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Guy’s Top Wyoming Deer Picks 2021

There’s little question that the mule deer hunting in Wyoming has been in quite a slump over the past decade or so. This year will probably be no different, unfortunately. Starting with a double tough winter run in 2016 followed up by on and off again drought years, the deer in Wyoming continue to drag along the bottom of a very difficult trend line. Last year showed some promise as the winter was relatively mild, however a very hot and very dry late summer and fall season put our deer in yet another difficult situation. The lower country deer mostly in the limited quota units suffered the worst, as the high-country deer in the general regions on the west side of the state have begun to show some promise of a rebound. 

This past winter was very mild for most of our deer herds. The spring has been cold and long with the deer wintering out in good shape nearly statewide, but they have been delayed in arriving on their customary summering grounds. The high country is sitting on about 85% of normal snowpack, a bit below average but that snow has yet to begin melting at all and in most cases is still increasing in volume even this late into the spring. This could affect some of the high-country deer a bit as they arrive to a very large snow load and some difficult weather up at the higher elevations. The bucks should still manage to do very well but the does and soon to be new fawns could encounter some rough spring weather conditions and a delayed “green-up” which has an adverse impact on their nutritional needs. 

The long and short of the story is; the high-country deer should continue to rebound with good fawn survival and recruitment as the bucks born after the bad winter in 2016 finally hit peak maturity of five years old. The lower country deer will continue to struggle with herd size and age class, and possibly antler quality due to the delayed spring weather. Based on these factors, the following are my top five deer area picks for the 2021 hunting season. 

5) Region-H For big buck potential and relative ease of draw Region-H should see a decent bounce in both buck numbers and buck quality. The deer here did have a bit rougher winter than those in Region-G, however, this country can and will hold some very good bucks in the far reaches and remote country this region holds dear. The hunting will not be easy here but given the normal snowpack and wet spring we are having, the bucks here should be in very good shape with top-line groceries on the ground for horn growth throughout the summer. This hunt should take about four or possibly five points to draw this year. 

4) Region-G As the crown jewel of western Wyoming big buck producers this general hunt region should be about as good as Wyoming has to offer up at this point in time for big buck hunters. With the post catastrophic winter buck fawns now knocking on the door of peak maturity age there should be more older class bucks in here this year than we have seen in the past five years. Coming off of a very mild winter and now into a wet, cool spring these bucks should have what it takes to grow the bone we all dream of. The bucks here have been two weeks late to arrive on their summering grounds but with a normal snowpack and potentially wet, cool summer on the horizon we are cautiously optimistic that this region will produce some very good bucks for the upcoming 2021 hunting season. Unfortunately, due to excessively high demand, this hunt could take nearly 10 preference points to draw this year. I fully expect this region to require eight or possibly even nine points to secure a tag.


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Swagger Bipods Review – NEW Steelbangers – Flexible to Rock Solid!

This Eastmans’ review features Swagger Bipods new SFR10 and SEA12 Steelbanger rifle bipods. These new bipods are designed to provide stability in hunting or shooting situations at extreme angles. The SFR10 bipod allows you to customize the flex-level of the bipod making it a dual purpose tool to take hunting or your next shooting competition. The SEA12 is truly built with hunters in mind. It’s overloaded flex ready joint provides a stable platform at even the most extreme angles.

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Vortex Fury HD 5000 AB Giveaway

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Grizzly Bears Migrating East!

Last week a 450 pound male grizzly bear was euthanized by the USDA after it was confirmed that it killed a beef cow in the Big Snowy Mountains south of Lewistown. That’s right, Lewistown! This is way outside the current home range of Grizzly bears in Montana. The Snowy Mountains are located in east central Montana which are way east of the Belts or Judith Mountains which aren’t known to have grizzly bears either. Montana FWP said the bear was reported the week before after a remote camera captured it on a cattle carcass. Traps were set and the bear was caught with two more cows falling victim to the grizzly. It was determined the bear was about five years old and because of the location, age and sex of the bear which helped officials determine for it to be put down. 

This has been the furthest east I’ve heard of a grizzly bear showing up in Montana. DNA from the bear will be used to determine where he came from. This is a classic sign of a young boar being out competed in his home territory so he traveled a great distance looking for females and for a new home range. This is a sign of high densities of bears in their current territories which forces young males out and has become more and more common the past few years. We have seen wolves do the same thing, an example being male wolf (OR-93) traveling over 1000 miles to California from northeast Oregon. A couple years ago another young male made the same route and was found shot dead in California. That mystery still remains unsolved. 

