Montana Woods N Water January 2017 Print Edition | Seite 3

Publisher ’ s Notes As of this writing it has warmed up into the 20 ’ s and it has felt like a heat wave compared to the negative temps we just suffered through .

You may notice the publication is a little thinner than normal this month and that is because advertising was down this month . It is normal for NW Montana to come to a crawl this time of the year . I had to make some cuts to the content but that is part of running a publishing business . Make sure you let our advertisers know how much you appreciate their support of Montana Woods N Water . Without them there is no Montana Woods N Water .

As I traveled around NW Montana the last two months I see way to many people driving too fast for the road conditions . I had one pass me the other day on a hill and the roads were snow covered . Grant it , the car had a Washington license plate and maybe they were over estimating their mortality , luck and driving abilities . Hope they made it home !

The wolf harvest is going great and big kitties have been busy running from the hounds . The snow is getting so deep up high , many houndsmen have slowed down their pursuit . Quotas are either being met or getting close .

I am already thinking about turkey and bear season and those nice warm spring days . In the meantime I think I will make some bear and old fashion cloth bag country pork sausage . I have several salmon from snagging season that needs some smoking as well . Now that the ice is thick enough I look forward to some ice fishing . A plate of perch or pike sounds pretty good . Be safe out there and winter shall pass soon ... hang in there !

~ Raf Viniard ~ Publisher

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Publisher / Editor / Layout / Sales : Raf - 406-407-0612 Photographers Robin K Ha ’ o / Bob Hosea Cartoonist Jonny Hawkins

Guest Writers This Month : None ... we have made them all Pro Staff Writers

Cover Photo : Photo was taken by John Roark of Libby , MT . Michael Jackson , Thomas Roark and Buck were getting in a little waterfowl action last month in eastern MT and the Dakotas . A big thank you goes out to John for submitting some amazing pictures . MWNW also wants to thank Heath at Griffin Publishing for fine tuning our cover photo .

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Pro Staff Writers This Month :

Pastor Jim Sinclair Dan Helterline Tony Rebo Alan Clarke Nathan Albertson Lori Goodman Jay Sheffield Bob Pierson

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