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Now, I find that interesting. In Louisiana and Oklahoma cicadas were called "locusts". They were also called "locusts" where I grew up right on the Canadian boarder on Lake Champlain. Still are. I didn't learn that was the wrong name until I became a biologist. And then too, locusts are...

Jerusalem cricket, left, (Ammopelmatus fuscus), not an actual cricket, nor from Jerusalem, it is in a different insect family, and Mormon cricket, left, (Anabrus simplex), which is a katydid relative. The Mormon crickets swarmed in a lot of places last year. With millions moving in waves they...

One of the closer ones that comes to mind was a buck in some canyon-type country in southern Colorado. I had just finished climbing to one of the upper benches that was sparsely covered in aspen trees and tall grasses. The weather was warm and the climb had been pretty stiff. I had just...

In addition to anything else, I would be looking real hard at the present and especially future availability of water in that desert city. There are already big problems with the big reservoirs that were supposed to last forever; smaller ones dry out even fasten. Might depend on how long you...

😉 Maybe over reacted. Seriously had one house infested from one end to the other, including the sheet rock having tunnels, and the shake roof shingles I was standing on - to my dismay - riddled through like lace.

With that thought, better get checked for termites. I'll bet you have those in that warm country. When I was repairing homes in Houston, I found termite problems periodically. If soil and vegetation can contact exterior wood, they can find entry points to structures. Light is not their...

Our big problem is flickers. They just love the metal chimney cap for drumming. It echoes 2 stories up and down, grrr. But also on joints between siding, they have had to be discouraged from drilling holes for nest cavities. When the pieces of flashing nailed over their work area don't deter...

You know Shadow Tracker, she might be doing you a favor. First, she is trying to eat the destructive bees or their larvae, second, she is showing you they are there. If you watch her, she will probably be moving around tap-tapping and listening. I believe they can hear the difference in a...

OK, this is really long, but this lengthy thread of facts and opinions has been bugging me. This is a big gripe I have with current day "journalists". So many of them just clip and copy bits of pieces of scientific articles (or any other news stories) to make their deadlines, and hopefully...

Pertinent to cleaning equipment after field dressing, cutting up, and/or butchering game, below is the reference to the original study that led to the bleach bath Noobie mentioned. That study recommended the use of household bleach to clean knives, saws, butcher equipment parts, etc.. It goes...

Old Rooster and memtb, thanks for that discussion on the odd smell of carcasses that later tested positive for CWD. That could be a useful observation that might up awareness that something may be amiss.

Lenny, You didn't identify your state, but your game department must have some testing procedures by now. You cannot tell if your animal has CWD without lab testing. But if you have any concern about the health of your animal, certainly getting it tested is prudent, especially if CWD is known...

So I followed up with mapping. That area is very folded up with many layers of sedimentary rocks making up the surficial geology, that in turn is what the soil is derived from. The soils map is so busy it is hard to even read. Even in a small area there are as many as 20 soil types! In...

So, why has no one mentioned this game retrieval method yet? Has anyone tried this?

This description is just too good not to add to this discussion. It came from an Alaskan who shot a big coastal boar. In case you wonder why coastal brown/grizzlies are not on the menu. At first the bear didn't smell bad but when he cut into it the fat smelled like rotten fish. After being...