As grizzly populations grow across their traditional homerange, expect more and more of these occurrences to happen. Spring time is the busiest time for wildlife officials as dozens of livestock bear conflicts across the West end up in relocations or euthanizations. 

 

 

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New 2021 Mathews V3

This bow review features the Mathews V3 compound bow. The Mathews V3 is available in a 27 and 31 model. Dan Pickar puts the bow through a speed test and sits down to talk design with Mathews engineer Mark Hayes. The bow is quiet, compact and packs some power! It has it all for bow hunting or archery target shooting.

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Hunting Saves Wolves…

Yep, the verdict is in once again – hunting is the most viable wildlife management tool known to man. I don’t care how people try to spin their anti-hunting, uneducated yarns, it is impossible to logically argue that the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation is the most effective and successful wildlife management model known to mankind. 

When our system is allowed to work and kept out of litigation, wildlife managers can do their jobs very effectively and utilize sportsmen to be the REAL conservationists we are.

In a recent article in Oil City News out of Casper, WY, the Wyoming Game & Fish reports that wolf numbers in our state are being sustained within the 5 year delisting plan goals under the Endangered Species Act. Hunters are a necessary component of this success and are helping to keep wolf numbers at sustainable levels and mitigate conflicts on the landscape that wolves bring to not only ranchers, but also other sensitive wildlife species as well.

As I often quote Theodore Roosevelt, “The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak for themselves, so we must and we will.” Like I mentioned above, well-rounded wildlife management works when it is allowed to work. 

We all need to be informed members of the voting public about these issues and the importance of hunters on the landscape. Pass this on to others so everyone can learn the benefits of hunters managing wildlife populations.

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Wyoming Winter Range Update

What a strange winter this has been! As I sit down to write this the Snotel reports are being updated and we are watching as the mountains absorb their last bits of precipitation. With the Wyoming big game deadline staring at us I am going to take some time to break down by region the prospectus for everyone looking to burn points in Wyoming this year. 

Precipitation in the Cowboy State, especially in the spring, is a double-edged sword. Do we need the moisture for fawn recruitment, spring growth, and of course driving antler growth through the summer? Absolutely! However, spring storms can and often are the last nail in the coffin for the animals that are in transition from one end of their migration to another. 

Let’s take Wyoming antelope for example. The late storm that hit this spring put our antelope numbers in need of a little more protection, which corresponded into 3,000 fewer tags available for hunters in 2021. This storm probably pushed many antelope over the edge as the forage was in pretty rough shape in the Red Desert from a very dry summer last year.   

Wyoming overall isn’t in bad shape but I am going to be very interested in seeing the update to TagHub that will be coming early next week. TagHub has a drought layer that we update quarterly and will be just in time for the Wyoming deadline with the latest information overlaid on top of the units you are planning to apply in. 

The Bighorn Mountain region looks the best from a snowpack perspective, for residents who regularly apply here the region is looking good for elk growth. The Park County region has had a few late rain and snow storms that have helped green things up but we will need continued moisture through the region to see the area live up to its potential for elk antler growth. A lack of spring showers means less green grass for the bulls to graze.

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WYOMING RANGE SHEEP WARS! – What’s Your Take?

 

The U.S. Forest Service is considering changing its domestic sheep grazing management plan to once again allow domestic and wild sheep to mingle in the Bridger-Teton National Forest of the Wyoming Range. Obviously this consideration is stirring up a lot of controversy as wild sheep do not do well around their domestic cousins due to susceptibility to pathogens such as pneumonia, which is prevalent in domestic herds. But can a balance be struck between the interests of wild sheep in the Wyoming Range and the needs of domestic producers? 

The bighorns of the Wyoming Range have come and gone since the 1960s but recently have been faring quite well. Could that change with the “restocking” of domestic sheep? Most likely but the Wyoming Range wild sheep herd is considered to be “non-empahsis” status by the state of Wyoming and therefore they fall into a less protected category than their brethren to the north. 

If you’re interested in expressing your concern or sharing your thoughts, the Bridger-Teton National Forest is seeking public comment on this issue before June 7th. 

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Colorado Point Creep in 2021? You better believe it!

