Observance of Maine mast crop cycles produced a high crop in 2023 resulting in a dip in the bear harvest over bait says Maine biologists.
The good news is 2024 bear harvest should increase as mast crops dip this fall.
See PDF Below.
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Garmin Xero C1 Pro Doppler Radar Chronograph – Lets See How Easy!
The new Garmin Xero C1 Pro seen below has features galore. It is very light, easily packed/stored, and is so easy to set up. Can link to your Iphone too.
Garmin suggests you charge the unit batteries first. It takes a few hours and also comes with a separate larger battery. The tripod is detachable and the unit can be mounted on a long camera tripod as well.
So lets shoot three shots “right now” out of my 7mm Rem Mag at the range and see how easy it is.
On the top of the unit there are 4 buttons. One has the power icon. Push it. Below the screen displays three options, New session, History or Settings. See the box highlighting the new session? We want that one, so on top of the unit push the OK button.
Next screen will come up and ask Rifle, Pistol, Bow, or Air Rifle. On top the unit has up arrow and down arrow keys. Since the screen box is highlighting the Rifle, just hit the OK button.
Next it displays expected speed ranges 1700 to 5000 fps or slower than 1700fps. Since the screen highlights the speed range for my 7mm, then hit the Ok button.
If you want to know bullet energy you can hit OK for Yes and enter the bullet weight. Skip for now.
Below this screen tells you the distance the unit must be from the rifle barrel which is 5 to 15 inches.
The next screen below has dashes indicating you are ready to shoot and record data.
Place the tripod unit on a bench near your rifle barrel 5 to 15 inches away.
Next is to shoot three shots. See Below.
Hit the OK button and the Chronograph will calculate the number of shots taken, the average, and Standard Deviation. Some say 10 shots for a really accurate AVG and SD but three shots work for me.
Wow! Time to set up is less than 5 minutes. Below, I shot my Ten Point Turbo S1 crossbow in just minutes with the Garmin to the right within 15 inches of the arrow. Thanks to my Weber Grill and My Death Grip tripod.
Below, I clocked the arrow/bolt speed at 359.1 fps with a 100g broadhead. Easy!
I bought a small hard case to put the unit in.
Good Shooting!
Sizing Up A Black Bear Over Bait
Seeing dozens of YouTube videos’ on hunting bear over bait is an excellent way to see bears cautiously approach a bait site. My Maine fall bear destination below.
https://www.foggymountain.com/
Bow and crossbow hunters are set up around 20 yards or less to a bait site. Rifle hunter are set up further away.
Your guides are real experts, listen up.
You will notice quickly that younger bears and cubs have large “Mickey Mouse” like ears, whereas adult bears have smaller ears when compared to the head. Your guide will also have marks on barrels indicating height of an approaching adult bears. A belly dragging the ground is a sure bet for a whopper. Or a bear that meets height markings on a barrel or is larger than the bait barrel. Holy Mackerel!!
If cubs or smaller bears arrive and then a larger bear is seen accompanying the cubs, then it is most probably a mother sow.
Take lots of pictures and video but hope that this family of bears move on as the mother sow with cubs is not on a hunters menu.
Lone adult bears are what you are after.
Experts agree, the average size of harvested adult bears in Maine are around 150 pounds and can vary upwards to many hundreds of pounds like pictured above, though rare to see in daylight. Bear’s in the 250-300 pound or more range are real trophies.
The name of the game is being still, patience, scent control and timing/angle of your shot.
More so for archer’s. A fixed blade broadhead hit just forward of the bear’s midline and behind the shoulder will drop a bear in just 11 seconds.
A high broadhead hit to the shoulder scapula, is likely a lost bear due to lack of penetration. The scapula wounded bear will very likely heal but you, the hunter, may have some sleepless nights.
A rifle or pistol hunter has more shot options than the archer but the bullet must be placed in the heart lung area or head shot. Most opt for heart/lung.
It is best to shoot a bear with ample bullet penetration to get an exit wound and a bullet that opens up or mushrooms leaving an ample blood trail.
Fast recovery of your bear is essential for quality meat.
Recently, I was given bear meat that was well cared for and vacuum sealed. It was absolutely tender and delish in my fall/winter stew. And don’t forget rendering the bear fat! It has many uses for making pastry, water-proofing shoes, lubrication and on and on. Mounting your bear? Call a taxidermist before you hunt.
Good Hunting!
New Hampshire Commission To Study Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Farm June 3, 2024 UPDATE
The NH Representative Commission meeting with NEFSA New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association over the proposed Ocean Wind Farm in the Gulf of Maine needs 16 members for a quorum but only 13 showed up.
Gubernatorial Candidate and former NH Senate President Chuck Morse organized and attended in support of NEFSA. We all were very disappointed! Thank you Chuck for your support.
https://www.chuckmorsefornh.com/
The unofficial meeting supposedly took notes from those that spoke but without the quorum the meeting was toothless for NEFSA to be heard.
I “suspect” perhaps politics played a part.
But we were aggressive enough to make our disappointment known! Many spoke as did Jerry Leeman, Founder & CEO of NEFSA, with his decades of fish knowledge to keep industry from damaging our ocean eco-system.
Especially without independent scientific study which has never happened.
Thus, how many people want an unproven wind farm design and turbine cooling system ” to screw up the ocean ecosystem “we the local people” did not ask for.”
Many dead Whales have washed ashore and Biden’s BOEM blames fisherman?
