Watch'n for Wildlife.

[NOSLEEP]

Travel'n to the fishn hole this weekend we were<br />delighted to see all kinds of wildlife.<br />Big horn sheep travelin along the lake shore in<br />small groups, Herds of Elk feeding on the side<br />of the road. Mule deer and white tail deer in the<br />meadows. Wild lake trout just a jumpin in the<br />boat. Definitely a great weekend!

 

[bubbakat]

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NOSLEEP that is what life is all about is it not my friend. it don't get any better

 

[RICKRICK1]

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I got to get to Canada.

 

[gonfishn]

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Picture perfect...Gots to asked about the wild trout...how can you tell the diff between the wild ones and the tame ones...ifn they are jumpn in the boat thats where I want to be. Just think of all the money I'll save on tackle, lol Must be some beautiful scenery in your area NoSleep...

 

[NOSLEEP]

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I think them wild trout are the ones that haven't<br />been caught yet. And the tame ones <br />they must be the ones I can't catch.

 

[Carphunter]

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Kinda sounds like my weekend there NOSLEEP,....I netted so many fish this weekend that I lost count.........Too bad the wife was makin me clean out the aquarium.

 

[blifsey]

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Cool! A nearby lake is within a wildlife management area and has several Osprey nesting nearby. It's cool to sit and watch them swoop down and fly off with the fish I can't seem to catch.

 

[mellowyellow]

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witnessed the following here:<br />wild swans (huge buggers)<br />kingfishers<br />bald eagle<br />and almost ran over a woodchuck

 

[NOSLEEP]

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This weekend we had to detour a little on the way<br />to the fishing hole. The fire fighters were out<br />on a make work project doing a prescribed burn in<br />the area. I guess they also call it a controlled<br />burn. Burning up the mountain side in an effort<br />to minimize forest fires in the area. Lots of<br />smoke and ash falling on the boat while out on the<br />water, nothing like the smell of campfire all over<br />every thing. . They must have chased all the<br />wildlife away as well. Got some nice lakers <br />though. There in the brine ready for smoking <br />tonight. Should of just left them on the deck of <br />the boat they would of got plenty of smoke during<br />the day.

 

[12Footer]

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Sounds like the weekend the wife and I had teo weeks ago. We packed a picnic lunch, the fresh water ultralights and the dawg, and headed 55miles south to the southern edge of the Everglades. I was born and raised in Miami, spent nearly every weekend of any memeories, at my aunt's camp off Turner river Grade, It's been 36years since my last visit to Turner River Grade, and much has changed. For one, there are only a handfull of homes out there, where it used to be camps every 500feet. The government bought-out much of the land, and it's now inside a preserve. The other differnce that struck me, (besides the lack of swamp buggies and camps, was the wildlife. There were gators EVERYWHERE! N/S, it looked like one of those Jungle-Larry Safari tourist traps, there were so many. We were literaly concerned about latting our mini pin out of the truck for a mini pee, for fear of her becomming a snack.<br />And the manatees down here are getting so common, they are hard to avoid striking at idle speed.<br />It's great to have the critters back! If there is one thing good to say about hippies, this is it. They spearheaded the "Earth Day" stuff, and absolutely got in the face of the government about it. And they suceeded I think..

 

[NOSLEEP]

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Now gators thats what we need around here!<br />That would help reduce them pesky gofers. And<br />keep the cats in my back alley quite.

 

[OBJ]

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Ya want wild life??? Come to this little bar me and herself go to once in a while. I've seen some wildlife there that is not describable here in the post area.

 

[aspeck]

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Not much wildlife around here! The locals done et it all! However, a 15 minute drive will bring me to some pretty boistrous baboons! Boy are they ugly - kind of remind me of my brother!