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Offline pawoods

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It winked at me
« on: January 12, 2006, 07:53:06 AM »
Two years ago I shot a squirrel and while cleaning it, I noticed a growth on its throat.  After closer examination, something black started to pop out from the growth, stopped and returned into the hide.  Here it turned out to be some kind of larvae.  Nobody believed me at first.  Ever hear or see this?
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« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2006, 08:31:29 AM »
Never seem it but I can believe this one,I have seen some nasty critters living on animals,I saw a porky one time who was COVERED with huge ticks,it was nasty!
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« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2006, 09:16:33 AM »
Sounds like what (back home in Alabama) folks referred to as a "wolve" which was a parasitic larve found in squirrels and rabbits in that part of the country.  For that reason, many old timers wouldn't hunt/eat a rabbit/squirrel until after the first killin' frost.
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« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2006, 01:42:05 PM »
Here in Indiana we call them Warbles. If it was on their head we would eat the rest of the squirrel but if they were on the body we threw them away. They were some kind of egg laid under the skin of the squirrel and the bump would get as big as a quarter, then they would break thru the skin as they hatched. :D
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« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2006, 06:30:08 PM »
Yup,i had one under the skin on a rabbits ribcage when i was a youngster.Didnt notice it until i got it home and noticed the skin moving.I cut thru the skin and saw this segmented larve about the size of my thumb.Grossed me out-needless to say the rabbit got thrown out.
P.S. this happend in the early fall .I was a young kid of 16 and didnt know any better.I actually ran after this rabbit to see how close i could get to it.Well,it froze and when i got up on it,i proceeded to do my best impression of a football punt.Yep,i killed a rabbit with a size 12 engineer boot.Sorry,i was young and foolish.Dont try this at home.It was good for a 25 yrd field goal.lol
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« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2006, 06:51:08 PM »
Hi Shooter :D
Is there a hunting license for pass,punt and KICK ? :-D  :-D  :-D
"Don't try this at home". 8)  :? Think I will. :shock:  :P
LOVED IT !! :D  :-D  :-D
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« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2006, 08:20:19 PM »
i have killed grouse and rattlers with rocks,a skunk with a brick,and a cat with a shovel but never a rabbit with a boot!!lol g1
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« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2006, 10:11:34 PM »
I killed a racoon with a 2x4 once it was comming at me I had no choice when i was a kid.  I had a nightmare after that too it was a king kong sized racoon comming after me for killing the smaller racoon.  I never ate a pepperoni pizza late at night again after that.  I think the pizza gave me nightmares.
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gives a whole new meaning to "hoofing it"
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2006, 10:37:59 PM »
Yup,its the Gods honest truth.
I also took down a cock pheasant once with a rock.Ordinarily i couldnt hit the broad side of a barn with anything i threw.Well,one day me and my girl both about 18 yrs old were driving down this three mile stretch of dirt road surrounded by fields.Well,this pheasant  proceeds to come out of the corn,i yell for her to stop the car and i get out ,grab a rock .Just then the bird leaps into the air and i send a golfball sized rock its way.Now dont ya know i hit this flying pheasant and kill it and the little women goes nuts,throws a hissy fit and starts crying about killing it and why did i have to go and do that etc..Heck,i was busy laughing so hard i almost wet myself.I was in the dog house that weekend .
Reminds me of the time i was 13 and shot a flying barn swallow out of the air with my red ryder bb gun.My younger brother and i almost lost it !
Ahh the escapades of youth...
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Strange but true.
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2006, 12:20:36 AM »
Back in the 70's when i was still a teen myself and a couple buddies decided to go woodchuck hunting on a hot day in July.After a few hours we decided to walk on over to the swimmin hole and cool off before resuming the hunt for the wiley woodchuck.30 minutes of swimming to cool off left us refreshed and ready for the hunt again.Upon walking back to take up our positions in the fields my buddy Keving announces he thinks he left his wristwatch back on the bank of the stream and proceeds to go back and look for it while the rest of us split up and head to the fields to hunt.My field is the closest to the swimming hole and i settle in 20 yrds from the chuck-hole with my trusty single-shot stevens 22.After lying there with my sights on the hole waiting for Mr.Chuck for about 20 minutes i hear Kevin approaching me from behind and quietly ask him "did you find your watch"?.No reply so i figure he's not close enough to hear me yet so i ask him again as i hear him getting closer.Still no answer.Now mind you,im still lying prone with my eyes fixed on the hole.Well,i now decide between me talkin and him walking up that too much noise and vibration has scared that woodchuck off for another hour so in one move i sit up and as i spin around im asking Kevin again if he'd found his watch but my eyes are focused on the rifle making sure my safety was on.Needless to say i was in for a Big surprise.When i looked up after uttering the last word of the question i found myself nose to nose with a mature whitetail doe.I wish i had it on tape.She lept 6 feet into the air twisting and changing directions at the same time while i proceed to scream and do my best impression of a dog dragging his butt on a carpet,backing up with just my butt and the heels of my boots touching sod.My buddy Kevin gets to see all this from the stream and is laughing his arse off.I had a good laugh too after the heart slowed down and the adrenaline stopped.I'm not sure who was more surprised,me or her.
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