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Posted: 9/24/2014 9:41:23 AM EST

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He lives near gangsters

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I pulled one out of our daughter's rabbit after it was shot by some wannabe gangsters while her and her friend was playing with it. it was a miracle the girls were not shot. the bullet hit her goose in the head first, and deflected into the rabbit as the girls were playing with them. we thought the rabbit just got nicked but a few days later the tail of the bot fly was sticking out of the wound so I grabbed a needle nose pliers to pull it out and that is when I discovered bot flies

Wait, what?

He lives near gangsters

wannabe Latin Kings were starting up in our county, till the SO made it extremely difficult for them

Posted: 9/24/2014 9:43:56 AM EST

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Pretty common in MS. I usually wait till after a nice cold snap to hunt squirrels. But its been unusually cool lately, I might go the first weekend of Oct.
We also call them wolves around here.

Posted: 9/24/2014 9:46:15 AM EST

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Da fuck? We have botflies in the states? I thought they were an Africa thing.

Posted: 9/24/2014 9:46:27 AM EST

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That's what I have always heard them called too. Growing up we never hunted squirrels until after the first frost so the wolves would be gone.

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I tried pulling one out of a wild cat's jaw, but it broke and pulled back into the hole. The cat's head swelled up for a few days, but it survived.

I've always heard them called "wolves" on squirrels.

Odd that you use that term. My grandparents used to say that rabbits during the warm months would have "wolves". I never knew what they meant and just assumed it was some type of worm,.

That's what I have always heard them called too. Growing up we never hunted squirrels until after the first frost so the wolves would be gone.

That was what we did here also, some guys I knew would just cut out the affected area and still eat the rest of the squirrel

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It wasn't worth killing a squirrel and then not being able to eat it, IMho.

Posted: 9/24/2014 9:50:33 AM EST

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It's not that bad...

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It's not that bad...

Say's the guy with the botfish avatar.

Posted: 9/24/2014 9:53:02 AM EST

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this

Posted: 9/24/2014 9:53:02 AM EST

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Hell NOPE.

Posted: 9/24/2014 10:19:42 AM EST

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Never had problems shooting spring and summer squirrels here in MO.

Posted: 9/24/2014 10:24:14 AM EST

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The first rabbit I ever shot had one in his neck just like that squirrel.

Posted: 9/24/2014 10:49:56 AM EST

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Another reason why I'm never leaving New Hampshire again.

Nope nope nope nope

Posted: 9/24/2014 10:52:04 AM EST

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Wait, is that in America? I thought botflies were an African thing, or are they here now too?

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We killed squirrels 25 years ago that had them. It's nothing new--or common. Gross as hell though.

Posted: 9/24/2014 10:57:24 AM EST

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My Dad said their horses used to get them all the time on their backs, in Southwest Luziana back in the 60's... he said they would take an empty Coke bottle, put the open mouth over the worm hole and then slap the shit out of it until the worm popped out... he said they would shoot right out like a pimple...

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We still have four ancient coke bottles sitting near the chutes for that, but we have been spraying the cattle for years, so they haven't been used in a while.

I remember killing a squirrel as a kid in Louisiana, and didn't notice it had a botfly when I put it in my game bag. I was surprised when I dumped the bag out at the house.

My dad called them "Wooly-burrs" or something of that nature.

Posted: 9/24/2014 1:19:55 PM EST

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Now why would you put them in your pocket.

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Meh. Stick 'em in your coat pocket or game pouch.
The dead squirrel gets cold, the larvae comes out by itself.
Shake 'em outta your pocket at the end of the day.

Now why would you put them in your pocket.

Where do keep *YOUR* squirrels?
We don't all have aides de camp or gun bearers with us while squirrel hunting.

Uncivilized, I know. But sometimes being alone on the estate is a must...

Posted: 9/24/2014 1:35:14 PM EST

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Nasty. I could see deer getting these bad. Anyone found one off a deer they've killed?

Posted: 9/24/2014 5:11:12 PM EST

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Nasty. I could see deer getting these bad. Anyone found one off a deer they've killed?

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I would imagine the ticks eat them.

Posted: 9/24/2014 5:27:50 PM EST

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My Grandpa always had a glass coke bottle in hot water in the milk room of his dairy farm. If we spotted a bot fly we had to run get the hot glass bottle and put the end over the bot fly hole. As the bottle cooled it would suck the bot fly larva out. Kinda cool for a kid to do on the farm.

