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Cranky Farmer
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posted August 02, 2008 08:47 PM
Can they be called in? Does calling success depend upon what stage of the rabies they are in? Have you ever called or shot a rabid animal?
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MULE
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posted August 02, 2008 11:34 PM
Well I don't know if they can be called in or not.
But after having to get rabies shots back in the 1983 I can tell you that if I even THINK an animal has rabies it is getting shot, then shot gain. Then I'm gonna reload and rinse and repeat as necessary. I see froth or wierd behavior and there won't be a coyote god on earth that could sew that pelt back together.
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Cdog911
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posted August 03, 2008 05:14 AM
Heath,
I can't recall ever hearing of anyone calling an animal that was symptomatic with rabies, or any other disease whose symptoms appear similar as far as being stuporous, etc.. I've seen animals under normal settings that had rabies, as well as distemper. In every case, they seemed pretty much oblivious to our presence and I can't think they would respond appropriately to calling or anything else like a normal, healthy animal. As a rule, I operate under the belief that everything I kill is riddled with horrendous diseases and conduct myself accordingly (gloves, etc.).
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Kokopelli
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posted August 03, 2008 06:32 AM
Cdog is right; Hand condoms are great, if for no other reason than that they keep your hands clean.
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Randy Roede
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posted August 03, 2008 06:37 AM
Lance same thing I thought a couple weeks ago at my buddies bach. party at the local gentlemens club. Filthy disease carrying things but i just couldn't look or get away!!!!
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coyote whacker
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posted August 03, 2008 07:11 AM
I once had to trap some rabid fox for the State of Iowa, they where attacking staff at retirement home for nun's.
I found the sign and made normal sets they wouldn't work them well at all, I finally caught the 2 aggressive late stage ones in snares, both dead on 24 hr check with deer stop snares.Looked like total crap.
Late stage their brains are scattered and as others mentioned I don't know if they would work sounds like a healthy critter would?
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Clint
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posted August 03, 2008 10:25 AM
On 2 instances i have seen what i believe to be rabid fox come to the call. Neither were tested so cant say positively. On the first occasion, the fox some how got away unscathed, which in its self is hard to believe, 3 days later a picnicker was attacked in the same area and they found out it was rabid.
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Cdog911
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posted August 03, 2008 12:16 PM
LMAO, Randy. That one made me LOL. Re your sig line,
"If ya can't hump it, or eat it, piss on it and walk away! The canine way!"
Do you wanna share with us which one(s) you did?!?
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Tim Behle
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posted August 03, 2008 01:39 PM
Cdog,
I'm betting that it was a combination of the four.
He tried the first two, and when they discovered that he was out of cash those "Filthy disease carrying things" did the second two !
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Randy Roede
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posted August 04, 2008 04:07 PM
Tim and Lance, I only stood in the back and watched!!! I thought it was very degrading to women!!! They even had these little rooms in the back for private dances with a red curtain for a door, with some leather couches in them, with some dim lighting, along with a great Bud Light neon sign, that smelled, well let's say musky. I heard from somebody!!!
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Cdog911
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posted August 04, 2008 04:17 PM
Yeah, I sat to one side and watched a bachelor party like that once. At least, that's the story I'm going with.
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MULE
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posted August 04, 2008 04:19 PM
"Tim and Lance, I only stood in the back and watched!!! I thought it was very degrading to women!!!"
Riiigghhtttttt ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Cranky Farmer
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posted August 05, 2008 02:45 PM
So what do you do with rabid animals that you shoot or trap?
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Tim Behle
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posted August 05, 2008 03:44 PM
I dig a hole ( kind of like what Randy is doing for himself ) then throw in the suspect critter, add a little diesel fuel and a lit match.
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