From Zion Pictures
This is Fly issues #34
Flymage April Issue
Save a Fish, Drown it with Coke
From Louis Cahill over at Gink and Gasoline…
There’s nothing worse than watching a big beautiful wild fish bleed out from a damaged gill. I found myself in just that situation with a big brown trout one day. Watching helplessly as the water turned red. Thank God Kent was with me. Thinking fast he said, “hey, did you finish that Coke?” I had not and he showed me a great trick. He opened the fish’s mouth and poured the Coke down her throat. As soon as it hit the injured gill the bleeding stopped. It was like magic. I’m not sure if it’s the carbonation or the acid but something in the Coke cauterised the wound. It saved that fish’s life. I know it for a fact because I saw her in that same pool several weeks later, although she was wise to me by then. I’m certain it was the same fish. There couldn’t be two just alike in that little pool. It’s one more thing to carry but having a Coke on hand is a great idea. The fish you save might be your own.
Idaho Expands Season and Quota for 2012 Wolf Hunt
Idaho had a great wolf hunt last year, taking 364 wolves, but the state is hoping to speed up their management process.
The state is expanding their hunting and trapping season, as well as increasing the bag limit. According to WTOV9.com, Idaho officials estimate that there are between 500 and 600 wolves in the state. The problem is that the ideal number for Idaho is 150 wolves with 10 breeding pairs. Before the 2011 season, they estimated the population at about 1,000 wolves.
“Our harvest focus is to be more aggressive in areas where we anticipate more conflicts … and providing relief on big-game animals,” Jon Rachael, Idaho’s wolf manager, told the commission.
The changes to the 2012 season are increasing bag limits to five wolf tags for hunters and five for trappers in five northern hunting zones, extending season length on private land in a northern Idaho hunting zone and on public land in two zones in eastern Idaho, and expanding bag limits in two hunting zones and adding trapping to two hunting units in central Idaho.
Via: Sportsmen Vote