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btm2it
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Posted: Thu Nov 20th, 2008 05:54 pm |
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I have a place in mind where I possibly may have repeatedly experienced a large group of very large owls (wink) that has some recorded sightings in the same general area that involves an area of a large shallow oxbow lake with a heavily wooded island with very little road access that is absolutely loaded wall to wall with large carp. I have read about folks finding fish bones high up on ridges. Does anyone have any experience with this personally or second hand stories that might add some validity to this being something they could count on as a protien source throughout the year? Seems to me they could be hand caught, especially during the spawn.
Also, what about crops. I have heard corn and soybeans are some of the favorites. Are there any others? Do they browse like deer?
I also wonder about squirrel nests. Seems to me those would be awfully handy for a nocturnal something that can climb trees well, as a winter food source.
Roadkill?
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dlaw
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Posted: Fri Nov 21st, 2008 03:03 am |
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btm2it
Coonbo aka Catamount has found fish bones up on ridges.
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Posted: Fri Nov 21st, 2008 09:02 pm |
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I believe that carp are one of their staple foods when they are available. At the location of the October outing, and on the back of our family farm (which is on the Tennessee River), I've found carp and gar remains on the ridges overlooking the water. Often, the remains would be stacked neatly: bones in one pile and scales & skin in another pile.
And they do browse like deer. And any crops, garden produce, orchard produce, etc. are fair game. They also like to frequent chicken houses to look for any dead ones that may have been discarded (if the dead ones haven't been incinerated).
Last edited on Fri Nov 21st, 2008 09:04 pm by Catamount
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Posted: Fri Nov 21st, 2008 10:08 pm |
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Gar & Mudfish ( yuck ) is what they seem to like in the way of fish down here .
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Posted: Fri Nov 21st, 2008 10:43 pm |
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| Boogers are gonna get the "biggest bang for the buck", so to speak, in relation to nutrition. Anything that is chockerblock full of protein and fats would always be on the menu. As Coonbo stated, they are opportunists ... cunning and sly! Their choice item on the menu is hot, fresh, venison liver. This is like us taking a whole bottle of vitamins and a big shot of B-12--all at once. Not only are all these vitamins stored in the liver, but many other trace elements and amino acids--the building blocks of all cells. It has to take monumental amounts of these elements to keep a large animal warm during the cold nights we are having now. We've been in the mid-twenties the past three in a row and are expecting to dip into the teens tonight. The boogers will definitely be out tonight looking for any food to help fuel their big engines..........TnC............
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Posted: Sat Nov 22nd, 2008 01:44 pm |
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One of my goals is to set up a place where they can feel safe to forage not just puting foods out for them but a place for them pick it for themselfs that way they know it is safe to eat .
One of the things I am doing is planting furit trees as I can afford it I will be planting citris trees ive allready planted 6 plum trees and a blueberrie bush and some straw berries there are allready wild blueberries but they are not very big this bush produces big ones.
Ive been clearing out around the wild blueberries for easy picking for myself and have been leaveing patches of blackberries uncut .
There are many other natural trees and berry bushes here that produce fruit but I have no idea what any of them are every year I find something new that has produced some kind of fruit some of these trees dont produce every year so its an ongoing project finding new things they may be eating .
The mushrooms are very abundent there are at least 25 different kinds just in my area I dont have the nerve to eat them myself but I am not a bigfoot they might be able to eat things that we cannot .
There are also wild grapes they are not very big but are in abundence and are sweet .
In the creek there is plenty of fish, turttles, gators and of course that draws other wildlife to the area .
in the bays there are oysters and many other shell fish that are easy to gather crabs ,clams, hermit crabs ect..and there are many fish that can be cought by hand in the shallow waters.
dont forget the plants that dont produce fruit but there roots are edible palmetto ,ginsing,and of course there are wild herbs dill ,sage for example
I have one thing to say to the douters that say there is not enough for an animal there size to survive if you dont beleave just come on down and take a walk in the swamp with me Ill show you the food .
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