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Maybe you should start charging admission around here to keep the undesirables out. Seriously, you toss more money at this site than you should. I can hardly imagine what the bandwidth, software, time, and effort really costs for us to be able to goof off on here. It is a great site and there are some great people on here.

Old days, MDC would mail a form and we would fill it out for the free tags as a landowner. Only the landowner, leasee, spouse, or immediate household residing there qualify now and always. Then they went to the computer system, you go to a vendor and it spit out all of the tags, Spring and Fall Turkey, Archery, Firearms, and Blackpowder, and any bonus tags for the county you apply for. Then last year, only 1 any deer. You could purchase additional Antlerless deer tags for firearms. This year, back to normal, 1 antler, 1 antlerless. My father and I own our land and we both reside there. At times, his spouse, when he is married received landowner tags. My spouse when I was married never hunted. My nephew has resided with us at that residence and is eligible also. We allow other family members to hunt, they purchase tags. The amount of Free Tags should equal the amount of legal deer we could take in the county if we were paying for the tags. Last year, in our county, if you purchased tags, you would have gotten 1 any deer for $17 and could purchase an additional Antlerless for $7. That is what I felt we were entitled to as landowners last year per qualifying person. Did I say it again where it makes more sense?

Ok Tadman, I'll say it real slow you you can understand. I have owned an AR15 Semi Auto Colt Rifle in .223 since 1986. I have used it to hunt and kill deer, ground hogs, coyotes, crows, and various other varmints. It is a flat shooting, rugged, easy to clean and maintain firearm that I don't have to worry about the stock swelling up on during a rain storm or rusting due to its parkerized finish. I have spacers for the factory 20 round clip that restrict it to 10 rounds, and that makes it legal to hunt with in MO. I have a 22 lr. adapter that converts it and allows me to plink and take small game like squirrels and rabbits. It was banned under the Clinton Assault Weapon bill because it had a flash hider, threaded barrel, bayonet lug, and the capability of a magazine greater than 10 rounds. It has a synthetic stock made of black composite, hence the ugly term, black rifle. The AR15 is fun and cheap to shoot. It is modular, you can have many different combinations and calibers, the lower part is the only part that has to be transferred with an FFL. I think you have a misconception, probably from watching too much TV, that is a long range rifle. I would class it below the power and range of any of the rifle calibers you mentioned, so your jab about range is mute. As far as the millions hunters hunt with them, well I pulled it out of my butt. But seriously, aside from the game hunted in the United States, our soldiers drop a few terrorists with them every day. About the only thing I agree with you on is: You really don't sound like much of a hunter, really! And you are making an impression on here that you are not God's Gift to anything!

KK, no offense was taken, I just took the time to explain the situation further. We control the numbers of hunters, MDC controls the numbers of free tags. Allowing other hunters usually opens up alot of other problems. Invite one, he starts bringing buddies, next thing you know, you don't have a good spot for yourself. We have enough family to cover the farm. The deer have never been a real problem since the row crop days. Back then they could eat alot of beans. Now, in years of no acorns, they just keep areas of the pastures clipped. Heaven forbid you plant clover or alfalfa, we did that one fall and they worked on it all year. Our hay crop was not as good on that section as it should have been. Our property is surrounded by some of the worst deer poachers in the area. I had to run one out during youth season.

Ginks makes 2 types, floatant and fast sink, you did not pick up the sinking type did you?

There was no complaints about the hunting part, just the availability of free tags to control the population. We were sitting on the border of a control unit that only allowed bucks for years even after the new system started. I could walk across the road on two corners of the property and shoot does but not on our land. We had to apply for special permits to take the does that were needed to control the population. With the new computer system we were automatically given a bonus tag with our farm tags till last year. Last year, we would have had to buy additional tags to harvest additional deer. This year, we get the bonus tags again.

I use Orvis Hy Float and it works well. Nothing is a substitute for poor grade hackle or material that absorbs too much water. There are treatments like Water Shed that is a liquid silicone that you can pretreat the fly with beforehand and allow to dry for a minimum 24 hours. Most any will sink after a fish or two. Most flies I tye incorporate CDC to give them floating capabilities.

It is a pain in the butt, you will probably have to restart in safe mode to get rid of it. Run the Malwarebytes program in Safe Mode and it may clean the registry entries. To get to Safe Mode, as the computer is starting up with the black screen, press F8 until the option menu comes up. Select the first one on the list, it loads Windows without all of the drivers and should bypass the Malware in registry. Run Malware Bytes or search the registry for the infected parts from here and you should get rid of it. It is not really a virus, it is Malware.

I have to disagree that Assault Rifles have no place in hunting of any kind. AR15 type rifles are fast becoming the most popular hunting rifle because of its modular capability of swapping out calibers and accessories. Varmits, gophers, deer, hogs, and many other game species fall to a Assault Rifle by millions of hunters each year. Most major manufacturers offer an AR15 style rifle in their catalog now. Clinton came close to outlawing the famous Remington 742 and other Semi-Auto rifles and shotguns in the first ban. The words SEMI-AUTO were used in conjunction with terms like Machine Gun by the press to heighten the scare. Don't bury your head in the sand and think it won't happen again, it has before. It was not till the latest Supreme Court decision that you could keep a handgun in your HOME in Washington DC. That right had been taken away from them by local government.

