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Page 12 Golden Valley News May 28, 201 5 Hat Tips By Dean Meyer SEASON OPENS RESTRICTIONS Summary of Changes from Last Year I A good day for fencing Lane Lowman, right, assisted by Tristen Lowman, Belfield, works on tinel Butte on May 20. Lowman has a fencing and backhoe service Volesky) Genetic diversity in cattle Let me preface this BeefTalk by saying the world always is changing and the beef industry is not immune to those changes. As a beef industry, if producers only read and visit about beef produc- tion and associated issues, the industry eventually will fail. That is not to say the activities that will replace the beef industry are better, but ignorance of change results in change. A review of history certainly will substantiate that nothing is immune to change, so producers should strive to read something that is different. It could be something that irritates you a little but still informs. The incredible speed at which knowledge is obtained is mind-bog- gling. The rate at which knowledge is implemented also is gaining speed. Since the advent of the Internet and increasing programming efforts using computer software, advances that took a decade to study and reveal to the world are now overnight news, so read. Read what is happing around you and become aware of the trends subtly implanted in the thoughts of your friends and neighbors. Let me share an example. This morning I was pondering how nice the weather was and how I was going to take 90 sixth-gTaders for a walk on the prairie. Actually, it is 90 sixth-graders each day fbr the next three days. What a great opportunity because the value of interconnecting class- rooms and the world is immeasurable. However, before I left, a short note that caught my attention came across the Total E-Clips website. Total E- Clips is a website produced by the Foundation for Biomedical Research in Washington D.C. The foundation does an excellent job of providing relevant and timely news articles involving animal re- search. This article was titled "Why Genetically Varied Mice Could Be Mightier." "Genetically varied" were two words that caught my attention. In the beef industry, that sounds like cross- breeding. The article started with a statement that genetic manipulation for personalized medicine will be prominent in research and medical cir- cles in the future. Unfortunately, the mice that are utilized in these studies are very much inbred and the experimental response is limited to these inbred populations of mice. The concern (this is a beef ar- ticle) is that these inbred models will not reflect the real world, so the mice need to be crossbred to expand the gene pool. This particular research group will cross eight inbred lines of mice to produce an "outbted mouse" (crossbred cattle). These outbred mice are anticipated to be genetically varied and have more capacity to respond to the many ther- apies the mice will be exposed to (sounds like hybrid vigor). The article went on to discuss CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palin- dromic repeats) and how this tech- nique can provide further refinement of the genomic makeup of individual mice. 1 am not going to go there today. but suffice it to say that these labora- tory techniques and subsequent appli- cations to human medicine are applicable to all living systems. The positive and negative consequences are challenging, but this further un- derstanding of "genetically varied" mice certainly expands our under- standing of heterosis (outbreeding en- hancement). Crossbreeding various breeds of cattle produced calves that are genet- ically varied. This expanded gene pool VARIED The Beef Industry is Still Ahead of the Mouse, We Already Crossbreed! has positive benefits on calf survival, growth and subsequent reproduction as mature cattle. Producer preference of purebred or crossbred breeding sys- tems Was and Still is a point of discus- a new fence east of Sen- business. (Photo by Richard good thing sion :in cattle circles. I guess that is why I could not help taking a quick look at an email that seemed interesting. In a matter of mil- liseconds after a quick scan of the in- formation, my mind placed a few more solid facts in place on why crossbreeding is a good thing. Granted, the mice will remain in their little confinement homes and the cat- tle will continue to graze in their pas- tures, but there is a connection. More recently, this concept of combined data pools and across-breed analysis of genetic traits continues to present itself within the beef breed communities. The impacts are real, and what we don't know today, we probably will know tomorrow. Walking with 90 sixth-graders in tow as we stepped across last year's cow pies and