I read astounding numbers on Colorado’s big game applicants in the primary draw this year. There has been an increase of almost 75,000 applicants in 2021 compared to 2020!!!

Sky-Hi News reported that according to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), an increase of 74,593 applicants in the primary hunting draw was recorded in 2021 versus 2020.

All of us have been bewildered about point creep in the draws out West. This little statistic sure doesn’t help the overall sentiment on point creep. I’m one of those guys that is in the middle of the pack, i.e. no man’s land, as far as drawing Colorado tags goes. Too few points to draw a blue chip unit, and too much of a point investment to apply for a unit requiring just a couple of points.

Here is a breakdown of the species applied for and the % increase in applicants for each:

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MAPLand Act: opening access to More Public Land

If you’ve ever hunted the vast expanse of public land out West, especially on BLM tracts of land, you’re gonna love this! So much of the public land out West is intermingled with private land and it is difficult at best to know whether or not you can trespass across that private land. 

Most of the landscape is without property boundary fences and even if you’re using onX to know where exactly you are, you still have a hard time knowing if there is a public easement across private land to enable you to legally get to the rest of the public land you want to hunt on or travel through to get to the land you intend on hunting.

New legislation, called the Modernizing Access to Our Public Land (MAPLand) Act, is ground-breaking legislation intended to help with additional funding for digitizing information about:

legal easements and rights-of-way across private land;year-round or seasonal closures of roads and trails, as well as restrictions on vehicle-type;boundaries of areas where special rules or prohibitions apply to hunting and shooting;and areas of public waters that are closed to watercraft or have horsepower restrictions.

According to the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP), “many of the easement records that identify legal means of access into lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are stored at the local or regional level in paper files. This makes it difficult for hunters, anglers, and even the agencies themselves to identify public access opportunities. For example, of the 37,000 existing easements held by the U.S. Forest Service, the agency estimated in 2020 that only 5,000 had been converted into digital files.”

TRCP’s CEO Whit Fosburgh says it best on the importance of this bill, “In addition to making it easier for public land users to stay safe and follow the rules while in the field or on the water, this bill would allow our agencies to manage and plan more effectively while also reducing the potential for access-related conflicts between recreators and private landowners.”


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Vortex Fury HD 5000 AB Review – Rangefinding Binos with Applied Ballistics

This review features Vortex’s rangefinding binoculars, the Fury HD 5000 AB in 10x42mm. New for 2021, these rangefinding binos are packed with features including Applied Ballistics software and two ranging modes; HCD and Ballistic making the Fury HD 5000 AB an advanced aiming solutions machine.

 

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The Outdoors Fuels The Economy

 

So, you want economic development? Have you thought of investing in the outdoors? Well, many have and the rest of us are reaping the benefits according to a new report. 

“The data backs it up. Investing in conservation creates jobs, propels our economy forward from the past year, and strengthens habitat,” said Whit Fosburgh, president and CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership in this article put out in TRCP’s recent e-newsletter.

Fosburgh went on to iterate, “We can build more resilient communities…and create hunting and fishing opportunities for more Americans.”

The amount of money that sportsmen and women put into the economy is staggering and is often overlooked. Add to this the growing initiatives in conservation credits (including water credits, sage grouse credits, wetland/stream credits, etc.) and the millions of dollars put into conservation by businesses in our economy, and it would blow your mind.

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Hunting Colorado Antelope with the Eastman Family

Three DIY trophy antelope rifle hunts packed into one episode of Eastmans’ Hunting TV! Join Guy, Ike and Mike Eastman as they duke it out for the biggest pronghorn antelope buck. It’s not often all three Eastmans have the chance to hunt together. The family rivalry adds a level of fun! Watch to find out who hammers the biggest pronghorn buck.

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More Elk Tags for WYOMING!

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Great news from Wyoming! With elk populations on the verge of a veracious explosion, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has recently decided to be more aggressive with hunter management in an effort to quell the inevitable herd increase. The core of this effort revolves around the strategy of adding nearly 2,000 additional elk tags to the pot for the 2021 elk draw. This is very good news for elk hunt applicants, both resident and nonresident alike, in the Cowboy State. An increase of 2,000 elk tags on the statewide quota would mean nearly 320 additional nonresident elk hunters will be heading afield this fall season in pursuit of elk. 

This move could help to stifle the point creep seen over the past half a decade inside the Wyoming tag draw system by increasing the nonresident elk hunting opportunity by nearly 17% if all of the additional tags were limited quota bull elk tags. That said, at this point we are not sure how many of these additional tags are bull/any elk tags versus cow/calf tags.  

