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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:07:09 PM EST
[#1]
In before "ribeye of the sky"?
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:07:44 PM EST
[#2]
Fuck cranes and my states infatuation with them.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:08:07 PM EST
[#3]
I’m not sure what they do and don’t do on ice.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:08:31 PM EST
[#4]
They are out there to protect themselves from predators.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:08:36 PM EST
[#5]
Frickin dinosaur birds. Cant say I’ve seen that exact senario, but they creep me out in general.
What lake you on? |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:12:05 PM EST
[#6]
Last week there were hundreds at my Dads farm. When I was a kid we never saw one.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:13:10 PM EST
[#7]
Mmmmmm, fried sandhill crane.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:14:11 PM EST
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Frickin dinosaur birds. Cant say I've seen that exact senario, but they creep me out in general. What lake you on? |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:14:19 PM EST
[#9]
they have an extremely distinct call, you can't mistake it.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:14:28 PM EST
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Last week there were hundreds at my Dads farm. When I was a kid we never saw one. When I was a kid, we never saw Canada Geese. |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:15:59 PM EST
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Mmmmmm, fried sandhill crane. With onion gravy and mashed taters. Bonus for some flipper sushi as an appetizer. (All enjoyed, of course, by the soft light that only a whale blubber oil lamp can provide.) |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:16:49 PM EST
[#12]
I saw a great hunting dog get ruined by one
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:17:16 PM EST
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They are out there to protect themselves from predators. Yep, get a drink and have no cover around so predators can't sneak up on them. |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:17:33 PM EST
[#14]
There’s big groups of them flying over us daily here in Georgia. Do people really eat them? My 5 year old is trying to shoot them with his toy bow but thus far has been unsuccessful
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:19:10 PM EST
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When I was a kid, we never saw Canada Geese. 30 years ago in MI I never saw: Geese (as many as now) Turkeys Fox Coyotes Sand Hill Cranes Otters Deer (as many as now) Black Bear Crazy People (as many as now) |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:20:58 PM EST
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:25:16 PM EST
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:26:40 PM EST
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: In before "ribeye of the sky"? This is the way |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:27:01 PM EST
[#19]
I had a Sandhill Crane family that used to come to my house everyday for a meal. I kept cracked corn and seeds for them. They are pretty docile birds as long as they don't see you as a threat.
One day the Crane family came in the late afternoon. A little family of raccoons saw it was meal time and came over trying to get in on the action. Holy mother of God, it was like WWIII in my back yard. You've never heard such racket. The cranes were boinking the coons on the head... HARD. Needless to say, the cranes won. I decided it was time to stop all feeding of animals other then little birds and the squirrels (for my dog).  We call them French Fry Birds. |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:29:07 PM EST
[#20]
Had a bunch of geese standing on the lake today. They did a couple days ago too. Not sure why. Wish they'd fly down south and shit all over them for a while.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:29:48 PM EST
[#21]
Those assholes are all over around here.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:37:34 PM EST
[#22]
Those fucking things will clean every fish out of a farm pond in no time.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:50:35 PM EST
[#23]
We have the same family come to my neighborhood every year! Kinda cool. They mate for life. So you see a pair one year, the next year they show up with a Colt, the next year there's a smaller (younger) pair with a bigger one with them. The next year, just the pair again.....They are famous for returning to the exact location, year after year.
They're kinda like snobirds. Some go back and forth, but there are some that stay year around! It's true!! |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 5:58:53 PM EST
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Fuck cranes and my states infatuation with them. I'll take one of those Pterodactyl sounding bastards any day, over a swan. |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:01:41 PM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Those assholes are all over around here. Yup.... Just had some in the backyard Saturday morning..... Months ago... Our rat terrier went after some...they shit all over the dog... She was covered in sand Hill crane shit! |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:04:24 PM EST
[#26]
If they bleed you can kill them.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:06:16 PM EST
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Fuck cranes and my states infatuation with them. X2. Their call is annoying as fuck and I can't hunt them. 