I have pulled them out of cats, rabbits, horses and cows, but never a squirrel.

Posted: 9/24/2014 5:29:23 PM EST

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Ya'll are some nasty muffukkas.

Posted: 9/24/2014 5:32:27 PM EST

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You will see them on bou when you skin them.

Posted: 9/24/2014 7:54:35 PM EST

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I would imagine the ticks eat them.

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Nasty. I could see deer getting these bad. Anyone found one off a deer they've killed?

I would imagine the ticks eat them.

The ticks eat the deer or fly?

Posted: 9/24/2014 8:01:55 PM EST

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Da fuck? We have botflies in the states? I thought they were an Africa thing.

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We have livestock botflies. I don't believe we have human botflies in North America.

Posted: 9/24/2014 8:02:30 PM EST

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Another reason why I'm never leaving New Hampshire again.

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They're all over Costa Rica.

Posted: 9/24/2014 8:03:44 PM EST

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Not going to go there

Posted: 9/24/2014 8:07:07 PM EST

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We have livestock botflies. I don't believe we have human botflies in North America.

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Da fuck? We have botflies in the states? I thought they were an Africa thing.

We have livestock botflies. I don't believe we have human botflies in North America.

What? Botfly is a botfly.

Posted: 9/24/2014 8:08:15 PM EST

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Youtube search "mango worms"

You're welcome or not welcome depending on your zest for this sort of thing.

Posted: 9/24/2014 8:09:25 PM EST

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Say's the guy with the botfish avatar.

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I am not clicking on a single link or video in this thread.

It's not that bad...

Say's the guy with the botfish avatar.

Well the monkey one was a little messed up I guess.

Posted: 9/24/2014 8:16:48 PM EST

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What? Botfly is a botfly.

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Da fuck? We have botflies in the states? I thought they were an Africa thing.

We have livestock botflies. I don't believe we have human botflies in North America.

What? Botfly is a botfly.

There's… a few… species. Dermatobia hominis are human botflies.

Posted: 9/25/2014 12:00:26 AM EST

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Here ya go:

https://m.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience/posts/592695760751439:0

Posted: 9/25/2014 12:21:21 AM EST

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Google tumbu flies in humans.

Posted: 9/25/2014 12:22:18 AM EST

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NOPE

Posted: 9/25/2014 12:27:07 AM EST

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I actually watched the videos in this thread while eating a sandwich during the break between my classes. There must be something wrong with me...

Posted: 9/25/2014 12:29:51 AM EST

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Cook them both and all you have left is more protein.
Fire does some great things.

Posted: 9/25/2014 12:43:29 AM EST

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gross dude.

Posted: 9/25/2014 1:02:20 AM EST

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Arfcom weirds me out.

If there is something I'm thinking about or need to know about, a thread will magically appear in GD.

I have shot a metric shit ton of hares and rabbits and never seen one of these things. Yet just a few days ago the wife shot a cottontail, left it to be disposed of after breakfast. As she was carrying it to toss down the hill (buzzards and worms gotta eat too), I'm thinking "That's weird she got a clean chest shot on it. Why in the hell is a little bit of intestine sticking out above the spine near the tail?" Then, I see the "guts" start to wiggle. Holeeee Shit! That thing was as big around as my thumb and almost as long. And in true Arfcom fashion I killed it with fire.

I took pictures. After an internet search I believe it was a cuterebra larva.

A lot of the posts seem to be from Southern and coastal states. This one was above 9K feet in the Rockies.

Posted: 9/25/2014 1:36:08 AM EST

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Youtube search "mango worms"

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Posted: 9/25/2014 1:37:41 AM EST

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Whatever you do don't look up Mangoworms

ETA, beat by eons

Posted: 9/25/2014 2:22:59 AM EST

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The ticks eat the deer or fly?

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Nasty. I could see deer getting these bad. Anyone found one off a deer they've killed?

I would imagine the ticks eat them.

The ticks eat the deer or fly?

in true arfcom fashion, the ticks eat both

Posted: 9/25/2014 2:41:46 AM EST

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I actually watched the videos in this thread while eating a sandwich during the break between my classes. There must be something wrong with me...

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The most bothersome thing about the monkey video was the mouth breather at the beginning.