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Doing a little research tonight and came across this intriguing online book, Ozark NSR, a Homeland and Hinterland by Donald Stevens Jr. It is a good historical view of Mo. from the beginning to the 1900's. Interesting read. Ozark NSR, a Homeland and Hinterland.

MDC even allows it on some of their land also. I don't think there are any areas owned by the MDC on the Little Piney that allow camping. MDC Atlas

Saw the article and just had to come up the the title.. Looks like a bad year if you fish with crickets. Any shop owners on here had any problems getting crickets lately. Looks like one major supplier had to shut down permanently.

Are all golden eagles full size at birth? Maybe he meant a young golden eagle may be mistaken for a young bald eagle of the same size.

The original posting was slamming the MDC, the persons that are responsible for conservation, so I assumed all in support have a problem with conservation. Conservation is not only letting everything return to its natural state of balance, that will be impossible until the population of man returns to its level when nature was in harmony with itself. The agencies that protect conservation are funded by man thru the Pittman tax on sporting goods, sales tax on items purchased in this state, and licenses. If man is eliminated, there will be no taxes and licenses, so no conservation. Modern conservation management balances man's uses of the land to best conserve the natural environment. And at least in MO, I can eat most fish and not have to worry about the mercury in them like in Ark. The only thing we have is some Dioxin in rough fish in the Missouri/Mississippi River basins.

Well how about this one. The commission created by Stoneroller in 2011 turned out to be a dismal failure. The one thing the commission forgot was that man was footing the bill to pay for the department. Since man was not allowed to use the outdoors except for animal observation, sales of licenses are non-existent and the dept folded.

Oh Yeah, I am really skeered. What the hell is the fearful fifth, some kind of cheap whiskey?

Virus Decimating Cricket Farms. I guess I will have to tye more cricket flies this year. And fish with worms for the bluegills.

How about this one. The commission created by Stoneroller in 2011 turned out to be a dismal failure. The one thing the commission forgot was that man was footing the bill to pay for the department. Now man is almost extinct in MO. All of his habitat is protected to the point he can not eat, build a home, or make a living. The streams that used to be full of fish are barren, cleared out by the overpopulation of River Otters since trapping was abolished. Man could no longer build a house since trees were protected and he could not make lumber from them. A few have resorted to living in cave, the few that are not barred shut because of snot nosed bats. Deer and other varmits have exploded in population making it impossible to raise a crop since hunting was abolished. Livestock is not allowed to be raised, they are a blight to the natural animals of the state of MO. Besides, the reintroduction of Elk make it impossible to build a fence to keep a cow in anyway. The MDC has a purpose, the main one is educating people about the outdoors and management of all things outdoors.

The North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) is not state or local. It is Federal Grant money. MDC matches funds, but without the Grant, it would not happen. Ducks.org on NAWCA

My current EDC is the Leatherman Blast and the Gerber Obsidian knife. The Blast has comfortable handles, locking blades and fits nicely in the nylon sheath on my belt. The Obsidian has a nice sturdy locking blade, can opener, bottle opener, file, and phillips/straight blade. I have collected Leatherman and Gerber for several years now. I started carrying the Leatherman PST back in the 80's and gave all of my groomsmen at my wedding a Gerber 600 which they still carry today. I have seen more problems with a Gerber design, but both are backed by excellent warranties and will be repaired or replaced from the factory free of charge. I currently about every Leatherman Multiplier made since they started and several of their knives. I have several different types of the Gerber and a good collection of their sheath knives. I have several Bucks including their prototype multitool. I have several multitools from other manufacturers. I use mine daily, I mashed some barbs earlier this evening at a flytying class. I would not be without one.

The Feds have the most to do with that.

You stare at the screen because the water is stiff and your line would be too if you were trying to get it wet. Welcome.

They blew it in the Sum of All Fears, the movie strayed from the book based on political correctness. The movie came out after 9/11 and they were afraid to use the Middle Eastern Terrorists like the book did. All in all, good series of books, I think Tom Clancy jumped the shark after SSN, making a few books with technical short stories instead of a novel. The Hunt for Red October was good except for Baldwin. Looking at Wiki, there are a few titles I have not read, need to get to the library. Something I would like to see a few more movies made of would be Stephan Coonts, his Flight of the Intruder was a good movie and followed the book well too.

If they did, +1 for the mountain lion.

Al Agnew may help, I think he designed one.

And my buddies say I pack too much. Looks like a fun trip.

Has any one defined a "Positive" effect a Mountain Lion in MO has on the Ecology or Environment other than having a new kitty to look at? Other than possible population control of the deer herd.

That is about the right era for me too, I did not hunt any after HS, dad sold his dogs about the time of the fur crash. Back then, there were no bobcats, lions, or bears in SE. MO.

I was wondering the same myself.

Looks alot better than the motel in Alton, but it was better than tossing up a tent at 11 pm after a hard float on the upper river.

Is that what used to be a motel or something different? Last time down to Alton back in the summer, we could not find a room anywhere in that town.

Funny you bring that up, was reading an article today about the Juice. I for one figured him as guilty, but I was not on the jury. F. Lee Bailey, Paper Proves OJ Innocence.

I don't have to judge or defend him, not my job. The MDC judged and defended him and said he did not break the law. I just typed out a little story for the Chief, who found the story that proved him not guilty a few days back before he changed his story.

At no time in that statement did I condone what he did, I made a little humor out of it. You are right, as I stated, you should positively identify what you are shooting at. But that does not mean every hunter does that, if they did, goats would not get checked in during deer season. There was humor in the scenario I created, but if you have never done it, you will never realize how hard it may be to identify what you are shooting at holding a light on something up a tall tree pinned flat against a limb. He should have beat the dogs for treeing a lion, they probably will be worthless after this.