Merriam taken by a friend in Wyoming yesterday. Fun fact- Wild turkeys are not native to Wyoming(nor most states in the NW). Their history in Wyoming dates back to 1935 when the Wyoming Game and Fish Department traded sage grouse with New Mexico for 15 Merriam’s turkeys, nine hens, and six toms. Wild turkey numbers in Wyoming have grown to 30,000 while sage grouse in New Mexico were unfortunately extirpated. Management matters.

Checked some trail cameras today with my little dude. Most of the time I don’t care what’s even on them, it’s just exciting to see what’s moving around. I set some up that I can get to with my toddler so he can feel involved. Here’s a couple of from his camera that we pulled today.

The honeys were rolling deep tonight.

On the trail today. Nature’s neat.

Opening day in Idaho. Good luck out there.

Another cool shot from today.

That time of year again in Wyoming. A friend took this a few hours ago.

Scouting before the opener tomorrow. The boys are fired up.

RIP Chuck

I might need to hire my buddy to be my full time wildlife content guy.

Good day for shed hunting.

A buddy took this shot in Wyoming today.

A buddy sent me this from northern Idaho yesterday. Big cat taken by bow with their hounds.

Cool photo a friend took this morning. Fox caught some breakfast.

A buddy caught this tagged crappie over the weekend. Game and Fish needs a more user friendly system/app where you can input tag/collar info and see the animals data in real time.

Wolf season is open. If you sign up for the Foundation of Wildlife Management you can be reimbursed up to $2k per animal in Montana and Idaho. Then convert your wolf to sats.

Response to hunting buddies when they ask me why I had them liquidate their 401Ks-

True complete. Furthest steel I could use was a 675 meter plate. Kestrel was spot on. First round impact.

I’ll take that 100 meter three round group. Sub 1/2 MOA. Next, True it on steel with ballistic kestrel.