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:07:48 PM EST
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: they have an extremely distinct call, you can't mistake it. Love that sound! Don't use a dog when hunting them! Pterodactyle like bill will do damage, especially on the end of a 2 foot neck. Nebraska doesn't even let you hunt them. |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:08:39 PM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Those fucking things will clean every fish out of a farm pond in no time. |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:08:54 PM EST
[#30]
Here they circle the pasture a few times then land a few hundred yards from the deer feeder. Then they start walking towards the feeder. The deer are like what the fuck are those things and run off. The cranes then eat all the corn on the ground.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:12:01 PM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll take one of those Pterodactyl sounding bastards any day, over a swan. soulless stick leg dinosaurs. At least they don't shit all over the parks like geese. Fugkin hate geese. |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:13:36 PM EST
[#32]
Quote History |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:22:37 PM EST
[#33]
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:24:50 PM EST
[#34]
Sandhill Cranes are assholes. They stand in the middle of the road and won’t move. They expect you to go around them.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:25:51 PM EST
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Those fucking things will clean every fish out of a farm pond in no time. They forage for food on land. |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:26:33 PM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: they have an extremely distinct call, you can't mistake it. Like trumpeters? |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:29:48 PM EST
[#37]
I have the same pair come back year after year. They like to eat in my pond. Have had little ones a couple of times. They sound cool, like some sort of pterosaur.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:33:56 PM EST
[#38]
Protected in FL but there is a crane hunting season in AL. Droves on them flying over day & night here headed to Payne's Prairie.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:34:46 PM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Those fucking things will clean every fish out of a farm pond in no time. No, they will not. You remind me of the guy that shot herons, thinking they were cranes, and then complained about how they tasted. |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:36:56 PM EST
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Like trumpeters? Swans vs. Cranes? Not even close, swan similar to goose, crane is a sound of its own. Try googling it. |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:38:09 PM EST
[#41]
You can get a tag in AZ but have to get drawn from a lottery. Sometimes I envy states with otc deer tags. None of that here.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:39:33 PM EST
[#42]
Mole eating sumbitches. I like ‘em.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:40:34 PM EST
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No idea to the original question, but sandhills are cool. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/427921/FullSizeR_jpg-992212_jpeg-1764021.JPG If that is it then they are all around where I live. In the backyard, across the street, never in the front yard. |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:41:10 PM EST
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Fuck cranes and my states infatuation with them. Back in early 80's, when I was still in highschool, one of my teachers (liberal, conceited shit bag) was involved in the sandhill crane project that brought them back from the endangered list or something. The wailing and gnashing of teeth is glorious whenever there's a proposal to allow a hunt for them. |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:42:02 PM EST
[#45]
 A Sandhill Crane Versus a Black Bear |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:43:38 PM EST
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Those fucking things will clean every fish out of a farm pond in no time. lol They’d eat every mole, mouse and insect if they could. Fish? Not so much. |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:45:33 PM EST
[#47]
Funny story time -
Many years ago, Cabelas only had one retail brick & mortar store. That was located in Sydney, Nebraska. I had to drive to Cheyenne, WY on business. My Father lived in Omaha, so I picked him up along the way and we decided to make the the pilgrimage to Cabelas together. We also planned to visit Ft. Kearney Historic Site and also go see the Sandhill Cranes where they congregate and rest during their Spring migration North. Anyway, we were in Cabelas and they had a crazy deal on shotshells. $2.99 per box of 25. These were the all plastic hulls including the head (no metal). So, since I was driving a half-empty rental truck, I decided to stock up and purchased 20 cases (200 boxes). The man at the register called the warehouse to have them load them up for me. That’s when my Father asked; “where can we find the biggest flock of Sandhill Cranes resting?”. The man thought for a minute and suggested we go up the road to a section of the North Platte River. After I paid for the shotshells, he looked at us quizzically and then said; “you boys know that you can’t SHOOT the Cranes, don’t you?”  We got in the truck and both laughed out loud. I couldn’t believe he thought we were going to shoot hundreds of Sandhill Cranes. My Dad said he couldn’t believe he referred to us as “boys”! (Dad was in his early 70s at the time). |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:47:04 PM EST
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: In before "ribeye of the sky"? Dang it. Came in to post this. Go watch the meateater episode. Check your states season and throw some on the grill. Show us some dinner pics. |
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:47:56 PM EST
[#49]
Cranes will walk right up to you at some Florida camp grounds. We had a pair of them wandering around under our awning looking for free food. I like seeing them but they can be noisy bastards.
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Posted: 1/4/2021 6:51:17 PM EST
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Like trumpeters? More like a cross berrween bigfoot and chupacabra. Had a couple flights go over me about 50 yards up one day out pheasant hunting. Couldn't hear yourself think. I could hear them over on the edges of the reservoir where they overnighted, then they lifted off in large groups to go find some breakfast. Good lord they are noisy. I'd like to pull a tag for one some day. |
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