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Post by jjas on Aug 4, 2021 7:07:12 GMT -5
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Post by Sasquatch on Aug 4, 2021 7:35:17 GMT -5
I think it's probably a case of law not keeping up with events and the powers that be fearing blowback. The farmer near my hunting land saved a new calf from them. They had attacked its butt, eyes, and gnawed a strip from it's back.
At least they can get a permit now.
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Post by esshup on Aug 4, 2021 9:21:54 GMT -5
That's good. A person can also get a permit to take Great Blue Herons. Aquaculture facilities needed that due to the losses suffered from those long necked turds.
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Post by greghopper on Aug 4, 2021 9:31:36 GMT -5
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Post by Ahawkeye on Aug 4, 2021 13:35:50 GMT -5
That's good. A person can also get a permit to take Great Blue Herons. Aquaculture facilities needed that due to the losses suffered from those long necked turds. So here's a question, Sand Hills are legal to take in other states and I hear they are very good to eat, if a person has a permit to shoot Great Blue Herons A: Do they taste any good? and B: Do you have to present the whole bird? I would think that their diet may make them undesirable to eat but one never knows. |
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Post by greghopper on Aug 4, 2021 13:39:28 GMT -5
That's good. A person can also get a permit to take Great Blue Herons. Aquaculture facilities needed that due to the losses suffered from those long necked turds. So here's a question, Sand Hills are legal to take in other states and I hear they are very good to eat, if a person has a permit to shoot Great Blue Herons A: Do they taste any good? and B: Do you have to present the whole bird? I would think that their diet may make them undesirable to eat but one never knows. Aren’t they mainly Fish eaters? |
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Post by Ahawkeye on Aug 4, 2021 14:19:02 GMT -5
So here's a question, Sand Hills are legal to take in other states and I hear they are very good to eat, if a person has a permit to shoot Great Blue Herons A: Do they taste any good? and B: Do you have to present the whole bird? I would think that their diet may make them undesirable to eat but one never knows. Aren’t they mainly Fish eaters? Yes I believe so. As I understand an Alaskan coastal brown bear killed in the fall will taste like fish, a spring bear that eats LOTS of blueberries will taste a bit seeet. I have very little knowledge on either subject though. |
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Post by Sasquatch on Aug 4, 2021 14:39:32 GMT -5
That's good. A person can also get a permit to take Great Blue Herons. Aquaculture facilities needed that due to the losses suffered from those long necked turds. So here's a question, Sand Hills are legal to take in other states and I hear they are very good to eat, if a person has a permit to shoot Great Blue Herons A: Do they taste any good? and B: Do you have to present the whole bird? I would think that their diet may make them undesirable to eat but one never knows. With diet a consideration, I wonder what them buzzards would taste like  |
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Post by jjas on Aug 4, 2021 14:50:42 GMT -5
Just because they are protected doesn't mean they aren't a pain in the a**. Kind of like Canadian Geese. |
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Post by greghopper on Aug 4, 2021 15:23:11 GMT -5
Just because they are protected doesn't mean they aren't a pain in the a**. Kind of like Canadian Geese. One man’s friend maybe another man foe |
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Post by treetop on Aug 4, 2021 15:58:44 GMT -5
Aren’t they mainly Fish eaters? Yes I believe so. As I understand an Alaskan coastal brown bear killed in the fall will taste like fish, a spring bear that eats LOTS of blueberries will taste a bit seeet. I have very little knowledge on either subject though. From what I’ve heard it many people keep meat from grizzlies but I could be wrong |
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Post by treetop on Aug 4, 2021 16:00:19 GMT -5
That's good. A person can also get a permit to take Great Blue Herons. Aquaculture facilities needed that due to the losses suffered from those long necked turds. I’d give two craps if they were not around don’t how they can be endangered I see them everywhere |
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Post by beermaker on Aug 4, 2021 17:46:58 GMT -5
S.S.S!
Could it be more obvious?
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Post by esshup on Aug 4, 2021 18:04:08 GMT -5
I have no idea how the Great Blue Herons taste. I know a guy in Texas that for years has had a permit to shoot the cormorants that would absolutely hammer his pond. He would average around 200 birds a year. Disposal had to be by burial or burning.
