TomSeller
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I've come across that before as well. Really irritates me.
I hate poachers..
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I've come across that before as well. Really irritates me.
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coobie
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Great memories indeed..Looks nice!
When I was a kid, my dad's folks had a cottage on the island at Diamond Lake down in Cassopolis. There were about 60 cottages on the island. There was a 4-car ferry that was basically two sections of army surplus floating bridge welded side-by side. There was a cable anchored on shore and on the island end. The cable ran through the middle of the barges. The engine house was what looked like a metal floating yard barn on a pivot pin on the side of the barge. It could steer somewhat, but basically, it pushed one-way, then pivoted 180 degrees around and pushed the other on the return trip. Fond memories of that little cottage. They sold it when I turned 15!
You can barely see it in this photo on the right side of the island. Straight line is the cable laying on the bottom. It was known that if the ferry was coming, and you were in a boat, you didn't cut across the path until the ferry was at one end or the other. Otherwise your motor would hit the cable. Sure enough, one time we were on it on the 4th of July, heading to the island, and as we neared the island and the cable was rising off the bottom, an orange speedboat with a tall white outboard (seems like yesterday) tried to beat the ferry and I remember my dad yelling "He's gonna hit the cable!" and the engine went flying off the back of the boat, the cable snapped and went rolling out from between the barge sections and we S-L-O-W-L-Y began to move left, not forward, as the engine house was on the right side of the boat and could only push forward and left or backwards and right. Try as he might, the operator couldn't get us anywhere near shore. Eventually, several boats came up and towed us back to the mainland. We were in a VW bus, and had a cooler full of food and ice cream, so my dad just opened the sliding doors and we sat there and had a picnic for the hour or so it took them to get us back to shore. Didn't get to see the grandparents that day, but it was still fun!
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Looking4new
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I see it at least twice a year up here. Hunters (I call them poachers even if they have a license for the animal) will go into the bush, shoot a moose and drag it all the way to the side of the road and just take the head and leave the rest to rot. Now that really pisses me off!
jack707
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Poachers have to eat to!
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coobie
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Not at my place,I will gladly send them your way.
riptides
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Yeah, I'd rather not deal with the trespass and the mess invariably left behind. Come knock on my door if you are that hard up, or seek community help in my area, there are lots of people who can assist.
kevin37b
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Most of these people have what is known as small ******** syndrome . Better clear that up , the poachers have sts not you guys .
jack707
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I don't know why everybody is taking poaching so personal I mean to some people that can't afford to go and spend $12 for freaking steak or whatever you know and it's not hurting you or anything like that so and the Animals there going to be no shortage of animals so I don't know what the **** everybody is getting so bent out of shape for
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You need to drink some more cool aid out of your jug.
