Fighting drought by using Beavers
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We have some around the neighborhood here. I genuinely like seeing the little buggars. I saw one tree chewed down at the creek on my property here, but there’s a family of them a little further up that stream that stay in the pond area. I’ve fished in the pond there and they will come near and slap their tail on the water to try to warn you off. Interesting critters.
Hey Britain, I have a few bastards aka beaver to give you, I just ripped out 4 dams the past week, they are destructive, they even resorted to chewing down trees I planted. They are constantly screwing with my irrigation.
On a side note, I didn't know Britain had beavers... as to the young folks over their, be careful of what you wish for, they can turn a raving creek into a dry bed in short order and I'm not talking short distances.
On a side note, I didn't know Britain had beavers... as to the young folks over their, be careful of what you wish for, they can turn a raving creek into a dry bed in short order and I'm not talking short distances.
We so screwed up our wildrrnesses we actually NEED beavers and Lynx and even possibly wolves. The problem here is we wiped out most apex predators, bout all that is left are lazy ass foxes. So in places rabbit, pigeon, and other vermin have exploded in numbers ( especially as ever more anti hunting action takes hold) in Scotland the Jockanese have WAY to many red deer etc and its only possible to shoot so many, they are wiping out new grown tree saplings etc. so we need wolves and lynx to control numbers and beavers to restore the flood plains in many areas by slowing up the movement of the water in highland areas
We used to have Bears, Wolves, Beaver, Lynx, Wildcat, a lot more other wild critters but we killed em all year ago. Now the only two apex predators are Foxes and Were- Rabbits plus Otters, Badgers etc
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Odd iinit how our environment shapes how we view critters, I'm always reading about Merkins killing wolves and coyotes yet i think they are magnificent creatures that should be protected. On the other hand its nice knowing I can go for a walk in the boonies and wont bump into brown, black or grizzly bears. Probably the only wild threat to humans in the UK these days are the wild boar sows protecting there litters, I recently read how a hunter down south was asked to kill a troublesome boar that had moved into the area so he shot it............... it only made it angry.
I suppose if you were very unlucky you could be giving a severe gumming or be sucked to death by a vicious Mallard duck ?? 
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Two different schools of thought on cartridges for boar. The old school is use something big and powerful to penetrate the shield covering their shoulder and chest. New school is use something light and fast and shoot them in the neck or behind the ear to disrupt their spinal column.
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There's no shortage of beaver in most areas of the US. Most creeks and all rivers around here have beaver in them. Most people consider them pests and would like to see them thinned out some. The county road department asked me to trap some beaver where they're blocking some culverts. Its only a few miles from home so I'll trap them early this Fall. I have a jet boat that I'll use on the rivers south and west of me for trapping beaver, mink, muskrat, otter, fox and coyote. The wife wants me to make her a beaver bedspread, trimed in arctic fox. Once the rivers ice up I'll focus on bobcat and coyote close to home.
Beaver went from endangered in this area in the 1970's to being everywhere there is a stream or river now . They get as big as a pit bull . You dont want to hit a grown one with a car .
Cougars are making a small comeback . TWRA has acknowledged that pictures and sightings have been proven true but cannot confirm a breeding population.
Through a restocking program We have a Elk hunt now each year .
Cougars are making a small comeback . TWRA has acknowledged that pictures and sightings have been proven true but cannot confirm a breeding population.
Through a restocking program We have a Elk hunt now each year .
Glad to hear some species are coming back. I do know one thing though. If shtf happens we are all going to need alternative sources of food!
Yep, I have debs on the porcupine!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw a reality show where some barefooted guy bludgeoned a porcupine with a log and then skinned and ate it. They said it was really good. Of course it was the first meal they had in a couple days, so anything would taste good when you’re hungry.
it's a poor mans steak Brent, it's considered a survival food
It's the only forested critter you can eat without cooking in fact its not bad raw at all. You can take the liver out and cool it real fast like throwing it in snow and then eat it, it's real sweat! Easy to trap/catch and actually easy to skin.
Ughh... cold raw porcupine liver.... I only hope I never get that hungry! There is a reason man harnessed Fire! I am a true carnivore, but don’t do anything raw. Speaking of I just saw a documentary about 6’ tapeworms living in a mans gut from eating sushi. Yep, cooked is the way to go.it's a poor mans steak Brent, it's considered a survival food
Last time I ate bait, uh, sushi, I made sure to pour a LOT of sake on it to, uh, make sure no worms made it. If there were any, they died happy, lol.
It’s federally recognized survival food for the purpose of eating raw.
Yeah, and these are the people that got us 20trillion in debt. I rest my case.... lol
I’ve eaten more than my share of bait in my life! Now I stick to sushimi, which is probably immition crab mostly, but at least it’s cooked.
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Sashimi is raw fish by itself, no rice. Sushi is a rice roll made of rice prepared a certain way. It may or may not have raw fish. Cheap sushi often has imitation crab. You might be thinking of Nigiri Sushi, which is a rice roll with a slice of raw fish on top. That is sometimes made with a slice of imitation crab, but you won't catch a reputable Sushi restaurant doing that.
https://georgeembiricos.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/ways-to-identify-bad-sushi-restaurants/
https://georgeembiricos.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/ways-to-identify-bad-sushi-restaurants/
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You are correct Sir. All this time I’ve thought the sashimi was the cooked version. Even an old dog can learn something new each day! California rolls are usually cooked or with imitation crab I just read. I’ve eaten plenty of raw fish in my life, but like I said before, I’ll stick to cooked from now on out. I’m even good with the imitation crab in the rolls. I made some recently and sprinkled sunflower seeds over them as a substitute for sesame seeds. Turned out pretty good.
I cook all meat . And cook it done .
