Attention Hunters - Sportsman's Alliance Fundrasier

The folks fighting the Pebble Mine remind us that fishermen aren't the only sportsmen who will be impacted if the giant open pit mine is allowed to become operational. Make a donation and get a chance at some sweet gear and a 10 day guided moose hunt. Hunters can help a great cause and get a chance to win that is better than playing the lottery.

Mom's Monster Turkey

In the Murdock clan we have a Mother's Day traditon in which we send Mom out into the woods and she shoots our dinner.

Who is that masked woman? Wait that's my sweet Mom!

Mom used to tell us stories about "big bird" but we really had no idea about her true intentions.

Dad is only in the picture to help hold that heavy bird and because he did some cluck work.

TU vs ATVs?

A curious article on the Vail Daily website talks about support from both hunters and all terrain vehicle owners alike, (at least some of them) that would propose fines for people who ride their ATV's where they shouldn't. The curious thing is that the quoted comment in the article is from a Trout Unlimited representitive.

Dave Petersen, a bow hunter who lives near Durango, said he saw plenty of elk on a scouting trip in August.

When he returned with his bow a few days later, Petersen didn't find any elk but he saw tracks from the ATV he figures scared them away."It completely ruined my hunting trip, and that just happens all the time," said Petersen, who works on off-road issues for the conservation group Trout Unlimited.

Personally, I would hate to see ATV's running up and down my favorite trout stream or have to endure their engine noise while trying to thread a size 22 midge.