Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And, let's not forget the lowly European beaver, who's demise can be attributed to the practice of the Lenten fast. Because it had a scaled tailed, it was considered a fish, hence fair game. Slobodan Dimitrov On Apr 6, 2007, at 10:34 AM, Bob Shaw wrote: > I'm always a little bemused at the outcry against predators (and > their hybrid offspring) from the very folks who encroached on their > turf, and have been since the 1500's. > > Perhaps they'll all be happy when our country is just one endless > Shopping Mall, punctuated with high rise condo/office/hotel/retail > clusters with storm water holding ponds teeming with three-eyed > fish and not a single wild species left to eradicate. > > Nothing left to shoot at except targets or each other. > > Out here, I live in a relatively dense suburban area just southeast > of Seattle. Fences, cul-de-sacs, SUVs abound, yet just last week > my wife and I shared a "stare-down" from a juvenile coyote in mid- > morning daylight. This time of year the local pack (3 or 4 that I > know of) set up quite a chorus in one of the last remaining "green > spaces", a ten-acre forest they use to jump from neighborhood to > neighborhood en route to other small parcels of woodland. > > They don't know or care about Anna Nicole, Alberto Gonzales or > Downloading Ring Tones. They just live in the moment from birth to > death. > > I guess that's Un-American, huh? > > > Bob in Seattle > > > On Apr 6, 2007, at 10:22, telyt@earthlink.net wrote: > > Photo Phreak <leicam4pro@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Any hunter who makes it known that he wants to hunt coyote as >> varmints in > northwestern >> Illinois will have the red carpet rolled out to him during deer >> season > even on farms >> posted No Hunting ! > > The local coyotes have gotten a few of our chickens but once we > restricted > the chickens to the barn and riding arenas we've had no problems > and I LOVE > their moonlight sonatas. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web LIVE ? Free email based on Microsoft? Exchange technology - > http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information