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Bear Trashes Toyota Prius

From my buddy JR Absher’s blog:

A Juneau, AK couple was sitting in their home Saturday when the horn on their Toyota Prius began blasting. Upon investigation, they found a black bear trapped in their hybrid, engaged in some serious interior re-decoration. "When I say the car was rocking, it was just rocking," said the car’s owner…

3 comments: Must have been one small bear… Like us hunters, I guess the animals haven’t taken a shine to those little greenie-weenies yet either… Imagine me driving down the road with a big, bloody drop-tine strapped on top that concept Prius? Don’t laugh man, the day could be coming :)

Snake Eat Snake World

Apparently we live in a snake-eat-snake world. There were 12 photos in the creepy series I got, but from these 2 you get the picture. I am a deer hunter, not a herpetologist (IMO anybody who loves and handles snakes for a living is off his/her rocker). But I did not know that one snake would consume another and then slither off to digest its prey. Is this common?

Anyhow as I have blogged before, I hate any and all serpents, from 4" garter on up, how about you? Don't  give me any of that "snakes are good for the ecosystem" crap "because they eat mice and other disease-carrying rodents." Those slithery things are creepy man. I'd kill every one I saw 'cept I'm too busy running like hell in the other direction. I hate snake posts!

Deer Hide Artwork

Got this from Jake and thought it was awesome:

Hey Mike: Thought you would like and appreciate this. We have our hides tanned then my grandpa takes them and, using pens, he draws whatever scenes we want on them (freehand). He’s done 3 for me. My brother has a rainbow trout and a whitetail scene. My dad has a turkey on his. Grandpa’s done everything from ducks in dogs’ mouths to elk to fish. Pretty awesome in my opinion and what a great way to pass on his love and passion for the outdoors. He's had a big part in our love for the outdoors; this will be something we can always enjoy and remind us about our days in the field with him. Hope you enjoy, Jake in WI

Do Real Mean Hunt in Pantyhose?

This from a post by Barbara Baird at the Women’s Outdoor Wire Newsletter:

An acquaintance told me about a guy he knows who always wears “mannyhose” when hunting.  As we women can attest, pantyhose will keep you warm on a cold, windy day… But when guys are in the woods, they can rest assured a pair of mannyhose will not only keep them warm, but will also keep the ticks from biting them. Apparently, some hunters prefer less bulky underclothes, and mannyhose fit the bill… Some guys declare that mannyhose absorb perspiration better than those dime-store longjohns do. Guys who hunt elk on mule-back might want to invest in a pair of mannyhose so they don't get saddle sore.

Man, I'm getting a weird visual of my hunting buddies, the hairy ones who are carrying around a few extra pounds…

I know this sounds sick, but I Googled “men’s pantyhose” and discovered that weirdos who cross-dress and regular Joes who hunt deer in pantyhose wear women’s queen-size or plus-size (up to size 28). I also found out, just in case you’re interested, that Gerbe, one of France’s leading hosiery makers, has launched a new line of men’s pantyhose “due to increasing demand from male clients...sheer or satin available in four models of tights, with and without feet."

Ah, those crazy French!

I think I’ll  stick to my warm, sweat-wicking, core-body-temperature-regulating Underarmour bottoms, which are tad thicker but fit and look a lot like the mannyhose in the picture.

The Duct-Tape Buck

Minnesota conservation officer Lisa Kruse responded to a TIP call from a licensing agent who said a hunter had checked and registered two antlerless deer. But when he pulled away from the store, the agent noticed a doe and a buck in the trailer behind his truck. Kruse drove to suspect’s home to investigate and found two does on the trailer--one of them with antlers duct taped to its head! The deer shooter told the CO that his friends wanted him to feel better about his hunt so they turned one of his does into his buck for the year, LOL.

This is a good deer-camp prank to pull on one of your doe-shooting buddies this fall. (If you do it send me a picture!) Also proves again that you really can use duct tape for anything :)

More Roadkill: Hungry?