As a buried lead to this story, this move is proof to the reasoning behind Wyoming’s recent move to permanently delay many of the draw deadline dates in order to gather more accurate data regarding herd conditions and populations before setting seasons and quotas for the upcoming hunting season each year. 

The fact that Wyoming has an estimated elk herd count somewhere in the neighborhood of about 102,000 elk grazing the landscape at this very moment is good news for elk hunters in general. To give some quick perspective, when I started at my post here as Editor-In-Chief, Wyoming was home to just over 65,000 elk. 

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Montana HB 637 Update

HB 637 was developed to generally revise laws pertaining to Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. This bill started as a clean up bill for multiple laws and definitions in FWPs rulebook, from how wolves are classified to a hunter mentorship for 10 year olds who haven’t taken hunter safety to rules regarding shooting out of a motor or sail boat. This bill also would increase the number of mountain lion licenses and allow large, nonresident landowners or their guests to hunt lions without a license with the use of dogs. 

The bill passed the House, was amended by the Senate which added a few things, and then sent back to the House. The House voted against the changes and it was set to die because the session was set to close.  Last Monday, House Speaker Wylie Galt sent the bill into a special conference in which the committee added the outfitter sponsored big game licenses to the bill that were previously killed in session, the first being Galt’s sponsored HB 505 and SB 143 that was highly unpopular by the general public. These bills added nonresident combination licenses that would be set aside for landowners as long as nonresident hunters paid the premium and applied in December.

This gives the guts of SB 143 new life allowing an extra few thousand combination licenses to be available for outfitters and landowners to essentially sell. If you want to apply for these tags, you need an outfitter sponsored note and must hunt with that outfitter. Furthermore, it changes the preference point system for these licenses. If you apply for these specific tags as a nonresident you can purchase an additional preference point for $100 with the intention of accelerating your chance at acquiring one of these types of combination licenses. 75% of the tags will be awarded to those in the points pool and 25% will be awarded to those with no points. The top points pool gets all the tags until it’s satisfied then the next point level below gets tags until they are gone.

The revenue raised by the second $100 point will be used for public access agreements, hunting access programs, and future fisheries programs with access through private lands. 

Both the House and Senate passed this newly evolved hodge-podge bill before the bell all within the same day it took an entirely new form! It’s now headed for Governor Gianforte’s desk as we speak. To check out this wild bill in its entirety visit HB 637

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The Limits of Theoretical Disagreements in Jurisprudence.

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This evidence of need can be standardised or formulaic (for example regional cost multipliers for providing school places. See the guidance from the Department for Education on Securing developer contributions for education. However, plan makers should consider how needs and viability may differ between site typologies and may choose to set different policy requirements for different sites or types of development in their plans (http://agustinquinones.info/vegetarian-blog/difference-between-section-106-and-section-278-agreements). A severance agreement — a contract between an employee and employer — softens the blow of a job loss. It provides compensation to an employee when the working relationship ends for reasons outside the employee’s control. Severance agreements must be carefully constructed to protect the interests of both the employer and the employee, which includes giving the employee reasonable time within which to decide if the terms of the agreement are acceptable. When it comes to ending an employment relationship, some employers follow the same approach. They take their form severance agreement, which includes a general release, and tweak termination dates and number of weeks severance with the idea that one size fits all, more or less. According to the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association, a written agreement is needed for: Heres another sample morality clause from Adam Scott Goldberg at the Florida Bar Journal: If at any time the donor fails to conduct himself or herself without due regard to public morals and decency, or if the donor commits any act or becomes involved in any situation, or occurrence tending to degrade the donor in the community, or which brings the donor into public contempt or scandal, or which materially and adversely affects the reputation or business of the charity, whether or not information in regard thereto becomes public, the charity shall have the right to remove donors recognition rights as required pursuant to this gift agreement (link). The Philippines and The Maldives are currently studying several drafted agreements proposed: Philippine-Maldives Memorandum of Agreement on Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance and Exchange of Prisoners; Sports Cooperation; Medicine and Health Services Agreement; Proposal for a Labor Agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and Government of the Republic of the Maldives (Protection of the Migrant workers); and MOU on Immigration (bilateral agreements of the philippines). The parties to the agreement are usually established in a straightforward description set forth at the beginning of the contract. If its an agreement where only one side is providing confidential information, then the disclosing party can be referred to as the disclosing party, and the recipient of the information can simply be referred to as the recipient. One of the most common ways to protect confidential information is to require all involved parties to sign a nondisclosure agreement, also referred to as an NDA or confidentiality agreement non disclosure agreement for due diligence.

