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Earlier this year by several days, September 13th in 2025.
May the countdown begin.
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Lloyd, Already looking forward to it. I'm trying to check on the drumming counts that are available. I always look forward to this time of year! Karl ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](https://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/74891_600x400.jpg)
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With temperatures in the nineties and heat indexes, pushing a hundred, it sure feels like grouse season is a long ways off. I think the weather in the Mesabi has been conducive to grouse rearing, but drumming counts (not official counts, just local impressions) here were not impressive and truncated quickly
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Two different wildlife science professionals (associated with the Northern Tier of Minnesota) are telling me very good things. Considering a reportedly good overwinter bird-survival rate, a strong drumming count, and a mild period of weather at the critical nesting time (late May into early June) for brood survival, I am quite hopeful.
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Two different wildlife science professionals (associated with the Northern Tier of Minnesota) are telling me very good things. Considering a reportedly good overwinter bird-survival rate, a strong drumming count, and a mild period of weather at the critical nesting time (late May into early June) for brood survival, I am quite hopeful. I certainly hope they are right. I'm just not seeing it at the moment here. I am not put there conducting formal surveys. Just armchairing it, which is often imprecise if not dead wrong.
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Our woods are exceedingly ticky this year. It’s quiet time for a couple weeks yet. Looking forward to getting the Mule out and exploring new and old places. Ticks were never a thing around here, now, even my home property is rife with the dirty buggers. Probably time to pre-treat everything with permethrin in preparation. 
Out there doing it best I can.
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Yeah...they're pretty much everywhere anymore. Permethrin and theres another version of it that is skin friendly (I believe, Ranger something). I always just assume the worst and douse heavily before venturing forth.
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I have been having good luck with this. Skin rated. Picaridin is the active ingredient. Bens tick repellent
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Tell me the MN wildlife biologists are not affiliated with those who sell hunting licenses...
Speaking of ticks, today I picked one up walking 20 feet in the grass to clear the a/c condenser of dead fall from the recent thunderstorm wind.
I pick them up shooting clays, staying on the trails.
That is the toughest critter I've ever run across, it takes a 45 Colt to kill one...
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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You mean like they both work for the DNR? Who knew?
I just ripped their little heads off with my fingernails. It seems to work pretty well.
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