A Warning To Outdoor Users About Echinococcus, From Worms
December 18, 2009
This is a warning to outdoor users about a potentially deadly biological event that could result from one’s curiosity to poke at and kick through scat from wolves, coyotes and foxes. Of course not everyone knowingly does this but many hunters, trappers and simply the curious, want to know what these animals have been eating.
Picture This… “Mac The Dog”
November 11, 2009
Picture This: Mac The Dog
Wisconsin’s Bear Population 3 Times Bigger Than Thought
July 10, 2009
Or so says the results of a recent study completed last year by Timothy R. Van Deelen, a wildlife ecologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and graduate student David MacFarland. Their study claims the state’s bear population running at 33,657, whereas the Department of Natural Resources estimate was 13,000. Ooooops! Something ain’t right.
According to the Journal Sentinel of Milwaukee, there are two reasons why the black bear population is that high and growing; Increased habitat and not enough bears taken during the hunting season.
It’s time for hunters to “git-r-done”. The DNR has increased bear permits by 60%.
Western Great Lakes Gray Wolf Population Goes Back On Endangered List
June 30, 2009
In a move that is becoming extremely nauseating and utterly ridiculous, void of any science that President Obama promised would return to decisions like this, the government reached an agreement with those groups, including the Humane Society of the United States, who had sued to stop delisting, the gray wolf was returned to government protection. It appears the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service did not exactly follow the legal steps before they could declare a removal from the Endangered Species Act list.
Before a move such as delisting, the USFWS must provide a 60-day public comment period and evidently this was not done. Because of that, the U.S. Government and the HSUS, et. al., reached an agreement that puts the wolves in Minnesota back under a “threatened” status and the rest of the wolves return as endangered. Wolves in Idaho and Montana that have be removed from the list, are not affected. Read more
Woodhaven Custom Calls – Diaphragms
March 2, 2009
Produced out of Heflin Alabama these calls are hand stretched one at a time. They are used by many callers across the nation for competitive turkey calling and in the field. I tried several of the different models and amazingly enough they all were easy to blow and attained good turkey tone and rasp. There size and shape seemed suitable to fit the roof of most anyone’s mouth. Read more
Did Feds Address Court Rulings For Wolf Delisting?
January 15, 2009
Yesterday Deputy Interior Secretary Lynn Scarlett announced the intentions of the Department and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the gray wolf from protection of the Endangered Species Act in the Western Great Lakes region and portions of the Northern Rocky Mountains. Following legal procedures, the USFWS will post the Final Rule in the Federal Registry next week and then 30 days thereafter, the rule takes effect.
The process of attempting to get the wolf delisted has been a confusing mess, mired in lawsuits, twisted out of shape by frustrating and puzzling rulings by judges and just as disturbing was the direction or seemingly lack thereof, the Feds took in dealing with the issue. Read more
After a little internet searching, reading, and checking up on this stuff I found it’s a pretty well established product in Canada and hails from Quebec where they have this funny habit of speaking a lot of French. Thus the name, Jig-A-Loo, and the company’s claim it derives from a saying they have up north, “I’ve got it!” 