noted the varied and ex- pansive nature of the northern prairies, comfort was taken in that the beef in- dustry is still ahead of the mouse be- cause we already crossbreed. May you find all your ear tags. rl Hello. This morning I was in a hurry to do an article. Because it's Friday and they need it in about ten min- utes. So, I cheated. I looked through some old articles and found an arti- cle that meant a lot to me. And with the forecast for wind and rain, it fit this weekend too. I'm not sure, but I think the Kelli in the article is a married mother now. And I'm sure this will bring a smile to her and hers. Stay safe out there people. I hope you had a great Memorial Day! Boy, if you liked it windy, you should have been about as happy as a horse in an oat bin. If you were at the lake, I'm sure you were sitting in a camper full of kids, wondering how in the heck you ever talked yourself'into spend- ing a hundred grand on a pickup, boat, and nice camper with extend- ing sides. If that was you, you did not have as nice a weekend as pre- viously planned. If you had planned on just spray- ing those last couple fields, attend- ing the Memorial Service at the Where she is dodging bullets and bombs and packing guns and building schools and water systems, While we're worrying about dry weather and the wind on the lake, I think some- times I worry about the wrong things, one year. A young man marked eighty something on a bull. A not a soul saw it. But it sure sounded like he was bucking. I remember when you couldn't see across the arena at New Salem because of the snow. Legion, and doing odd jobs, you But yesterday in Dickinson was probably got it all done but the one for the record books. Fifty plus spraying, mph winds. Now, if you're a young I announced a High School lady, roping against a fifty mph Rodeo at Dickinson. Now, I've been gale, riding a horse going twenty- to hundreds of high school rodeos, five, it is a little tough to control that I've been to long ones, short ones, loop. But we had girls that got it cold ones, hot ones. I've been to done. And if you think irs easy,just high school rodeos in North Dakota, jump in your outfit, take her out on South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, the :interstate, and try to rope the and Oklahoma. I've rodeoed from speed limit signs while driving sev- can see to can't see and sometimes enty-flve. And hope the cops aren't in to the night. I remember riding out. Oh yeah, and hope you don't bults in the headlights of the few catch one! pickups that were left at Newtown We roped calves and steers and Support group to meet in Dickinson DICKINSON - The next Prime- Street. Please enter through the east Care Surgical Weight Loss Pro- side Medical Clinic door, then up to gram's support group meeting is on second floor. Participants are asked Tuesday, June 2 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. to RSVP online by noon on Men- at CHI St. Joseph's Health's second day, June I. Log onto floor conference room in Dickinson st.alexius.org, click on "Classes & via tele health. Events," then "Support and Discus- At this session, Michelle Maier, sion Groups." FNP, will help attendees discover The Primecare Surgical Weight the roles of vitamins and minerals Loss Program is a partnership be- and how well they may (or may not) tween CHI St. Alexius Health and be working. Attendees are asked to Mid-Dakota Clinic. The weight loss bring their vitamin(s) to this session support group meets the first Tues- for an interesting experiment, day of each month and is for anyone The second floor conference who has had weight loss surgery or room is located at 2500 Fairway is considering weight loss surgery. I" I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I rode bucking horses. We rode broncs and bares and bulls. We tied goats and'ran ban'els. And not one kid complained. A few parents were a little disgusted when we had to hold the poles down with sandbags, but then, parents always complain more than kids. And you know what we did. We put on a nine hour rodeo with 250 great kids in less than seven hours. Without one injury. I was proud of every one. But you know what the highlight of the day was. Kelli. Kelli is a young lady that doesn't weigh eighty-five pounds dripping wet. A year or two ago she was tying goats and running barrels and going to the dance after the rodeo. She was rop- ing calves and hollering at her sis- ters. And yesterday she came up in the crow's nest and gave me a Cuban cigar. Now neither one of Us smoke, and she didn't have a baby. But she gave it as a friend. A friend home on leave from spending three months in Iraq. An eighty-five pound goat tyer who, in a couple of weeks, is pack- ing up and going back to Iraq. Where she is dodging