Wild Game Photos

[Harv]

Jim -

Yeah, now that you mention it, I've seen many a "V" formation passing overhead, but the two I photographed have clearly decided to call our pond "home". Either they're not the migratory type (of course, then how did they get here?), or they're taking time out to start a family.

Guess we'll know in a few months, eh? /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Alan L.]

Well I don't have any photos because my deer are hiding from us since we moved in 3 months ago. There are still fresh tracks from time to time but I always miss them. The plumber saw 5 one morning coming on the job before we moved in, but so far we haven't seen a one. I even put up a deer feeder, but there aren't any tracks within 20 feet of it.

Funny thing, I have a new 1.5 acre tank full to the rim that has ducks on it. Its not stocked with fish yet - I wonder what ducks eat anyway?

We have coyotes galore, rabbits, and field rats. Also armadillos. As for fowl, there are lots of falcons, owls, crows, and cardinals around. Have seen coon tracks on the creek bank but haven't caught sight of any yet.

Alan L., TX

 

[Thomas]

Not sure about your whitetail deer in your region,but over the years once spring finally comes and the ground starts to green up the deer will depend less on the food in which you offer,for there system goes thru a change.

Don't be fool for the wildlife knows there is food that you have put out,and it only takes one deer to feed and others will follow...and they will let it be well know if the feeder empty. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

How far is your feeding station from your home...I keep my feeding around less 50+ yards from my house.

Depending on what kind of ducks they sure do like tadpoles & salamanders & snails.

By the sounds you have a good location for camcorder footage.

Enjoy nature grand show.


Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[TWINKLE_TOES]

Jim,

<font color=blue>The Arkansas Game & Fish realeased about 35 or 40 Canada geese here in our City pond </font color=blue>

The department of fish and game mismangement strikes again.
I'll bet they live to regret this one. In the Seattle area the Canadian Goose has become a major problem with the majority of the people. The parks department hire people with herd dogs to chase them from park to park. They hang year round and numbers continue to grow. The debates rage, on what to do to eliminate or control them. Ideas range from gassing them to feeding them to the homeless. The major ojection is their droppings.
My view;
Animals have to put up with maneuvering through our traffic, our pollutants, our hunting laws and our encroachment into their world. So, just who has to put up with the most inconvenience?

 

[Thomas]

Jim,
You ending was well said!!
Wonder how the human race would like to be on the other side of the fence.

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[cowboydoc]

Here's a pic of the moose that my grandpa shot last fall. He was 87.

 

[cowboydoc]

Here's the description.

 

[Harv]

<font color=blue>the moose that my grandpa shot last fall. He was 87.</font color=blue>

Wow! And how old was your grandpa? /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[cowboydoc]

Harv,
haha, yea I guess that does look the moose is 87 years old. Nope that's grandpa's age.

 

[Harv]

Just couldn't help funnin' ya, Richard. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Fact is, my dad passed away at age 72, and my mom, at age 86, has lost almost all of her mental facilities. My hat's off to people like your grandpa who were still "getting it done" at such a ripe old age.

There's a fella at the gym that most people chuckle at 'cuz he does the perfect Tim Conway "old man shuffle" when he walks. Since he and I are there 5 days a week, I've gradually gotten to know him. He spends time on the treadmill and does an honest-to-God weight-lifting workout (under the careful eye of the trainers). I've been impressed at his mental acuity and sharp wit, and just this last week he finally revealed his age -- 88!!!

I'm 52, and I tell people I'm almost to the half-way mark /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif. I believe you need that kind of attitude to keep you going. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Thomas]

Geeze I hope I'm in half as good health as your grandfather when I turn 60.

Looks like the bull top near 1,000lbs and about 3.5 or 4.5 year old.
Sure would be a good looking mount.

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[cowboydoc]

Tom,
Yep he had it mounted. In Idaho you only get one a lifetime and he waited 38 years to draw a permit!

 

[DaveNH]

Here's a picture of the largest one I got in 1988.
Weighted 1123 pounds
Short neck spruce moose in Newfoundland.

We're all in this together! (3)
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by DaveNH on 03/18/01 06:37 PM (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[DaveNH]

And here's a picture of the smallest one.
These are very hard to hunt.

We're all in this together! (3)

 

[jimmoore]

AHA, You bagged one of the dreaded JACKALOPES!!

jim

 

[Thomas]

Dave..Dave..why are your mounts in the lower level of your home, /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif for they should be in the livingroom. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Hope you didn't have far to back pack that beast out of the woods. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[DaveNH]

These (and several other dead animals) were all displayed nicely in my livingroom, then I got married!
Not saying any more.


Dragged the moose out with an Argo , a very powerful 6 wheel
ATV with big tires.

We're all in this together! (3)

 

[cowboydoc]

Hahaha, know the feeling all to well Dave. My family are all big hunters and have had some success over the years which is mounted on the walls of the living rooms. When we were dating my wife said don't even think that you're going to put dead animals on my walls! I tried once and haven't since. Needless to say all my mounts are still in the ranch house back home!

 

[jimmoore]

Alen, The goose population has remained stable for the last 6 years. The park and pond is for waterfoul only.You can observe the fowl from the roadway but there is no access into the park, roads, walkways etc. there is a large grazing area for them. they have been no problem so far. The park is right on the edge of White river. During the dry spell last year the pond almost dried up and one of the large farmers brought a tractor and relift and pumped water from the river up into the pond so it would not dry up and kill the fish.

jim

 

[GlueGuy]

Harv,

I know how you feel. My Mom passed away when she was 72 (died on her birthday in fact). All the kids kind of half-expected her to outlast all of us she was such a dynamo. Blew us all away when she got cancer and lost the battle so quickly.

My Dad is now 83, and we don't expect him to go much longer. He has had Parkinsons for several years now, and is really not doing well.

However, we had a friend who kept going to 93. He was a ranger-naturalist in Yosemite for 63 years! We took him up to a local park on his 92nd birthday because it was a good place to spot golden eagles. Sure enough, we had only been there for about 10 minutes when a group of 4 or 5 goldens came looping by above us. What a treat for him. We then went on a hike, and when the trail split, one fork going uphill, and the other more-or-less flat, old Carl chose the uphill fork. What a guy! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

The GlueGuy