Once as a teen when out to pop a cartridge at a partridge (pheasant hunting) we watched another hunter's bird dog confront a badger; by the time the
hunter could run to the dog it was toast; he shot the dog, then shot the badger. The moose, bear and badger get a very wide birth in my world.
Ornery Li'l scudders.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
Once as a teen when out to pop a cartridge at a partridge (pheasant hunting) we watched another hunter's bird dog confront a badger; by the time the
hunter could run to the dog it was toast; he shot the dog, then shot the badger. The moose, bear and badger get a very wide birth in my world.
Ornery Li'l scudders.
So sad, spent a lot of time as a teenager running raccoons with dogs and it was always the porcupine that gave us grief but rarely would they result
in the dogs death. Many of the older hunters would shoot a porcupine on sight back then.
I have spent a lot of time in the area around Gerlach. Donnelly Creek/Soldier Meadows, hot springs and opal mines, High Rock Canyon. Also /Squaw
Reservoir and the Smoke Creek areas....And Planet X pottery shop
I have spent a lot of time in the area around Gerlach. Donnelly Creek/Soldier Meadows, hot springs and opal mines, High Rock Canyon. Also /Squaw
Reservoir and the Smoke Creek areas....And Planet X pottery shop
Ate plenty of Bruno's (RIP) ravioli
Sounds like you know the area well!
This was over by 'Winter Camp', a historic spot on the emigrant trail, across the playa from Gerlach by the Jackson Mtn wilderness area. I was out
exploring some old mine sites that day.
Interesting tid-bit of history....the playa area between the Black Rock (point) and the Jackson Range was used as a bombing and gunnery range during
WWII.....When exploring that area on M/C and truck years ago we used to pick up expended ordnance (50 caliber shell casings and small practice
bombs).There is also an overgrown old Navy emergency landing strip right next to Donnelly Creek
Interesting area, lots of stories. Glad it's somewhat in my back yard
Interesting tid-bit of history....the playa area between the Black Rock (point) and the Jackson Range was used as a bombing and gunnery range during
WWII.....When exploring that area on M/C and truck years ago we used to pick up expended ordnance (50 caliber shell casings and small practice
bombs).There is also an overgrown old Navy emergency landing strip right next to Donnelly Creek
Interesting area, lots of stories. Glad it's somewhat in my back yard
Strange... In my earlier response to you you I was going to mention how i had also found some some empty .50cal casings on the playa out in that area,
and at the time I thought it was odd.
But I did not mention it and now you cleared up a little mystery for me.
If it warms up and dries out this spring I need to head out there with the CT70 and putt around on the lake bed and see what there is to see. It is
almost in my backyard too if the snow allows me past Bucks lake and into Quincy.
Back in the middle '70s was toodling across the Pony Express route in the west Utah desert (south of the Salt Flats) with another desert rat... he
suddenly pulled up and stopped in front of me and ran out of his truck with a shotgun..... I followed suit with my pistol wondering why. He fired,
and I saw a furry critter roll in the dust, and yes, was a badger.
I asked him "why the hell did you shoot it?" He hemmed and hawed, and I chastised him for a needless kill... the critter wasn't doing nothing to
nobody. So I pulled out my Buck knife and said, "well, git to work and let's keep it then". No response.
I proceeded to clean and skin the thing, tossing the carcass and hide in my old Land Cruiser. Tried cooking it (and making Big Hunter eat some) and
it was greasy and nasty.... took the hide home, salted and stretched it in the sun. Still don't remember what happened to that hide; I think Li'l
critters got after it and tore it up.... long story short, leave 'em be.
At a distance.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
My first time to Malarrimo Beach about 20 years ago we saw one maybe 1 mile from the beach as we drove out. It was a big one. Saw it again on the way
out.
Interesting critters, I never saw one until I moved to Elko, NV for a few years and saw half dozen while out exploring the desert around there.
Once I stopped for no particular reason and got out to walk around. Walked over a small cattle pond dam and there was one sunning himself there about
10 feet away.
After a few minutes he noticed me and calmly got up and waddled away.
I wonder if she had some pups stashed under that little tree. She was was awfully reluctant to bail. I say She because I think a male would have taken
off. BTW I have zero experience with badgers.
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