Lets see some of your Hogs-Exotic pics
09-15-2015, 04:03 AM
#183
Spike
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Central Pennsylvania
Posts: 15
Everyone been seeing this story going around?
Photos of a boar with blue fat. Speculation around whether it's from copper mines near by or a dye that got into a food/water source. What are the group's thoughts on what it could be?
Photos of a boar with blue fat. Speculation around whether it's from copper mines near by or a dye that got into a food/water source. What are the group's thoughts on what it could be?
09-15-2015, 02:04 PM
#185
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Germany/Calif.
Posts: 2,664
I shot one in the early 70's thats liver had a similar color. It was in California maybe 30 miles North East of Santa Barbara.
A Forestry worker came by as I was gutting it, we decided burying it and piling rocks on top was the best choice at the time. He supplied the shovel and even helped me dig, nice guy.
He suggested it was TB or some other disease. I was thinking maybe it had been drinking at some puddle covered in Blue Algae, which is a similar color (and poison).
They also make a Rat poison, poison Corn, that is that color (old school). Though they have changed the color to red recently (in the last half dozen years).
It really isn't unusual in the dry parts of California for small ranchers to poison Deer. The wildlife brings in disease and competes for food and water with the livestock. One reason they don't want you hunting their property is to avoid witnesses and evidence.
A Forestry worker came by as I was gutting it, we decided burying it and piling rocks on top was the best choice at the time. He supplied the shovel and even helped me dig, nice guy.
He suggested it was TB or some other disease. I was thinking maybe it had been drinking at some puddle covered in Blue Algae, which is a similar color (and poison).
They also make a Rat poison, poison Corn, that is that color (old school). Though they have changed the color to red recently (in the last half dozen years).
It really isn't unusual in the dry parts of California for small ranchers to poison Deer. The wildlife brings in disease and competes for food and water with the livestock. One reason they don't want you hunting their property is to avoid witnesses and evidence.
Last edited by MudderChuck; 09-15-2015 at 02:18 PM.
09-15-2015, 03:57 PM
#186
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Germany/Calif.
Posts: 2,664
09-09-2016, 05:59 PM
#188
12-07-2016, 06:05 PM
#189
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: IL./Iowa Boarder
Posts: 1,621
My son & I only bowhunt so we set this Red Deer Hind hunt up during his Ill. & my Ia. gun deer seasons. He was the hunter & I went along just to share the time together & enjoy helping. Red Deer is excellent meat & that was what we were hoping for. A nice big ol Female Red Deer.. Well, you see the end result & we had a great time sharing this.. The meat we packaged shown is about 2/3rds of the total.. Awesome tasting (same as Elk)
