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hoosier_egger

frazzdaddy said:

fishlessman said:

frazzdaddy said:

fishlessman said:

must be mating season, could hear a bobcat screaming over and over this morning. the dog was in high alert.  never heard one going off before

Grew up with them and we have one in the neighborhood now. That is a haunting scream.

hoping this one moves way upstream,  my dog will go at it face to face if it gets in the yard. he doesnt know when to back down

Living around them my entire life, I have actually only seen two in the wild. They are pretty skittish and will avoid contact if at all possible. 

Agree. Very common around here too. Only saw 2 but you can hear them often. I tried calling it in one night with a distressed rabbit call. No dice 

fishlessman

frazzdaddy said:

fishlessman said:

frazzdaddy said:

fishlessman said:

must be mating season, could hear a bobcat screaming over and over this morning. the dog was in high alert.  never heard one going off before

Grew up with them and we have one in the neighborhood now. That is a haunting scream.

hoping this one moves way upstream,  my dog will go at it face to face if it gets in the yard. he doesnt know when to back down

Living around them my entire life, I have actually only seen two in the wild. They are pretty skittish and will avoid contact if at all possible. 

i just know my brittany spanial, seen him walk up to a 60/70 pound coywolf nose to nose like nothing was happening. have only seen two bobcats as well, this one has been around for about two months now, first time i heard that repetitive scream though. squirrel in the yard had no hair on its back and the head is a liitle messed up so im thinking its hanging around pretty close

Ozzie_Isaac

We see them a fair bit.  Not as skittish around here as I would like.  However, they are more skittish than the coyotes.

Botch

ColtsFan said:
Very common around here too. Only saw 2 but you can hear them often. I tried calling it in one night with a distressed rabbit call. No dice 

Bear River City is about 30 minutes northwest of here, and has some tall cottonwoods overlooking the Bear River; in February you can usually see bald eagles in those trees.  One trip there weren't any, and I decided to try the rabbit call...
   
Every dog in Bear River City went absolutely ballistic!    I decided I'd better not do that again (and I have no idea whether raptors respond to sounds).  

 

fishlessman

Ozzie_Isaac said:

We see them a fair bit.  Not as skittish around here as I would like.  However, they are more skittish than the coyotes.

i had a coyote bounce off the storm door as i shut it getting the dog in, not skittish at all here and big. those i really dont like around the house

fishlessman

saw a coyote get weighed in near the camp a few years ago, weighed 72 pounds, but look at this one weighed north of there in canada, 83 pounder

fishlessman

Botch said:

ColtsFan said:
Very common around here too. Only saw 2 but you can hear them often. I tried calling it in one night with a distressed rabbit call. No dice 

Bear River City is about 30 minutes northwest of here, and has some tall cottonwoods overlooking the Bear River; in February you can usually see bald eagles in those trees.  One trip there weren't any, and I decided to try the rabbit call...
   
Every dog in Bear River City went absolutely ballistic!    I decided I'd better not do that again (and I have no idea whether raptors respond to sounds).  

 

if you want to call a bald eagle in, stand on the back of my boat and pretend to throw a salmon back in

Gulfcoastguy

I nearly ran over a coyote Friday night. It looked like he crossed in front of me and I didn’t see him until he got to the grass. Large but probably not over 50 lbs.

fishlessman

Gulfcoastguy said:

I nearly ran over a coyote Friday night. It looked like he crossed in front of me and I didn’t see him until he got to the grass. Large but probably not over 50 lbs.

i am just amazed at how big they are getting

nolaegghead

They feast on domestic cats.

Gulfcoastguy

fishlessman said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

I nearly ran over a coyote Friday night. It looked like he crossed in front of me and I didn’t see him until he got to the grass. Large but probably not over 50 lbs.

i am just amazed at how big they are getting

Sometimes they crossbreed with large domestic dogs producing Coydogs.

johnmitchell

frazzdaddy

nolaegghead said:

They feast on domestic cats.

