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officially sanctioned common sense
« on: January 05, 2012, 01:54:08 PM »
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It is much more powerful to seek Truth for one's self.  Seeing and hearing that others seem to have found it can be a motivation.  With me, I was drawn because of much error and bad judgment on my part. Confronting one's own errors and bad judgment is a very life altering situation.  Confronting the errors and bad judgment of others is usually hypocrisy.


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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2012, 02:01:45 PM »
My mom has sent me a pic of a coyote in her backyard in Arlington VA. In broad daylight. Looked to be about 65-70lbs in size.

She lives about a mile from the Pentagon and Arlington Cemetery.
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2012, 02:48:36 PM »
I've seen yote corpses on I66 near Fairfax, VA.  They're thick in the public lands in this region.

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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2012, 03:44:37 PM »
Common sense coyote control?
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2012, 03:48:26 PM »
There are a lot of 'em around the House and the Senate and the White House.
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2012, 03:54:32 PM »
We've had that for years, won't make much of a dent.  They need to put a bounty on them and then you will see numbers go down.
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2012, 04:02:02 PM »
they had a bounty   
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2012, 04:48:05 PM »
Quote from: grampster on January 05, 2012, 03:48:26 PM
There are a lot of 'em around the House and the Senate and the White House.

Negative, insulting to coyotes. Not sure what manner of foul, carrion feeding scavengers they might be but they are not as good as coyotes.
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2012, 05:38:08 PM »
We've had common scents out West from the beginning  ;)
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2012, 07:24:23 PM »
I shoot at yotes but the darn things never cooperate and stand still when I am blasting away.
NV yotes are very rude.
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2012, 01:51:45 AM »
Standing still is a bad habit  ;)
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2012, 06:09:51 AM »
Quote from: gunsmith on January 05, 2012, 07:24:23 PM
I shoot at yotes but the darn things never cooperate and stand still when I am blasting away.

This is why my cousin likes his machine gun.
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2012, 08:28:37 AM »
In suburban areas like mine, coyotes are beneficial - they keep down the housecat population.
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2012, 08:48:14 AM »
Quote from: Tallpine on January 05, 2012, 05:38:08 PM
We've had common scents out West from the beginning  ;)

Speak for yourself. I for one, don't smell like a coyote. :P
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2012, 09:37:06 AM »
Quote from: KD5NRH on January 06, 2012, 06:09:51 AM
This is why my cousin likes his machine gun.

Ha! We had a former neighbor that told us he was shooting at a coyote with a real registered AK-47, and shot the power line in two  =D
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2012, 12:58:44 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on January 06, 2012, 09:37:06 AM
Ha! We had a former neighbor that told us he was shooting at a coyote with a real registered AK-47, and shot the power line in two  =D
That must have been some acrobatic coyote, perching on a power line.   ;)

(The recoil shouldn't have kicked the muzzle up that far!)
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2012, 01:02:09 PM »
Quote from: HankB on January 06, 2012, 12:58:44 PM
That must have been some acrobatic coyote, perching on a power line.   ;)

(The recoil shouldn't have kicked the muzzle up that far!)

Maybe not, but 5 or 6 recoils in a row could have
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #17 on: January 06, 2012, 01:48:17 PM »
Quote from: CNYCacher on January 06, 2012, 01:02:09 PM
Maybe not, but 5 or 6 recoils in a row could have

Yeah, not to mention shooting downhill across the valley.

I've shot deer on the hill across the coulee on my own land, shooting over the top of the powerline that runs up to the neighbor behind us.  ;)
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #18 on: January 06, 2012, 04:59:45 PM »
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He suggests that farmers use strong fencing and guard animals, such as Great Pyrenees dogs or donkeys, to ward off coyotes.

Donkeys?

I never heard of that one.

Someone enlighten me, please.

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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #19 on: January 06, 2012, 05:19:01 PM »
Quote from: 230RN on January 06, 2012, 04:59:45 PM
Donkeys?

I never heard of that one.

Someone enlighten me, please.

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Apparently they are pretty good fighters, as well as aggressive towards predators and protective of who they deem to be their family.

Saw this a while back and am glad I was able to find it again. http://trigar.com/coolstuff/donkey_lion/donkey_vs_mountain_lion.htm
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #20 on: January 06, 2012, 05:28:31 PM »
ponys too  mine stomped a yote flat
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #21 on: January 06, 2012, 05:34:46 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on January 06, 2012, 09:37:06 AM
Ha! We had a former neighbor that told us he was shooting at a coyote with a real registered AK-47, and shot the power line in two  =D

Coyotes can fly?

I wish my state would set a policy like that. There's protected open space on three sides of where I live, and we hear coyotes back there at night when the windows are open. They've been attacking cows on nearby farms as well as house pets here and there, and IMHO it's only a matter of time before a child gets attacked. But ... we aren't supposed to shoot them. Or trap them. And I'm not allowed to drive my Jeep back there, so I can't even try to run them down.

And 'yotes are no more a native species here than they are in Virginia.
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2012, 08:05:19 PM »
Quote from: 230RN on January 06, 2012, 04:59:45 PM
Donkeys?

I never heard of that one.

Someone enlighten me, please.

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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #23 on: January 06, 2012, 08:11:37 PM »
Quote from: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on January 06, 2012, 08:05:19 PM
It is possible that the "ass" in "ass-kicking" originally referred to a member of the animal kingdom.

No, but the term jackass is quite accurate ;)
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Re: officially sanctioned common sense
« Reply #24 on: January 06, 2012, 08:19:34 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on January 06, 2012, 08:11:37 PM
No, but the term jackass is quite accurate ;)
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And I thought horses were the bad tempered ones.
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