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Post by Boilermaker on Nov 10, 2011 15:20:07 GMT -5
Heard an interesting little tid-bit of information a week or two ago. Someone said the DNR released 5,000 timber rattle snakes on the Bartholomew County / Jackson County line. Has anyone else heard of this? And does anyone else think that if it is true how freakin ABSURB that is?
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Post by Sasquatch on Nov 10, 2011 15:47:37 GMT -5
An older friend of mine told me they did this years ago to try and control the turkey population.
No, I think it's Bogus. Imagine the legal ramifications.
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Post by duff on Nov 10, 2011 15:47:51 GMT -5
Yep they sure did, from black helocopters. They have the cutest little parachutes for those wiggly things but you know they had to to help control the cougers they released 2 years ago.
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Post by fletchcatch on Nov 10, 2011 16:17:56 GMT -5
Anything is possible I suppose. They did release elk in Kentucky, and if they didn't publicize it so much I don't know if I would believe it.
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Post by Boilermaker on Nov 10, 2011 16:30:39 GMT -5
Only way I heard about it is a lady in a subdivision along Sand Creek north of Jackson County found a snake skin in her yard and took it to a neighbor who works for the DNR. He identified it as a Timber Rattler and told her they had been released...still not convinced. Either way I don't want to encounter one! An older friend of mine told me they did this years ago to try and control the turkey population.quote] You mean the same turkey population we now have in our area that was supposedly started by trading grouse for turkey in Wisconsin or Michigan? Hence why a guy can't find any grouse anymore... |
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Post by 36fan on Nov 10, 2011 16:58:20 GMT -5
Yep they sure did, from black helocopters. They have the cutest little parachutes for those wiggly things but you know they had to to help control the cougers they released 2 years ago. I thought it was to control the black bears that were released down there a few years ago... |
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Post by firstwd on Nov 10, 2011 18:36:04 GMT -5
We hear the same story about the Boy Scout camp in northern Jackson County.
Yes, the DNR releases timber rattlers every year. They collect them in the spring in the parks that have them and release then every fall.
The little critters have quite a decent range in Indiana.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2011 18:38:34 GMT -5
It's true, with the wind, some of them little parachutes they had them, some of them went all the way to Knox Co.
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Post by duff on Nov 10, 2011 20:46:52 GMT -5
It's true, with the wind, some of them little parachutes they had them, some of them went all the way to Knox Co. Can't expect the goobermint to do anything right. They knew the SOP restricted them to days with expected wind gusts to be less than 35 knots. Dang slackers. Probably had a holiday coming up they needed to coordinate. ;D |
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Post by danf on Nov 10, 2011 20:48:49 GMT -5
We hear the same story about the Boy Scout camp in northern Jackson County. Maumee? |
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Post by firstwd on Nov 10, 2011 21:56:30 GMT -5
We hear the same story about the Boy Scout camp in northern Jackson County. Maumee? Yep. It's a great self circulating way to keep the boys off the dam and from exploring the woods south of the lake. |
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Post by featherduster on Nov 11, 2011 6:03:47 GMT -5
Lets get the stories straight, it was cougars that were releasd at night from black helicopters.
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Post by parson on Nov 11, 2011 6:27:07 GMT -5
There is a long term plan, once they have reached epidemic proportions, to secretly release mongooses (mongeese?) to keep them in balance.
The snakes are also helping keep the deer herd in check, especially in counties where hunters aren't harvesting their 8 allowable antlerless deer.
But if asked the gov't. will disavow any knowledge of these actions.
Would this be on the web if it weren't true?
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 11, 2011 7:20:55 GMT -5
This isn't in conjunction with the alligator stocking in the Wabash is it?
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Post by duff on Nov 11, 2011 8:36:35 GMT -5
They already caught piranhas in the St. Joe...dang DNR. They figured the fish would prey on the deer as they swim across the river. They didn't even take into consideration the impact the piranhas have on the walleye and trout/salmon stocking they do also.
A buddy of mine said his co-worker's roommate's cousin knows a guy at the Indy office that got drunk one night and told him all about the exotic and extirpated species they have plans to introduce or re-introduce in attempts to curb the deer problem. Problem is this guy soon disappeared an we can't confirm the story.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 11, 2011 8:54:59 GMT -5
They already caught piranhas in the St. Joe...dang DNR. They figured the fish would prey on the deer as they swim across the river. They didn't even take into consideration the impact the piranhas have on the walleye and trout/salmon stocking they do also. A buddy of mine said his co-worker's roommate's cousin knows a guy at the Indy office that got drunk one night and told him all about the exotic and extirpated species they have plans to introduce or re-introduce in attempts to curb the deer problem. Problem is this guy soon disappeared an we can't confirm the story. Probably made a few cuts on him and threw him in the St. Joe... |
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Post by Boilermaker on Nov 11, 2011 9:12:54 GMT -5
So lets get this straight...rattlesnake, cougar, mongoose, piranha...gonna have quite the animal sanctuary around here. ;D
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Post by duff on Nov 11, 2011 9:33:10 GMT -5
Woody, don't go joking about that. Ohio is on the same track. Recall the wild animal slaughter last month...I heard the guy that released the critters was actually a state wildlife agent that had loose lips. Think CIA stuff is only for the feds? Think again. They did a smear campaign on him to make it look like he had mental problems, but you just have to look a few layers deeper and ask, "Why was he allowed to have those types and quantity of critters?"
Maybe I have said too much already. If you don't hear from me in a few days...it's probably because I am deer hunting! Watch for the black helicopters, minature parachutes and fancy dressed guys in all black. If they ask you to look into a pen, SHUT YOUR EYES.
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Post by raporter on Nov 11, 2011 10:02:11 GMT -5
Started hearing these stories years ago before the internet. Guy I worked with said he knew a DNR guy and they drove up I-69 with a truck load of coyotes and released a pair every mile.
Then there are the 100 MPG carburetors that some guy in Ft Wayne, Evansville, Anderson, (pick a place) invented but the oil companies made him sell it to them and ,,,, etc,,,,,
I think I know the guy that made all those little parachutes though.
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Post by bschwein on Nov 11, 2011 10:25:39 GMT -5
I've heard the same thing. I've also seen picutres of 2 rattlesnakes that looked to be about 5 ft long and the size of a baseball that were from the Houston area. It was a family member who took the picture. He had a conservation officer come out to remove them. Both times he found them in his old dog pen inside a old dog house. I'll have to see if I can get the picture from him to share. Some of you would crap your pants if you saw this and hunted in this area. ;D
His encounters with these 2 were probably about 5 years ago. They were like 1 year apart from each other I believe.
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