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Welcome to the Veteran’s Day edition of the newsletter. 🫡 🇺🇸
Before we dive in to today’s issue, we’d like to take a minute to thank all those who have served in our Armed Forces before we get this mid-week dispatch out the door.
We thank you for your service, your sacrifice and for continuing to protect the freedoms we all hold dear.
Here's what's worth reading about this morning:
Closure - British Columbia conservation officers chase down four bears responsible for killing a mother and her daughter earlier this month 🐻
Frustrated hunters - Missouri hunters are expressing their frustration around CWD-fueled changes 😡
3-year cycle - Wyoming is toying with the idea of adjusting seasons every three years rather than annually 🗓️
A wolf done it - Colorado ranchers say state won’t admit that wolves killed their rodeo horse 🐴
On the rise - Maryland’s early season hunters had a time this year, putting nearly 20k deer on the ground 🦌
ASMR for hunters - Watch this big bull just scrape away that velvet 🫎
A LITTLE CLOSURE
FOUR GRIZZLIES CONFIRMED RESPONSIBLE FOR LAST WEEK’S FATAL ATTACKS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
British Columbia conservation officers confirmed yesterday that a grizzly sow and three cubs were responsible for the fatal attack that killed Jennifer Balcarras and her 20-year-old daughter Selah Reed near Bella Coola, B.C., earlier this month.
Inspector Jeff Tyre of the B.C. Conservation Officer Service said forensic testing and DNA analysis conclusively linked the four animals to the attack on the Snooka West Trail. The sow was estimated to be in her late teens and the three offspring were cubs of the year. In accordance with provincial human-wildlife conflict guidelines, the bears were dispatched to protect public safety…
QUICK HITS // FROM AROUND THE WEB
Missouri wants to stop a deadly deer disease from spreading. Some hunters aren't cooperating: The Missouri Department of Conservation has made changes to methods of preventing the spread of chronic wasting disease, a deadly pathogen that has infected about 1% of Missouri's approximately 1.5 million white-tailed deer. But hunters are frustrated with the changes and some hunters' decisions could affect meat processors and taxidermists. Read the full story.
Wyoming Game and Fish proposes 3-year hunting seasons: The Wyoming Game and Fish Department on Thursday proposed updating big game hunting seasons every three years as opposed to annually. The change would allow the department to focus on habitat improvement and research, Justin Binfet, the department’s deputy chief of the wildlife division, told the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission. Read the full story.
Here’s how to navigate (and successfully apply for) Idaho’s second annual nonresident tag draw: As Idaho Fish and Game prepares for its second nonresident deer and elk tag draw, hunters too should be taking notes and getting equipped to participate during this 10-day application period that will be here before we know it. While the framework of this tag draw will operate exactly as it did in December 2025, there are some important highlights that hunters should be mindful of for this year’s application period Read the full story.
Colorado Ranchers Say State Won’t Admit Wolves Killed And Ate Their Rodeo Horse: Colorado ranchers and a veterinarian say wolves ate a 2-year-old rodeo horse named Sweetpea near the Wyoming border, but a state agency and federal wolf trapper who studied the carcass disagree. “I would guess a bear or two," the trapper said. Read the full story.
Cowboy State Daily
Maryland's early deer season leads to nearly 20,000 harvests, exceeding 5-year average : Maryland hunters killed 19,505 deer during the early portion of the 2026 archery and muzzleloader seasons. The take was a 3% increase from last year’s official harvest of 18,930 deer for the same period and 5.3% higher than the previous 5-year average of 18,526 deer. Read the full story.
Public’s help sought in wasted bull elk case in Unit 21: Conservation officers are seeking information on a bull elk that was shot and left to waste in Unit 21. The elk was killed sometime between Oct. 15 and Oct. 17 at the head of Cabin Creek near Ulysses Mountain. Only the front quarters, one backstrap, and the head were taken. Both hind quarters, tenderloins, and the remaining backstrap were left to waste. Read the full story.
VIDEO // SOME THINGS JUST HAVE TO BE SEEN
🤤 This is kind of like ASMR for the hunting community. Watch this big bull just go to work on those paddles.
Incredible animals…
QUOTABLES // WORDS TO LIVE BY
When you hunt and fish you collect times, places and minor events that last a lifetime and the fellow beside you collects his own, which may be completely different.”
— Charles F. Waterman
HUMPDAY MEME // NO LIES WERE TOLD
WANDERINGS // A SFW GLIMPSE OF OUR BROWSER HISTORY
I find auto-correct so ducking frustrating sometimes. And it isn’t just about cuss words, apparently Apple maintains a list of over 4,500 words it refuses to auto-complete. I’ve got four kids so I end up at Publix more times per week than I’d like to admit. Despite only going for a gallon of milk or something similar, I always end up spending damn near $100. Well, here’s the psychological tricks grocery stores employ to get us to buy more than we need. If having four kids and complaining about grocery stores didn’t age me, let’s talk about how much I miss the phone book. And I’ve tried a few crab soups in my day, but have yet to sample one of Charleston’s finest She-Crab soups.
EYE CANDY // PICTURES > WORDS
Fall foliage.
📸 by @sosfly
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