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It would seem logical that natural predators would control the beavers. However we really don’t have any shortage of those either. Bears and alligators both prey on beavers and I believe in RV’s area the puma also do. The bears will actually swim out to the beaver lodge and tear it apart to gat...

I’ve also never heard of fished lines due to beaver presence here although they do effect other animal life (usually land animals that lose habitat to the beaver ponds or depend on the same trees the beaver eat) Interesting though regarding the flooding: they usually cause floods here.

Actually red and black cam o has been around much, much longer than the drab colors. We just call it plaid. I find it ironic that 50 people per kilometer is considered “rural” for me an area isn’t rural unless you reverse the terms to describe how many kilometers per person. @C_Claycomb I like...

@Paul_B Color vision seems to have evolved around need. Most mammals apart from humans and apes don’t need it so they didn’t evolve it. Presumably to distinguish various fruits and berries that might be either toxic or safe. Likewise most birds seem to have color vision probably for similar...

I have mixed feelings on that (The drinking age) During the Vietnam War that very argument was brought up and the drinking age was lowered but exactly what was dependent on the individual states. Typically 18 was legal for beer while wine and spirits varied from state to state. But the way, that...

Most of my fishing is simply because I love fishing. That said I tend to eat most of what I keep (if I catch something worth mouthing I’ll have it mounted for the wall) I don’t fish just to “catch and release” as such but inevitably not everything I catch is a legal keeper for various reasons...

@TLM The colors aside, hunting clothing has things like cartridge loops, game pockets, etc. that simply aren’t needed in other pursuits. @Wildgoose As a cop I would indeed search the vehicle IF! (and it’s a big if) If I could justify it. We’re protected from “unreasonable search and siezures”...

I suspect several things any or all of which may be incorrect: a) I doubt fish “feel pain” in quite the same sense we do. Not because of the brain itself but rather I imagine their entire nervous system is different. And b) Even if the first is true, I doubt they are completely without feeling...

As a landowner who grew up a country boy/farmer/logger (one of the points of view you asked for) I can say that I too would be suspicious and question you, especially if Imdidn’t know you personally. Whether I’d be understanding and let you continue those pursuits would be entirely dependent on...

Whether or not people listen is equally irrelevant. Cultures are irrelevant (American cultures, European cultures, Asian cultures, African cultures,nor any other) History itself is irrelevant. At least to the concept of what is a natural, intrinsic right. Evolution determined that eons ago. our...

Ironically many states here have raised the age for long guns to 21 (it’s always been 21 for handguns) I say ironically because you can enlist at 17 or become a cop at ages as low as 18 in some states (19 for Florida) Purely curious, what’s your voting age there?

Yes. To be more specific the M14. The M1 Garand was only semi automatic and had a permanent magazine with a capacity of 8 rounds of 30-06 ammo. The fully automatic M14 with a detachable 20 round magazine chambered for 308 ammo was the next iteration (basically a new and improved version of the M1)

Just to add (Unable to edit the above) the grandson who shot himself wasn’t the only family member to commit suicide. His older brother’s wife committed suicide by overdose (statistically the most popular method for women)

@TeeDee Yeah, I understand that your laws are different. At least up to a point (they’re surprisingly alike in many ways too) It’s not the laws themselves that I find so odd (we have our own sets of laws that are just wrong and people tryimg to pass even more) What I find strangest is how...

@TeeDee Yes the term is synonymous with the weapons you described. But only with the media and those who ascribe to their notions. As to the question about whether the groups I mentioned (various military groups) were in the previous discussion: it seemed the nature of the discussion implies...

I use my Bowie’s, and my hunting knives very, very frequently indeed. I have a 9 inch fillet knife that gets used most times I fish, particularly when filleting large fish (over 20 pounds) The bowies and hunting knives get used cleaning deer, squirrels, rabbits, quail, ducks, etc. as well as...

@TeeDee None are wntirely free from “the code of law.” I’ll center the answer on the main topic: self defense and/or defense of family. That’s one of the inherent rights. It’s a basic human right and indeed, one of the very reasons government and law exist at all. To try to restrict that right...

@Wildgoose Quoting your sarcasm (well used and I’m not criticizing youfor it) “imperfect people enforcing the law? That’s your opinion” Very true. An opinion formed during my second career: after retiring from the military I served in both law enforcement and corrections for the next 13 years...

Like I said, I served over 21 years. 4 of those years in the UK and the last8 years in special ops. Meaning also near British troops (Particularly during DesertStorm) None of the used that term either. I never served with troops from other nations (nor would I have understood their language...

Again @TeeDee “Battle Rifle” is another civilian term. However, even then a battle rifle varies significantly from what the media call an “assault rifle.” The term battle rifle refers to a now neatly obsolete category (full size rifles such as the M1 Grand or the 303 Enfield firing full sized...