Yet another man vrs. animal thread

I used to eat possum and still would in a pinch if I desperately needed meat. They may be clean animals in captivity but in the wild they are part of the carrion eating family. There was a dead cow along a fence row once upon a time. Something under the skin was moving and in several places. After watching it for a while, from a distance Pheeeew, a possum crawled out. There must have been half a dozen possums in that stinkin to high heaven dead cow!:eek: :barf:

The last one I shot was in a tree out on my cuz's place. All I had was my 12 gauge and not wanting to fill it with shot I aimed a little in front of its head. Not one pellet hit it.:rolleyes: The next one I aimed right at the head and out of the tree it tumbled. I field dressed it and it just didn't seem quite right.
When we got back too the house I skinned it and it wasn't right. I never did figure out what was wrong with it but the meat didn't look right, smell right, or feel right.
I cut it up into pieces and took it out too my cuz's pit bulls who would eat any damn thing you threw at them.
They smelled it gingerly and then walked off and laid down. I had put it barely within the reach of their chains so while watching them carefully, they weren't that familar with me, I retrieved the possum and buried it.
I had fed the dogs before so they would eat what I put before them but they wouldn't touch that possum.
I don't know if it was diseased or if someone in the area had put out poison for them.:confused:
 
I stand by my statement that we do not have the wilderness expanses to have wolves without problems with people. There are too many people today. I guess you and I only have to wait. I'm 48 now. I'll live long enough to see a child killed by a wolf in the continental US before I die. - Munk :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf:
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We have seen this as truth in Los Angeles County where we have had attacks by mountain lions and several bears. The mountain lion ate a boy and the bears attacked several people just in the last few years. Too many people and not enough forests! No place to go and not enough food. I have attended briefings by Federal Rangers that describe the horrors of bear attacks while camping. This is actually quite common according to recent Ranger briefings. Bears gotta eat like the rest of us.
YEP,
iBear
 
The coyote is becoming a pest in Illinois and northern Indiana, with lots of reports of coyotes carrying off pets from backyards.
Some seem to live in parks in Chicago -
they are afraid of the gangbangers.

We don't have wolves around here, but mountain lions have been spotted in northern and southern Illinois. One was found near Rockford.

Unfortunately, you can't carry loaded guns in cars in this part of the world. FYI - I like guns, and would like to see more shootng ranges around here.
 
The "forest rangers" intoduced the damn coyotes to help control the deer population. No hunting allowed. :grumpy:

My boy saw allot of dead dear half eaten in the forest preserves while riding his dirt bike. He said a pack followed him the whole ride one time. Probably waiting for him to fall off his bike. He was only 11 or 12 at the time. Of course I told him to stay out of there from now on. I never saw any while riding the horses though.
 
The belief that animals are natural, and what they do 'right', while men are perverse, and what they do unatural, has swept the thinking of Western Man.

munk
 
munk said:
The belief that animals are natural, and what they do 'right', while men are perverse, and what they do unatural, has swept the thinking of Western Man.

munk
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Now that I am thinking on it.... you are not perverse and not an animal at all... but, you are pretty natural yourself..... and you do right every now and then!

Some of whatever you got must be rubbing off on the rest of us! Ya think?

HEY, there is no law against being a nice guy!

Smile if your smart!
Thanks,
iBear
 
sams said:
The "forest rangers" intoduced the damn coyotes to help control the deer population. No hunting allowed. :grumpy:

My boy saw allot of dead dear half eaten in the forest preserves while riding his dirt bike. He said a pack followed him the whole ride one time. Probably waiting for him to fall off his bike. He was only 11 or 12 at the time. Of course I told him to stay out of there from now on. I never saw any while riding the horses though.
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Coyotes love scavenging and they also clean up old kills, the dead and downs, the garbage and left overs at camp sites. They are good at all that, but, dangerous when hungry and children should not be anywhere near when they are hungry. We have many coyotes, in town, in Los Angeles and I have seen many of them, in town, over the years. Granted, Los Angeles is a big town, near a hundred miles acrossed at different points, East to West, North to South, but coyotes are very much in evidence throughout this area. Yes, we have huge parks, in town, where they live. Nobody told them to stay in the parks.... AND to my way of thinking parks are for people..... but, nobody asked me either! :) :) :)
Thanks,
iBear
 
Yvsa said:
I used to eat possum and still would in a pinch if I desperately needed meat. They may be clean animals in captivity but in the wild they are part of the carrion eating family. There was a dead cow along a fence row once upon a time. Something under the skin was moving and in several places. After watching it for a while, from a distance Pheeeew, a possum crawled out. There must have been half a dozen possums in that stinkin to high heaven dead cow!:eek: :barf:

The last one I shot was in a tree out on my cuz's place. All I had was my 12 gauge and not wanting to fill it with shot I aimed a little in front of its head. Not one pellet hit it.:rolleyes: The next one I aimed right at the head and out of the tree it tumbled. I field dressed it and it just didn't seem quite right.
When we got back too the house I skinned it and it wasn't right. I never did figure out what was wrong with it but the meat didn't look right, smell right, or feel right.
I cut it up into pieces and took it out too my cuz's pit bulls who would eat any damn thing you threw at them.
They smelled it gingerly and then walked off and laid down. I had put it barely within the reach of their chains so while watching them carefully, they weren't that familar with me, I retrieved the possum and buried it.
I had fed the dogs before so they would eat what I put before them but they wouldn't touch that possum.
I don't know if it was diseased or if someone in the area had put out poison for them.:confused:
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Sometimes animals can sense disease and poison. My guess is that the animal was poisoned.... but that is just my best guess. Usually, my experience is that disease will show up as dicoloration or spots on various organs, but not through out the meat of the entire animal. So far, I have never had that happen to me.
Thanks,
iBear
 
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