Blastin' and Castin' in the Texas Outdoors
We havea lot of good times, the road was a drug when we started way back, our wheels rolled on steady, now its forgetting the race to find an open space and leaving that city far behind We’ll be up in the morning before the sun, since anything beats working on the job and everyone knows the early worm gets the fish. The world is your oyster, let the high times carry the low, walk where the sun is shining, lay your burdens down and think to yourself that it sure feels good feeling good again.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
The Northern American river otter is found throughout North America(yellow region in Map), inhabiting inland waterways and coastal areas in Canada, Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, the Atlantic states, and the Gulf of Mexico. River otters also currently inhabit coastal regions throughout the United States and Canada. In the United States, the otters are present in states bordering the Great Lakes, Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico. North American river otters also inhabit the forested regions of the Pacific coast in North America. The species is also present throughout Alaska, including the Aleutian Islands, and the north slope of the Brooks Range. However, urbanization and pollution instigated reductions in range area.[1] Otter populations are scarce or locally extinct throughout much of the eastern, central, and southern United States.[15] The river otters are now absent or rare in Arizona, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Otters in Texas?
So there we were checking traps out at the pig hole (like we do). I have been gone for about 10 days, so we expected to come back to empty or very stinky beaver traps.
What we did not expect was to have an otter. No, it is not piebald, it's just bald where the hair sluffed off.
Question -- Who has killed or seen an otter in Texas?
I have two friends who have either killed one or had friends that killed one in the last few months.
Are we being over-run? It doesn't really matter. Chris and I already declared war.
Blood Brothers -- 1
Otters -- 0
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Monday, February 09, 2009
Misc. CA pics
Here are some miscellaneous pics from the pacific ocean.
Rockfish season is closed however dungeness crabs are now in season. I will be crabbing and surf fishing until I can fish out of my kayak again in May. I love the ocean but I hate this state.
There are 3 different crabs in the last pic (stone crab, red crab & dungeness).
Rockfish season is closed however dungeness crabs are now in season. I will be crabbing and surf fishing until I can fish out of my kayak again in May. I love the ocean but I hate this state.
There are 3 different crabs in the last pic (stone crab, red crab & dungeness).