From George minutes ago: Mike, since your theme of the day is roadkill, thought you'd enjoy this. Hungry? LOL.

More Road-Kill: Ohio Couple Hits Doe, Delivers Fawn

On the heels of our earlier post about deer in the road, this just in from the Port Clinton (Ohio) News Herald.com:

Wade and Cindy Sutherland had no time to react when a large deer jumped over the concrete guardrail Wednesday on Ohio 2 and smashed into the hood of their car… "We backed up to make sure it wasn't suffering," she said. "All of a sudden, little hooves were sticking out of it. I said, 'Oh no, she's having a baby.'" The Erie Township couple parked their car beside the doe… While semi-trucks roared by them, the couple delivered a tiny, white-spotted female fawn.

The 7-pounder was turned over to a wildlife rehabilitation center where it is doing fine and will be released back into the wild this fall. Sadly, the mama doe and another fawn inside her did not survive. So far as I can tell nobody is going to eat the road kill.

Happy Ending #2: Cindy to the paper, "I got our income tax refund yesterday, and we're going to use that and our stimulus check to get a new car."

Would You Eat Road-Kill Doe?

ALERT! Watch out for deer in the road, especially at dawn and dusk and night. The PA Game Commission points out that in the spring deer travel farther than normal in search of food, often congregating in grassy areas along busy highways. Also, as does get ready to drop their fawns, they kick off last year’s fawns; the young, disoriented deer run across roads and cause accidents. The young bucks disperse especially far, maybe 5 to 20 miles, as they look for a home range where they will live happily ever after.

So be careful, you sure as hell don’t need to spend $100 for a tank of gas and then smash a deer and have to shell out another $500 deductible or more to get your car or truck fixed.

BTW, I read that in PA and other states, you can keep a doe that you kill with your car if you call a wildlife office and tell them you are carrying home the road kill. But if you smash a buck with any size rack later this summer you have to turn him over to the authorities. Weird. Whatever happened to finders keepers?

Which bring us to the question of the day? Would you eat road-kill doe? Somebody told me one time it’s not all that bad, pulverized and tenderized, but I’ll pass, especially this time of year.

How NOT to Settle a Treestand Dispute

Minnesota conservation officer Matt Frericks took a cell call from a young hunter in a tree stand. The boy yelped that he was being confronted by a mad guy on the ground who said he had built the stand, thus owned it and thus the squatter should get the hell down. The young hunter shot back that since the stand was on public land, anybody could use it. The mad guy stormed off, came back with a chainsaw, and warned the young hunter one last time to get down or he would cut the stand down. The young hunter relented and scrambled down; the madman proceeded to fell the tree! The CO showed up and "enforcement action was taken on the hunter (cutter) who thought he owned the stand."

This is a ridiculous but TRUE story with a motto: Never climb into a stranger's stand, not even if it's on state land. The public domain issue aside, it's just not the right thing to do. Besides, don't you want to shoot a buck in a spot you found and from a stand you set?

Bullwinkle (the Deer) Shot in Alabama

No Photoshop conspiracy theory here. Gordon Murph killed this big-nosed buck in Escambia County, AL last January. David Murph said of the weird critter his uncle shot, “Other than the swollen face, he was healthy. He had plenty of fat on him. I've been told that back in October, a neighboring club got pictures of this same buck on a game camera, and he had the swollen nose then.”

The buck had a disease that is being tracked by the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study at the Univ. of Georgia. Scattered cases of big-nosed deer have been reported across the South and up to Delaware. Scientists say it appears to be a bacterial infection. It is affecting few deer at this point, and they don’t see any grave impacts to herd health yet.

But officials want to know more. If you or a buddy were to shoot a Big Nose this fall, take it to the nearest wildlife agency so they can extract tissue samples. Don’t freeze the head, because that ruins the samples.

Then mount that thing as is--imagine the looks and comments your Buckwinkle would get!