cqaigy2
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My guess is to anchor the carcass. Otherwise it would get dragged around.
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2LaneCruzer
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Yeah, that's kinda what I thought, but why would any one care?
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To keep it in camera range I suppose.
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FROM POST #1
"...Retrieved a Deer carcass from the highway near me and staked it down in my CRP field with a game camera. ..."
"...Retrieved a Deer carcass from the highway near me and staked it down in my CRP field with a game camera. ..."
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Shows my reading comprehension skills doesn't it?
Youre a good man Citydude. No worries
2LaneCruzer
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Shows my reading comprehension skills doesn't it?
Here's what I read:
While I agree with Hay Dude's assessment, this Red Tailed Hawk took the wiser road and pigged out on roadkill Deer.
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You have to stake the carcass or the coyotes move it out of range. Good analysis for those that figured that out.
In my experience it requires two stakes to keep it in place. I don't try to drive them thru bone. So as the feeding progresses the skeleton loses it's integrity. With one stake it still gets moved.
I'm going to go unstake it and turn it over tomorrow. I think there's a few meals left on the lower side.
In my experience it requires two stakes to keep it in place. I don't try to drive them thru bone. So as the feeding progresses the skeleton loses it's integrity. With one stake it still gets moved.
I'm going to go unstake it and turn it over tomorrow. I think there's a few meals left on the lower side.
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We lost a kitten a few years ago, and contacted animal control in case anyone had turned her in, and he said bobcats take a high number of cats and he guessed that is what happened. We do have bobcats in the area, I see them a few times a year and get regular pictures of them on my trails. We have the very rare bald eagle too. Saw one flying alongside the road a couple of years ago a couple miles from my place. Majestic birds.
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I've seen hoards of bald eagles at a dump, easy pickins for them there...
I've also taken my share of picts of them while on hunting trips ect.., like this,
Here's one I like a lot,
I've walked up on eagles when it's raining hard, that were on the ground and so wet they couldn't fly. They really weren't all that worried about their own safety even though they couldn't fly...
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I've also taken my share of picts of them while on hunting trips ect.., like this,
Here's one I like a lot,
I've walked up on eagles when it's raining hard, that were on the ground and so wet they couldn't fly. They really weren't all that worried about their own safety even though they couldn't fly...
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SR's comment about the Eagle's lack of concern reminds of a story, bird related.
Years ago I was driving down a dirt road with my young Boys just cruising around. Open pasture on the right side. Heavy brushed fencerow on the left. Came over a hill and there was a Tom Turkey in the road. Started doing the typical Turkey thing of darting around trying to figure out what it should do. I sped up. Just before I got there it ran into the brushy fencerow. Slid to a halt, jumped out and ran into the brush. The turkey was so alarmed that it was trying to run thru a woven wire fence. It would hit the fence, bounce backwards, hit it again, repeat. I dived on it just as hit bounced off the fence. Bad idea. That Turkey flogged me, spurred me and at least once pecked me. I immediately let loose. It ran back out into the open roadway and discovered it could fly.
I can't imagine grabbing a live Eagle.....
Years ago I was driving down a dirt road with my young Boys just cruising around. Open pasture on the right side. Heavy brushed fencerow on the left. Came over a hill and there was a Tom Turkey in the road. Started doing the typical Turkey thing of darting around trying to figure out what it should do. I sped up. Just before I got there it ran into the brushy fencerow. Slid to a halt, jumped out and ran into the brush. The turkey was so alarmed that it was trying to run thru a woven wire fence. It would hit the fence, bounce backwards, hit it again, repeat. I dived on it just as hit bounced off the fence. Bad idea. That Turkey flogged me, spurred me and at least once pecked me. I immediately let loose. It ran back out into the open roadway and discovered it could fly.
I can't imagine grabbing a live Eagle.....
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When I walked up on the wet eagles, I was on Kodiak Island, about 10-12 miles back in the mountains trapping beaver, hunting deer and looking for bears. As I walked closer they (two of them) opened their wings and lunged at me, didn't look like anything I wanted to tangle with, so I just watched them and took picts from close range.SR's comment about the Eagle's lack of concern reminds of a story, bird related. I can't imagine grabbing a live Eagle.....
Once the rain let up and they dried a bit, they flew up on a low branch on a tree, to finish drying out. I moved on to bigger and better things. lol
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SR's comment about the Eagle's lack of concern reminds of a story, bird related.
Years ago I was driving down a dirt road with my young Boys just cruising around. Open pasture on the right side. Heavy brushed fencerow on the left. Came over a hill and there was a Tom Turkey in the road. Started doing the typical Turkey thing of darting around trying to figure out what it should do. I sped up. Just before I got there it ran into the brushy fencerow. Slid to a halt, jumped out and ran into the brush. The turkey was so alarmed that it was trying to run thru a woven wire fence. It would hit the fence, bounce backwards, hit it again, repeat. I dived on it just as hit bounced off the fence. Bad idea. That Turkey flogged me, spurred me and at least once pecked me. I immediately let loose. It ran back out into the open roadway and discovered it could fly.
I can't imagine grabbing a live Eagle.....
Gotta ask... why did you tackle that turkey? Just got to know. :laughing:
