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Thanks ryoushi, we are heading out in the morning for ducks. Glad yours recovered too. How'd you do? I've hunted the valley quite a bit but never really figured those birds out.
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Help keep our sport going. take a kid outdoors!
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JimHnSTL, Any anadromous fish in the NW. ryoushi, Mallards and woodies tucked up in their hidey-holes. It's all jump shooting now, hardly see any flying at all. I watch the river level compulsively this time of year and know where the little flooded spots are that they like. No decoys and more sneaking around.. my favorite kind of duck hunting
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I have a couple heelers and wouldn't think about feeding them raw salmon. Yea, I know mushers feed salmon to their dogs. Anyway, many years ago (probably 30 or 40), I brought home a bunch of salmon and filleted and packed them up in the kitchen for freezing. Buddies and I were having a few beers during the process and I didn't feel like taking much time with the skin, bones and other sh*t. I threw the garbage bags with the salmon remnants out next to garbage barrel. The next morning I went out to take care of the garbage bags and there was small sh*t piles all over the floor of my boat. One hell of a mess. The squirrels had fed on the salmon revenants, got sick and puked that sh*t all over the floor of my boat. My fault so I'm not blaming the squirrels. Never found a dead squirrel but I know it didn't sit well with them. I think they probably crawled off and died. I suppose I would have. Nope, no raw salmon for my dogs. JMHO
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Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
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Wow, I never heard of salmon poisoning. Just saw this post now... after feeding my dog some salmon tonight. Thankfully it seems like it shouldn’t be an issue as it was cooked and leftover from my 3 year olds plate of dinner.
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It's not the salmon per se, it's a microscopic 'fluke' that is hosted in a freshwater snail in the PNW. Any anadromous fish can host the fluke, and the bacteria in the fluke, and dogs being dogs, an otter carcass, or fish duck, or heron poop, can infect your dog. Watch for distemper type symptoms with diarrhea...get the dog to the vet or get some ringers lactate and a needle from vet supply...quick. Dehydration...It is more often than not fatal.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
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