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wilderone
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"My son shot two bears last year IN HIS BACK YARD in Weaverville"
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wilderone
"My son shot two bears last year IN HIS BACK YARD in Weaverville"
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Because bears and people don't mix, especially in BACK YARDS.
Barry
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by wilderone
"My son shot two bears last year IN HIS BACK YARD in Weaverville"
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Because bears and people don't mix, especially in BACK YARDS.
Barry |
Well hell, let me break out the old "hog leg" and go whack some gang-bangers, they don't mix well with people either. Seriously though, why wasn't
Fish & Game called?
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Tbone
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
I like wile e coyote.
Road runner is a mean, mean bird.
Shoot road runner, save wile! |
I have a big ol 1 legged road runner (not kidding) that hops through bu yard every couple of days. cool bird
Mas Pacifico
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Tbone
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
I like wile e coyote.
Road runner is a mean, mean bird.
Shoot road runner, save wile! |
I have a big ol 1 legged road runner (not kidding) that hops through bu yard every couple of days. cool bird |
My brother had a four-legged Road Runner that we use to keep brightly polished waiting for his return from South East Asia.
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karenintx
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This past April we had the opportunity to visit The Galapagos Islands. It was truly amazing to be among animals that allow you to be just inches from
them...showing no fear or interest in you. Just doing what is natural to them...mating, birthing even dying.
Thirteen different islands in one week, we observed Mother Nature at her best and at her very worse. It was heartbreaking to see small seal pups
deteriorating because it's mother never returned from the sea...she was only trying to eat so she could nurse her offspring when she became the victim
of the food chain.
The naturalists told us "we do not interfere with nature...useless an animal returns from the sea with fishing line, plastic bag or other man made
objects attached to them."
I may not agree...but I understand and respect The Galapagos Islands philosophy and laws.
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toneart
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I live in the mountains, seven miles above Nevada City, California, overlooking a deep canyon. Bears come up from the canyon frequently and traverse
my property to raid the neighborhood garbage cans. (I don't put out my garbage until pick up day). I have seen generations of bears that I recognize
as cubs from previous years. One was a golden color even though he was of the California Black Bear Species.
Coyotes howl often and I hear them making kills. They don't come on my property though. I think there is enough game for them without raiding our
properties.
The bears come often. One broke branches in my apple tree one year. One time my dog, Paco, was barking and I went down the hill where he was, to see
why he was barking. The trail curved and I had to walk around a big Pine that was obstructing my view. All of a sudden, "Hello!"; a big fat black bear
was having a standoff with my dog, and I was 5' away. The bear looked at me and I slowly backed up and called my dog. I moved slowly, never turning my
back on the bear and my dog followed me. He does obey my commands when he hears my serious voice. The bear stayed where he was. In that particular
spot, it is a narrow strip of land where the earth had eroded away, so Paco had the bear cornered.
When we backed off, the bear lumbered away. They really hate noise and the sound of dogs barking. They want nothing to do with that. All they want is
an easy road to the garbage which is a guaranteed food source for them. They are not normally aggressive, unless it is a mother with cubs.
Anyway, they don't really cause problems for me and I really don't feel they are a threat. Of course, I don't feed them and I don't tempt fate,
except for that inadvertent, face to face meeting.
Paco roams the property and he lets any creature know that he belongs there; it is HIS property!! He stands strong! He is left alone during the day
when he doesn't ride with me to town. At night he sleeps in the house.
I know, you are looking at that photo and wondering why I am not in Baja right now. I can tell you that I have pulled muscles around my shoulder
blades and neck, offering a shrug as an answer to the question. 
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
He does obey my commands when he hears my serious voice. |
I am positive that Paco heard your "serious voice" in that situation. 
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mcfez
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| Quote: | | Originally posted by toneart |
Wow you live off the Red Dog area by any chance? My 1800's ancestors founded the town of Red Dog (Henry Stehr). Up by the Camel's Hump and Chalk
Bluffs area.
For the bear killer that is really probably just trolling:
Killing off bears because they are in your backyard ....what a dope you are. Move to the city if wild life is too much of a nuisance for you.
Gods forbid for those big pines in your rear yard, interfering with your view....lets mow down them wild things too.
