Buck ICEMAN, long thought frozen in the Alps, uh uh, he's back

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Haebbie said:
Impressing pictures, Oregon, Simply great!!!

Yes I am older than it looks like. I met the ice man at similaun glacier few days before he went west. We climbed up the Tiesen Valley and had a discussion about the american tanto blades. He told me how to use these knifes for bow making. He had a yew stave and cut a bow out of it when we camped over night in one of the small helix huts, which were made by the sheperds on their way to the high ridge ...

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So did the old fellow have any advice about hunting aurochs? Or cave bears? Or how to light a cave when you are painting the walls? Or what those little statues of chubby women were all about...?
 
AreBeeBee said:
So did the old fellow have any advice about hunting aurochs? Or cave bears? Or how to light a cave when you are painting the walls? Or what those little statues of chubby women were all about...?
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No advice for hunting auerochs or cave bear. Too high for these animals. Also his bow and his arrows were not finished. So I took my trap for a chamois. But we had no luck. At least we digged out a groundhog for dinner. The next days we had ibex. And we saw a brown bear and wolves. No need to light a cave because the whole Tiesen Valley has no caves. But Icey had a live coal in a birch case for the camp fire. :)

Haebbie
 
Haebbie said:
No advice for hunting auerochs or cave bear. Too high for these animals. Also his bow and his arrows were not finished. So I took my trap for a chamois. But we had no luck. At least we digged out a groundhog for dinner. The next days we had ibex. And we saw a brown bear and wolves. No need to light a cave because the whole Tiesen Valley has no caves. But Icey had a live coal in a birch case for the camp fire. :)

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Ah, the Good Old Days! I have to say that I would hate to be walking around on, or near, a glacier wearing what he wore. Must have felt a bit chilly and breezy down below —
 
Oregon, absolutely fantastic images and I have seen tens of thousands as a former custom printer. National Geographic quality.
 
A.P.F. said:
Oregon, absolutely fantastic images and I have seen tens of thousands as a former custom printer. National Geographic quality.
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Thank you for the kind words and may you live a thousand years. I get a kick out of seeing your photos and appreciate your efforts.
 
Mystery noise with source unknown. Attention those with varmint knowledge. You know who you are.

[video=youtube_share;MZuDY1i45xw]http://youtu.be/MZuDY1i45xw[/video]

Walking in the wetlands last week and heard this noise coming out of a hole in the ground so, of course, you need to hear it too. Nobody else was around so no witnesses. No, it wasn't my stomach with lower tract complaints and it wasn't me performing some kind of a hoax. What kind of varmint made it do you think? Damn noisy and strange.

Try to ignore trickling water, frog croak, wind and airplane noises.
 
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Mountain Beaver are strange beasties!
They had a live one that was being studied in the mammology department when I was getting an education.
They eat ferns, and when they pass the "pellets" they check each one, and re-eat the pellets that need to be digested a second time, to vet all the nutrients.
They figured it out because there was a tink noise coming from its glass cage. It ended up being the pellets containing twice digested ferns, and the beastie would chuck them away hitting the glass :)
 
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Update on Mini Iceman,
Oregon all your specs are correct but the model # is 874. And yes the package says made in China.
 
Mecha said:
Maybe a nutria, but I suspect it's a boomer, also called "mountain beaver!"

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/536926/mountain-beaver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Beaver

"Their vocalizations are limited to a soft whining, sobbing sound when in pain, grating produced by the teeth, and a high squeal when fighting."
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Thank you Mecha. I looked but failed to find sound recordings of the mountain beaver. However, here is a recording of a nutria: http://acousticatlas.org/acoustic-atlas/item.php?id=616
 
DesertChris said:
Mountain Beaver are strange beasties!
They had a live one that was being studied in the mammology department when I was getting an education.
They eat ferns, and when they pass the "pellets" they check each one, and re-eat the pellets that need to be digested a second time, to vet all the nutrients.
They figured it out because there was a tink noise coming from its glass cage. It ended up being the pellets co taining twice divested ferns, and the beastie would.chuck them away hitting the glass :)
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Ferns so tasty you have to eat them twice. :)

A cow has multiple stomachs in order to get nutrients out of plants. Perhaps the mountain beaver only has one stomach and must eat food twice to satisfy its nutritional requirements.

No tail, to speak of, on the mountain beaver so I should be able to tell it from nutria, with their long tail, if I get a good look at one.
 
Update: Sound/video file of underground noise was sent to the reserve's PHD Biologist. No response so far. Probably my video takes a back seat to FIFA, hard to imagine but ...

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874 Mini Iceman:







Open handle architecture, classy standoffs, tip up pocket carry, liner lock, 420HC blade steel and 2014 date symbol. Thank you kindly Red Canoe for your help keeping Canadian Tire's name out of the sticky thread.
 
Pete, the reserve's resident biologist who did his DD on Nutria, said that the noise is definitely from Nutria. Mystery solved.
 
The Mini Iceman is on sale for $9.99 this week at CT. Regular price is $39.99. Might grab one or two, just to have. They're not USA made, but for 10 bucks..... no pun intended, lol.
 
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My guess would have been mink. Bad luck for a nutria to be making noises like that when a hungry mink comes around.
 
EODPAul said:
The Mini Iceman ison sale for $9.99 this week at CT. Regular price is $39.99. Might grab one or two, just to have. Theyre not USA made, but for 10 bucks..... no pun intended, lol.
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Great bargain so time to load in. I don't see my favorite, 424 folder, at all in my search of Canadian Tire. You North of the border champions get all the good sales. I need a CT in Oregon!
 
300Six said:
My guess would have been mink. Bad luck for a nutria to be making noises like that when a hungry mink comes around.
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I've seen as many as 8 weasel family type varmints at once here. They hop in inverted U style which is great to watch. Saw one with a large frog in its mouth once but no Nutria. The conservationist would applaud indigenous predators munching invasive species.
 
Chignecto, there are stores in your neck of the woods?! Just kidding. :) The map looks like wilderness to my sore red eyes. Always wanted to visit and see the tidal action in the Bay of Fundy and have some flipper pie, of course. Will the Buck 424s be on sale as well do you know? My favorite Buck knife and so hard to find one at a bargain price in the states. Cut something for me please.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isthmus_of_Chignecto
 
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