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Post by surveyor on Feb 14, 2016 14:23:46 GMT -5
Well...this was a great discussion. I now have to ASSUME that coyotes aren't half the problem I thought they were :-)
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Post by tmc on Feb 14, 2016 16:26:16 GMT -5
None of this is to say you should let up on them, surveyor - KEEP AT 'EM!!! lol. On Friday night, I went outside to smoke a cigar just out the back door (never in the house), no outside lights on. At about 7:15PM, about a half hour into a good smoke, something made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. I turned to look, and not 25 feet from the back corner of my house (and me) was a large coyote standing there watching me. I yelled at it - no response. I yelled and waved my arms - nothing. Then another couple of big ones came down the driveway from the road and stood alongside the first one, all of them watching me. I took a few quick steps toward them, shouting and waving my arms, they just calmly walked off into the orchard about 20 yards from where they were standing. I'm pretty sure I can assume the half-dozen or so missing pet cats in the neighborhood fattened those critters up a little. That doesn't bother me at all, though. When I came in after I finished my cigar I called the closest neighbors just to tell them about it and to warn them about their cats possibly falling prey (which by local law are NOT supposed to be roaming anyhow, cats are supposed to be "restrained" same as dogs). The next morning, the neighbor up and across the road from me called to ask if I'd heard them howling at about 2AM, in the brush just across the road from my driveway. Nope, I slept through it. I assume they were making fun of me and maybe even flipping me the middle toe. She said it went on for at least 15 or 20 minutes. Other than that, I'm assuming nuttin'. It's not the first time this sort of thing has happened and it won't be the last, I'm sure. I'm just glad there was snow on the ground to help me see them this time.
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Post by peltseeker on Feb 15, 2016 10:28:29 GMT -5
First off something insurance companies wont divulge and many drivers dont know but a very large portion of your insurance premium is due to the high deer population in new york... Second do you think mabey the low deer numbers in the ADKs and Catskill mountain range might be because the habitat has become non deer friendly... Deer are browsers eating low plants and shrubs and grasses.... Older larger trees shade out the prime food of the ruminids..third wanton waste of any animal is wanton waste period... Do that crap in alaska it gets ya a jail sentence..
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Post by surveyor on Feb 15, 2016 11:28:34 GMT -5
Second do you think mabey the low deer numbers in the ADKs and Catskill mountain range might be because the habitat has become non deer friendly... Deer are browsers eating low plants and shrubs and grasses.... Older larger trees shade out the prime food of the ruminids.. I can't speak for the ADK's, but I know hunters that will hike up into the Catskills from the lowlands daily during deer season (many have camps up there). The Catskills are simply not as vast as the ADK's and deer can certainly scoot up and down the mountain into the lowlands where browse and farmland is more than sufficient to carry a good population. My ASSUMPTION would be IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER OF THEIR IMPACT... bears, coyotes and last year's tough winter are each PARTIALLY to blame. These areas are antler restricted, so the youngin's are not being shot off! Oh and I have to say to those who refer to Catskill and ADK hunters "who can't bring the bacon home due to their own inept hunting skills"...they don't spend millions on gear and you wish you were half as dedicated, good and tough as some of these guys.
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Post by peltseeker on Feb 15, 2016 13:01:30 GMT -5
Well my assumption is this ..the grass is always greener in the other guys lawn.. the sky is always darkest before the dawn and god didnt make little green apples....we all have an opinion and will never be agreeable to every thing.... God bless us one and all and come on october 25th 2016..!!!!!!☺
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Post by newfox1 on Feb 15, 2016 13:34:33 GMT -5
Charlie, I,m assuming the handle on that spoon of yours is well worn. Tmc what kind of stogies you smokin
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Post by surveyor on Feb 15, 2016 14:12:18 GMT -5
Well my assumption is this ..the grass is always greener in the other guys lawn... God bless us one and all and come on october 25th 2016..!!!!!!☺ ... God Bless you as well! Oh, and chances are... if the grass is greener in the other guys lawn, it is probably because his septic system is located there!
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Post by tmc on Feb 15, 2016 17:46:03 GMT -5
Charlie, I,m assuming the handle on that spoon of yours is well worn. Tmc what kind of stogies you smokin Well, I'm assuming you were NOT assuming that what I was smoking made me hallucinate the entire experience, so I'll answer. Ghurka Beast. I like some of the Ghurka's, almost everything that Oliva has to offer, a few others but my "regular" cigars are usually made from tobacco that I grow right here. Also I don't mind a bit getting seconds and factory overruns from some of the good makers. When I'm not making my own, I usually buy from both cigar.com and Cigars International. Sometimes, though, I get the sneaking suspicion they're one and the same company! Now THAT'S another assumption.
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Post by newfox1 on Feb 16, 2016 13:37:28 GMT -5
so what your saying is your mostly smoking "HOMEGROWN"
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Post by tmc on Feb 16, 2016 17:10:46 GMT -5
lol, yes, BUT it's genuine tobacco. Not "whacky tabacky." Orinoco, Connecticut Broadleaf, and another that's a cross between Virginia Gold and between 4 and 7 other varieties. The cross is from seed I got from a local woman, she's been growing it for decades and can't remember all the different types she's grown together over the years so it's a real mixed bag but is a nice blend. I started growing that cross awhile back, the Orinoco and CT Broadleaf since maybe 2012; the seed is available through Pinetree Garden Seeds, website www.superseeds.com. Tobacco will grow (even to seed/maturity) in every state and province in North America, it's not just "a southern thing." It should be started it indoors like other nightshades such as tomatoes, peppers and eggplant, with about the same head start as tomatoes.
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