jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 21, 2013 10:04:41 GMT -5
Those were the fattest beavers Helen and would have made large pelts. I was too busy. They came in the middle of plant season when i am too busy. And they were munching on my stuff and had to go.
I don't think my wife would wear them. I kill bunches of deer and make deer burger and jerky out of them and she will not eat it. Deer burger w/5% beef fat-yuuuum. And jerky-yuuuum. She got a deer hair between her teeth and that put an end to her deer meat career.LOL
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Post by helens on Sept 21, 2013 18:34:17 GMT -5
Well, if you have lots of beavers, maybe you should look into tanners or places that buy pelts. I don't have a problem with hunting, but gosh, killing the animal and just burying it seems like such a waste...
Can't say I've had lots of deer, but the bit I've had was pretty good:).
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Post by jamesp on Sept 21, 2013 18:38:59 GMT -5
Yes it is a waste but beavers are not welcome in many places in Georgia. I would be glad to invite you to get the next ones that visit. A live trap will cost about $800 and is heavy and awkward.
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Post by helens on Sept 21, 2013 18:51:26 GMT -5
Was just wondering what you did with the beaver. I don't want to go anywhere to trap beavers, but thanks for the offer.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 21, 2013 20:09:21 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 21, 2013 21:02:47 GMT -5
I kill bunches of deer and make deer burger and jerky out of them and she will not eat it. She got a deer hair between her teeth and that put an end to her deer meat career.LOL I don't guess I've ever had deer meat either. What's for Dinner? DEER MEAT A man kills a deer and takes it home to cook for dinner. Both he and his wife decide that they won't tell the kids what kind Of meat it is, but will give them a clue and let them guess. The kids were eager to know what the meat was on their plates, So they begged their dad for the clue. Well, he said, 'It's what mommy calls me sometimes'. The little girl screams to her brother 'Don't eat it, it's an @sshole |
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Post by helens on Sept 22, 2013 2:46:26 GMT -5
I wasn't arguing that you shouldn't kill beavers destroying your trees and messing up your water. That just started me thinking about fluffy beaver furs. I didn't know there were wild coyotes near Atlanta, but if there are, they gotta eat too.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 22, 2013 4:30:03 GMT -5
I kill bunches of deer and make deer burger and jerky out of them and she will not eat it. She got a deer hair between her teeth and that put an end to her deer meat career.LOL I don't guess I've ever had deer meat either. What's for Dinner? DEER MEAT A man kills a deer and takes it home to cook for dinner. Both he and his wife decide that they won't tell the kids what kind Of meat it is, but will give them a clue and let them guess. The kids were eager to know what the meat was on their plates, So they begged their dad for the clue. Well, he said, 'It's what mommy calls me sometimes'. The little girl screams to her brother 'Don't eat it, it's an @sshole I can relate. Wife likes that adjective. She adds 'long legged' ,removes the 'hole' at the end and adds 'jack' to the front. The joke is perfect. |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 22, 2013 4:45:47 GMT -5
My neighbor has 2 pairs of donkeys Helen. Or jackasses. They got real tall ears. Anyway, they are sweet but will kick a dog's brains out of his head. One of them got caught in the vines and the coyotes got him. It was sad and cruel. And his mate was devastated. Billy owns several hundred cows and he has to watch for coyote getting calves when they are newborn. Oh yes,they are here. This one was huge. guessing 45 pounds?  |
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Post by helens on Sept 22, 2013 4:53:16 GMT -5
Wow. Had no idea...that one looks like a German Sheppard... you sure you didn't accidentally shoot your neighbors dog??
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Post by jamesp on Sept 22, 2013 5:18:20 GMT -5
I was sitting on a boat cushion on the ground deer hunting smoking a cig a few years back and that rascal walked up on me from behind and passed to the right about 8 feet away. Wind going to left he never saw/smelled me.
He was about 30 feet away and i whistled softly and stopped him. Talk about a beautiful pelt. I got his(well,my wife got his)skull on top of the pie safe. She collects skulls. Weird eh? Yea, the beaver is over there too. Weirdo woman
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Post by helens on Sept 22, 2013 6:45:58 GMT -5
You seem to have an affinity for weirdo women:). LOL!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2013 7:35:46 GMT -5
I have a skull that I found when I was hounding. I believe it is coyote because of where I found it. I do not think anyone would go out that far to get rid of a dog. It is sitting on a high shelf where nobody can see it so if your wife wants it it is hers. I think I have your address somewhere but PM it to me if she wants it. And she is not weird, lots of people collect dead things including you. Dead coral is the whole body and she only collects one part. A lot of rocks are dead things too. If I was your wife, ok, I am not going to go there. I have a stiff wrist. But anyway you should appreciate her more because, well, you are you.  You know I am kidding right? Jim |
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Post by kk on Sept 22, 2013 8:37:36 GMT -5
I kill bunches of deer and make deer burger and jerky out of them and she will not eat it. She got a deer hair between her teeth and that put an end to her deer meat career.LOL I don't guess I've ever had deer meat either. What's for Dinner? DEER MEAT A man kills a deer and takes it home to cook for dinner. Both he and his wife decide that they won't tell the kids what kind Of meat it is, but will give them a clue and let them guess. The kids were eager to know what the meat was on their plates, So they begged their dad for the clue. Well, he said, 'It's what mommy calls me sometimes'. The little girl screams to her brother 'Don't eat it, it's an @sshole Love the joke. Best I have seen in a long while. Thanks for the laugh! Yummmmmmmm, Deer is a feast for kings. My relatives where hunters, meat as such was always hard to come by as the most of them where shot by city-folk who would keep the carcass. But my relatives would nearly always stow away heart, liver and lungs. My mom knew to make a fantastic dish out of them. We would literally line up to get first and seconds. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 22, 2013 8:46:57 GMT -5
Kurt, glad you liked it! Thought a few of the folks on here would appreciate it. Again, I've never had venison, so probably don't know what I'm missing? Nowadays, it is so expensive to get a license to take one, and add all your gear on top of that. There's probably someplace you can purchase it, but not sure where. It is illegal for a hunter to sell the meat, after he has taken the deer legally. That sucks. Life used to be so much simpler.
Went to a friends house in Ramona (an hour to the NNE of here) to prospect in her yard. She has found gold there. On the way out that evening, we saw four deer (three does and a fawn from this year) cross the road. They had told us they've seen five deer on their property.
As for killing things that kill your livestock, even the neighbor's dog would be on your hit list if it killed your chickens or whatever. Some things are just incompatible. These friends shot a gray fox recently that was killing chickens.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 22, 2013 9:28:13 GMT -5
A chicken killing squirrel. Dang
I shot a dog once. It killed all nine goats. It still bothered me very much.
What was wrong w/that squirrel?
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 22, 2013 9:54:45 GMT -5
jamesp - G-R-A-Y F-O-X. Not a squirrel.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2013 11:15:38 GMT -5
venison? For me? Meh.
Elk? or for Kurt - Red Stag.
now that's some good eats.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 22, 2013 13:05:48 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 22, 2013 13:33:06 GMT -5
I shot a dog once. It killed all nine goats. It still bothered me very much. Some things are sacred. When in Alabama, a neighbor brought me a large (dead) rattlesnake. I skinned it, cooked up the snake and ate it. The skin I dried. Same neighbor brought me a red fox that had been killed by dogs. I could not bring myself to skin it (he did it for me) as it looked too much like a dog. I prepared the beautiful pelt, and had it for years. I've also killed, skinned and prepared rabbit. But when a pet rabbit of mine died, I could not skin it. |
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