tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post6140083657590860008..comments2024-03-10T01:57:38.017-08:00Comments on NorCal Cazadora: Scenes from the Marsh: OopsiecootHolly Heyserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-73978387013286711782020-10-16T08:37:43.805-07:002020-10-16T08:37:43.805-07:00Great Share! So much good information to see.. Kee...Great Share! So much good information to see.. Keep writing these kind of stuff. Hunting is fun and one of the most excited things to do. If you want to know more about hunting, Check out our stories, posts and guide on <a href="https://www.farwide.com/" rel="nofollow">hunting & fishing</a>Oliver Mathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074957426395338060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-57260969317471059002019-07-21T06:17:58.906-07:002019-07-21T06:17:58.906-07:00Amazing Article great work go ahead yet hold up ho...Amazing Article great work go ahead yet hold up hold up pause... I have another article like this observe here, Today we’re going to talk about <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/stergue61/art/Free-itunes-gift-codes-804348737" rel="nofollow">Free Itunes gift cards</a>Ralph Steilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169034794174999417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-59784055186176933532017-08-29T23:50:44.133-07:002017-08-29T23:50:44.133-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.harada57https://www.blogger.com/profile/06015023155124017905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-37261844535401738312012-02-19T21:12:49.835-08:002012-02-19T21:12:49.835-08:00I've had to let this one sit a while.
I under...I've had to let this one sit a while.<br /><br />I understand your distress at my suggestion that you're being naive. You are one of the people who taught me that it's an unfair accusation to level at everyone who chooses to view hunting from a position of compassion for the animal. I don't make that suggestion lightly anymore.<br /><br />And while I have not had your rehab Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-55470740625172253402012-02-12T09:01:26.836-08:002012-02-12T09:01:26.836-08:00Actually, I'm not. I understand your disagreem...Actually, I'm not. I understand your disagreement with me, but to suggest that as an underlying motive is simply wrong. I've worked in a hospital where medical and technical experts have educated me on stress responses. I've done field rescue where understanding the behavioral motivations of animals is critical to helping them. We're not even supposed to talk in the rooms because ingridhttp://www.thefreequark.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-2556577932034221522012-02-11T23:49:20.614-08:002012-02-11T23:49:20.614-08:00Sorry, Ingrid, I'm just not buying it. I think...Sorry, Ingrid, I'm just not buying it. I think you're projecting an awful lot of human emotion onto animals.<br /><br />This is not to say that I don't respect animals, or that I don't think they have emotions. Far from it - and as much should be obvious in my body of work on this blog.<br /><br />Rather, I'm saying that humans have a particularly warped view of predation Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-86389319599190180522012-02-11T17:55:53.937-08:002012-02-11T17:55:53.937-08:00But your life is never in danger because of a duck...But your life is never in danger because of a duck buzzing you, whereas human interaction for a duck in the marsh is often a life or death matter. I often hear or read hunters talking about how this animal got the last laugh -- or otherwise portraying the hunted as if it's one big game for the animal, too. I admit, it bugs me a lot when people fail to acknowledge it's a lethal propositioningridhttp://www.thefreequark.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-24833007926396480692012-02-11T12:06:42.267-08:002012-02-11T12:06:42.267-08:00That's the thing, Ingrid: Ducks startle the be...That's the thing, Ingrid: Ducks startle the bejeezus out of me <em>all the time</em>.<br /><br />Will this individual coot get the last word? Doubtful. And it obviously passed up on the opportunity to crap on Hank. But I guarantee you I'll be startle by coots several times a year, and I might scream, and if I do, Charlie will definitely laugh at me.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-11030679564274160172012-02-11T11:44:15.433-08:002012-02-11T11:44:15.433-08:00lol, well, thanks for the jolt of humor in my self...lol, well, thanks for the jolt of humor in my self-serious thread. But you see -- I don't like what the people are doing to Big Foot. But here Sasquatch gets the last word. The malice gets its payback or, in the case of the overturned golf cart, its blowback. Justice is served. Even if it is a jerky ad. ;)<br /><br />So, if I went out in the marshes with you, and you purposely scared the ingridhttp://www.thefreequark.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-79240224633629805182012-02-09T20:35:30.411-08:002012-02-09T20:35:30.411-08:00So, I'm guessing you don't like the Jack L...So, I'm guessing you don't like the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJF0cuYbYyI" rel="nofollow">Jack Links commercials</a>?Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-60731087380234708052012-02-09T18:38:55.227-08:002012-02-09T18:38:55.227-08:00You wrote, "I just don't buy into the wor...You wrote, "I just don't buy into the worldview of perpetual, pathetic, tearjerking animal victimhood - including human animals."<br />---------<br /><br />That's not how I see it at all. I see it as an issue of respect. When I'm lucky enough to be present with wild animals -- or when I've had to handle them injured in the hospital -- I see it as a privilege, not a rightingridhttp://www.thefreequark.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-57829240375323775472012-02-06T10:43:28.482-08:002012-02-06T10:43:28.482-08:00The cat stayed behind us but was totally fascinate...The cat stayed behind us but was totally fascinated. He had a very good understanding of who would protect him, who's butt he could beat, and who not to tangle with.