Hunting 2021

[treetx]

The human in the picture is me. It gives reference to the size of the animal. It's not like I was beaming with pride in the pic. They were euthanized with a captive bolt. It isn't a mass slaughter. The animals were all aged (by teeth), stomach content analyzed (check what they prey on), and their sex was recorded.

The chain is to keep that boar from hurting anyone if he woke up. The big ones were brought down with a tranquilizer dart. All the pigs in that picture are still alive.

 

[cory]

Wow thanks for the detailed info, much appreciated and I learned alot.

It would seem the humaneness pendulum is swinging the other way! So, devil's advocate, why the extra care and likely expense re euthanizing them vs shooting them?

 

[cory]

Great pic and interesting post re former Denver Broncos super bowl winning player (6'5', 285 lbs) who bagged a monstrous moutain lion in CO

 

[cory]

This 900-Pound Gator Is the Second-Heaviest Ever Harvested in Florida

Hunting guide Kevin Brotz and two friends harvested the gator from a lake near Orlando. It's one of the biggest ever killed in the state.

www.outdoorlife.com

 

[cory]

Warning: watching this vid may cause the innernet to break. Sound on. Full screen. No one would believe this without the vid.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Probably saved his ass. Water buffalo are bad ass.

 

[Kaveman]

What I can't believe is that the big bastard turned! Cape Buffalo are the baddest of bad ass land hulks. Holy sheets!

 

[cory]

bobcat doing adult mule deer

 

[Kaveman]

That's one tough cat!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Bobcats are tough nutters. If you ever get close to a wild one, you can see just how much muscle is packed in that package.

 

[Burnham]

Truth.

 

[cory]

Camels are rugged af.

And interesting article re the Aussi dingo fence.

Possibly of interest to @Bermy

I Hunted Feral Camels In the Australian Outback

In the late 90's, the author went on a 25-day DIY safari in the Land Down Under to go hunting for feral camels.

www.outdoorlife.com

The longest fence in the world has transformed Australia's landscape in surprising ways

The dingo fence does its job keeping the predator at bay — but that single change has cascading effects on the environment, right down to the shape of the sand dunes.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Ed L]

Woodchucks.....I've got 12 so far, no end in sight.
The damned things are all over this year. They love soybeans and thats all thats planted on our fields and everywhere else near me this year.

 

[Ed L]

Up to 15 of the bastages now....

Ed

 

[Cobleskill]

We used to have a lot in hay fields and on the side of creek banks. Since coyotes came around they have moved up around houses and barns where there is less coyote traffic.

 

[Ed L]

I left both of them next to my barn they were in, gone today, no trace of them. More yotes here than people think.
Just because you don't hear them, doesn't mean their not here.....

Ed

 

[Dave Shepard]

We used to have a lot in hay fields and on the side of creek banks. Since coyotes came around they have moved up around houses and barns where there is less coyote traffic.

Same here. Holes per acre in the 80's. Then the coyotes came. Now we have one family at the sawmill. I told Chuck not to borrow under the grain building, and we would get along. He hasn't, but the rats have.