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Re: Why, I otter... kamo_gari #7711915 05/04/13
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OP kamo_gari Campfire Outfitter K Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 14,712 North Shore, MA	The wee gummers have sack too, that's for sure!

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Re: Why, I otter... kamo_gari #7711943 05/04/13
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tjm10025 Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,234 NC	Yikes. That looked like pay-back for something. Originally Posted by kamo_gari

Re: Why, I otter... kamo_gari #7711955 05/04/13
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Middlefork_Miner Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 14,370 Tuolumne	A few years back, our DFG had to kill a couple of them that were attacking people in one of the local foothill lakes.

Re: Why, I otter... Middlefork_Miner #7711997 05/04/13
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tex_n_cal Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 22,274 Back in Texas, for good!	and then there's trained otters... "...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."

Re: Why, I otter... kamo_gari #7712077 05/04/13
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DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,127 In the Swamps	They double team gators, one distracting them while the other comes up from beneath and rips their throat open. After the gator drowns they haul it ashore and chow down. Generally they stick to killing smaller gators, 3 to maybe 6' length, at least as far as I'm aware. Still when they show up in the back yard the gators leave, regardless of size Thing they do that amazes me most is they eat crabs. Shells and all. Then they pass the shells. And people think they are tuff. Hell, I bet that would bring a tear to even Hulk Hogan's eyes. I am..........disturbed. Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain

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Re: Why, I otter... tex_n_cal #7712133 05/04/13
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Middlefork_Miner Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 14,370 Tuolumne	I used to encounter them quite often south of Monterey where I used to spearfish & snag scallops...They seemed pretty docile to me, certainly not intimidating. Any creature on earth can decide to come after you at any given time...I once had to kill a sparrow that kept coming at me...no nest that I ever found & I never could figure out why...

Re: Why, I otter... kamo_gari #7712142 05/04/13
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eyeball Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 33,856	Originally Posted by kamo_gari Just got off the phone with an EPO Sgt., and he said I was all set, just to mention his name and call F&W Monday for a tag. Anyone have a good contact/recommendation for case tanning furs, I'd appreciate it. Preferably in New England, but shipping isn't that big of an issue. As the bastards have essentially taken trapping away from us in MA, I don't have the foggiest idea about this stuff. Appreciate any help. Kamo, that would make a beautiful mount. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants. If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.

Re: Why, I otter... eyeball #7712157 05/04/13
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eyeball Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 33,856	Those otters can sure ruin the bass fishing on east texas creeks. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants. If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.

Re: Why, I otter... DigitalDan #7712159 05/04/13
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Middlefork_Miner Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 14,370 Tuolumne	Originally Posted by DigitalDan Thing they do that amazes me most is they eat crabs. Shells and all. Then they pass the shells. And people think they are tuff. Hell, I bet that would bring a tear to even Hulk Hogan's eyes. We've got some ground owls around here that seem to have an appetite for crawdads...how they can see & catch them is a mystery to me....but the broken shells in their scat next to the burrows is a dead giveaway...

Re: Why, I otter... Middlefork_Miner #7712182 05/04/13
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FNG Campfire Member Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 332 the 406	STX: You know there's more than one way to do that, right?

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Re: Why, I otter... eyeball #7712193 05/04/13
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OP kamo_gari Campfire Outfitter K Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 14,712 North Shore, MA	Originally Posted by eyeball Kamo, that would make a beautiful mount. Thanks, but you must have me confused with Deflave.

Re: Why, I otter... kamo_gari #7712202 05/04/13
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eyeball Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 33,856	Yea, Travis will mount anything. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants. If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.

Re: Why, I otter... kamo_gari #7712209 05/04/13
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Otter Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,236 Arkansas	I am offended by this whole thread . . . Someday I hope to be the person my dogs think I am . . . The only true cost of having a dog is its death. Someone once said "a nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." Shiloh Sharps . . . there is no substitute. NRA Endowment Member

Re: Why, I otter... FNG #7712228 05/04/13
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OP kamo_gari Campfire Outfitter K Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 14,712 North Shore, MA	Originally Posted by FNG STX: You know there's more than one way to do that, right? 9.4

Re: Why, I otter... tex_n_cal #7712332 05/04/13
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OP kamo_gari Campfire Outfitter K Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 14,712 North Shore, MA	Originally Posted by tex_n_cal and then there's trained otters... Proving once again that truth is often stranger better than fiction. PETA hasn't made exactly great strides in putting an end to this, and many other Japanese traditions, apparently. Bird looks pretty happy to me. I wish I could have a herd of the things. Leave my trout rods at home, and just bring the cormies along in a sack or something. A dozen would be a reasonable number. Gang rig 'em like a Texas duck spread. Whip the lot over the side and crack a frosty or what have you, until each one has a fish stuck in his gullet, then drag the whole rig back into the skiff. Would be pretty slick, but I'm thinking the tangles generated by my bird slaves would get pretty bad... Chinese version (birds tend to break easily, I am told). Last edited by kamo_gari; 05/04/13. Reason: added better vid

Re: Why, I otter... DigitalDan #7712350 05/04/13
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OP kamo_gari Campfire Outfitter K Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 14,712 North Shore, MA	Originally Posted by DigitalDan They double team gators, one distracting them while the other comes up from beneath and rips their throat open. Hmm. A hunter-killer team type thing, like. The hell you say...

Re: Why, I otter... kamo_gari #7712373 05/05/13
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OP kamo_gari Campfire Outfitter K Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 14,712 North Shore, MA	Well, it seems I spouted off and made a statement that wasn't accurate. Otter MAY BE trapped in MA. There is no season for them as far as firearm, but there is in fact a season for them. Apologies for the bad info I posted earlier. http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/regulations/plain_language/hunting_trapping.htm

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