I did some checking this week and classes are booked solid for quite some time now. Everyone is rushing to get it done before Jay Nixon repeals it.

Ammo is just one thing, due to metal prices and hazmat fees on powders, it has really went up in the last year. Lead, copper, and brass are climbing and there are shortages due to wars and hoarding for the coming of the new Messiah. There has been rumors about the serial numbering of ammo to track it. The technology of this sort of thing would be very expensive. Also, there are movements that are wanting to eliminate lead of any type anywhere. This will add to the costs of ammo. Already some states are banning firearm killed meat to the food bank programs like Share the harvest because of lead poison. NRA can go to extremes sometimes, but it is a better extreme than the forces that tend to interfere with my 2nd Amendment Rights.

One week later and the rush to stock up on guns and ammo is causing pandemonium at local gun shops. I stopped by my local one and watched the show for a while. Mainly handguns and ammo by the cases. Local CCW classes are booked up for a long time. AR's are selling like hotcakes and prices are going up again. Do you see any of this going on where you live? Media is helping it a little, here is an article from the Alaska Daily News today, which by the way backed Obama. Alaska Daily News link

Wow, over 3 weeks now and no aggravation from any of the neighbors dogs.

I think my neighbor may need one also, he lost one in an accident a few weeks back.

Last year I felt screwed as a landowner, I only got one tag for an "any deer". In the past, we got at least one bonus and I used it during the Muzzleloader part. I complained along with other landowners to the MDC and this year when my tags printed, I got both the Antlerless and the Any Deer tags. Last year it would have cost me an extra $7, which was BS because we take deer to control the population for the most part. Last year, acorn crop was nil, there was a drought, and the deer were in the pastures eating up grass we use for the horses. Hay was scarce due to a late frost and we really could not tolerate any "crop damage". One field we counted 30+ deer in a 30 acre patch and they were keeping the grass pretty thin. We own 235 acres, so the new law will not affect me or my dad. On a normal year we harvest 5-10 deer off our property depending on who we let hunt it. I harvested a 120 class buck and the others ended up with 5 slick heads. Had we received the free bonus tags, 5 more could have been thinned out. I believe that the winter and other factors may have done some herd thinning this year because the deer signs have not been as thick.

How about that Obama guy, by this time next year we will be hunting with sticks and stones! Who will care if there are any licenses.

It won't be until the 2009 season anyway!

Urban deer are a "problem" not really a crisis. They congregate inside city limits, eat gardens and shrubs, and hit cars. There are bowhunters that thin these herds in certain areas and, here locally in Cape Girardeau, there has been talk of a season to thin some of the herds here. Farmers have problems with deer populations, MDC works with the farmers to allow bonus tags to thin herds in certain locations to help with crop damage. I don't think populations in this state have gotten to the point of any problems statewide. Insurance companies would like to see less deer.

Midway USA reloading is a great place for supplies. Dunns carries some great reloading equipment as well as Cabelas and BASS Pro to some extent. Component pricing has been increasing the last few years and there have been shortages in some material due to war and hoarding for the coming 4 years of a Liberal Democrat leadership. What are you wanting to load for? Handguns or Rifles? MIDWAY USA LINK

A book is good but someone that can teach you is invaluable. I learned from my uncle when I was a kid. It is definitely a method and procedure type of hobby. To insure quality and safe ammo, you have to go thru alot of steps. Once you get setup with all of the necessities, you can make custom ammo that far exceeds the factory stuff. Like fly tying, there are different levels of reloading. Mass production, precision ammo, or just plinking, you can make it suit your needs. It is a fun hobby.

It is catch and release till Feb 1, then catch and take out. I usually take kids in Feb and have a little fun with the power bait. It is a pure mudhole of nasty green water. Visibility is less than zero. Probably 12 ft deep or deeper in most places.

I fished the local lake tonight after work here in Jackson, Mo. I tried several patterns, woolies, bead head woolies, bead head nymphs. The water is nasty and green and a pretty stiff wind was blowing. Several fish turned and broke the top of the water. I did not even get a bite. Of course, with the time change, I only was able to fish for 45 minutes. I have done this now about 6 times and have never had more than 3 fish in a trip in the past few years. What does everyone else do at the other lakes to get them to bite? I guess I could go to the spinning gear.

Just had to ramble on to see my post counter hit 1000 tonight. I am not going to watch any news till in the morning so I can get at least one good night's sleep before the next 4 years, 79 days pass........

They have stocked the lake here in Jackson, Mo. Fishing has been pretty good. I am going to hit it in the afternoon tomorrow if the wind is not kicking up too hi.

Leaves are fun when fishing for trout, use a terrestrial or caddis, target a leaf and then "hop" it off for a natural presentation. This time of year, alot of trout are looking up for a meal. Hoppers, beetles, ants, and big caddis are meals to fatten up with for the winter.