Recent content by YoopHunter

I highly recommend bear burger! Use it in chili, spaghetti, meatloaf, or anything you use cow burger in. All bear meat has to be cooked well done (potential trichinosis) so grilling a nice medium rare backstrap steak isn't a good option. For that reason, we normally keep a few roasts and...

Mt. Zirkel Wilderness Area by chance? That's amazing country!

I used these guys for maps I carried during hunting trips to Ontario and Iowa; they can laminate the map for field use which is nice http://www.mytopo.com/ It certainly is possible to do it yourself depending on your savvy and available time/resources. Good Luck!

We stayed at Absaroka Lodge in Gardiner during our family's Yellowstone/Tetons vacation during summer 2012. Highly recommended!

Do you know if they killed the 300 deer within the 5 mile radius of where they found the first infected deer like their plan describes? Maybe they did but nobody wants to discuss it publicly for whatever reason? Maybe they didn't because 1) I've misinterpreted Iowa's plan or 2) they decided...

As a non resident hunter/fisherman/tourist who frequents NE Iowa the discovery of CWD caught my eye. Out of curiosity I checked out the Iowa DNR's CWD Response Plan to see how it differs from Michigan's http://www.iowadnr.gov/Portals/idnr/uploads/Hunting/cwd_joint_plan.pdf It looks like the...

Not all Iowa counties available, but here's an interactive map that details who owns what...sort of an online plat book http://beacon.schneidercorp.com/ Hope this helps

Agree with deep snow being the killer. Up here we lose a significant % of our deer herd each year to winter kill. Another consideration in additon to those mentioned above is that predators e.g. coyotes can often walk on top of crusted snow giving them more mobility than the deer who must...

Yep, the Keweenaw Peninsula juts out into Lake Superior and gets bombarded by lake effect snowfall whenever we get a blow out of the NW which is pretty often from November on - over 200" average per season! I'm used to hunting in those conditions so hopefully that'll allow me to put in my time...

My wife bought me the Gerbing heated vest for XMas a couple of years ago and I've used it several times while ice fishing and hunting late season. It's a valuable tool to have in the arsenal - I recommend it. Battery life is a concern - I bought an extra battery and a charger for my truck...

Congrats Mike! It's tough when time is limited and other priorities cut into hunting during the best times to be out there, but it makes it all the sweeter when you do connect!

Thanks Lyon! Yep, it's all about the food - that's where I'll be nosing around. Live in S Marquette Co, work in Marquette, and camp's in Houghton Co. Lived in da Soo for 5 years before moving westward. Had 2 partridge in my driveway the other day when I got home from work! Of course we...

Just got back from a weekend of scouting public land in NE Iowa for my January muzzleloader hunt and I have to tell you all that you live in a beautiful state! I walked some pretty rugged country - lots of bluffs, elevation changes and thick cover. Research had led me to expect that, but it...

Moose in N Ontario last September was a great experience - hunt dawn and dusk and fish walleyes after lunch every day! Caribou in N Quebec was amazing; my brother has gone several times and I accompanied him twice ('07 and '10), both times right after Thanksgiving. We drove to Mirage which...

Understood - orange required on the hunter, not required on the blind.