Racing Heart...something came too close for comfort...UPDATE Pg 2**

[curliet]

Re the porcupines.... during the depression (the first one) they were hunted almost to extinction and were called 'the poor man's feast' because of the fact that they are slow moving, and having no reason to fear man, did not run. So, even someone who could not afford a gun or ammo, or had maybe pawned theirs, could club a porky to death with a big stick. They are actually much easier to skin and clean than you would think and are for the most part herbivores, so their meat is very white, sweet and clean. Cooking them is similiar to cooking regular pork, a crockpot works well. A little education to the pubic about how to kill, clean and cook them would do the DNR a great deal of good towards not having to introduce another species that could turn out to backfire, and save them the money of doing so. Not to mention that it might give some family a little more meat to get thru the winter.
BTW, we have been having problems with cougars in our area. The story is (I don't know if it's true, might be just a rumor, maybe not) that the deer herd has gotten so badly out of control and is becoming such a nuisance that the cougars were reintroduced to help control them. Now, we have a very popular deer season here in MI, and all it would take would be to issue more doe permits, or extend the season a little longer, and the herd would be controlled considerably. Again, a simple plan that would benefit the citizens of the state, and not endanger anyone with wild animals.

 

[Zookeeper9000]

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Cougars are not in MI according to the DNR, they have been saying it for years, even though one of their officers has reported a sighting. They claim they are not here but they past a law recently that these cougars are protected and you can not kill them LOL but remember they are not here.

They released the red wolf here, said they were bringing back the wolf. We never had the red wolf here we had the grey wolf. They didn't only release wolves that have never been in MI they released wolves that were problem wolves somewhere else.

Then they put them in a big fenced in area and proceded to eliminate any that would fight. Now all the wolves that were fighting for dominance are gone and you have an unstable pack. They released them so there is no domiant female or male now all the females have pups not just one female in each pack.

They are so bad here they will come in the yards with people right there and grab little dogs. They are killing farm animals and domestic dogs that are in their yard minding their own business. They are killing bears in their winter dens and dragging them out and eating them.

These people need to watch jurasic park and remember what messing with mother nature can create. Many will say that I am wrong but they are not living with the problems. My opinion not asking anyone to share it. But thanking them for letting me express it.