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A pity.
I never see that many articulated bones. The coyotes scatter them long before the hide & meat is gone.
One January I found five carcasses within about 10 yards of each other. I figured they were already weak and just hunkered down and ran out of energy before a storm passed (we occasionally get more than a foot of snow in a single day).
No caring family, neighbors, welfare or soup kitchens for nature's children. When your energy bottoms out it's all over.
I never see that many articulated bones. The coyotes scatter them long before the hide & meat is gone.
One January I found five carcasses within about 10 yards of each other. I figured they were already weak and just hunkered down and ran out of energy before a storm passed (we occasionally get more than a foot of snow in a single day).
No caring family, neighbors, welfare or soup kitchens for nature's children. When your energy bottoms out it's all over.
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Sure puts nature into perspective doesn't it!
Another way to look at it is that it was a bad day for the deer, but a wind-fall for a whole slew of smaller creatures.
My sister-in-law, a vegitarian from CA (are there any worse?) was watching the chickadees and woodpeckers in our bird feeders one year on a visit.
"We never get woodpeckers! What do you feed them?"
"Suet"
"Where do you get that?"
"That came from along the spine of a deer"
"Those birds are eating meat?" A ghostly palor filling her face
"Of course. The majority of birds will. You think eagles and osprey eat carrots? Their ancestors descended from carnivorous dinosaurs, after all. And you know what? They didn't learn how to do it on my porch. They find it in the woods on animal carcasses."
"B-b-but chickadees?"
"A flock will clean you to a skeleton in minutes if they catch you alone in the woods." :crackup:
A deer that dies in the woods is never truly wasted.
My sister-in-law, a vegitarian from CA (are there any worse?) was watching the chickadees and woodpeckers in our bird feeders one year on a visit.
"We never get woodpeckers! What do you feed them?"
"Suet"
"Where do you get that?"
"That came from along the spine of a deer"
"Those birds are eating meat?" A ghostly palor filling her face
"Of course. The majority of birds will. You think eagles and osprey eat carrots? Their ancestors descended from carnivorous dinosaurs, after all. And you know what? They didn't learn how to do it on my porch. They find it in the woods on animal carcasses."
"B-b-but chickadees?"
"A flock will clean you to a skeleton in minutes if they catch you alone in the woods." :crackup:
A deer that dies in the woods is never truly wasted.
KyFlintlock
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I don't want to go off on to big of a rant here or get too much off topic, but reading your sister-in-law experience sounded just a little too familiar.
I just don't understand why so many people only see the "warm and fuzzy" aspect of nature. So many anti-hunters seem to have difficulty seeing nature and wildlife for what it is. I have met very few "nature lovers" who have any true understanding (like most folks on this site do) beyond the "oh what a cute baby deer, rabbit etc."
I am frequently asked (criticized) by family members as to why I can
I don't want to go off on to big of a rant here or get too much off topic, but reading your sister-in-law experience sounded just a little too familiar.
I just don't understand why so many people only see the "warm and fuzzy" aspect of nature. So many anti-hunters seem to have difficulty seeing nature and wildlife for what it is. I have met very few "nature lovers" who have any true understanding (like most folks on this site do) beyond the "oh what a cute baby deer, rabbit etc."
I am frequently asked (criticized) by family members as to why I can
and animal rights activists say hunting is cruel for animals. apparently they never venture into the woods after the snow has melted and seen the devastation that mother nature provides. Hunting looks like heaven compared to that. am i right gentlemen? :m2c: :master:
