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Re: Otters
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11/20/21 10:44 PM
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Jiggamitch
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I have seen them use beaver dens. I know they do fight with beavers. They definitely clean a pond out of all the fish.
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Re: Otters
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12/16/21 05:08 AM
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HS2
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Saw an otter in Missouri once. Wife and I were fishing one night on a wooden dock and decided to head back. The critter jumped on the dock between us and the land and just about scared my wife out of her skin. I had a good laugh. It was just curious at us and went back in the water. Fun to watch.
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Re: Otters
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12/16/21 05:53 AM
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Ol Thumper
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I’ve never seen one in person that I can recall but we had 4 on a trail cam over a mile from the river last week. I thought that was pretty cool,
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Re: Otters
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01/04/22 04:50 PM
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COFF (TFF)
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I've had fishing guides tell me that if you see an otter in the river, you may as well pack up and head 2 miles downstream in order to find any fish.
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Re: Otters
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01/04/22 05:31 PM
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MrC1G
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Have seen several along Sabine river @ Gladewater, Kilgore, Marshall and roadways close to it. 2 on highway due to being run over, another one near Carthage same. Guess blinded by headlights crossing roads since pretty agile.
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Re: Otters
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01/04/22 11:31 PM
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GusWayne
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I was driving thru Cameron, Tx (just south maybe 3-5 miles) about 1 am when I jammed on the brakes and hit one in the road.
Wife woke up and said WTH was that and I said I think I just ran over an otter
She didn't believe me so we did a U-Turn and by God I did run over an otter
I'm from North Tx and I have never saw one outside of a zoo
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Re: Otters
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01/24/22 06:53 PM
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Dave Scott
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I've seen road kill otter. Might as well take the pelt if you just killed it. A few years back the Buddhist monks over in China were buying otter for turbans they wear but they got into a thing with the government that put an embargo on and the market dropped. At the top I think a couple of guys were getting about $140 per otter.
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Re: Otters
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03/07/22 03:10 AM
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machinist
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The crappie house in Graham has a couple that have run off the crappie and eaten fish that people had on stringers. Tore up a couple of fish baskets too. They need someone to trap them or shoot them. You can’t hardly catch a crappie since they showed up.
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Re: Otters
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03/07/22 02:02 PM
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65x55
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Forgot to mention I saw one last weekend crossing a powerline easement I was watching while hog hunting. I think it was heading for my uncle's pond, hungry for bass.
Last edited by 65x55; 03/07/22 02:02 PM.
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Re: Otters
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03/14/22 10:58 AM
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Kevin Heath
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They are neat to watch but I hear they can clean out your pond quickly They sure cleaned out my Uncles pond in a hurry. Luckily he mostly built it for Wood ducks, but he had stocked it with bluegill and sunfish for his grandkids to catch. 2 otters rolled in and that was the end of the fishing for my little cousins.
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Re: Otters
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03/14/22 04:04 PM
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hook_n_line
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My buddy caught one in a snare he set for coyotes near Franklin, and me and my boy found a roadkill one between Franklin and Calvert in Robertson county.
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Re: Otters
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03/15/22 01:17 AM
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68rustbucket
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Got a report from my son in Snook they have an otter that’s taken up residence under one of their sheds. He’s setting the trap this evening.
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Re: Otters
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03/17/22 02:27 AM
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QMC SW/EXW
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Hit one with a truck once in VA. Game warden gave me a roadkill permit for it. Had it tanned and gave it to my nephew when he was about 10. He wore it out using ut as a cape.
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