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The purpose of this thread is to point out there have been major changes to PGC's website. Many of our more recent wildlife forum threads relied upon links to information provided by PGC and these URLs are no longer valid. A number of these threads were started by me and the links were in the opening post. I may be able to substitute new URLs for the original pages still in use. If that's not possible, PGC's new home page...

Quote: Originally Posted by Hooch Oh my gosh, you are so right! How silly of me. Woopsiedoodle. I got a bird for ya

Double D --- Go look up "Crows" in Wikipedia or other srouces. Crows are considered to be more effective tool-builders than chimpanzees, may have an actual "language" and recognize different human faces. Forget the old girlfriend and read a little avian science. TW

I use an ice pick but other people don't like it when I stop by a shelter in the middle of the night ...just to kill mice for the fun of it. The ice pick, of course, is quiet but the hoo ha's can get noisy. It really pisses off the shelter dwellers when I call for a high five after a good nights hunting. Like dog biscuits...mice are best with beer.

Quote: Originally Posted by Walkin' Dude On another note, who hikes with traps? Could it possibly be volunteers that set them? I guess section hikers could have maybe, but what thru-hiker would add that extra weight Sounds like nobody would - but a group of several thru-hikers between Watauga Lake Shelter and Damascus were doing it in May 2009.

Quote: Originally Posted by johnnybgood It's the Cardinal , same as North Carolinas' state bird except ours is prettier. Our state bird may be the same, but always remember it flies in a Carolina Blue sky.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cookerhiker ... a state bird should be a year-round resident of that state and not a wimpy summer resident who can't abide by the winters. .... the Black-eyed Susan certainly adds to summer enjoyment as our State Flower. ..... Yeah, right. Now tell us how many of those whimpy susans will still be blooming, come February. What a whimp of a flower?

Quote: Originally Posted by Hooch Cause there isn't anything out there that has the balls to hunt me for food. I bet that I could get you with a bow over a booze plot

Quote: Originally Posted by weary Even bears eat an occasional people. So many things I could say, all of them so wrong in so many ways.

Quote: Originally Posted by MintakaCat Technically, wouldn't the trail itself fall under this category? Or, for that matter, anyone on it? So, would this also include all animal trails? There's leaving a foot trail and then there's hauling in building supplies(usually by primitive road access), and setting up a permanent building. Big difference. The rodents might like it, and I guess some humans might be cleverly enticed by...