I did a fish survey on a 7/8 acre pond that had 5 cormorants on it most days. Roughly 90% of the fish in the pond showed signs of escaping from the cormorants. Each one of them will eat 1# of fish per day.
I've had 2+# Rainbow Trout stabbed by the Herons and left to die, and found a couple of 2# or so Smallmouth Bass in the pond with stab marks too. Don't know if it's a case of them stabbing them to reduce the competition in the pond, or a case of their eyes are bigger than their throat.
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Post by Ahawkeye on Aug 4, 2021 18:53:41 GMT -5
I have no idea how the Great Blue Herons taste. I know a guy in Texas that for years has had a permit to shoot the cormorants that would absolutely hammer his pond. He would average around 200 birds a year. Disposal had to be by burial or burning. I did a fish survey on a 7/8 acre pond that had 5 cormorants on it most days. Roughly 90% of the fish in the pond showed signs of escaping from the cormorants. Each one of them will eat 1# of fish per day. I've had 2+# Rainbow Trout stabbed by the Herons and left to die, and found a couple of 2# or so Smallmouth Bass in the pond with stab marks too. Don't know if it's a case of them stabbing them to reduce the competition in the pond, or a case of their eyes are bigger than their throat. My fatherr and I were fishing Dogwood Lake in southern Indiana one day and saw a Blue Heron swallow a large mouth bass bigger than we had caught all day. Not sure what he was using for bait but it was disheartening to say the least! |
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Post by freedomhunter on Aug 4, 2021 20:12:14 GMT -5
Just because they are protected doesn't mean they aren't a pain in the a**. Kind of like Canadian Geese. One man’s friend maybe another man foe Not sure they are a friend to anyone. We have enough regular Turkey vultures. They dont belong here any more than bears do jmo. First time they eat the eyes out of a newborn calf I'm guessing their time card gets punched pretty quick around here. |
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Post by greghopper on Aug 4, 2021 20:27:01 GMT -5
One man’s friend maybe another man foe Not sure they are a friend to anyone. We have enough regular Turkey vultures. They dont belong here any more than bears do jmo. First time they eat the eyes out of a newborn calf I'm guessing their time card gets punched pretty quick around here. I agree with the vultures…. Canada Geese different story! |
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Post by firstwd on Aug 4, 2021 20:32:05 GMT -5
One man’s friend maybe another man foe Not sure they are a friend to anyone. We have enough regular Turkey vultures. They dont belong here any more than bears do jmo. First time they eat the eyes out of a newborn calf I'm guessing their time card gets punched pretty quick around here. Bears were here first. :-) |
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Post by freedomhunter on Aug 4, 2021 20:51:17 GMT -5
Not sure they are a friend to anyone. We have enough regular Turkey vultures. They dont belong here any more than bears do jmo. First time they eat the eyes out of a newborn calf I'm guessing their time card gets punched pretty quick around here. Bears were here first. :-) It is a shame they are so destructive around civilization. Indians were here before us, also. |
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Post by esshup on Aug 4, 2021 20:55:26 GMT -5
Not sure they are a friend to anyone. We have enough regular Turkey vultures. They dont belong here any more than bears do jmo. First time they eat the eyes out of a newborn calf I'm guessing their time card gets punched pretty quick around here. I agree with the vultures…. Canada Geese different story! There is a permanent NO VACANCY sign on my pond that is written in whatever language the Canada Geese speak. For years I let a single pair nest on the island. Then one day I came home and they must have invited all their relatives for a party - there must have been more than 40 on the pond. About 5 months later Eurasian Water Milfoil appeared on my pond. I also did some research and found that a single goose pooping in your pond for a day can grow 117# of Filamentous Algae. ONE goose, ONE day. They also poop once every 10 minutes, that is why there is so much poop on the grass around the ponds. So, every 2-3 years I have to treat my pond with Sonar A.S., and that stuff is EXPENSIVE!!! And now I put 40# of Tilapia in my pond every year after I've treated the pond a few days prior with Cutrine Plus Liquid. Once the nutrients are in there, they are very hard to get out. |
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