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Posted: 12/6/2021 12:48:46 PM EDT
[#1]
Follow the food.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 12:49:56 PM EDT
[#2]
Porcupine is a fine meal. Get some cut gloves though.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 12:52:32 PM EDT
[#3]
 This is not a fast migration - this is 2012 - 2015. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 12:56:22 PM EDT
[#4]
They are moving South too.....we have a few in Virginia now
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Posted: 12/6/2021 12:56:29 PM EDT
[#5]
I think they have already moved eastward because I’m in Maine and there has always been a shitload of them here.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 12:57:07 PM EDT
[#6]
Seen them in PA, not all that uncommon here.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 12:59:08 PM EDT
[#7]
What’s the point of this news?
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:00:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:01:03 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What’s the point of this news? Maybe what round for porcipine and recipes? |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:02:21 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think they have already moved eastward because I’m in Maine and there has always been a shitload of them here. Plenty here  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:05:46 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What’s the point of this news? Climate change <-----Gotta be this |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:06:54 PM EDT
[#12]
Watch your dogs.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:08:09 PM EDT
[#13]
Needs more fishers
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:09:21 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What’s the point of this news? You don't have to be all prickly about it. 
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:10:14 PM EDT
[#15]
One walked out from under my shed a few weeks ago.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:11:18 PM EDT
[#16]
L48 porky pigs taste like turpentine.
 Alaskan porky pigs are  if cooked right.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:15:42 PM EDT
[#17]
What round for porcupines?
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:26:18 PM EDT
[#18]
Fun fact, It wasn't until my mid 20's that I found out the proper way to spell porcupine. I always thought it was spelled how it sounded, you know, "porky-pine"...
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:30:11 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What round for porcupines? A 22 or 22mag is what I used the most. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:35:16 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: L48 porky pigs taste like turpentine. Alaskan porky pigs are if cooked right.which is what happens when your diet is pine trees |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:36:42 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Climate change <-----Gotta be this Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What’s the point of this news? Climate change <-----Gotta be this FWIW, we have southern species like armadillos, and sightings of an occasional manatee moving North and northern species like porcupine and fischer cat moving South. Migration is not dependent solely on climate change. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:37:17 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What round for porcupines? |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:44:51 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Needs more fishers |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:46:26 PM EDT
[#24]
I've seen them in the hill country for the last 20 years or so. They're not new.
Notice that all the observations stop at the Balcones Escarpment. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:47:55 PM EDT
[#25]
Normally they get shot around here. When I was a kid in Michigan my Dad taught us to hate them(?). Have taken them with 20 ga, 12 ga, .22 and 30-30.
I dont shoot them now unless they threaten my dog. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 1:55:02 PM EDT
[#26]
Saw a dead one for the first time yesterday while riding my motorcycle in the middle of 150 in Driftwood. I’m thinking that would not have been the best roadkill to make contact with while riding…
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:11:49 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think they have already moved eastward because I’m in Maine and there has always been a shitload of them here. The good news is that if they keep moving eastward from Maine is they will be in the Atlantic and we will be done with them. We can send some armadillo up there to replace them. 
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:14:41 PM EDT
[#28]
Wonder if there are any in TN? I've never seen one in the wild.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:17:06 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: FWIW, we have southern species like armadillos, and sightings of an occasional manatee moving North and northern species like porcupine and fischer cat moving South. Migration is not dependent solely on climate change. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: What’s the point of this news? Climate change <-----Gotta be this FWIW, we have southern species like armadillos, and sightings of an occasional manatee moving North and northern species like porcupine and fischer cat moving South. Migration is not dependent solely on climate change. Yeah, I know, I was playing devil's advocate for the MSM. Gotta be a spin if it's in the news (a smarmy answer for dino1's question), I was just running down the left's (MSM) list. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:19:49 PM EDT
[#30]
Growing up as a kid, we used to play a game with them, take a stick flip them on the back then scratch their belly, you won if you didn't get 'quilled'.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:19:52 PM EDT
[#31]
Shot and ate a porcupine once. Super ugly fucker and it tasted terrible.
Dumb thing was charging at my buddy though so I had to get it on. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:23:01 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Wonder if there are any in TN? I've never seen one in the wild. I've never seen one in GA either, in fact the only one I have ever seen in the wild was in South Africa. Those African models are much more intimidating, big strong quills that can be over 16" long. I have a bunch of quills from one I've been planning on making something from but I never seem to have enough to do what I want, a lampshade is what I really want to make. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:27:33 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Wonder if there are any in TN? I've never seen one in the wild. Looks like East TN |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:29:50 PM EDT
[#34]
I didn't know they were regional. They can be pesky
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:32:29 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: which is what happens when your diet is pine trees I don’t think they are pine dependent. In Arizona they live from the desert life zones all the way up into the spruce/fir/aspen areas. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:35:34 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe what round for porcipine and recipes? 180gr FMJ .40 S&W @ 5 yards works. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:39:08 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don’t think they are pine dependent. In Arizona they live from the desert life zones all the way up into the spruce/fir/aspen areas. The only one I have ever seen in the wild was in the desert in AZ. I was most surprised to see it. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:41:05 PM EDT
[#38]
Huh?
They have always been here |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:41:13 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think they are pine dependent. In Arizona they live from the desert life zones all the way up into the spruce/fir/aspen areas. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: which is what happens when your diet is pine trees I don't think they are pine dependent. In Arizona they live from the desert life zones all the way up into the spruce/fir/aspen areas. Even on the tundra where they only have shrubs to eat. They were all over Montana. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:48:16 PM EDT
[#40]
They are loaded on my mountain property and love chewing on my cabin and everything else around it…they are disliked around these parts.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 2:59:21 PM EDT
[#41]
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hmmm... are they cooperating with the dillos to overthrow society yet? . |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 3:03:31 PM EDT
[#42]
I don't see them in Ohio and WV. But they're in PA and Michigan.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 3:09:23 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I've seen them in the hill country for the last 20 years or so. They're not new. Notice that all the observations stop at the Balcones Escarpment. Looks like we held them at IH35 ! 
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Posted: 12/6/2021 3:12:52 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think they have already moved eastward because I’m in Maine and there has always been a shitload of them here. Same here is NH. They are the armadillos of the North. @03RN had an earlier post that properly represents the porcupine population in NH. Cute pic, btw! |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 3:17:17 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I know fishers are formidable, but will they go after a porcupine? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Needs more fishers Pretty sure they're the only thing that will and can kill and eat porcupines. Eta: we have enough porcupines around here for everyone. My buddies wife makes me a pan of cinnamon sticky buns for every one that I kill on their property.
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Posted: 12/6/2021 3:31:33 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What's the point of this news? You'd want to know if they move in near you... they're a bunch of pricks! |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 3:31:34 PM EDT
[#47]
Been seeing them while hunting in NY and PA for about 20 years
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Posted: 12/6/2021 3:39:06 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I know fishers are formidable, but will they go after a porcupine? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Needs more fishers yep |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 3:41:34 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A 22 or 22mag is what I used the most. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What round for porcupines? A 22 or 22mag is what I used the most. 12 gauge is a pretty spectacular display of flying quills. |
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Posted: 12/6/2021 3:43:05 PM EDT
[#50]
I’m going to use porcupine invasion as my reason to buy a 10mm pistol
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