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Post by MsAli on Mar 10, 2018 19:16:56 GMT -5
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Post by mohs on Mar 10, 2018 19:23:15 GMT -5
quartzy green is cool
and that last pic
that
a
ROCA!
streaked w/ quartz veins
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 10, 2018 19:27:47 GMT -5
Nice pickings! See you found a Chinese Writing stone along the way.
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Post by MsAli on Mar 10, 2018 23:41:33 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 10, 2018 23:48:53 GMT -5
On one side it looks like a spud, and the other side is a sparkly spud!  |
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Post by MsAli on Mar 10, 2018 23:57:21 GMT -5
On one side it looks like a spud, and the other side is a sparkly spud!  That's a great description for it! |
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Post by fernwood on Mar 11, 2018 8:09:02 GMT -5
Love the one with the quartz veins.
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Post by MsAli on Mar 12, 2018 13:26:48 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Mar 12, 2018 17:34:39 GMT -5
Lots of greens Alison. Wide variety. Those rocks are unfamiliar to me but we only have granite and quartz.
Where's that ewe ? Images of you running across a pasture with goat in a sprint behind.
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Post by MsAli on Mar 12, 2018 17:38:16 GMT -5
Ran across several piles that I am assuming are sheep. At first I thought Coyote kills but didn't see any tracks, but shells were nearby so I'm thinking the farm hands or someone slaughtered them in the field?  |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 13, 2018 4:04:18 GMT -5
Funny, was just raising hand to keyboard and the coyotes started their quicky morning yipping. Coyotes used to leave the bones arranged compactly like that here till they have gotten so prolific. Deer carcasses are gone by morning and rarely do they leave anything but the leg bones. I killed this one about 15 years ago. Had to weigh over 60 pounds, seemed over 70 pounds. Thickest finest coat imaginable. Never have lost pups or cats to them knock on wood.  |
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Post by MsAli on Mar 13, 2018 7:49:17 GMT -5
I've never seen a coyote take down a full grown deer or any full grown animal other than small game. As they dont hunt in packs they will take young and are great for rabbit control.
They have thier purpose.
Even my wolf wouldn't bring home full grown game when she would escape and hunt.
I'm a huge fan of predators and can't justify killing them unless they attack stock or pets.
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Post by toiv0 on Mar 13, 2018 8:09:00 GMT -5
I've never seen a coyote take down a full grown deer or any full grown animal other than small game. As they dont hunt in packs they will take young and are great for rabbit control. They have thier purpose. Even my wolf wouldn't bring home full grown game when she would escape and hunt. I'm a huge fan of predators and can't justify killing them unless they attack stock or pets. Seen a wolf run down a full grown healthy deer about 20 years ago. Farmers were losing calves and they brought in state trappers. They caught 25 wolves withing 10 miles of me. A neighbor hit a wolf with a snowmobile and they found its spine 20 ft up in an aspen tree. The guy was life flighted but lived. They figured the wolf weighed around 200 lbs. I leave the predators alone, but a good reason to carry a gun when out and about. |
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Post by MsAli on Mar 13, 2018 9:14:28 GMT -5
Cuyuna brought home a calf from the ranch that was about 2 miles down the road. She weighed 175lbs and that calf wasn't little. The strength it took to drag it home amazed me.
I have a lot of respect for them and the family dynamics. They fascinate me and scare me at the same time.
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 13, 2018 10:21:17 GMT -5
Nice material.......Yes, Wolves will take anything down, even a Moose and (or) Buffalo!! Seen coyotes take calves and deer down too... In the winter months in ND, Coyotes do run together, seen as much as six in a pack....Its just the laws of nature...
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Post by MsAli on Mar 14, 2018 22:18:11 GMT -5
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Post by NRG on Mar 14, 2018 22:26:59 GMT -5
Ali those look like common quartz some with some decent crystals.
Quartz has a particular aqueous solution/pressure/temperature region in which I forms.
If I am incorrect (I recognize this is possible!) Then we will revisit this! Looks like you had a fun trip!
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Post by MsAli on Mar 14, 2018 22:40:18 GMT -5
Ali those look like common quartz some with some decent crystals. Quartz has a particular aqueous solution/pressure/temperature region in which I forms. If I am incorrect (I recognize this is possible!) Then we will revisit this! Looks like you had a fun trip! Thank you I was thinking they were quartz, just oddballs. One little fleck of what I am pretty sure is Pyrite in one of them and nice crystals. |
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Post by NRG on Mar 16, 2018 20:33:23 GMT -5
A butchered animal would normally see the skeleton removed from the place of the kill.
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Post by MsAli on Mar 16, 2018 20:59:24 GMT -5
A butchered animal would normally see the skeleton removed from the place of the kill. That's what I thought too But the flock was in another are that was fenced. We found 3 sets in 3 different areas, all had twine nearby, like maybe they were tied up. No blood, but it had rained. Bones were picked clean and I looked for tooth, tracks and drag marks. Didn't see any at all. |
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