Recent content by Jeff Reardon

Not from Indiana, and where I live sandhills have only recently returned. (Or some would say expanded to a place that didn't used to support them.) My only note is the potential impact on the population is a lot higher with one of those options than the other. I have no idea what kind of...

Certainly possible. I have not heard of any avian flu bald eagle deaths, though. I saw bald eagles twice growing up in Maine, both in fairly remote places. I now see three or four on my 30 minute drive to work every day, mostly scavening deer carcasses along the highway. It's common to see...

Steve Sanford's comment on the thread about Alaskan nest boxes caught my eye, and rather than divert that thread, I figured I'd start a new one. What are folks around the country seeing for avian flu impacts on waterfowl? We had a pretty large mortality event on Canada geese and ducks. (Duck...

Thank you for the heads up. I tried to look after your earlier post and couldn't get the website to work. (Perhaps you started a DHBP rush that crashed the system!) Working today, though a little slow. For those who have trouble, simply restart and things will go smoothly, or at least they...

Why should the state not getting sales tax affect the warrantee? Or is the commercial discount more than just the waived tax?

The proper term for being killed by alternating current electricity is that the victim has been "Westinghoused". Or at least that's how Thomas Edison saw it. The history of Edison's competition with Westinghouse over whether electricity standard should be DC or AC led to the invention of the...

I'm no snowshoe maker, but I got my first pair of snowshoes at age 7, live in snowshoe country, and have used lots of styles. Never seen anything like those. To me, the oddest thing about them is not that they are all wood, but those wooden foot supports. There are as many styles of snowshoe...

For smaller boats, these are great--and no batteries to fail. I find a big bailer is quicker if the water is more than inch or so deep, but these take care of what's left quickly. I also have a sponge in the boat, which is handy for getting the last few drops. Two of my boats and all of my...

Best customer service I ever got was from my state DIFW office. I took Hunter Safety in high school and then didn't take up hunting until I was almost 40. I went to the office and asked whether they would have a record. "What year did you take it?" "1981 or 1982." "Where?" "At the Maine...

I have not hunted the Cape, but I've done a lot of salt marsh hunting in Maine. Are you dead set on eiders? Because you could hunt puddle ducks and divers in the salt marshes on foot, or better yet with a canoe or kayak to help with access and retrieving. Pay attention to tides--what's a...

Yeah, I wondered if maybe the small engines need a better bulb. But a siphon is a siphon once you get the line filled, right? Gonna call the one local Suzuki mechanic, who is a good guy and won't try to rip me off.

Might be. I found some other Suzuki hoses that were around $100 that specifically mentioned they are NOT suitable for the DF4 and DF6 models. This one says it works with all 6-30 hp motors, so perhaps I don't need to worry. I'll check with a Suzuki dealer to see what will work. Let me now go...

I bought a 6 hp Suzuki outboard for a Grumman Sport Boat that will be used mostly for fishing, but will also see some duck hunting use. The motor has an internal tank, which holds enough fuel--about a quart, I think--for perhaps an hour of running time. That's usually enough for short trips...

I don't disagree--witness past discussions here about how a black/mallard hybrid "counts" in your bag limit. But if I'm paying big money to an outfitter to organize a hunt for me in some exotic location, I expect them to know the rules and navigate that for me. There are also clients who ask...

I'd criticize an outfitter who says he's not sure what's legal because of a "fuzzy nexus" no matter who he organized the trip for.