bullets and bombs and packing guns and build- ing schools and water systems. While we're worrying about dry weather and the wind on the lake. I think sometimes I worry about the wrong things. And that is what Memorial Day is supposed to be about. To remind us of what others gave and are givng. Remember them in your prayers. Later, Dean Rent this space for only a few dollars a week. Call 872-3755 for more details nmmuimmlmmmmmmnmmnl m m ml m /mmlmm m mm n n i i nan im mmm m l'ii m l n DEER BOW *Exception - See DEER GUN II liIlI J 2015-2016 Deer Hunting Proclamation Summary The deadline for submilgng appllca4k)ns to the Dens office is June 3, 2015. Reduction Deer Seasons. November 22 December 13 September 27 All units Statewide Statewide Residents - Any deer is legal, except antlertess mule deer in units 3B1,3B2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4 No unit restrictions. Nonresidents - Restricted to species of deer described on license. Antledess mule deer may not be taken in units 3B1,3B~, 4A, 4B, ziG, 4D, 4E and 41:. No unit restrictions. Orange clothing required of all bow hunters during regular gun season. Restricted to type of deer and unit described on license. Type of deer includes species and whether antlerless or antlered (at least one visible antler). Anfiedess mule deer may not be taken in units 3B1, 3B2, 4A, 4B, 4(3, 4D, 4E and 4E Note exception for white-tailed deer hunters in units 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E. Orange clothing required. I Restricted to white-tailed deer only and type of deer described on license. No unit restrictions. Orange clothing required. 12 & 13 year olds - Antlerless white*tailed deer only. 14 & 15 year olds - Any deer is legal except antlerlsss mule deer in units 3B1, 3B2, 4A, 4B, 4(3, 4D, 4E and 4E In units 3B1,3B2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4F a special license is required to hunt antlered mule deer. No unit restrictions except those possessing th~ special antlered mule deer license must hunt in their unit the entire season. Orange clothing required General Information Resident deer bow licenses are issued by the Department's Bismarck office, through the Department's website, or by calling 1-800-406-6409. Nonresident general deer bow licenses (for white-tailed deer) are issued by the Department's Bismarck office, through the Department's website, or by calling 1-800-406-6409. Nonresident any deer bow licenses (which include mule deer) are issued by lottery only from the Department's Bismarck office. Deer gun and muzzleloader licenses are issued by a weighted lottery procedure through the Department's Bismarck office. Resident gratis and nonresident landowner, and youth deer licenses are issued through the Department's Bismarck office. There are separate applications for 12 and 13 year olds, youth deer, resident gratis and nonresident landowner, deer gun, and muzzleloader licenses. Applications are available from county auditors, license vendors and the Department. The deadline for submitting applications to the Department's Bismarck office is June 3, 2015. Resident deer bow license holders may take and possess one deer of any type per season except for antledess mule deer in units 3B1, 3B2, 4A, 4B, 4(3, 4D, 4E and 4F; and except as described for the special herd reduction deer seasons. Nonresident deer bow license holders may take and possess one deer of the type described on their license. Antterless mule deer may not be taken in units 3B1,3B2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 41=, September 4,(12:00 noon) information on Special Herd 16 1/2 Day Season November 6 (12:00 noon) November 27 (12:00 noon) September 18 (12:00 noon) MUZZLELOADER YOUTH DEER Deer gun license holders may take and possess one deer of HOURS OF HUNTING are one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to one-half (1/2) hour after sunset except when season opens as noted above. Hunters must the type described on their license. Antlerless mule deer may cease any hunting activity, leave any stand or blind, and must be in the process of leaving the field at the close of, shooting hours (one-haft (1/2) hour after not be taken in units 3B1, 3B2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4E sunset). All season openers are Central Time. Muzzleloader license holders may take and possess one white-tailed deer of the type described on their license. Residents ages 12 and 13 hunting during the youth deer season may take and possess one antlerless white-tailed deer. Recording devices which do not aid in range finding, sighting, or shooting the bow are permitted archery equipment. The 2015 North Dakota deer hunting season will feature 43,275 licenses, Muzzleloading handguns must now be .50 caliber or