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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:41:37 -0600 (MDT)
From: beaverboy@sofast.net
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Deer Hunting Scent
Ad,
That Anise oil is also good as a beaver and rat lure or to add to
homemade beaver lure. And it probably lures in other critters too.
$8.99 for 4 oz postage paid is a good deal too.
bb
> Ok, here is a little tip for the deer hunters out there. Well...
> actually,
> it is sort of a crass commercial for something I learned tonite.... and my
> wife just happens to sell the stuff...
>
> It seems that Deer are attracted to the smell of Anise Essential Oil.
> Smells like licorice... Mix the oil with a bland carrier oil like jojoba,
> sweet almond or fractionated coconut oil (about 20 drops of Anise per
> ounce
> of carrier oil). Deer love it... it attracts them, and masks your scent.
> A
> customer of my wife's whose husband is a deer hunter had her buy some of
> the
> oil for him to use.
>
> Anyone wanting some of this, contact Vicki (Mouse) at
> customerservice@meadowsweet.com ... It is priced at $8.99, and comes in a
> 4
> ounce plastic squeeze bottle. This includes shipping in the US of A.
> Anyone
> outside the USA will have to pay shipping for Air Mail Letter Post...
>
> Regards,
>
> Ad Miller
>
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Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 05:21:08 GMT
From: "trampas4@juno.com" <trampas4@juno.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Good Webpages,Fort Laramie
Hello Ben,
Alfred J Miller seen Fort Laramie in 1837, and he did a field sketch of it then. It is now in the Joslyn Art museum in Neb.His are the only known drawings of the original Fort. Millers 1858 painting is of the same original Fort he seen in 1837.Over the years he did many copies of his works in oil to sell. So he also added or changed some things, no copy machines to make prints. In the back ground of the 1858 painting are big clouds over the hills. The fort was built in 1834 by William Sublette as a fur trade post. It was first named fort William. It was built of wood. By 1837 the American Fur Company then owned it. By 1841 it was then replaced with the adobe walled post.1849 the Army then bought it. I am not sure as to when they built it as to the way it is today. The exact location of the original post has not been found.
I hope this helps, can anyone add anything I may have missed.
Bill G.
Baker Party, AMM
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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 07:02:02 -0600 (MDT)
From: beaverboy@sofast.net
Subject: MtMan-List: Cars, Trains and Grizzlies!
Dear List,
My weekly drive to Missoula went as usual yesterday. It can be
a real bad drive in the winter but is a real pretty drive most
of the time. I usually reach the top of RogerÆs Pass around 5:45 AM
and let my engine cool off while I take a quick snooze unless
of course there is a blizzard on top but thatÆs only in the bad
snow months (Oct-May). I did take 20 winks and headed down the other
side. I was busy looking for a couple of moose that live just
on the west side of RogerÆs but didnÆt see them. I did
finally come across a scattered herd of elk. And since they
where on both sides of the highway I was concerned about
one crossing before me. None did however.
A few miles further I saw what I knew in an instance to be a dead
bear on the opposite shoulder of the road. IÆve seen a few bears
dead off the road before so it did not surprise me. There was no
mistaking the black shape and roundness, I knew it was a bear a
1/4 mile away. As I zipped by at a very respectable 64 mph I
glanced over at it. It was a Griz!!!
I stopped my 80,000 pounds of rolling rubber and steel and backed
back up the 1/2 mile just across from the black carcass. Sure
enough, as I approached the big dead heap I saw it was indeed a
Grizzly bear! I immediately grabbed my cheap disposable camera
out of my rig. I sometimes carry my 35 mm or digital camera but
of course not today!
I also called 911 to report the kill, there are only two small
spots on that drive through the Rockies where I can get a cell and luckily
I was in one of them . The Griz was dead from being hit
sometime early in the dark no doubt as it was already stiff and it was
only 6:35AM when I came by it.
It was a young male I guessed to weigh 250-300 pounds. It was
missing two claws, one (the ring finger) looked liked it was tore
off in the wreck or recently as the bear went about doing his hardy bear
work. The inside claw on the front right paw however was
cleanly severed by what must have been a knife. Hopefully the
motorist that hit it took it as a memento to his wrecked rig as
there was some vehicle debris about. ItÆs still illegal but if
anyone deserved it, it was he.
I stayed by the carcass waiting for the sheriff to show up.
Several people stopped to see what I was doing. I told them all
ôCheck it out! ThatÆs a Griz!ö
One traveler with Washington plates asked me if I minded if he cut
off a claw?! I told go ahead if he wanted to get a big fine. He forgot
about it being a protected species. Many people stopped to
see the bear while I was there though never two vehicles at a time.
The Brute was built pretty good! Nothing but muscle, bone, teeth,
claws, fur and sinew! He stunk pretty good too! Not dead animal
smell but wet dirty dog smell. Similar to a stinking coyote but much
stronger. IÆve always heard about how Griz smell, especially their
breath and I got to smell it. I thought to myself as I stood over
it, öI hope I never smell this smell again with the tables turned, me on
the ground and a Griz on top!ö.
As I knelt there examining its teeth another motorist stopped and
asked what it was. I told him it was a Griz and he asked, ôIs it
alive?ö. I
responded, öDo you think IÆd be this close to its head if it was?ö.
Standing there looking at this Brute and he was just a young Griz,
I thought back about our recent talk on the list about Griz guns. I looked
at the Griz and thought about taking such a beast with my trade gun.....
IÆve now changed my mind on the subject.
I now want a fully automatic .12 ga shotgun loaded with 00
buckshot! No more pump for me!
bb
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