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Post by Dutch on Jul 28, 2023 7:53:32 GMT -5
I have allowed the Porky's to chew on my clover, with no consequences. Now, one of them climbs the tree my camera is on and chews thru the bungee I used to hang the camera. Now it's hanging by the cable lock, looking at the ground. I have his picture. The offender will be identified and dealt with!
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Post by Loggy on Jul 28, 2023 9:37:40 GMT -5
Dem porky's sure can be a PIA!!
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Post by rusty on Jul 28, 2023 10:13:18 GMT -5
I've heard they are good eating.
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Post by Dutch on Jul 28, 2023 10:45:12 GMT -5
I've heard they are good eating. When the perpetrator is apprehended, I will see that you get first dibs on him.
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Post by rusty on Jul 28, 2023 15:10:10 GMT -5
I've heard they are good eating. When the perpetrator is apprehended, I will see that you get first dibs on him. Not interested in eating one myself(though I would try it if I came across some at a game dinner). The hair is supposed to make good tail material for some dry fly patterns. So far, I have resisted the temptation to pluck a roadkill.
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Post by Dutch on Aug 1, 2023 12:40:15 GMT -5
Maybe I have an Ally in my war with Mr Porky? Porky got his pic taken about 5:30 this morning. About 8 AM this guy showed up on the camera. Maybe I'll just find a pile of quills?
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Post by CoureurDeBois on Aug 1, 2023 12:54:30 GMT -5
When the perpetrator is apprehended, I will see that you get first dibs on him. Not interested in eating one myself(though I would try it if I came across some at a game dinner). The hair is supposed to make good tail material for some dry fly patterns. So far, I have resisted the temptation to pluck a roadkill. Like a lot of wild game, it is good eating if done up right. I had some a few years back at a wild game dinner. If you come across any being served don't pass it up, it is very good, at lease the piece I had was.
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Post by CoureurDeBois on Aug 1, 2023 13:09:37 GMT -5
Maybe I have an Ally in my war with Mr Porky? Porky got his pic taken about 5:30 this morning. About 8 AM this guy showed up on the camera. Maybe I'll just find a pile of quills? View AttachmentIf you find a carcass, with it's face all chewed up, it's belly open and looks like it was partially skinned, it's a fisher kill. Seems they do the deed by first attacking the porky's face, getting the blood flowing real good, and wait for the porky to bleed to death. Then they open up the belly and eat. This way they keep from getting any quills. When I first bought my camp in the mid 1990's, we had a fair amount of porcupines in the area. Shortly there after the PGC released the first fishers in the state just over the ridge from my camp. Over the years the porky population has gone down to the point we seldom see any and I seldom see any conifer tree damage from them anymore.
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Post by Dutch on Aug 1, 2023 13:13:13 GMT -5
They have very thin skulls. A good hard bite would do them in. We used to have tons of porkies, I killed a couple, but the last 15 years, they have taken a dive
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Post by ridgecommander on Aug 2, 2023 11:57:07 GMT -5
I might have to make a porcupine hunt my next bucket list item. Never saw a wild one in Pa.
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Post by Dutch on Aug 2, 2023 12:51:09 GMT -5
I might have to make a porcupine hunt my next bucket list item. Never saw a wild one in Pa. I can be your guide. 😂
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Post by stroupy on Aug 2, 2023 16:25:18 GMT -5
Porcupines are the easiest thing to hunt their eyesight sucks. I see about one once a year you can walk right up to them.
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Post by Dutch on Aug 2, 2023 17:03:36 GMT -5
Porcupines are the easiest thing to hunt their eyesight sucks. I see about one once a year you can walk right up to them. They have been moving south. I don't think they ever were in your area years ago
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Post by CoureurDeBois on Aug 2, 2023 19:13:49 GMT -5
The old time woodsman would tell you never to kill a porcupine unless for survival. It’s the only animal man can catch and kill using a stick or stone to eat. Life saver if you’re loss and without a weapon.
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Post by Dutch on Aug 4, 2023 17:48:37 GMT -5
The old time woodsman would tell you never to kill a porcupine unless for survival. It’s the only animal man can catch and kill using a stick or stone to eat. Life saver if you’re loss and without a weapon. Trust me, if I walk for one hour in any direction, in northern Potter county, I'll come to a road. Now, if I walk in circles, it might take longer. 😊
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Post by CoureurDeBois on Aug 4, 2023 19:22:15 GMT -5
The old time woodsman would tell you never to kill a porcupine unless for survival. It’s the only animal man can catch and kill using a stick or stone to eat. Life saver if you’re loss and without a weapon. Trust me, if I walk for one hour in any direction, in northern Potter county, I'll come to a road. Now, if I walk in circles, it might take longer. 😊 The key words in my post are the first four.😁
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Post by dennyf on Aug 6, 2023 10:08:12 GMT -5
Always had porkies in the parts of Potter and Tioga where I've spent time since the 1950s. Up until about 20 years ago, seeing a dead one on the road south of Williamsport, was rare. Now they're in southern tier counties of PA.
I see one at camp, it's about to be a dead one. Hard to explain the damage they've done around there over the years.
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Post by CoureurDeBois on Aug 6, 2023 16:20:51 GMT -5
When I remodeled my camp, I used T-111 on the outside. The one forester in the district told me one big mistake, it was. Ended up attaching aluminum flashing that match the camp color, 3 feet up all around the perimeter. Another friend that was the district forester of another SF, told me he had aluminum signs that they chewed, so far I haven't had any more problems and it's been 20 years. Was also told that they don't seem to chew hemlock siding. Doesn't seem to be very many around camp anymore, guest the fishers are doing their job, did see a small one last year though. Unlike rattle snakes in my camp yard, I give them a pass now.
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