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Posted: 1/16/2017 4:37:09 PM EDT
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A for effort, don't know why I would pick one up. Are you going to make a hat out of it?
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I always hate when we have to go hands on with someone who is bleeding and no time to glove up.
Last time was a trip to the hospital and they gave me the round of cocktails |
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Yeah, but I have to use a crowbar to get them out of their BMWs, so I just leave my gloves with the crowbar.
On a serious note, yes, but I'll have a set of gloves within 10-20 seconds of me if not on me. Available: deerskin leather work gloves, deerskin insulated leather gloves, leather mechanic gloves, m-pact mechanics gloves, uniform gloves, nitrile gloves. All in the car. |
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Wat? Who buys this stuff and what in heaven's name do they do with that stuff? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Their guard hairs are worth $70+ an ounce, quills are worth 10-15 an Oz and skulls are $20. Fly Tying I would bet. |
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I had a basket ball size snapping turtle in my basement window well. I tried every idea to get it out. I finally lassoed the top shell with a piece of rope and pulled it straight up. That was one angry snapping turtle. I took it back to the river where I let it go.
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Their guard hairs are worth $70+ an ounce, quills are worth 10-15 an Oz and skulls are $20. View Quote How do you sell them? Fur Auctions, Etsy, etc.? FIL is a huge trapper up North, but only messes with pelts. Seems there is a secondary market for animal teeth & claws on Etsy type sites. |
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C'mon OP....a dead porkie? You look like you have been around the woods a bit.....hind paw, no problem. Have skinned many....they roast pretty good
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There's no restrictions on killing porcupines in NY. I've never actually gone out and tried to kill one though.
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I had a basket ball size snapping turtle in my basement window well. I tried every idea to get it out. I finally lassoed the top shell with a piece of rope and pulled it straight up. That was one angry snapping turtle. I took it back to the river where I let it go. View Quote My dad recalled hauling the biggest one he ever saw on a fork handle between him and brother. Turtle bit middle of handle and they picked it up over their shoulders and carried it home. |
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I have eaten the greasy fuckers, cooked over coals, open fire.
Strong gamey flavor, greasy like pork belly, Just how you would imagine a really big RAT would taste. The HEART was best part, tasted just exactly like a Turkey heart. Porcupine is damn sure not any delicacy, but will keep you alive. |
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TLDR I once shot a porcupine in the middle of the night while naked.
About twenty years ago I was awoken by some noise. As I listened I made out the unmistakable sound of something chewing on the house. I jumped out of bed and flipped on the front spots to have a look. Well the lights must have startled the culprit, it was a good sized porc and he was waddling off down the road as fast as he could. So I throw on my flip flops and grabbed the Marlin 22Mag bolt action tubular fed as well as a flashlight and went out to give chase. I caught up to him about 40 yards down the road and lit him up with the light. He was dispatched with a 22mag to the brain bucket. I then looked up back toward the house at the lights and then I slowly looked down, I was naked. |
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TLDR I once shot a porcupine in the middle of the night while naked. About twenty years ago I was awoken by some noise. As I listened I made out the unmistakable sound of something chewing on the house. I jumped out of bed and flipped on the front spots to have a look. Well the lights must have startled the culprit, it was a good sized porc and he was waddling off down the road as fast as he could. So I throw on my flip flops and grabbed the Marlin 22Mag bolt action tubular fed as well as a flashlight and went out to give chase. I caught up to him about 40 yards down the road and lit him up with the light. He was dispatched with a 22mag to the brain bucket. I then looked up back toward the house at the lights and then I slowly looked down, I was naked. View Quote No you weren't you had flip flops on. |
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I used to break chunks of the shingles on the side of the house I grew up in in NH back in the early '70's to throw..shingles were all asbestos
still here..only wish is I were younger .....so far |
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My dad had a cabin on the Allegheny River. One night going out to the outhouse a porcupine ran in front of me and up a tree.
Got a flashlight, a 45 and an extension ladder. Leaned it on the tree and climbed up so I was just under the limb it was on and then shot it. When it feel off the limb it missed me by an inch. |
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Pretty much always have gloves, shoves and pliers with me for picking up stuff. I did learn a lesson about keeping boots nearby after breaking a rifle on a charging wounded raccoon. Seemed like a better idea than kicking him with a pair of crocs on.
