I just ran across a very interesting thing.  The Utah DWR has joined up with Cabelas in a tagged fish contest.  You could win a bunch of money, a boat or some great gear just for going fishing!  There are some stinking rules, but what the heck, everything we do has rules.  Check this out!

Catch a tagged fish, win a great prize

The 2012 “Wanna’ Go Fishing for Millions?” contest runs until July 8.

Utah is one of 19 states that are holding a “Wanna’ Go Fishing for Millions?” contest this year. The contest is sponsored by Cabela’s.

If you catch a fish with a contest tag on it, you’ll be eligible for some big prizes.

The fish were tagged by biologists with the Division of Wildlife Resources. “We’re happy to help,” says Roger Wilson, Aquatic Section chief for the DWR. “We wish the anglers who participate in this contest the best of luck. We hope you’re one of the prize winners.”

The following are Utah lakes and reservoirs with tagged fish and species of tagged fish:

How to get involved

To qualify to win, you must pre-register online.

In one of the 19 states, a fish has been tagged with a tag worth $1 million. The grand prize will be doubled to $2 million if the person who catches the fish had Cabela’s Fish Recon app on his or her smartphone before they caught the fish.

Other prizes include two Ranger 520Z Bass Series Comanche boats and trailers with Evinrude outboard motors, valued at $65,000 each, as well as more than $20,000 in gear from Costa sunglasses, Abu Garcia and Rapala.

All rules and requirements, as well as contest details and registration information, are available at cabelas.com/fishformillions.

Bears Butt

May 17, 2012

Boy Howdy!  Is this ever a national day to remember, it’s National Pack Rat Day, how about that!?!  If there was ever a pack rat it is me.  I save almost everything and if I ever decide to toss it out, I’m down to Home Depot buying another very soon.

You know what I’m talking about, “good stuff”.  That piece of shiney metal that surrounds a shower head or the extension hose from the sink sprayer with a still good sprayer end.  The 12 volt water pump you know will only take a minute to get working again.  A perfectly good metal coffee can with the plastic lid.  The aluminum pan you cooked last Thanksgivings turkey in.  The old frayed rope from the flag pole.  Metal grate from the defunct bbq grill or the end of the old twisted garden hose.

I have a garage full of these good things and there are more.  Half a can of screws that came from an old camping trailer and all the light covers from the same.  Not to mention the handles from the cabinet drawers inside.  These are good things!  How could anyone toss them in the trash?  Do any of you need some of these things?  I have them and they are free to you!

How about out in the shed?  Yes, big items like shovel heads and spades with broken handles still inside.  Perfectly good if they just had new handles.

And there are some things that are around just because “Dad” used it.  It’s totally broken, but how can you throw it away?  Pa bought it and wore it out, hung it up because he knew he could fix it someday, but someday never came around…so there it hangs.  Sort of a priceless thing if you know what I mean.  And in the other corner is a atv sprayer tank that will hold 20 gallons of spray…ya it has a small hole in one corner from a leaking mounting bolt, but dang it’s almost like new.  Someday I’ll fix it.

How about you?  Are you a pack rat?  Today would be a great day to have a garage sale and try to get rid of some of the pack rat stuff.  If everyone who is a pack rat had a garage sale perhaps we could all get together at a common location and have a giant happening sale.  National Pack Rat Sale Day!

Anyway, take the screws out of that old toaster before you throw the rest into the metal salvage bin.

Bears Butt

May 17, 2012

Well it’s that time of year to expect the expected!  Watch your credit card balances on line.  The DWR are beginning to hit the credit cards for the permits you applied for back in February.

Did I draw a moose tag?  Did I draw a muzzy deer tag?  How about my LE elk?

My wife says it would not be a good time for any of the biggies to be hit right now…OUCH!  You just watch…this is the time it will happen…anyone want to buy a boat?  HA HA!

Good luck to all!

Bears Butt

May 16, 2012

WOOOHOOOOO!!!!  UPS just delivered my new muzzleloader sights!  Just in time to install and sight in before rendezvous!  Look out fellas!  All the prizes will be coming my way.

The only way it could be better is if there was some sort of Gyro that held my rifle more solid.  But, I will behave myself and not have a heavy beating heart when on the line.

Bears Butt

May 15, 2012

How good are you at spotting game?  Can you see any turkeys in this picture?  Can you see a Gobbler in the picture?

Maybe this will make it easier!

We live in a wonderful world!

Bears Butt

This is the second weekend of the guided youth turkey hunt and I’m just as excited as I was last weekend.  The only difference is I know a little bit more about what I’m supposed to do.

Some of those who were there last weekend helping out will not be there this weekend, which is a bit of a disappointment for me, but they have other commitments and that is fine.

Four more lucky young hunters will be in for a treat of a lifetime and I can hardly wait.  Hopefully the turkeys have settled down a bit from the harassment we dealt them last weekend and will be ready to meet their maker.

What a blast!  This weekend will find my grandson Conner and his dad “The Weasel” among the lucky ones.  I hope all the kids get a chance at a bird.  It’s a long shot to have that happen even with all the help.  But if the young hunters stay with the task at hand and don’t give up, they have a really good chance to pull the trigger on a big old tom.

Bring it on!  Thanks once again to the United Wildlife Cooperative organization  and R&K Hunting Company for pulling this off for these lucky kids.

I’ll have more about this weekend up when we get back and I’ll bet I will post something more about this on here in the morning.  Excited?  Who’s Excited?  ME!

Bears Butt

May 10, 2012

Heading out in the morning at 4 a.m. to try and bag a turkey.  Me and the Weasel will be putting our wit against the character of the wild bird.  We can do it.

We have a bird that is serious about finding love and we will “pretend” to be his lover.  All stops are off and that bad boy is in trouble.

Yelp, Yelp, Yelp!  Gobble, Gobble, Gobble…………BANG!

Hopefully pictures will be available when this all comes to be.

Bears Butt

May 9, 2012

For the past several years I have noticed what appears to be a trend and it is getting more and more prevalent all the time.  Notice the socks people are wearing.  All striped in different colors, mostly around the leg rather than up and down.  They are kind of cool.  Not that I would wear them unless they were worn totally hidden from view.

A couple of months ago I attended a new products show in SLC  and I noticed many vendors selling those type of socks.  So it just reaffirmed my suspicions from several years back when I first noticed them.

Well, today is National Lost Sock Memorial Day!  Happy Lost Sock to you my friend!  My drawer has a couple of single socks in it and I keep hoping the other one will pop out of the dryer.  One has been a lonely sock for over a year now, poor thing, it just lays there in the same spot, patiently waiting for the dryer to give up the mate.  Sorry buddy, it ain’t gonna happen.

But, why have I not tossed it away?  There must be a reason, but I have not thought of it yet.  UNLESS, we celebrate National Lost Sock Day, by wearing the miss matched single socks we have in our drawers!  YES!  That is the answer!  Who cares if one sock is black and the other is brown?  NO BODY!  That’s who.  Actually, if you think about it, (my wife does all the laundry at my house, because of my wanting to be helpful when we were first married and all our underwear came out with a pinkish tint) it would save considerable time not having to sort and fold the socks, just toss them into the drawer!  You would even be able to grab your socks without turning on a light and waking your better half while getting dressed in the morning!

Better yet, if we all purchased those striped kind it would be very fashionable if you did have un matched pairs on.  I really like the idea.

So, I’m going to change my socks right now and put those “almost new” pair of miss-matched socks on to celebrate today’s national holiday.  Happy holiday to you all!

Bears Butt

May 9, 2012