jdmidwest

Enjoy it while you can, its been 9 weeks since my last fishing trip. And I only did radiation. I have been done with my 7 week treatment for 2 1/2 weeks now and just starting to build up steam again. I dropped over 30 lbs starting at 163. Food still only goes in with some kind of numbing medicine applied first. Mouth burns are healing finally. Starting the second week with the radiation, you will feel tired and not want to do much. You will lose taste and burns in mouth will make even liquid hard to take by the 3rd week. By the end of it, you will be sleeping more of the day than you will be awake. The radiation will continue to drag you down for about 3 weeks after your last treatment before you start to feel better. I had the radiation to the tongue and right neck. It really burned the mouth, to the point I could not talk much or swallow. I kept the white lotion they give you on my skin regularly and did not get the burns on the outside. It took the facial hair off and raised my hairline on the back of the neck. I have a permanent tan now on that side. It whacked my right shoulder pretty good, it bothers me. I have a feeling it will affect casting and shooting rifles for some time in the future. But is better than the alternative. I saw so many that were in worse shape than me getting treatments. I still feel I got off lucky with minimal damage.

Nobody is against normal enforcement. Shotgun methods like a checkpoint are just a lazy way for them to do their job. Had the same officers roamed the park with the same amount of dedication and effort, I am sure they could have doubled the amount of tickets. Probably more effective too. If they had made a public display of dealing with violators on the stream bank, it may make more think twice. At the checkpoint, only people driving thru would be affected. There would still be game poachers on the stream banks that did not know what was going on, and still violating the law. I agree with most, checkpoints are a waste of time and effort and only seem to piss law abiding citizens off as harassment.

MDC Officers are trained to enforce all the laws of the state, not just game laws. They are used on multiple scenarios because they operate on a totally different set of rules on search and seizure. Most law enforcement have to have Probably Cause to Search and find evidence, search can be refused until a warrant arrives. MDC Game officers are operating on a Seek And Charge search pattern. They do not need probable cause to search you or a warrant, you are to surrender to them everything since you signed that little piece of paper called a license. Signing the license gives them permission to validate their search because you gave them permission per the game code rule book. Anything else found in the search is fair game, drugs, alcohol, illegal anything else. They carry more power than any other form of law enforcement.

How do you get a ticket for fishing without a license in a car on the side of the road?

You would have thought all those "roaming" mountain lions would have done that job. Maybe the Elk pop exploded.

Dam, MDC have imported Mountain Goats into the 11 Pt Wilderness. What will they do next?

The snaps are for holding the posts in place when you are running under power. Snapless post are for secondary seating while fishing. Theory being, snapped poles would not jump out if you hit a bump and cause injury to passenger. I use the snapless poles for the front and back, snapped poles for the running passenger seat. I have found they hold pretty well with just the friction and never had one pop out.

They don't get that big sipping bugs. It takes meat to feed a body of that size.

You are right, the competition for food is greater and you will see more trout feeding in the daylight. They dump in 8000 small Brown Trout each spring in the upper 8 mile stretch and the same thing happens, more competition for food. But, predators and poachers do a number on them and things resume back to normal pretty soon Even catch and release has its mortality rates. The larger trout come out to feed at night and I am sure there are trout there still big enough to feed on stockers. There always has been. But you seldom see them except in the Fall during the spawn.

I doubt insect populations will suffer any more than normal. You have to remember that the ecosystem was designed for zero trout and has adapted well over the last 100 years the trout have been there.

Don't worry, enough will be taken out of there by poachers when they find out they are there. No need to change regs.

What is her rank in the Army?

I use a rope pulley system with a 15lb window weight. They are getting hard to find.

Brake cable. Activates brakes if trailer comes off hitch. Not really sure why he worries about prop rotation going down road.

I have noticed that unless they are a part of the house, they don't get used often enough. Basements, safe rooms, are better choices. Who wants to run across the yard in a storm?

On the way. Good luck, my Mother has been going thru them this spring. I have not been by to see here in person because of my weakened condition.

How much time have you spent in it during a storm?

Put some more shelves in there and store canned goods out of garden. The storm cellar we had on the farm growing up kept our canned goods, taters, and onions from the garden. Don't ever remember using it in a storm.

I met up with Rusty at Siteman when he got the good news. His first PET test since treatment shows his body is cancer free. Another win for the great team there.

That is because the black snakes eat all their food. Seldom see a king snake anymore, best snakes of all. Eat rodents, copperheads, and are docile to handlle.

Cool, you found a mated pair. Keep eyes out for all of the little green tailed babies that should show up soon. Did you know copperheads give live birth, no eggs in nest.

We usually get out on the eroded banks of rivers in TN. Indians were so thick many years ago that relics was out all of the time. I thought Ice Age relics were usually found more in the area around the Missouri River and its tribs.

From what I hear, Current River is a mess of sunken cars, houses, and powerlines on the lower ends. We actually fished the Doniphan stretch last summer and was amazed at the amount of development that had taken place down there. I am sure most of it washed away in the flood. A friend had water in a cabin above Van Buren at Deer Run that sit on a bluff over looking the river. This never happened in the 40 years they owned it. She actually lived in another house at a lower elevation that was completely washed away. Buddies did the Pre Memorial Day float on the Spring River this weekend. Gravel bars cleared off of trees and a few overturned campers were all they found. River is about normal with minimal damage.

If you buy a gun from FFL licensed dealer, you file paperwork and get background check. The gun itself is not "registered". Non licensed individuals can buy, trade, gift firearms to each other without checks or paperwork. Buy some 38 shotshells and you have a good little snake gun. Or just take it out and shoot paper with it. It could be used for concealed carry if you desire.

No need to register. You are legally fine.