Ramblings and Such From Hunting Coyote

[Bucklowery]

Are you up in the Pensacola / pan handle area?

Yes sir near Pensacola

Thanks

Buck

 

[lyle2231]

Yes sir near Pensacola

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Buck

I'm in Palm Bay. Some mornings are brisk but no snow or ice.

 

[74honker]

Looks like we got 10-12" total. It does not compare to other areas but 10" in Florida I think is equivalent to 3ft in Montana. Just make me want to head up @windypants way still. It was wonderfully quiet this morning nothing but the rooster crowing
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I said this on another thread but outside the tough challenges of this storm down there, I can't help but think how cool it is that alot of folks young and old are seeing and getting to play in the snow for the 1st and maybe their only time in thier lives. I can only imagine the screaming kids running around on a SNOW DAY in the deep south lol! Things most of us take for granted really.

 

[windypants]

That's amazing, Buck! And we are getting that 3' here. Blizzard conditions today, a reprieve tomorrow and another storm coming Friday. Me, the snow shovel, the snowblower and the skid steer are all getting a workout! The deer are just wandering around looking bewildered.

 

[Bucklowery]

My dad killed the tumor deer today as they called him. They had pictures last year and this and everyone had an opinion on what it was. Turns out something had ruptured it belly and his intestines protruded out and healed over. I think it was caused by a broad head under the belly

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Buck

 

[DSheetz]

Buck; that's pretty interesting. I have seen some deer with abscesses caused by being shot. I was going to help a guy cut up his nice mule deer buck. He had never even seen one field dressed, when I started showing him how to skin it the hind quarters were full of abscesses from a shot gun wound and the lesson ended there. I was out checking coyote sets one time and found the remains of a deer with an arrow sticking out of him, it's hard to track them here for some people and under some conditions. He was pretty lucky that his intestines didn't get infected or fall out and get exposed to the air. Animals have a lot of drive to keep living, don't they? How is your weather down there? I am sure glad that we haven't gotten the deep snows that Windypants has I like to get ours latter in the spring when the ground isn't frozen, and the moisture will soak in as it melts. We do need the snow build up in the mountains for the water reserve.

 

[Bucklowery]

There was no abscess all looked normal except part of the intestines were outside the gut area. It had lined it with a web of fat and the skin had total healed over. They have an amazing will to live. Today was the second sunny day in 40's and all the snow is gone except a couple small spots in the shade. It has been 20's at night. The animals really had not moved much even with the rut happening until today. Today the squirrels and birds were everywhere feeding and going about their normal day. I went hunting with my dad and just enjoyed the afternoon with him. I think I got more excited about him shooting the deer than he did. It was a great afternoon. My brother hunts a few miles away sometimes on another farm. The car in front of him hit a deer on the way home and game Warden give him a confirmation number so he could pick it up, so we had two deer to clean

Thanks

Buck