[Edited on 12-3-2010 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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elgatoloco
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We have witnessed coyotes in Baja digging for clams in Scammons and swimming in the lake at PSR. Smart,adaptable creatures they are.
MAGA
marooons Are Governing America
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Cypress
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Coyotes have plenty to eat down in the deep south of USA. They get big and healthy, might weigh in at 40 lbs. Lots for them to eat. And they will eat
anything. Real plush coats. Smart critters. Hard to trap. Run 'em with hounds in what they call "Fox Pens". Each to his own? Not my bag.
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LancairDriver
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For the past 15 years I have lived on a river in the Southern Oregon coastal mountains and daily have almost every type of wildlife to include bears,
cougars, coyotes,bobcats, elk, deer etc.etc crossing my property. I have a number of dogs and cats and have never had a problem that required killing
or harming any animal. I don't feed or leave garbage around to attract the wildlife. About once a year a pack of coyotes will gang up and try to
entice my dogs to chase them, but a 20 round warning burst over their bow from my AK-47 discourages them for about another year. Very effective and
harmless.There is no need to kill any of these animals and usually the problems around here are with some marooon leaving smelly garbage around.
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Cypress
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I'm in total agreement with you LancairDriver.
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Cypress
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Got an Ermine hanging around. They're something else. Fun to watch.
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Lauriboats
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Hey Shari I think that your coyote was at my place this morning, poor thing, I didn't feed it. He ended up going through the garage cans at the green
house with the store.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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Marc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sanquintinsince73
| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by wilderone
"My son shot two bears last year IN HIS BACK YARD in Weaverville"
Why? |
Because bears and people don't mix, especially in BACK YARDS.
Barry |
Well hell, let me break out the old "hog leg" and go whack some gang-bangers, they don't mix well with people either. Seriously though, why wasn't
Fish & Game called? |
He IS Fish & Game!
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Marc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
| Quote: | | Originally posted by toneart |
Wow you live off the Red Dog area by any chance? My 1800's ancestors founded the town of Red Dog (Henry Stehr). Up by the Camel's Hump and Chalk
Bluffs area.
For the bear killer that is really probably just trolling:
Killing off bears because they are in your backyard ....what a dope you are. Move to the city if wild life is too much of a nuisance for you.
Gods forbid for those big pines in your rear yard, interfering with your view....lets mow down them wild things too.
[Edited on 12-3-2010 by mcfez] |
[Edited on 12-4-2010 by Marc]
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BajaBlanca
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He IS fish and game
can't argue that one !!
[Edited on 12-4-2010 by BajaBlanca]
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
| Quote: | | Originally posted by toneart |
Wow you live off the Red Dog area by any chance? My 1800's ancestors founded the town of Red Dog (Henry Stehr). Up by the Camel's Hump and Chalk
Bluffs area.
For the bear killer that is really probably just trolling:
Killing off bears because they are in your backyard ....what a dope you are. Move to the city if wild life is too much of a nuisance for you.
Gods forbid for those big pines in your rear yard, interfering with your view....lets mow down them wild things too.
[Edited on 12-3-2010 by mcfez] |
Mcfez-
Yes! I go right up Red Dog Road, up Banner Lava Cap in Cascade Shores...the back side of Scott's Flat Lake. The main boat marina is across the lake,
but we have our own boat ramp on our side too, where we can launch a boat. Chalk Bluff, where they blasted the cliffs with water cannons, mining gold,
is right below my property. Fortunately, I look out over the canyon to the mountains beyond and cannot see the water-eroded cliffs. They are on the
face of the rear of my property.
Just to be clear to anyone who may read your post hastily, I am NOT the bear killer! I am the wildlife lover and don't mind sharing my land with them.
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Marc
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To mcfez. Hey Big Fella. My son is a CHP officer in Weaverville, Ca. He is now on temp loan to the county. His job is busting pot growers and meth
labs. He also works with the Fish & Game people. He has two small children. Do you think he is going to shoot a bear illegally. Who is the dope??
Look in the mirror!!
[Edited on 12-4-2010 by Marc]
[Edited on 12-4-2010 by Marc]
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