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Offline Specklebelly

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I saved a life on Friday
« on: September 05, 2010, 03:35:20 PM »
About 4:40 AM Friday, I was driving through town on my way dove hunting and I see an owl or hawk in the middle of the road looking like it was chowing on something.  When he sees my headlights he flies off and the bird he was chowing on fly's away as well. 

The victim was a pigeon and he wasn't flying too good but needless to say, I am his new best friend. 

Not much of a story but thought I would share as it was a little unusual.
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2010, 06:06:13 AM »
So you interrupted someone's breakfast :o   :D
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2010, 11:17:44 AM »
I thought you might have stopped a turd eating dog headed to washington.
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2010, 05:42:31 PM »
Good one Briarpatch, eddie (s#!t eatin hound was an expression my father used often.)
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2010, 08:22:45 PM »
 My Son and I saved two lives last Saturday night...

 Rattlesnakes that would have no doubt been squished by cars on the road. We gave them the honor of becoming snake-n-bake and hat bands instead...





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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2010, 05:40:10 AM »
Quote from: briarpatch on September 06, 2010, 11:17:44 AM
I thought you might have stopped a turd eating dog headed to washington.

I think he done got there >:(
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2010, 05:52:52 PM »
victor3, do you eat the snake bones and all? eddie
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2010, 07:03:30 PM »
When I eat rattlesnak, I skin it and then just strip the two long mussels that run on either side of the top of the spine out and cut them up to eat.  Throw the rest away.  The meat in these are the only good part (my opinion only).  Larry
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2010, 07:25:00 PM »
Quote from: eddiegjr on September 08, 2010, 05:52:52 PM
victor3, do you eat the snake bones and all? eddie

 No, I don't think you could eat the bones, and the stuff covering the spine on the underside is tough as nylon rope.

 I usually pan fry them and pull the meat off the bones with my teeth. If you don't overcook them, the ribs stay attached to the spine. With these, I tried shake-n-bake. Easy to prepare and tasted good.

 Next ones will be for chili. We boil the sections so the meat comes off easily, then add it to our favorite chili recipe instead of beef.

 As trotterlg notes, the best meat is along the spine. I also eat the outer rib meat though. These two were Mojave rattlers; they're the best tasting species I've tried over the years (also the most dangerous, due to a nasty neurotoxin in their venom). The 'filet mignon' of reptiles.  :)
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2010, 08:44:44 AM »
also great run through the smoker....
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2010, 09:45:19 AM »
I too just cut the meat off along the spine and down along the ribs.  The wife likes to beer batter it and deep fry it. 
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2010, 07:39:22 AM »
Quote from: Specklebelly on September 05, 2010, 03:35:20 PM
About 4:40 AM Friday, I was driving through town on my way dove hunting and I see an owl or hawk in the middle of the road looking like it was chowing on something.  When he sees my headlights he flies off and the bird he was chowing on fly's away as well. 

The victim was a pigeon and he wasn't flying too good but needless to say, I am his new best friend. 

Not much of a story but thought I would share as it was a little unusual.


This gets me to thinking about something I've noticed over the last 10 or so years here in Missouri, and that's that our bird of prey population has really rebounded and you see many more hawks and such than you used to. People used to ignorantly shoot hawks just for fun, but now there're protected so fewer people do so, I think that's a good thing.  :)
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2010, 07:46:33 AM »
A few years ago while dove hunting I saw a guy shoot a dove as a hawk was attacking it. The guy made a good shot as feathers went everywhere . The hawk caught it in midair and took off. As game wardens often check and film dove hunters no one shot the bandit.
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2010, 07:52:10 AM »
Quote from: SHOOTALL on December 28, 2010, 07:46:33 AM
A few years ago while dove hunting I saw a guy shoot a dove as a hawk was attacking it. The guy made a good shot as feathers went everywhere . The hawk caught it in midair and took off. As game wardens often check and film dove hunters no one shot the bandit.

That's good. Hawks are beautiful birds, plus they help keep the rodents in check.  ;D
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2010, 07:55:56 AM »
They also keep quail , rabbits etc in to much check sometimes . If it wasn't for transmitters on the birds and game police there would be fewer .
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #15 on: December 30, 2010, 03:02:48 PM »
I'm as redneck as they come and I ain't eatin' no rattlesnake!!!
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #16 on: December 30, 2010, 03:48:36 PM »
i kinda liked the snake pics. if we had more rattlesnakes here in SW MO id prob be eatin them too.be a nice change from coon, squirrel, deer and fish.
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Re: I saved a life on Friday
« Reply #17 on: December 30, 2010, 04:21:54 PM »
Hawks are good things them redtailed pigeons that get the chickens are bad.
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