2.2 As a subcontractor you are required to have general business liability insurance. The company will need a copy of this document. 6.Premises and Facility 6.1 The Company will provide access to premises and facilities to the subcontractors in writing when there is a job assigned or accepted. 6.2 I understand that no person under the age of 18 will be allowed on any of the Company’s customers facilities or premises (including parking lots). The cleaning subcontractor agreement is between a commercial or residential cleaner and the individual or company (subcontractor) that provides cleaning services to be completed in return for payment. The agreement should outline how the subcontractor will be paid (per job or $/hour), uniform requirements, and who is responsible for providing the cleaning supplies and equipment more. Employers: Download our Opt Out Agreement today and allow your employees to formally opt out of the 48-hour work week. The length of the opt-out agreement is decided by the parties. They can opt-out for a certain period or indefinitely. You should publish the workforce agreement for your business in writing and make it available to all employees. Itll apply either to all employees, or to employees in a certain group. You and your employee can terminate the agreement at any time by each giving sufficient notice gov.uk says that employees need to give you seven days notice, but with written agreements they might need to give you more notice (up to three months). E. The Parties hereto acknowledge that each Partys Condential Information is the property of the Disclosing Party and the disclosure of the Condential Information to the Receiving Party does not convey any right, title or license in the Condential Information to the Receiving Party. The Receiving Party shall not appropriate the Condential Information to its own use or to the use of any third party. A mutual agreement template is a written legal document that is a signed contract between two or more than two parties. It is a binding contract between the parties and they mutually agrees with all the terms and conditions of the contract and sign it here. If you request a payroll deduction agreement using Form 2159, your user fee will be $225. If youre a low-income taxpayer, see Reduced installment agreement user fee, later, for more details. If you have additional balances due that are not reflected on line 5, list the total here (even if they are included in an existing installment agreement). Any adjustments or other charges that are not reported on a tax return or notice should be listed on this line. If the total amount you owe isn’t more than $50,000 (including any amounts you owe from prior years), you don’t need to file Form 9465; you can request an installment agreement online for a reduced fee. NB: Please read the information on Brexit implications and preparations for a no deal Brexit set out on the College’s Brexit and data sharing page as these impact some of the information in this section (as noted in brackets below). As with many aspects of data protection compliance, the processing activities involved in the data sharing relationship need to be regularly reviewed. If there is a significant change in the data sharing arrangements, such as the introduction of new technology, or a widening of scope, it would be prudent to conduct a review of any existing DPIAs or, if necessary, conduct a new DPIA, and review the terms of any data sharing agreements to ensure they accurately reflect the amended arrangements. If personal data will only be in transit through a non-EEA country and therefore not accessible outside the EEA, this does not count as a transfer outside the EEA link. Month-to-Month Lease Agreement Known as a tenancy-at-will, this allows the landlord and tenant to come to an agreement on a property rental that can be canceled at any time (thirty (30) days notice is typically required). Both the tenant and the landlord should keep a copy of the signed agreement for their records. Breach of Contract A violation of any of the terms & conditions recorded within the rental contract that may result in a termination of the agreement if the infringing party does not rectify the situation. After youve reviewed an applicants rental application, credit report, criminal background, income and housing history, and feel comfortable with the results, youll need to know how to write a lease for a rental property (lease agreement forms). Finally, if you do have to file that agreement, if youre one of those people doing a real estate transaction during that period, you dont actually have to file your agreement. Theres a separate document you can file called a Memorandum of Agreement. Its a very short one or two-page document that basically says we have a separation agreement that we signed. Potential defenses to the enforcement of a separation agreement, which could result in the entire document or specific provisions being invalidated or voided, include but are not limited to the following: when public policy issues are at play, such as when couples execute a separation agreement while still living together and without immediately separating; mental incompetency of a party; purposeful non-disclosure of assets; fraud, duress, and undue influence (for example, when one spouse forces the other spouse to sign an agreement under the threat of revealing damaging information); mutual mistakes of material fact; and unconscionability, which may be procedural (e.g., fraud during negotiations) or substantive (e.g., grossly unfair terms). Under the terms of the EU/US bilateral agreement (BASA) (see here), you can import an engine with a rebuilt status in block 11, only when it has been released by the original engine manufacturer on a Form 8130-3 using the blocks 13a. to 13e. (left side). Under the terms of the EU/US bilateral agreement (BASA) (see here), a DUAL release is required for acceptance of USED engine/components from an US based repair station. Can I enter into a type design licensing agreement with a company in another country and what is the process, affects and concerns with doing so? We can help explain and assist you on the process and explain various business options.

