The Old Folks Home

[Beer can]

Snowshoe hares were rather rare here. Seen my first about 15yrs ago when I used to run cottontails with beagles with a buddy of mine. They stay more in the big woods of stateland. Now I'm seeing a lot of they're tracks, and with them another used to be rare one, bobcats.
Our coyotes are bigger than most, 35-45lbs, with some males getting 50-60lbs. They say it's cause there is some wolf DNA in ours.
I haven't ever participated but some of my friends do and hunt our hill during it, run them with Walker and English Red Tic coonhounds, there is a tenth annual this yr 3 day coyote competition here. $100 for every coyote entered, and daily prizes, daily heaviest, most. Grand prize is $2,000. Winner is usually 45-55, last yr was 75lbs!
There is a $35 entry fee but they have a big banquet dinner last night and a free raffle ticket for a gun. Usually around 700 entries one yr there was over a thousand.
I can go outside late at night sometimes and hear four different individual packs...

Just read this;
"Scientists have found that it would require removing nearly 70 percent of the population every year to achieve sustained population reduction."

 

[Alaskan]

Wolves and coyotes give me the willies.

As a young kid I would listen to them howl at night and be scared that they were going to bust into the house and eat me. not sure why I thought that.

 

[drumstick diva]

running out of ice cream gives ME the willies- Alaskan maybe your parents threatened you with a wolf busting in and eating you. Out here was threatened with the boogie man.

 

[Alaskan]

running out of ice cream gives ME the willies-     Alaskan  maybe your parents threatened you with a wolf busting in and eating you.  Out here  was threatened with the boogie man.

I actually can't remember how my parents got me to behave.

I remember being spanked a few times when I was little...like under age 12.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I was threatened with boogie monsters had more fear of
Barbie dolls attacking

 

[perchie.girl]

Yeah, what is it with horses anyway? When I had my appaloosa/Morgan cross mare, she would shun her open stall in snow and stand outside with three inches of snow on her back. I'd go out, brush her off and one day out of curiosity, ran my fingers deep in her winter coat till I hit skin. She was toasty warm and dry. That downy under coat really protects them just as down protects a chicken.

Still I wonder why they prefer standing out in the snow over being inside where it is warm and dry.

Yep my girl has always had an over head ... We do get snow here in the desert.... she would be standing out in the corner looking like a hot fudge sunday.... About two or three inches of snow on her back.

I been told by other draft horse owners that if you spot one without a snow on their back check to see if they have a temperature.

deb

 

[Cynthia12]

My chickens were afraid to come out in the snow at first. Now, they beat me to the back door in the mornings..they have to cross a lot of snow to get there. Had a small dust of snow fall...got my camera out for a cute shot.



Here's one of my smooth SG silkie I named Uggums because she was one ugly baby chick. I have kids that can understand the name, because they still think she is ugly. I adore her.







I see doggy foot prints too..our Ziggy's.

 

[Alaskan]

Yep my girl has always had an over head ...   We do get snow here in the desert....  she would be standing out in the corner looking like a hot fudge sunday....  About two or three inches of snow on her back.

I been told by other draft horse owners that if you spot one without a snow on their back check to see if they have a temperature.

deb

Up here when it snows you check to make sure the snow stays perfect on their back.

If the snow melts that means their fat layer isn't thick enough.

My goats though.... they refuse to have snow on their back....so I can't check their condition that way.

 

[drumstick diva]

I don't think she is ugly at all Cynthia.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

She's adorable. I also have 9 turkens hatched in my incubator and a bunch more hopefully will hatch today