<br /><br />I learned a whole lot from that cat.<br /><br />JeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-70093183306593998602012-02-06T10:14:23.815-08:002012-02-06T10:14:23.815-08:00How did the cat take that, Jean? My kitties don...How did the cat take that, Jean? My kitties don't particularly like large birds.<br /><br />And Hodgeman, I agree. Seems like a reaching hand isn't much different from a reaching coyote in terms of scare potential.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-40158760721287147722012-02-06T09:52:00.038-08:002012-02-06T09:52:00.038-08:00If I have told this before, please forgive, I seem...If I have told this before, please forgive, I seem to be repeating myself more and more.<br /><br />In 2004, we removed the swimming pool from our yard. It had been there since the early sixties, built by a previous owner of our house. <br /><br />It was late summer, early fall of that year. It is not unusual for us to have the back door to the garage open as well as the kitchen door to the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-90598650079088409842012-02-04T19:45:24.345-08:002012-02-04T19:45:24.345-08:00I think the duck just had something happen that a ...I think the duck just had something happen that a lot of prey animals have happen to them...they get caught by a predator, fight like mad and get away. <br /><br />One day something will catch him and he won't get away.<br /><br />Since when did humans become non predatory animals? Being that we are predators- I don't think the duck believes what happened was terribly unusual.hodgemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07632228055641750343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-47422263886203961242012-02-03T17:00:09.476-08:002012-02-03T17:00:09.476-08:00Suburan @7 min is their normal memory time from wh...Suburan @7 min is their normal memory time from what I've been told by the "experts" of course these experts are the ones who told me that steelhead and rainbow trout are different fish and closed rockfishing in this area only to open it right in the middle of their spawning season. I wouldn't hunt deer in a ghillie probably end up someones target, the one I have came with a Peebshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500696862042051077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-2432322757168312042012-02-03T08:25:33.807-08:002012-02-03T08:25:33.807-08:00SBW: Yeah, that or he's still enjoying telling...SBW: Yeah, that or he's still enjoying telling all his friends.<br /><br />Blessed: OMG, that must've been hilarious. The question is why didn't anyone grab it? Or was it a merganser?<br /><br />Phillip: Yeah, i'm pretty sure the only other hunting I'd do in a ghillie is turkey hunting. This jacket definitely picks up burrs, which I learned the hard way hunting up at Sac one Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-82182438049847034002012-02-03T07:26:52.926-08:002012-02-03T07:26:52.926-08:00Heh heh heh... reminds me of when I was trapping ...Heh heh heh... reminds me of when I was trapping one spring. The flooded bottom land I trapped backed up against a railroad bed, while the main openings between the tree lines ran perpendicular to the tracks. I was checking beaver traps from a canoe.<br /><br />I would go slowly down one slough, turn, and make my way back up another; pretty soon I noticed that by going my slow speed I was burntloaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06911288320926977981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-58257039058509665082012-02-03T07:16:02.182-08:002012-02-03T07:16:02.182-08:00Those ghillie suits are pretty impressive. They w...Those ghillie suits are pretty impressive. They work as well on people as they do on wildlife, and even give some leeway for movement if you've got a little breeze. I've threatened to get one a bunch of times, but they aren't exactly designed for the kind of hunting I usually do (and I don't need that kind of concealment for hog or deer hunting anyway). <br /><br />One of my Philliphttp://www.hog-blog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-60798912511546762512012-02-03T04:49:36.282-08:002012-02-03T04:49:36.282-08:00We had a duck fly into the blind with us once - th...We had a duck fly into the blind with us once - that was pretty humourous for us too - the duck made a hasty retreat!Blessedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00029860506890356566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-82159306574837188092012-02-02T23:57:21.325-08:002012-02-02T23:57:21.325-08:00I'm sure i'm not the only one who thinks t...I'm sure i'm not the only one who thinks the duck has gotten over it by now ;-)<br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-1345252430937149532012-02-02T23:00:32.781-08:002012-02-02T23:00:32.781-08:00Well, then, Ingrid, I strongly recommend that you ...Well, then, Ingrid, I strongly recommend that you don't read my next Scene from the Marsh, because that one doesn't get away.<br /><br />I'm a hunter, Ingrid. I kill birds and eat them. This coot learned a lesson that many I shoot at haven't mastered. In this case, we laughed at the bird. Just as often, we are startled by the birds and laugh at ourselves.<br /><br />I just don'Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-38973458565030271692012-02-02T22:24:06.448-08:002012-02-02T22:24:06.448-08:00Holly, I've read many of your posts over the l...Holly, I've read many of your posts over the last few years, and I do realize we see the world through different lenses. But I have to say, this one really got to me. I understand all of the reasons hunters have given me over the years, for why they hunt -- some more reasonable to me than others. But to distress an animal and hope that the bird might also find it humorous ... I can't eveningridhttp://www.thefreequark.comnoreply@blogger.com