Re: Eagle killed a turkey in front of my house
[Re: Bruce T]
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01/16/20 02:42 PM
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I have no idea why it is showing the pictures sideways on here.On facebook it shows them upright.
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Re: Eagle killed a turkey in front of my house
[Re: Bruce T]
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01/16/20 02:48 PM
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They have to eat also. I have no problem with it.
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Re: Eagle killed a turkey in front of my house
[Re: Bruce T]
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01/16/20 03:54 PM
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I watched a bald eagle take down a full grown goose in flight while I was goose hunting.
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Re: Eagle killed a turkey in front of my house
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01/16/20 03:59 PM
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I watched a bald eagle take down a full grown goose in flight while I was goose hunting. That must have been something to see It was.Sure wished I had a video camera.
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Re: Eagle killed a turkey in front of my house
[Re: Bruce T]
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01/16/20 04:02 PM
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Re: Eagle killed a turkey in front of my house
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01/16/20 04:04 PM
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They have to eat also. I have no problem with it.
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Re: Eagle killed a turkey in front of my house
[Re: 330-Trapper]
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01/16/20 04:08 PM
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I watched a bald eagle take down a full grown goose in flight while I was goose hunting. That must have been something to see The whole story was first the eagle tried to steal a goose I had shot.The goose landed in the water and was still flapping around when the eagle swooped down out of nowhere and landed on my goose.It was to heavy for him to fly off with so he was swimming headed to shore.I paddled my canoe up to him and the eagle let go and toke off flying.As the eagle did that I looked up and there was another goose swimming about 70 yards away.When the goose saw the eagle take of flying it panicked and started to fly about 4 feet above the lake.I got to watch the eagle zero in on the flying goose and knock him out of the air then pounce on it in the water.It was pretty amazing to watch.
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Re: Eagle killed a turkey in front of my house
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01/16/20 04:14 PM
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They have to eat also. I have no problem with it.
** Your Vote can get things done. ** Would you have a problem if the eagle at your dog or decided your grandchild looked like a fawn? I live in an area where the winter's are hard. Everything has to eat, and that includes the coyotes, fox and cats, who run out of food, because in the summer, all of these protected winged predators have killed off all the prey animals, as cold wet summers do not produce a great deal of prey species. So at Christmas I had a pair of coyotes slaughter four Canada geese I had as pets. It looked like Jack the Ripper.. The line about everything has to eat, includes rural people like myself who feed the rest of the non agricultural peoples. I lost over 1500 dollars worth of poultry and no one subsidized that, and the IRS still demands to get paid, like my fuel and electric company. It is when predators start eating my things and placing my life and family at financial risk, that the benevolent attitude disappeared long ago. All predators kill something at least every other day. I am certain that dead turkey if it had a brain would take issue with a human condemning it to death, because everything has to eat. If you read the works of John Boroughs (Father of Yosemite) and Theodore Roosevelt (Father of Yellowstone) they both as conservationists advocated the elimination of large predators in the United States, with just a few in Yellowstone. They advocated only keeping elk, deer, turkey and other animals which were of a benefit to humans. No one reads those founding conservationists works, but America was a much better place from 1890 to 1970 (Richard Nixon banned poison control of coyotes in the west.) American wildlife policy is a disaster. It raises predators, prices licenses so only the rich can afford to be outdoors, and disenfranchises Americans from their pursuits of happiness. I in not any way mean any of this as a challenge or to pick a fight on here, but to have people think about the history and realities. If people think eagles are so wonderful killing turkeys, then next Thanksgiving don't have turkey as the eagle ate your turkey. Maybe the point would resonate better if people went hungry every few days for all the prey animals, which are millions that are slaughtered every year due to international treaties and current regulations which raise predators, as predators do not vote or call up the Fish and Game to complain. I like to see my pheasants, turkeys, rabbits. What I don;t like to see is them bunched up on 20 below zero weather, having been moved out of their areas, because a coyote, horned owl or eagle is terrorizing them from their home. I do not raise wildlife or livestock to feed predators.
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Re: Eagle killed a turkey in front of my house
[Re: Bruce T]
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01/16/20 07:48 PM
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I'm with star flakes. They're gettin too thick, predators need managed.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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Re: Eagle killed a turkey in front of my house
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01/16/20 08:25 PM
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They have to eat also. I have no problem with it.
** Your Vote can get things done. ** Would you have a problem if the eagle at your dog or decided your grandchild looked like a fawn? I live in an area where the winter's are hard. Everything has to eat, and that includes the coyotes, fox and cats, who run out of food, because in the summer, all of these protected winged predators have killed off all the prey animals, as cold wet summers do not produce a great deal of prey species. So at Christmas I had a pair of coyotes slaughter four Canada geese I had as pets. It looked like Jack the Ripper.. The line about everything has to eat, includes rural people like myself who feed the rest of the non agricultural peoples. I lost over 1500 dollars worth of poultry and no one subsidized that, and the IRS still demands to get paid, like my fuel and electric company. It is when predators start eating my things and placing my life and family at financial risk, that the benevolent attitude disappeared long ago. All predators kill something at least every other day. I am certain that dead turkey if it had a brain would take issue with a human condemning it to death, because everything has to eat. If you read the works of John Boroughs (Father of Yosemite) and Theodore Roosevelt (Father of Yellowstone) they both as conservationists advocated the elimination of large predators in the United States, with just a few in Yellowstone. They advocated only keeping elk, deer, turkey and other animals which were of a benefit to humans. No one reads those founding conservationists works, but America was a much better place from 1890 to 1970 (Richard Nixon banned poison control of coyotes in the west.) American wildlife policy is a disaster. It raises predators, prices licenses so only the rich can afford to be outdoors, and disenfranchises Americans from their pursuits of happiness. I in not any way mean any of this as a challenge or to pick a fight on here, but to have people think about the history and realities. If people think eagles are so wonderful killing turkeys, then next Thanksgiving don't have turkey as the eagle ate your turkey. Maybe the point would resonate better if people went hungry every few days for all the prey animals, which are millions that are slaughtered every year due to international treaties and current regulations which raise predators, as predators do not vote or call up the Fish and Game to complain. I like to see my pheasants, turkeys, rabbits. What I don;t like to see is them bunched up on 20 below zero weather, having been moved out of their areas, because a coyote, horned owl or eagle is terrorizing them from their home. I do not raise wildlife or livestock to feed predators. I disagree while I believe all animals including predators need to be controlled I could do with a lot fewer turkeys and rabbits around You will talk about how predators have caused problems well here it has been the prey ie deer, Turkeys, rabbits ect that have been the problem There really needs to be a balance, kill off all the predators and the pray becomes overpopulated, don’t control the the predators and the prey vanishes
�Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.� ― Robert A. Heinlein
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