A unilateral NDA (sometimes referred to as a one-way NDA) involves two parties where only one party (i.e., the disclosing party) anticipates disclosing certain information to the other party (i.e., the receiving party) and requires that the information be protected from further disclosure for some reason (e.g., maintaining the secrecy necessary to satisfy patent laws[4] or legal protection for trade secrets, limiting disclosure of information prior to issuing a press release for a major announcement, or simply ensuring that a receiving party does not use or disclose information without compensating the disclosing party). Deeds of confidentiality and fidelity (also referred to as deeds of confidentiality or confidentiality deeds) are commonly used in Australia. These documents generally serve the same purpose as and contain provisions similar to non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) used elsewhere view. In March 2019, the UK government announced that it would not perform customs checks at the Irish border after a no-deal Brexit.[58] The plan was quickly dubbed a “smuggler’s charter”,[59][60][61][62][63][64] and criticised for likely breaching WTO rules.[59][61][64][65][66][67][68][69] Local businesses expressed severe concerns.[70] In the June 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, Northern Ireland voted 55.8% to 44.2% in favour of remaining in the European Union. In a November 2018 opinion poll commissioned by BBC Northern Ireland and RT (Republic of Ireland), 61% of those polled believed that Brexit should not go ahead if the price is a hard border (versus 36% that it should, 3% don’t know).[13] Where will the Irish Sea border checks be carried out? The ports of Larne, Foyle, Belfast and Warrenpoint (irish border agreement brexit). A contract is an agreement between two or more parties that creates an obligation to do or not do a particular thing. It can be an exchange for services, a promise, a commitment, a requirement, and/or responsibility to perform. There does not have to be a payment of money to create this obligation. If you are unsure as to whether a document is a contract, contact the General Counsels Office. UCF faculty may be asked to accept confidential, proprietary, or export controlled data or material as part of a research project subject to a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) signed by both the discloser and the recipient. NDAs may include licensing agreements which limit or prohibit the disclosure or transfer of the licensed data or materials ucf confidentiality agreement. Six member states of the European Union prohibit weapons during cash-in-transit (CIT) operations.[8] There are many more KPIs that can be added to this basic SLA agreement. The more KPIs, the more difficult the negotiation process. It can take months to negotiate a complex SLA/KPI document, as you go back and forth with your logistics provider so the document becomes a win-win for both parties. After the SLA/KPI is an approved document by both the customer and logistics provider, this document and its contents need to be reviewed monthly to begin with, and quarterly thereafter. If you have paid a deposit before checking all the things you wanted to check, thats not the dealers fault. You would only have cause to ask for a refund if the car is not as advertised or faulty in a way that was not evident when you inspected it. Sorry, I wasnt very clear, but so far I havent signed any order forms or anything other than the test drive waiver. So far Ive paid a 1000 deposit and theyve sent me an order form to sign (which of course I havent as yet) Saying that you should have checked is unacceptable, and you should be able to cancel your order and get your deposit back (agreement). House sale contingencies can be difficult on the seller, who may be forced to pass up another offer while waiting for the outcome of the contingency. The seller retains the right to cancel the contract if the buyers home is not sold within the specified number of days. I recently represented buyers who terminated an agreement to purchase on the basis of a report by a wood-destroying insect inspector. There was no evidence of infestation by wood-destroying insects, nor any finding of resultant damage from past infestation. The inspector, however, found that there were bore holes in the foundation of the property, indicating prior treatment or an application of a product used, prophylactically, to prevent possible future infestation. Sellers thought the buyers objection to this finding was absurd, given there was absolutely no evidence of any problem and given the safety of any prophylactic treatment that would have been taken many years before buyers inspection (agreement of sale inspection).

