Wildlife, living next to nature - Page 14

orthodoc · 07-30-2014, 10:53 PM

Nah ...you're old.

Not that that's a bad thing.

Glinda · 07-31-2014, 11:29 AM

Yesterday, there was a young deer in my front yard (still had spots), and I see adult deer on my property with some regularity. I don't mind that they wander through my yard, but I'd like them to leave my fucking rose bushes alone! They eat most of them down to sticks. GRRR.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-11-2014, 08:06 PM

Bees...

xoxoxoBruce · 08-14-2014, 11:15 PM

Well living next to nature if you're a photographer/fishing boat deck hand, in Alaska.

busterb · 08-19-2014, 06:34 PM

Black Bear on campus. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/n...dian/14282441/

xoxoxoBruce · 08-19-2014, 06:50 PM

What, they let him get away without talking to coach Sherrill !

busterb · 08-20-2014, 08:01 PM

Measuring 15 feet long and weighing in at a staggering 1,011.5 lbs, this giant alligator was pulled out of a river in Alabama on Saturday morning, becoming the largest ever caught. The woman who did so broke out her special pearl necklace to celebrate.
http://indefinitelywild.gizmodo.com/...ght-1624521405
LArgest? Maybe.

glatt · 08-20-2014, 08:53 PM

"hooked and then shot" would be more accurate than "caught."

But it's still impressive

xoxoxoBruce · 08-21-2014, 01:39 AM

Brother-in-law hooked it at 10:30 am Friday, presumably after fishing at least a little while. She shot it at 5 am on Saturday, then came the described difficulty getting back to their take-out point. So the family, 2 girls and 3 guys spent about 24 hrs in that 17 ft boat, most of it attached to a recalcitrant gator.

Can't wait for the encore.

Gravdigr · 08-21-2014, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

"hooked and then shot" would be more accurate than "caught."

But it's still impressive

Wanting to boat a thousand pound gator, alive, are ya?

Big Sarge · 08-21-2014, 06:39 PM

lordy, god must look out for fools. anybody else would have probably ended up as a snack

BigV · 09-16-2014, 04:42 PM

Twil and I were on a road trip recently. So was this guy.

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xoxoxoBruce · 09-16-2014, 10:24 PM

Is that a Condor, or a vulture?

BigV · 09-17-2014, 10:35 AM

It's a turkey buzzard.

Apparently, he's shopping for roadkill:

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The turkey vulture is a scavenger and feeds almost exclusively on carrion.[4] It finds its food using its keen eyes and sense of smell, flying low enough to detect the gases produced by the beginnings of the process of decay in dead animals.

It was very exciting watching him fly. He was soaring overhead, pictures through the sunroof were not very successful, and repeatedly swooping along the road, just in front of us. I stopped the car and watched and took his picture. He was right there, like he was playing chicken (there's a chicken joke in there somewhere...).

classicman · 09-17-2014, 12:49 PM

neat pic BigV...

Imma guess Vulture

07-30-2014, 10:53 PM	#196
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Nah ...you're old. Not that that's a bad thing. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

08-11-2014, 08:06 PM	#198
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Bees... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-14-2014, 11:15 PM	#199
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well living next to nature if you're a photographer/fishing boat deck hand, in Alaska. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-19-2014, 06:34 PM	#200
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Black Bear on campus. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/n...dian/14282441/ __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

08-19-2014, 06:50 PM	#201
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What, they let him get away without talking to coach Sherrill ! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-31-2014, 11:29 AM	#197
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	Yesterday, there was a young deer in my front yard (still had spots), and I see adult deer on my property with some regularity. I don't mind that they wander through my yard, but I'd like them to leave my fucking rose bushes alone! They eat most of them down to sticks. GRRR.

08-20-2014, 08:01 PM	#202
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Measuring 15 feet long and weighing in at a staggering 1,011.5 lbs, this giant alligator was pulled out of a river in Alabama on Saturday morning, becoming the largest ever caught. The woman who did so broke out her special pearl necklace to celebrate. http://indefinitelywild.gizmodo.com/...ght-1624521405 LArgest? Maybe. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

08-20-2014, 08:53 PM	#203
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	"hooked and then shot" would be more accurate than "caught." But it's still impressive

08-21-2014, 01:39 AM	#204
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Brother-in-law hooked it at 10:30 am Friday, presumably after fishing at least a little while. She shot it at 5 am on Saturday, then came the described difficulty getting back to their take-out point. So the family, 2 girls and 3 guys spent about 24 hrs in that 17 ft boat, most of it attached to a recalcitrant gator. Can't wait for the encore. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-21-2014, 06:39 PM	#206
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	lordy, god must look out for fools. anybody else would have probably ended up as a snack __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

09-16-2014, 04:42 PM	#207
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Twil and I were on a road trip recently. So was this guy. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-16-2014, 10:24 PM	#208
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Is that a Condor, or a vulture? Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-17-2014, 12:49 PM	#210
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	neat pic BigV... Imma guess Vulture __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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