HUNTING 2017

[FireFighterZero]

You could hide everyone in New York City out here if you know how to hide.

 

[MasterBlaster]

How do you hide with no trees around?

 

[cory]

The 8 S's of camouflage:

http://www.thefightschool.demon.co.uk/CONTACT_Articles_S_Elements_Of_Camouflage.htm

 

[Spellfeller]

Jim, that's gorgeous country and a fine looking 8! Congrats!

 

[Mick!]

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-44907439/meet-the-rat-killers-of-new-york-city

I used to catch a lot of rats with my Jack Russel ‘Pirate’

Thankfully none seem to be around here.

Interesting little feature about terriers in New York.

 

[MasterBlaster]

This moose looks kinda big!

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[BlackSmith]

Kilt on the property next to me...

 

[treetx]

What is it? How does it taste?

I have that same TC in .223 with a bull barrel and hair trigger. With quality ammo, it absolutely drives nails.

 

[BlackSmith]

Coywolf, hybrid of Coyote and Wolf so I’m told Tex. Canis latrans var. They get big and aren’t shy like a Coyote.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Taxidermist!! Call it "Wolf!"

 

[squisher]

It doesn't look that big to me. But dark for a yote.

 

[BlackSmith]

That one isn’t all that big but they can get 50/60# heavier than a yote.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/coywolves-are-taking-over-eastern-north-america-180957141/

 

[squisher]

Good riddance. I'm not a fan of wild dogs around civilization.

 

[Cut4fun]

We get them like that around here, black. Bred with a dog most times.
Look at the paws should tell you all you need to know.

 

[MasterBlaster]

No hunters in '18?

 

[Mellow]

I'm going pheasant hunting next weekend.

 

[Steve Mack]

 

[Mellow]

 

[stig]

You don't hunt pheasants.
Not around here anyway.
Just driving your truck fast down a forested road will fill your quota.

 

[BlackSmith]

I could never bring myself to pull the trigger on such a beautiful bird...

 

[Mick!]

In my youth I was a gamekeeper of sorts, used to look after 200 odd pheasants from the age of 8 weeks in what was called a release pen, then as they grew they’d escape and create a diaspora in the immediate area until the day a dozen or so guns would turn up and they’d shoot them.

Really beautiful birds as Bob says, but very stupid, I felt guilty about it.

Ducks were the hardest though as you built their trust and saw their personalities, not a job I saw a future in.

 

[Mellow]

Beautiful AND delicious!

 

[MasterBlaster]

I bet they ARE tasty. The closest I've had was dove, and it was excellent!

 

[Mick!]

We ate them regularly back in the day, very tasty. Better skinned than plucked though iirc.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Wild pheasants out west here will make a fool of ya.

Caged birds are a poor facsimile.

Although....any cage birds that survive and reproduce( very few) will have wild offspring.