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Wildlife Myths and Rumors. #8492051 Yesterday at 02:17 PM Yesterday at 02:17 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota B Big Sam OP trapper
Big Sam OP trapper B Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota	What's the best one you've heard? I just had a coworker tell me that the state of MN released 3000 artic wolves to increase our wolf size, thereby increasing the number of deer they consume. Apparently it's a way to control chronic wasting disease. The same fellow has spoken in the past of the stealth helicopters that the MNDNR used to release mountain lions here. Last edited by Big Sam; Yesterday at 02:18 PM.

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492072 Yesterday at 02:43 PM Yesterday at 02:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2023 Pennsylvania elsmasho82 trapper
elsmasho82 trapper Joined: Jan 2023 Pennsylvania	The only one I know that really stuck with me was what an old timer named Wendell told me. He was friends with my grandpap and he was a heck of a trapper. He is still living but in a nursing facility after a bad stroke. Told me that male opossums have a forked “member” and they breed the female through the nostrils and she then sneezes the “seed” into her pouch and thats how they make babies!

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492078 Yesterday at 02:52 PM Yesterday at 02:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2012 PA P panaxman trapper
panaxman trapper P Joined: Jan 2012 PA	Raccoons wash their food before eating. Last edited by panaxman; Yesterday at 02:52 PM.

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492079 Yesterday at 02:57 PM Yesterday at 02:57 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 williamsburg ks D danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man"
danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man" D Joined: Dec 2006 williamsburg ks	if a snapping turtle bites you it wont let go till it thunders rattle snakes wont cross a horse hair rope if you touch a baby animal mom will abandon it handling a toad will give you warts possum bites are poisonous Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492080 Yesterday at 02:57 PM Yesterday at 02:57 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 S/W Mich. Dillrod trapper
Dillrod trapper Joined: Jan 2008 S/W Mich.	Possums eat mass quantities of ticks ! "Some Domestication Required " Life is an adventure, Don't live it any other way !!

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492082 Yesterday at 02:58 PM Yesterday at 02:58 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin	how many people tell me fresh water drum is a garbage fish not worth eating. America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492084 Yesterday at 02:59 PM Yesterday at 02:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Missouri M mississippiposse trapper
mississippiposse trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Missouri	Best one written was this bird watcher wanted the early teal season stopped because ruby throat hummingbirds migrate on BWT backs during migration. I shot my share of blue teal in my life and never have seen that occur

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492098 Yesterday at 03:20 PM Yesterday at 03:20 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 barton county kansas Sasquatch91 trapper
Sasquatch91 trapper Joined: Dec 2007 barton county kansas	"The state of kansas released mountain lions to control the deer population" "Saw a black planther down on the river" "You skin that one pilgrim."

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492100 Yesterday at 03:21 PM Yesterday at 03:21 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Three Lakes,WI 74 C corky trapper
corky trapper C Joined: Dec 2006 Three Lakes,WI 74	Wisconsin released rattlesnakes along the Mississippi to control turkeys. http://www.usdebtclock.org/ This place is getting more like Facebook every day.

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492101 Yesterday at 03:22 PM Yesterday at 03:22 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD Law Dog trapper
Law Dog trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD	Porcupine will shoot their quills Everything imaginable is endangered Bears have families showing the male in the “family” picture Most other critters shown as family units that the males will kill the young If you pick up a skunk it can’t spray you (only works on the fist sized pups) Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492108 Yesterday at 03:34 PM Yesterday at 03:34 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 pa H hippie trapper
hippie trapper H Joined: Feb 2010 pa	Big Foot is real, just hard to see. There comes a point liberalism has gone too far, we're past that point.

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492113 Yesterday at 03:45 PM Yesterday at 03:45 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Virginia 5 52Carl trapper
52Carl trapper 5 Joined: Jan 2014 Virginia	Big Foot isn't real? Prove that it isn't. Myth, schmyth.

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: elsmasho82] #8492114 Yesterday at 03:48 PM Yesterday at 03:48 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon beaverpeeler trapper
beaverpeeler trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon	Originally Posted by elsmasho82 The only one I know that really stuck with me was what an old timer named Wendell told me. He was friends with my grandpap and he was a heck of a trapper. He is still living but in a nursing facility after a bad stroke. Told me that male opossums have a forked “member” and they breed the female through the nostrils and she then sneezes the “seed” into her pouch and thats how they make babies! What! That's a myth? My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492115 Yesterday at 03:49 PM Yesterday at 03:49 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon beaverpeeler trapper
beaverpeeler trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon	Beavers mate for life. Geese mate for life...etc. If that's true I will maintain that humans also mate for life. Last edited by beaverpeeler; Yesterday at 03:50 PM. My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492116 Yesterday at 03:51 PM Yesterday at 03:51 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota B Big Sam OP trapper
Big Sam OP trapper B Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota	We're having this discussion at work too, and I was reminded that snapping turtles survive the winter by sticking their head up their butt to breathe.

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492137 Yesterday at 04:39 PM Yesterday at 04:39 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 PA P PAskinner trapper
PAskinner trapper P Joined: Aug 2010 PA	Predators only kill the sick animals. I heard a panther scream. I saw an 80 to 100 lb beaver. Fishers are killing all the turkey's... Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492141 Yesterday at 04:46 PM Yesterday at 04:46 PM
Joined: Oct 2021 South central Minnesota. O Old pup trapper
Old pup trapper O Joined: Oct 2021 South central Minnesota.	Wildlife would be much better off if hunting and trapping were outlawed. ergo, bibamus.

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492145 Yesterday at 04:49 PM Yesterday at 04:49 PM
Joined: Apr 2009 South Ga - Almost Florida Swamp Wolf trapper
Swamp Wolf trapper Joined: Apr 2009 South Ga - Almost Florida	Don't eat rabbits or squirrels in any month without the letter "r". Thank God For Your Blessings! Never Half-Arse Anything! Resource Protection Service

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Swamp Wolf] #8492150 Yesterday at 05:06 PM Yesterday at 05:06 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota B Big Sam OP trapper
Big Sam OP trapper B Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota	Originally Posted by Swamp Wolf Don't eat rabbits or squirrels in any month without the letter "r". I was always told to only shoot deer in months with an "r". Usually started in Jurly or Aurgust.

Re: Wildlife Myths and Rumors. [Re: Big Sam] #8492152 Yesterday at 05:08 PM Yesterday at 05:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 40 years Alaska, now back to O... A alaska viking "Made it two years not being censored"
alaska viking "Made it two years not being censored" A Joined: Dec 2007 40 years Alaska, now back to O...	Originally Posted by Big Sam We're having this discussion at work too, and I was reminded that snapping turtles survive the winter by sticking their head up their butt to breathe. Oh, man. I am laughing so hard I can barely type!!! Just doing what I want now.

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