove otherwise. That part of the state has always been economically depressed, it is called low cost of living, country style. That part of the state has always made a living off the land. If the land needed more browsing, why have deer and turkey been so plentiful in the past few decades without any elk? That part of the argument is BS, elk will never reach a population to affect the browse vegetation without mans manipulation.

I think the red thread adds a nice touch. Good looking ants.

But why? Other than a few sports minded persons that think there will be a viable elk population in MO and a few nature viewers, how do you justify the expense? They have been gone a long time. Our "native species" is extinct. Why waste all of the dollars just to be in vogue with other states?

Nope. SSR5 Rapala Shad Raps or SR5 Shad Raps in crawdad color are better producers. Then there are the little yammies in various colors that go good too. Yum makes a good craw.

Not if MDC shoots them when they tear down the fence and get out!!!! yehaa

They were native, then we killed them out. They tear up fences.

Maybe they can "reintroduce" mountain lions.

How did the MDC "help" the elk? I think they were perfectly happy where they were before they were herded, trapped, caged, transported, collared, then tossed in a fenced area far away from their native habitat.

They had to complete the research project. Final lesson, let's see how MO elk taste!

Send some down here. I planted some grass seed and fertilized the yard around the first of May, they were calling for good rains the next few days. They went to the north and south, I had to water the grass because the fertilize was burning the existing grass. I came down out of the hills near Fredricktown yesterday in the windstorm and the lowlands around Cape Girardeau were covered in a dust storm kicked up from croplands. We had a strong south wind all day yesterday. Record heat this weekend.