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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/01/17 04:55 AM
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Fun to play wack a mole with them, they couldn't out run a 3 year old
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Re: porcupines
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03/01/17 02:08 PM
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rex47
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You may be right. They were 10-12 inches long and looks like this. yes! my dad used them. thought he would cry when could no longer buy them.lol
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/02/17 02:46 PM
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Grew up in the north east and saw them occasionally while hunting in upstate NY. I was fascinated when I found several on my place in Dickens county. When I found them in NY they were always in large deciduous trees. Finding them in the Texas plains as a surprise.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/03/17 04:48 PM
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Saw one in Callahan county about 15 years ago and one a couple of years ago in Stephens county.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/03/17 04:54 PM
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We see them all the time in Edwards and Real County. If you go out spotlighting at night, you will see one pretty much every time.
I've never had an encounter with one. I give them a wide berth.
They look really cool when they're hanging in the trees in the winter - like some kind of crazy Christmas ornament.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/03/17 05:12 PM
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HuntnFly67
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We're loaded up with them on the Brown/Eastland Co Line.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/03/17 05:31 PM
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kmon11
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You may be right. They were 10-12 inches long and looks like this. yes! my dad used them. thought he would cry when could no longer buy them.lol Feather quill not porcupine. Great fishing floats
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: porcupines
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03/03/17 06:13 PM
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Mr. T.
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We're loaded up with them on the Brown/Eastland Co Line. Really, I hunt in south Eastland county and have never seen a one. I would like to though and maybe someday I will.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/03/17 06:21 PM
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kmon11
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Mr. T you can have all of them on my lease. Like I posted earlier have had 5 eating corn at one time under a feeder. For several years I was wondering what was biting the bark on small mesquites just a bite here and there then I found out. They seem to like the inner bark of young oaks better though. Pics are of a small oak just outside of the feeder pen.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: porcupines
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03/03/17 06:45 PM
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We're loaded up with them on the Brown/Eastland Co Line. Really, I hunt in south Eastland county and have never seen a one. I would like to though and maybe someday I will. Come down the road a bit - Garrett and I had one walk right behind us while we were duck hunting in January. I'm glad I didn't have my dog with me that day. It is the 4th time I have seen one on our place. All within the last 2 years. My FiL has never seen one and hes owned it for 30++ years. I guess I'm lucky.
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Re: porcupines
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03/03/17 06:52 PM
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HuntnFly67
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We're loaded up with them on the Brown/Eastland Co Line. Really, I hunt in south Eastland county and have never seen a one. I would like to though and maybe someday I will. Come down the road a bit - Garrett and I had one walk right behind us while we were duck hunting in January. I'm glad I didn't have my dog with me that day. It is the 4th time I have seen one on our place. All within the last 2 years. My FiL has never seen one and hes owned it for 30++ years. I guess I'm lucky. It does seem like the population has exploded lately. I started seeing them consistently on game cams in 2013. Now it seems like they're everywhere on us. I am worried I won't find any sheds this weekend because the pricks get to them first.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/04/17 03:03 PM
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We have them in Montague. Never seen one but they leave their evidence of tearing up a random tree.
Only one I have seen in person was in Kent county south of Spur while night hunting.
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Re: porcupines
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03/04/17 03:04 PM
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Growing up between Devine and Yancey, never saw or heard of one until the early 70's, now there is a fair population of them in that area. Lots of them here around Menard. When I am hunting really hard with my hounds, I will kill two or three a week. Adios, Gary
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Re: porcupines
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03/04/17 03:08 PM
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You may be right. They were 10-12 inches long and looks like this. yes! my dad used them. thought he would cry when could no longer buy them.lol Those are African porcupine quills and you can still buy them on the internet. They are not feathers spines. You can't break them, they float and work great when used correctly to detect a bite.
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Re: porcupines
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03/04/17 11:30 PM
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blackcoal
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Rancher on a lease I was on in Terrell County a few years ago was given a GSP by one of the other hunters. She would not quit going after porcupines. On about the fifth muzzle and throat full of quills, he put her down. Sad. Seems he could have given the dog to someone who lived in a different area.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/06/17 04:56 AM
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My Walker has tangled with them 3 times in 5 years. First two times I was able to deal with the quills but the last time he had 150+ in his mouth, snout, gums, tongue and down his throat. Emergency run to the vet. That one trip could have paid for a lot of ammo: I shot 11 of them last year at my place and still seem to have some around.
Never violate a woman, nor harm a child. Do not lie, cheat or steal. These things are for lesser men. Protect the weak against the evil strong. And never allow thoughts of gain to lead you into the pursuit of evil.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/06/17 02:28 PM
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I took a blue gyp to the vet this morning and we removed those that were really deep. To my knowledge, this was her first encounter with a porky and I hope it is her last. I told you that I had a problem with them and young dogs. Adios, Gary
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/07/17 05:15 PM
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My dog had a run in with one in New Mexico last month. I can assure those who "want" them around, if you have dogs you do not want them. It makes for an expensive vet visit.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/08/17 06:45 AM
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We have plenty of them in Frio county. My dogs liked them too much
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/11/17 02:09 AM
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We've seen them on our lease near graham
I once drank muddy water out of a hoof print and was dang glad to get it.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/15/17 01:52 AM
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My cousin lives outside of Littlefield and has a boxer that loves porcupines. So far they've had to take him to the vet 5 times and they think there's some kind of drug associated with it that he's getting addicted to. I don't know as I've never seen one or know the physiology of them but, dang.
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Re: porcupines
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03/15/17 02:35 AM
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Wow. I can't imagine my mutt going through that.
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Re: porcupines
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03/15/17 04:42 AM
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It's amazing he's not blind.
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Re: porcupines
[Re: rex47]
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03/17/17 05:51 PM
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How do porcupines mate?..........very carefully.
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Re: porcupines
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03/17/17 05:58 PM
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This morning in Hamilton county
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