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My dad had a cabin on the Allegheny River. One night going out to the outhouse a porcupine ran in front of me and up a tree. Got a flashlight, a 45 and an extension ladder. Leaned it on the tree and climbed up so I was just under the limb it was on and then shot it. When it feel off the limb it missed me by an inch. View Quote Bullshit.....everyone knows a porky doesn't run. |
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Does using dry leaves to pull grass out of my dogs ass count?
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I've only ever seen one of those here. where did you shoot that? Only time I ever saw one was dead on the side of hwy 410 west of Cliffdell.
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TLDR I once shot a porcupine in the middle of the night while naked. About twenty years ago I was awoken by some noise. As I listened I made out the unmistakable sound of something chewing on the house. I jumped out of bed and flipped on the front spots to have a look. Well the lights must have startled the culprit, it was a good sized porc and he was waddling off down the road as fast as he could. So I throw on my flip flops and grabbed the Marlin 22Mag bolt action tubular fed as well as a flashlight and went out to give chase. I caught up to him about 40 yards down the road and lit him up with the light. He was dispatched with a 22mag to the brain bucket. I then looked up back toward the house at the lights and then I slowly looked down, I was naked. View Quote |
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Biggest porcupine I ever saw was in Kunar province back in Marawara Valley. Was walking in at night to check out roads for some follow on stuff we wanted to do and all the sudden two massive porcupines rolled out in the middle of the road fighting or screwing and made the weirdest noises then ran off into the wheat. Captain wanted to go check out the house they came out of. Nah man, I don't need dick high porcupine problems in my life, you go check it out.
Good times Blake |
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Bullshit.....everyone knows a porky doesn't run. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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My dad had a cabin on the Allegheny River. One night going out to the outhouse a porcupine ran in front of me and up a tree. Got a flashlight, a 45 and an extension ladder. Leaned it on the tree and climbed up so I was just under the limb it was on and then shot it. When it feel off the limb it missed me by an inch. Bullshit.....everyone knows a porky doesn't run. The porcupine thinks it's running. Why you gotta be that way bro? |
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My dad recalled hauling the biggest one he ever saw on a fork handle between him and brother. Turtle bit middle of handle and they picked it up over their shoulders and carried it home. View Quote That was the first thing I tried. I tried 2 different size handles. That turtle would hit the handle hard but not bite it. |
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St john. Shot 2 this weekend within 20 miles of each other. View Quote And here I always thought you were over here on the wet side. I haven't been over in the Palouse in many years. I really miss that area. Growing up at the base of the Blue mountains hunting in the wheat fields and scab land along the Snake river was good times. When I retire, we're moving over near Lewiston. |
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And here I always thought you were over here on the wet side. I haven't been over in the Palouse in many years. I really miss that area. Growing up at the base of the Blue mountains hunting in the wheat fields and scab land along the Snake river was good times. When I retire, we're moving over near Lewiston. View Quote I can hop on a dirt bike and ride from my front porch up around on Lewis peak. |
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There's no restrictions on killing porcupines in NY. I've never actually gone out and tried to kill one though. View Quote None here in Michigan either. Two reasons....they are pretty destructive; they will live in a single white pine all winter, girdle the tree and ruin it. They will also winter in your cabin or camp and chew hell out of everything. The second reason always intrigued me as a kid.....they are the only animal easily killed with a club. It was always said they were handy if a trapper was lost and hungry, and needed meat. An old timer I hunt with kills every one he see's. The quills on a large one make awesomely sensitive ice fishing bobbers. He also skins them out, removes the glends, and roasts them in a cast iron roaster. They aren't bad at all. |
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I had to tell my FIL to keep his bare hands off of the rabid skunk I had shot.
it took 3 times to get him to understand that he needed to leave it the fuck alone. I was using a shovel to get it into a trash bag, and thought he should "help". |
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I shoot these bastards at my cabin every year - I didn't know they were worth anything.
Attached File This one I just stuck in front of my game camera and let freedom eat it Attached File |
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