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Colorado Woman Dead After Bear Attack

Unfortunately there’s been a second bear induced fatality already this spring and it WAS NOT a grizzly! Black bear attacks on humans are very rare but a Durango, Colorado woman was indeed preyed upon by a sow black bear and her two yearling cubs. The woman’s body was found by her boyfriend after she’d been missing for the better part of last Friday, 4/30 and it is believed that she was walking her dogs when the encounter with the sow and cubs occurred. 

The bears were killed and a necropsy was performed on them to determine if they were indeed the perpetrators. The results of the necropsy confirmed that the bears did have human remains in their digestive systems. It is not clear at this time if the woman was mauled, killed and then fed upon by the trio of black bears or if something else befell her and the bears consumed parts of her body but the consensus I’m gathering is that the three bears did maul and kill this poor lady. 

This is yet another grim reminder that bears of all sub-species are wild, dangerous animals and you need to take precautions when recreating in all bear country, not just grizzly territory. I know that I have a tendency to be dismissive of black bears and I’m betting I’m not alone. This unfortunate circumstance is a stark reminder of just what Ursus Americanus is capable of and that we need to respect them as much as their notorious cousins, the grizzly bear. 

Bear country protocols include; carrying bear spray, perhaps a firearm, making noise, and trying not to be alone. 

 

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Bow Hunting DANGEROUS GAME with a Recurve Bow!

This bow hunting video features hunts for polar bear, grizzly bear, musk ox and bison. This is up close and personal traditional bow hunting! Eastmans’ subscriber Mark Smith has bow hunted for polar bear, grizzly bear, musk ox, bison and more with his recurve bow. Bow hunting with a traditional recurve bow means instinctive shooting.

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Montana Native Americans Ask Government for help in Reintroducing Bison

The American Indian Caucus recently wrote a letter to the Biden Administration pleading the Interior Secretary to help them draft a bison reintroduction plan for Glacier National Park and the Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge (CMR) in eastern Montana. The tribes plead that bison hold a huge cultural significance to them for food and other necessities that their ancestors once had. 

State Rep. Tyson Running Wolf said the American Indian Caucus concluded that the Biden Administration was more apt to help them out since Governor Gianforte cancelled the previous reintroduction plan of his predecessor. The Blackfeet tribe has their own bison herd as do all other reservations that want them, but they want to expand the amount of bison to Glacier Park, the Rocky Mountain Front, and beyond. They also plead for the reintroduction of bison to the CMR. So why is the American Indian Caucus advocating for bison on federal lands and not adjacent to reservation land? 

An environmental group financed by Hollywood money called the American Prairie Reserve has been buying up land the past several years and currently owns over 1 million acres in eastern Montana. Their mission is to acquire 3 million acres of contiguous temperate grasslands in Montana with the intent to restore everything back to the way it was before it was settled by ranchers and farmers. This means converting farm and ranchland back to prairie where necessary with only bison and other native wildlife allowed. As you can imagine this is very controversial with landowners who utilize the land for farming and ranching. Stockgrowers see bison as competition for grazing land and animals that carry disease that could infect their cattle. As you can imagine the APR and stockgrowers don’t get along too well. If you have hunted the Missouri breaks you have seen signs that say “Save the Cowboy, STOP the APR”. 

This resistance has been quite the bump in the road for the APR as ranchers refuse to sell them their land no matter the price. With Governor Gianforte nixing the previous reintroduction plan it appears the APR and the American Indian Caucus are working together to get bison reintroduced on federal lands and bypass state government. This could be the most controversial issue that Montana will face this decade and for years to come. We will keep you updated with any future developments. 

Where do you stand on widespread bison reintroduction?

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Why It’s Harder to Draw CO Licenses

PC: Mike Eastman

Thanks, to Eastmans’ Forum member ColoradoV, I got my hands on the 2021 Colorado recommendations. In it were some interesting charts that show the trends in Colorado elk, deer, moose, antelope, and bear applications and licenses. Let’s look at the first three.

Elk

Look at the elk chart. Even though applications were flat for a long time and recently went up 20%, the long term trend in licenses is down. The result is that it is now twice as hard to draw the average elk tag as it used to be. That’s all tags including cow tags, you know that the better bull tags have seen a lot more point creep. 

Take Unit 49 1st season rifle. Last year it took 13 points for a nonresident. Ten years ago it took 5. With licenses down almost 1/3, you can attribute at least 2 points in most units to lower license totals. However, with Unit 49, licenses are actually up since 2010, so here it is all point creep.





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