Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

[Girth Brooks]

Been working storm restoration so I’m admittedly behind, but better late than never.....

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Not sure. I do know microscopically, in Yellowstone that after their reintroduction i Hayden Valley Mule Deer and Elk Populations stabilized, where they had been declining.

They are very, very smart animals. And integral. Ergo doesnt surprise me one bit.

Anyway, one animal that always had me un nerved is Mountain Lion. You'll never know what hit you.

I had bad dreams about mountain lions for years after I read "Where the red fern grows" in the third grade.

 

[The Dog]

See, I'm a quarter mile from Broadway, I-40 and 640, in Knoxville, so I've never seen or heard a coyote, around my house and probably never will. So, although I've heard, what a pain in the a$$, they are, I've never seen it. Plus, I'm soft, I don't even like to kill spiders, the only thing I've really killed on purpose is a couple of mice and rats and I felt bad about the mice

 

[VOLSONLY]

I had bad dreams about mountain lions for years after I read "Where the red fern grows" in the third grade.

Man that’s a great book, I remember my English teacher reading us that book in grammar school. Unforgettable memory. The original movie is good as well

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Fun to shoot
A pack of them at night or while your up in your deer stand will make your hair on your neck stand up

When I was a kid in the Texas Panhandle I found out that there were guys that made a really good living on coyote bounties.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I know they’re nasty stinking dogs. I’ve killed them in the past deer hunting. They’re smart animals

In Yellowstone they are actually beautiful animals..every coyote I have ever seen anywhere else is an ugly animal.

Fun fact...In Yellowstone the Wolves keep the Coyote numbers waaaay down.

 

[Pepe]

No doubt. It’s just always amazed me how they survive such diseases. They run and den in packs. Immune system miracles

They go through occasional pandemics that wipe out a large part of the population, just like happened with us. That's how evolution works.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Not really overriding, just additional rules, like the sec having control over sec transfer waivers now. They can always have stricter rules for themselves, just not looser, which would be overriding. I think there was similar lag with grad transfers, with the SEC still restricting years after the NCAA allowed them.

Honestly I would hate to get Mondon and Mims and have to wonder how often Auburn and UGA kept inviting them to cabins and such all freshmen year and trying to get them to transfer through backchannels.

I liked the sit for a year if you transfer rule, but if they are going let some be eligible immediately then all should be. The SEC finally caved on the grad transfer and will eventually have to with the one time transfer rule. We'll just have to live with the consequences.

 

[Pepe]

When I was a kid in the Texas Panhandle I found out that there were guys that made a really good living on coyote bounties.

In the old days state paid a bounty, and then you could sell the hides. FLA should do the same with pythons.

 

[SweetasSoda]

See, I'm a quarter mile from Broadway, I-40 and 640, in Knoxville, so I've never seen or heard a coyote, around my house and probably never will. So, although I've heard, what a pain in the a$$, they are, I've never seen it. Plus, I'm soft, I don't even like to kill spiders, the only thing I've really killed on purpose is a couple of mice and rats and I felt bad about the mice

That's me. Except spiders. They must die.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Man that’s a great book, I remember my English teacher reading us that book in grammar school. Unforgettable memory. The original movie is good as well

Who was that awesome teacher? I read it to my 4th graders.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

In the old days state paid a bounty, and then you could sell the hides. FLA should do the same with pythons.

I think it was the livestock association in Texas...the local ranchers straight up hated those things, I can't remember how much it was, it was 36 years ago, but I rememberbeing shocked at the number. The bounty hunters kept them well in check.

 

[VOLSONLY]

Who was that awesome teacher? I read it to my 4th graders.

Ray Winton, best teacher I ever had period.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

In the old days state paid a bounty, and then you could sell the hides. FLA should do the same with pythons.

The Pythons start killing calves and they will.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Ray Winton, best teacher I ever had period.

My favorite grammar school teacher! He preached my husband's uncle's funeral, and I told him afterward that I taught grammar the way he taught us. Loved him.

 

[VOLSONLY]

My favorite grammar school teacher! He preached my husband's uncle's funeral, and I told him afterward that I taught grammar the way he taught us. Loved him.

Oh yea I loved him, still love running into him from time to time.

 

[engineerVOL]

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Not that one.

 

[pismonque]

Also, by changing the landscape from woodlands to more agriculture was another key factor in the expansion of the coyote. Their expansion was most definitely aided by humans.

And not just ag but all development, residential, parks, whatever. We’ve unwittingly created a perfect habitat for a clever, stealthy, adaptable and very mobile animal that can eat damn near anything, and we’ve removed all natural predators above them. They’re here to stay.

I live in a gated community with a few hundred homes and my doorbell cam caught one walking right by my front door a few weeks ago. We occasionally find the remains of neighborhood cats when we walk the dog. I’ve seen them in urban areas, the burbs, golf courses, everywhere. They’re here to stay.

My favorite was while playing golf a few years ago, we rode up to a tee box to find a coyote lying in tall grass about five feet off the cart path right beside our tee. He didn’t seem too concerned about us so we got out and proceeded to tee off. He just laid there and watched, and every time one of us hit the ball his head turned and watched it fly through the air. It was hilarious.

 

[UTK]

they are in suburbs now.

TWRA considers nuisance animal. Refuse to relocate. I was told 'check with municipality before discharging a weapon'...'we wont intervene'.

My wife said it cant get in over our fence check that, they can.

Unfortunately in city its either poison or hand to hand combat.

Hell they run around in the parking lot of my apartment complex lmao. They're everywhere.

 

[GojiraVol17]

See, I'm a quarter mile from Broadway, I-40 and 640, in Knoxville, so I've never seen or heard a coyote, around my house and probably never will. So, although I've heard, what a pain in the a$$, they are, I've never seen it. Plus, I'm soft, I don't even like to kill spiders, the only thing I've really killed on purpose is a couple of mice and rats and I felt bad about the mice

We’re neighbors! I live about 2 miles from Halls High school, myself.

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

Since we are now 7 days out, I am going to make a prediction. Eric Gray breaks a big TD run against South Carolina on Saturday.

 

[SoilVol]

Their expansion was aided by the overhunting of the timber wolf and extirpation from many states across the country.

Correct. Both grey and red wolf extirpation from the contiguous states were contributing factors. It allowed them to expand without predation and fill the niche. I would call that indirect. When I say "direct" I mean humans didn't introduce the animal to new areas.

Ranges, climates, ecosystems are constantly changing over time. There's a constant debate about what the "normal" state of things is from a habitat and wildlife perspective because of this. We typically draw arbitrary lines at periods of time in history for this. Say, pre-European settlement, for instance, is a popular one.

 

[SoilVol]

Also, by changing the landscape from woodlands to more agriculture was another key factor in the expansion of the coyote. Their expansion was most definitely aided by humans.

Again, 100% aided by what I would call indirect contribution. Direct contribution, by my terminology, would be the introduction of a non-native. With coyotes, humans indirectly created optimal conditions and they took advantage of it and naturalized themselves on the landscape.

 

[Rishvol]

Again, 100% aided by what I would call indirect contribution. Direct contribution, by my terminology, would be the introduction of a non-native. With coyotes, humans indirectly created optimal conditions and they took advantage of it and naturalized themselves on the landscape.

I agree with Soil here. Just because it was humans that cleared out farmland does not mean they have a direct impact. Niches need to be filled and the coyote took advantage of it

 

[pcvolfan]

In the old days state paid a bounty, and then you could sell the hides. FLA should do the same with pythons.

Florida has a bounty program for pythons. The hunters get paid per hour and also get additional money for how big the snake is.