High temperature cooling water for turbine heat exchangers inject bleach and alter the water column ecology affecting every living organism and disrupt the fragile food web of consumers and fisherman, potentially contaminate the seafood we eat and the lives of millions of coastal families
This disregard of independent science reminds me of Minamata Disease of Japan where in the 1950’s methyl-mercury Chemicals from factories were discharged into the ocean. Human Poisoning and nerve damage occurred when a person consumed heavily contaminated seafood regularly from Minamata Bay.
Early America used mercury in hat making and makers thus exposed coined the term “Mad as a Hatter.”
I believe if Trump wins the White House, the wind farm will be toast! And if Chuck Morse wins the Gubernatorial Race we will have a Win-Win.
Republican Chuck Morse Joins Opponents of Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Project
The Proposed Gulf of Maine Biden Wind Farm is full of Hot Air. NH Republican Gubernatorial candidate Chuck Morse joined New England Fisherman NEFSA to oppose the project. The Biden proposal is poised for bids on blocks of the Gulf of Maine is a rush to get the wind turbines in place before year end without a full independent Marine Impact Study. Biden’s Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management aka BOEM says all is ok? Do you believe Biden and Green Energy Democrats? Sounds more like the cart before the horse. Read more at NH Journal below.
Morse Joins Opponents of Offshore Wind Project in Gulf of Maine
Biden Auctioning Gulf of Maine and NH Coastal Ocean for Giant Wind Farms
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Biden Admin Poised To Turn US East Coast Ocean into Largest Wind Farms In World
Alarm bells ring loudly in my mind. I hope yours as well! Imagine whales and fisherman navigating this?
In addition to Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts poised for building coastal wind farms in the absence of permission of “We The People”, the the Virginia Offshore Wind Project is due to begin construction in May.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/whale-lawsuit-threatens-swallow-up-biden-green-energy-agenda
A federal government organization called BOEM, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has approved the Virginia Dominion Wind Project and the New England Wind Project.
Biden’s government BOEM and Dominion construction concluded they have considers potential impacts to marine wildlife including safety of the right whale.
Do you believe the Biden run Government?
Or are we in for the largest coastal disaster to marine life and the destruction of millions of fishery livelihoods ever seen since we landed on Plymouth Rock.
Politics are at play, and that 55 whales have washed ashore in other wind farm construction sites along the coast.
I suggest If you want a coastline devoid of skyscraper size windmills is to get involved right now. Today!
Contact legislators and join organizations to fight this leftist destruction of marine life and millions of livelihoods dependent on our east coast fishery.
I am a member of NEFSA, New England Fisherman Stewardship Association to fight this socialist takeover of our coastline. Please join and sign the Petition.
https://www.nefishermen.org/petition
Fisherman Oppose Massive Off Shore Wind In Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts – Sign the Petition – Update
If you think this is beautiful I have a bridge to sell you! Future Biden Hampton Beach?
While all of us are sleeping, the federal government (Biden) at the end of the planning phase of a gigantic wind farm just off the New England coast in prime fishing waters.
I have fished for cod and haddock out of Newburyport. Ma and Hampton, NH for 60 years. Cod grounds are under great population restriction and yet our far-left government chose wind power over protection of prime cod fish and haddock habitat. Below is a draft of likely areas to place wind farm.
See the pdf report below
Click to access c2fa45_db7a181604024936b677f74a86f437d1.pdf
There is no science here just government fiat.
This is the government forcing itself on “We The People.”
Please join the New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association and sign the Petition.
https://www.nefishermen.org/petition
Spread the Word! Sign the Petition!
Unarmed in Todays Woods… You Are Prey!
On the East Coast there are Coyotes and Bobcats. Both have attacked deer, pets and children.
Out west, cougars/lions attack unarmed cyclists.
They say it is rare, but with growing unregulated populations, is it rare?
If your attacked, it’s not rare is it!
See the lion attack below.
If you walk in today’s New Hampshire woods with family and kids, I’d carry a sidearm! Bobcats attack the face and neck in less than a second biting the windpipe.
However, biologists want folks to take note that these attacks are rare.
Again, if your attacked, it’s not rare, is it.
I believe Turkey hunters calling are at risk, thinking they are turkeys. Two years ago my turkey hunting friend was attacked in Fremont, NH. May is turkey season.
If you are attacked, don’t run…defend yourself. Predator’s like to attack from behind.
Hunt and Hike Smart.
Be Prepared!
When are New Hampshire Bobcat Numbers Too High?
New Hampshire Fish and Game has banned Bobcats hunting/trapping for many years.
In May 2024 bobcat numbers are expected to explode.
NHFG says current Bobcat numbers in NH are around 1400 and may be upwards of 2000 in New Hampshire.
I believe Rockingham county is seeing a surge and these bobcats are regularly seen on-the-prowl in daylight.
And Rockingham is where we humans raise our kids and have our pets.
These supposedly cute bobcats kill young adult deer and fawns and turkeys in May and June. And compete with human’s hunting turkey and deer.
But, just like coyotes have done in New Hampshire and all along the east coast. the bobcat and its young becomes entrenched, and surplus prey species such as deer, rabbits and squirrels subside, accordingly the bobcats will turn to pets and children just like coyotes have done.
I support a controlled hunting and trapping season for bobcats! Just like Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine have done.
Be aware when turkey hunting in May that bobcats will come to your turkey call and may likely attack thinking you are a turkey.
If attacked, hunters should defend themselves.
New Hampshire Rifleman Magazine predicts pet and human attacks will surface as bobcat numbers remain protected.
Be Predator Aware! And tell Fish and Game to stop protecting bobcats.