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porcupines
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02/25/17 01:47 PM
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rex47
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how far south are they being seen? saw 2 that were road kill about five years ago just north of Vernon on 287
when the going gets really tough, I sit down and rest
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Re: porcupines
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02/25/17 01:51 PM
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Sneaky
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See them all the time in Val Verde County.
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Re: porcupines
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02/25/17 01:56 PM
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Grizz
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I've seen one in Hood County.
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Re: porcupines
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02/25/17 02:06 PM
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TenTenWhitetails
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Have a couple massive ones in bandera county
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Re: porcupines
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02/25/17 02:23 PM
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Creekrunner
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Killed one in my yard and one down the street. Northwest Bexar County.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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02/25/17 02:26 PM
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el Rojo
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We have them in Jucntion.
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Re: porcupines
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02/25/17 02:36 PM
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sparrish8
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We have tons of them just north of uvalde
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Re: porcupines
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02/25/17 02:38 PM
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HCHunter28
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My dogs have run in to them quail hunting in the panhandle and I've seen them in Frio county. I thought they were all over the state.
Last edited by HCHunter28; 02/25/17 02:39 PM.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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02/25/17 02:46 PM
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el Rojo
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Our neighbors dogs chase everything. They spent hours picking the quills out after they found the porcupines.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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02/25/17 03:04 PM
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Erny
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Never have seen one in north east Texas.
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Re: porcupines
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02/25/17 03:38 PM
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Nogalus Prairie
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None in east TX - always assumed it was an east/west thing.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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02/25/17 06:00 PM
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Gptx83
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My brother saw one on our lease in Cotulla early this year
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Re: porcupines
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02/25/17 06:46 PM
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rex47
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My brother saw one on our lease in Cotulla early this year that is getting way south, thought that would be too hot for them. I used to see them in NM, really surprised me to see them around Vernon.
when the going gets really tough, I sit down and rest
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Re: porcupines
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02/25/17 07:34 PM
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txtrophy85
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None in east TX - always assumed it was an east/west thing. used to see them all the time at our lease in Walker County
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: porcupines
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02/25/17 07:47 PM
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338ultra
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Seen them in Irion and Jack county
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Re: porcupines
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02/25/17 09:07 PM
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Nogalus Prairie
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None in east TX - always assumed it was an east/west thing. used to see them all the time at our lease in Walker County Only ones I've seen in TX were in Ozona.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: porcupines
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02/25/17 11:03 PM
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txtrophy85
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None in east TX - always assumed it was an east/west thing. used to see them all the time at our lease in Walker County Only ones I've seen in TX were in Ozona. I've seen several in east Texas and several in the hill country Saw one last week in blanco county They are much more common than what people think but they mainly come out at night
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: porcupines
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02/25/17 11:25 PM
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don k
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I used to see quite a few but they have seemed to have slowed down lately.
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Re: porcupines
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02/25/17 11:37 PM
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Nogalus Prairie
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I was born and raised in the Nacogdoches/Rusk/Houston county area. Have hunted there all my life (52 years.)Thousands and thousands of hours in the woods, day and night. Multiply that by all my friends, family, and everyone else I have come in contact with, because I have never seen a porcupine there and never heard of anyone who has - at least in those three counties. Not saying they are not there but, if they are, they must be exceedingly rare. Or ghosts.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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02/26/17 12:19 AM
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txshntr
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Very common in Concho. Never seen one in east Texas
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Re: porcupines
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02/26/17 12:43 AM
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blackcoal
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Are the quills any good for anything other than decorative purposes?
The Greatest Enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.--Stephen Hawking
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Re: porcupines
[Re: blackcoal]
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02/26/17 12:57 AM
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HWY_MAN
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Are the quills any good for anything other than decorative purposes? Make great hat bands.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: blackcoal]
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02/26/17 01:12 AM
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HCHunter28
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Are the quills any good for anything other than decorative purposes? They're good for ruining a quail hunt.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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02/26/17 01:50 AM
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colt45-90
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have not heard of any here in Bastrop or Caldwell counties
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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02/26/17 02:04 AM
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Elkhunter49
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I took this photo near Uvalde
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