larger, and the minimum Youth deer season license holders ages 14 and 15 may which is 4,725 fewer than in 2014 and the lowest number since 1978. Again, a b=,ul length of 16 inches for rifles has been removed, take and possess one deer of any species, sex or age except concurrent season will not be held this year and hunters are allowed only one antlerlees mule deer in units 3B1,3B2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and license for the gun season. State law (HBl161) requires that any resident age 18 or older must submit 4F. In units 3B1, 3B2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4F a special Again, no antlerless mule deer licenses are available in hunting units 3B1, 3B2, a valid ND drivers license number or ND nondriver photo ID number when license is required to hunt antlered mule deer. 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4E This restriction applies to regular gun, bow, gratis, applying for a license, Failure.to include this on the application will result in the and youth licenses, entire application being rejected and returned to eenderl Resident, gratis and nonresident landowner license holders may take and possess one deer of the type described on their license. Antlerless mule deer may not be taken in units 3B1, 3B2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4E Used primary tags shall remain with the antlers or head until March 31, 2016. Used carcass tags shall remain with the meat until March 31, 2016 or until meat is consumed. APPLYING BY COMPUTER OR BY PHONE QUICK - CONVENIENT - EASY YOU can apply for yOUr deer license -- 24 hours a day 7 days a week, making sum your application I$ in before the desdline. Visa, Discover and MasterCard accepted. By Phone call toll free 1-800-406"6409 Besides license fee, a service charge for each applicant will be added ($4. O0 for residents, $ I 0.00 for nonresidents). Please have hunter education number ready. (if required), Via the Internet II lm visit our webslte at gf,nd.gov Regular license fees apply with no service charge added. "1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I * Special Herd Reduction Deer Seasons A.) Three special deer bow seasons will again be held in portions of the City details and areas open to hunting will be determined by the City of Fargo. of Bismarck and private land in Burleigh County located adjacent to the City Hunters must submit applications to the Department's Bismarck office along of Bismamk. The bag limit shall be one antlerless white-tailed deer for each with a copy of their Fargo Permit and $30.00 for each license. After October special deer bow license. The seasons shall run from September 4, 2015 thru 31, any remaining licenses can be purchased by permit holders on a first January 31,2016. Hunters who desire to hunt within the city limits of Bismarck come first served basis. must receive trespass permits from the Bismarck Chief of Police prior to being C.) A special deer bow season will again be held at the USDA-ARS Northern issued up to three special licenses from the Department's Bismarck office. In Great Plains Research Lab in Mandan. A maximum of 35 antlerless addition, hunters who possess a bow license may use it during the deer bow deer bow licenses will be available. Application for the lottery for these season (September 4 thru January 3) after obtaining a trespass permit. Hunters licenses will be available at www.ars.usda.gov/npa/ngprl. Licenses must will be restricted to those conditions specified on the trespass permit. In the area be purchased at the Department's Bismarck office. The season shall outside the city limits of Bismarck, no trespass permit is needed, run from September 4, 2015 thru January 31,2016. B.) Additional special deer bow seasons will again be held in portions of the D.) Three special deer bow seasons will be held on NDDOCR land south City of Fargo and adjacent areas, including privately owned land. Hunters who of Bismarck. A maximum of 25 access permits are available to bow hunters desire to hunt within the city limits of Fargo must receive a Fargo City Deer through the NDDOCR with an application deadline of 4 PM CT, July 1, 2015. Permit from the City of Fargo. A maximum of 90 antlerless Special Deer Bow A maximum of 75 antledess white-tailed deer bow licenses will be issued from Season ligenses (available from the Department's Bismarck office) wilt be issued, the Department's Bismarck office. Each access permit holder may purchase Each permit holder may initially receive up to two of the special licenses. The up to three licenses. The seasons shall run from September 4, 2015 thru seasons shall run from September 4, 2015 thru January 31, 2016. Specific January 3, 2016. 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