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Did you register your humminbird with them? If so, that's likely where it came from. Stores sell data all the time though. Ever get asked for your postal code at point of sale? Its for them to figure out what to put in the flyers that land on the doorsteps in your neighbourhood. Many retailers share this info with others. InfoUSA is actually a pretty big company that aggregates information like this (from retailers, credit card companies, or just stuff on the web)and packages it for marketers.

Could be a zillion page thread that incorporates different views on religion, philosophy, etc. In short, maybe we define sentience differently. I think a dog... - has feelings (joy, sadness, angry, etc) - is self aware (ever see a dog walk around a room boasting with pride with a big stick or a ball in its mouth, or a dog that's embarassed?) - is subjective...(see a dog act more gently around elderly or babies) - has relationships (its pretty hardwired in them, obviously.....its what makes them great pets). I don't know that it is sentience....but its definitely different from a fish. And i love fish...they're just more "simple". Anyway - i'm don't disparage anyone who hunts wolves. It is everyone's legal right. I just wish the laws were different. I also think fishign for musky with live bait should be illegal. And i think the sport fishing possession limits are often too high. I'm not a P3TA type...just happen to like wolves. I also enjoy eating venison, moose, duck, and ruffled grouse.

what is a Mr T?

I personally like my Bobbie Baits way more than my suicks.

Not really Dax. Fish really act on instinct. Those instincts may be highly refined, sophisticated, and effective.....but they don't think subjectively or with a serious level of context or emotion. They have the simplest brains of all vertebrates, and msot of their "thinking" happens in the brain stem where stuff is more "automatic" than thoguht through...if htat makes sense. To give you some examples - do you think a fish has fun? Feels sad? Feels regret? Loyalty? Anger? OR does a fish ever think -- hey, maybe i'll go over to the other side of hte lake and see what Joe's doing? I don't think a musky ever thinks any of those things. I know my dog does.

There's lots of research on coyotes' compensatory reproduction countering the effects of culling. You'd have to think someone has thought of or tried sterilizing them.

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I think you're misunderstanding. I don't mean that PACKS collaborate. Wolves WITHIN the pack collaborate in an intelligent and forward-thinking manner. Instead of just mobbing an animal in one giant mass, many wolf packs will set up a coordinated hunt with a few members chasing game into ambush points, where other wolves are waiting. Or, sometimes with 2 or 3 different spots, depending on the type of game (size/endurance/ease of takign it down). There are lots of different scales to judge intelligence. However we judge them, a wolf (relatively complex, sophisticated vertebrate) is far more intelligent than a fish (maybe the simplest vertebrate brains). As for social stuff....your best example was ants, which do indeed have sophisticated social systems, but they are hardly "emotional". I hate to use the dog comparison because dogs are pets....but a wolf's emotional intelligence is far closer to rufus than an ant.

Maybe its me, but i wouldn't drive 3 mins away to catch a sunfish. And some people come in from the US to do it? Yikes. Let alone cleaning them???

Very cool video. Are you dragging a downrigger ball? What is the camera attached to? Also - what is the tail on your spinner?

someone told me cooked rice. I have never tried it so can't comment on its effectiveness.

You may want to do some research yourself, my friend. If you knew anything about wolves, you'd know that they often work in coordinated hunts where some members of the pack drive prey to ambush points where other members are waiting to join in. Soemtimes it is more complex with 2 or 3 different groups waiting at ambush points taking turns running prey down. There's lots of verbal communication btwn them to signal actions on the hunt as well. As for intelligence....i would like to think that if chimpanzees or gorillas were native to Canada we would not hunt them. Or if dolphins swam in ontario's lakes we would not hunt or fish them. Obviously wolves are not on their level....but the point is the same. And wolves are a billion times more sentient than a fish. And certainly more intelligent than an ungulate. If people ate wolves...fine. I just would choose not to hunt them as trophies. I don't begrudge you for doing it. But don't consider me a member of P3TA for not doing it. Final point - as others have pointed out already, comparing wolves to coyotes is like comparing muskies to rock bass. I wouldn't hunt coyotes either - they're still intelligent, and hunting them provides zero value in controlling population - but there might be one pack of wolves for every 150 square miles. Coyotes are more like rock bass....they can over populate an area.

Yeah, i get it. And you guys are misinterpreting me as some sort of preacher. If you follow the thread you'll see i didn't slam wolf hunting at the beginning (i posted a pic of a fish).....just the guy sayign that those who don't like it are morons. I don't think i'm a moron. But we're all entitled to our opinions i guess.

I was joking about the soy milk. An idea of something else you mgiht find "faggoty".

congrats. I'd love some moose steaks if you can spare any.

Wolves collaborate in groups....not in a mob like a pack of fish. They set up pre-determined ambush points....with some members of the pack driving the prey towards it. They are far more intelligent than the ungulates that they (and we) eat. And they are a billion times more intelligent than a fish. And no, muskies don't feel pain the same way we do. It is instinctive. Processed in the brain stem. Even an amoeba will writhe around to try to escape a pin prick. Anyway - i'm not slamming hunting. I ate venison earlier this week. I just don't like hunting wolves. Not saying someone is wrong to do it - its legal. I just don't like that its legal. And like i said in an earlier post - hunt these wolves instead....

Exactly. But, don't you think if it were open for debate today most people on this site would be against it?

I don't mind hunting when the animal is harvested for sport AND food. Not really a fan of harvesting for trophies....be it a wolf, a musky, or anythign else for that matter. And, to your point -- muskies have tiny brains that are very simple. They are more instinctive than thinkers. They certainly do not have emotions. Wolves are intelligent, social animals. They collaborate on hunts...and do things that demonstrate intelligence and sentience that fish and deer/moose/etc don't have. I don't blame anyone for hunting wolves...it is legal. But, i do think it should be illegal. Killing whales was legal at one point as well. Think about that.

world record wolf.

this is the kind of world record wolf i like....

hope they ate'm.

All you're going to get here is someone's opinion. Ask the MNR - they're the ones who actually govern this.

Leechman -- love the paint job on your baits. Great contrast. Curious - how did the jointed spook work? Have to admit i thought you were a bit nuts with that one, and then i saw some at the fishing show (not spooks, but similar walk the dog lures).

east is least, west is best.

read my previous post. - go to carcostcanada -get the invoice price on your model, configured as you want. - the dealer pays invoice price. In general, the $ you pay above that is their profit - sometimes the manufacturers also offer discounts. This is directly from them, not the dealer - i would find the invoice price, go in and say you want to pay a fair price.....$1k over invoice. They make a thousand dollars, you get a good deal. Everyone is happy. Or, should be.