Yupp, lost a good barn cat to those varmits

TN_Egger

RIP DS. 17-0, never bested. Great coach. 

hoosier_egger

Charcoal bag porn 

Ozzie_Isaac

Waiting for 1000 more views before this thread hits 1M views.

nolaegghead

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Waiting for 1000 more views before this thread hits 1M views.

Are you still hustling at bingo?  Do you get that?  Does anything matter anymore?

Botch

fishlessman said:
if you want to call a bald eagle in, stand on the back of my boat and pretend to throw a salmon back in

A CMSgt I worked with at Grand Forks AFB had me visit his brother in northern MN, who owned a campground/fishing business.  Every night he'd come in by boat with his clients and clean their fish (northern pike and walleye) from that day while they partied, and early the next morning he'd dump a bunch of pails of fish heads/guts into a field... with about two dozen bald eagles licking their lips beaks.  
I didn't get very good pics, too slow a film speed and only a 200mm lens, but it was a cool experience!  

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Waiting for 1000 more views before this thread hits 1M views.

Are you still hustling at bingo?  Do you get that?  Does anything matter anymore?

Unfortunately I no longer hustle bingo.  It was a good gig while it lasted.  Those joints are absolute money making machines.  Popular way to launder money too, it turns out.

Botch

johnmitchell said:

Saw some doofus on EweTube catch one of those things in Japan, grab it with forceps, and he let it bite and sting his forearm.  Nope-nope-nope!  

Sea2Ski

Minor generator maintenance.  We lost power. I pulled out the generator and pulled the starter cord only to have it snap - but it started on the first pull!   Had to replace the string.

Still need a new fuel line - noticed some dry rot cracks.

lkapigian

I'm on a mission to hone the Fermented meat game.....Spanish Chorizo and another batch of the Calabrese Fennel, decreasing salt% every time...Pressing these as I like the way they dry...24 hour ish Cure Stage till PH 4.9- 5.1





Thanks for looking 

GATraveller

lkapigian said:

I'm on a mission to hone the Fermented meat game.....Spanish Chorizo and another batch of the Calabrese Fennel, decreasing salt% every time...Pressing these as I like the way they dry...24 hour ish Cure Stage till PH 4.9- 5.1





Thanks for looking 

So much awesome right down to the diner table. 

SciAggie

@lkapigian O.M.G.
That is so cool. I guess the good news is that you’ll have this all figured out by the time I can obtain a freezer. 

lkapigian

GATraveller said:

lkapigian said:

I'm on a mission to hone the Fermented meat game.....Spanish Chorizo and another batch of the Calabrese Fennel, decreasing salt% every time...Pressing these as I like the way they dry...24 hour ish Cure Stage till PH 4.9- 5.1





Thanks for looking 

So much awesome right down to the diner table. 

Thanks @GATraveller, @SciAggie complete with candy machine

I've defiantly learned a couple easy tricks ...Ive only used the Curing chamber for the ferment stage once, room temp for the culture I'm using is just fine

bucky925

ColtsFan said:

Charcoal bag porn 

Fake news 

Ozzie_Isaac

bucky925 said:

ColtsFan said:

Charcoal bag porn 

Fake news 

https://sports.theonion.com/unregistered-horses-meet-under-cover-of-darkness-for-ke-1819578860/amp

fishlessman

Gulfcoastguy said:

fishlessman said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

I nearly ran over a coyote Friday night. It looked like he crossed in front of me and I didn’t see him until he got to the grass. Large but probably not over 50 lbs.

i am just amazed at how big they are getting

Sometimes they crossbreed with large domestic dogs producing Coydogs.

the ones in maine are mixed with wolf, they have doubled in size in the last 20 years. its weird though, they all have wolf dna yet the wolves arent here

fishlessman

johnmitchell said:

have been swarmed several times with hundred plus bee bite days, that scares me more than this plague

Gulfcoastguy

Another nice Asian import. We must send them a nice fruit basket.