When you’re driving around in God’s country and a turkey crosses the road in front of you, don’t wreck the brakes in your Prius by slamming on them to avoid it. Simply slow down and go around it. I know it can be ascary thing to see wildlife up close. 
DT
My motto is if I cant avoid hitting it without risking my life or damaging my vehicle, then HIT IT!
That mainly applies to small game. Deer are a different story. Hitting them can and will damage you and the vehicle. A Prius huh….. 
Sounds like some tree hugger who has not been out of the 494 loop their entire life called 911 when they almost ran over the local wildlife in Alex.
-J.
With a Prius it will be “hit” not “run over”. 
Barely enough clearence to avoid killing worms on the road.
Not working just out for a drive. I can’t even call it crossing the road. It was just standing on the shoulder. It’s just funny watching some peoples reactions. In town we have ducks standing on the city streets everywhere.
I have ditch road more than once while trying to “avoid” wildlife.
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When you’re driving around in God’s country and a turkey crosses the road in front of you, don’t wreck the brakes in your Prius by slamming on them to avoid it. Simply slow down and go around it. I know it can be ascary thing to see wildlife up close.
DT
Reminds me of the time a dozen citiots had the road blocked standing around a 20# (or so) snapper in the middle of the road wondering what to do about the situation. Poking her with a stick trying to get her to move along. They didn’t know what to think when I walked up, grabbed it by the tail and put it in the ditch. I should have turned her into soup just for their reactions.
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When you’re driving around in God’s country and a turkey crosses the road in front of you, don’t wreck the brakes in your Prius by slamming on them to avoid it. Simply slow down and go around it. I know it can be ascary thing to see wildlife up close.
DT
Reminds me of the time a dozen citiots had the road blocked standing around a 20# (or so) snapper in the middle of the road wondering what to do about the situation. Poking her with a stick trying to get her to move along. They didn’t know what to think when I walked up, grabbed it by the tail and put it in the ditch. I should have turned her into soup just for their reactions.
MMMMMM Snapper Soup, brings back my younger days when my best friends parents used to make it along with fried cabbage!!
OMG it’s a squirrel, hit the brakes!
We used to have fun with the city idiots kids when we where younger. Had a couple of dorks that would show up down the road from us in the summer time. Telling us about all the cable channels they get, Tom Thumb right down the road, and all the other city crap they get to do. We told them we have a fire tower and they laughed. Set up a trip to the tower that night with them. It was a couple of miles down the dirt road. As we got closer the more we started telling them crap about the local wolves and bear. Ditched them at the fire tower and let them walk home the couple miles in the dark. Funny as heck when they passed as we where hiding in the woods. Not so funny the next day when their folks showed up at our place. Dad had a hard time keeping a straight face telling us not to do that again. Busted out laughing when I told him I dont think we will have to worry about that. Never did get to play with those kids again.
HHhmmm, wonder where this camper we encountered came from 
I learned that unlike painted turtles, poking a snapping turtle in the keester does not cause them to scurry away in the opposite direction. It does cause them to get ticked off and slowly turn around 180 degrees to challenge you to try it again.
I’ve pulled a few snappers off the road by the tail. Strong bastages. But then again, even small painted turtles have very strong legs relative to their size. Guess that’s why they taste so good.
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I learned that unlike painted turtles, poking a snapping turtle in the keester does not cause them to scurry away in the opposite direction. It does cause them to get ticked off and slowly turn around 180 degrees to challenge you to try it again.
Exactly. Agitating a predator with a stick in an attempt to scare it off is not something I would encourage. They probably would try the same tactic with a bear or wolf.
Wouldnt it be nice if all where born with a little bit of backwoods common sense? We would all be better off today.
paul
yeah, I get downright pissed off when someone hits the brakes to avoid killing an animal and doing physical damage to their property. who the f do they think they are?
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We used to have fun with the city idiots kids when we where younger. Had a couple of dorks that would show up down the road from us in the summer time. Telling us about all the cable channels they get, Tom Thumb right down the road, and all the other city crap they get to do. We told them we have a fire tower and they laughed. Set up a trip to the tower that night with them. It was a couple of miles down the dirt road. As we got closer the more we started telling them crap about the local wolves and bear. Ditched them at the fire tower and let them walk home the couple miles in the dark. Funny as heck when they passed as we where hiding in the woods. Not so funny the next day when their folks showed up at our place. Dad had a hard time keeping a straight face telling us not to do that again. Busted out laughing when I told him I dont think we will have to worry about that. Never did get to play with those kids again.
Are you talking about the old fire observation tower North of Glen Mike? We climbed that bad boy many times while we were out “road tripping.”
In college we’d hide behind the entrance sign right next to the main drag with a rod/reel, squirrel-tail, and golf ball. Duct tape the squirrel tail and fishing line to a golf ball then cast across the street. Hop it across the road as cars come and watch the reactions. Funny how much it looks like a squirrel.
Sounds stupid now but it sure was alot of fun back then.
Joel
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In college we’d hide behind the entrance sign right next to the main drag with a rod/reel, squirrel-tail, and golf ball. Duct tape the squirrel tail and fishing line to a golf ball then cast across the street. Hop it across the road as cars come and watch the reactions. Funny how much it looks like a squirrel.
Sounds stupid now but it sure was alot of fun back then.
Joel
A healthy squirt of skunk essence in a ping-pong ball! Take a sharpie and scribble it black and roll it down the hallway at school. Girls screamed and some bold guy would stomp on it….not that I ever facilitated doing that type of prank 
Yep. Thats the one. That one kid was bawling his eyes out when he resized he was going to have to walk from there back to the cabin on long lake in the dark. 
Guess we don’t have street lights in the country either.
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In college we’d hide behind the entrance sign right next to the main drag with a rod/reel, squirrel-tail, and golf ball. Duct tape the squirrel tail and fishing line to a golf ball then cast across the street. Hop it across the road as cars come and watch the reactions. Funny how much it looks like a squirrel.
Sounds stupid now but it sure was alot of fun back then.
Joel
Geez. We should’ve got in much worse trouble!
Joel
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In college we’d hide behind the entrance sign right next to the main drag with a rod/reel, squirrel-tail, and golf ball. Duct tape the squirrel tail and fishing line to a golf ball then cast across the street. Hop it across the road as cars come and watch the reactions. Funny how much it looks like a squirrel.
Sounds stupid now but it sure was alot of fun back then.
Joel
That is awesome!
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In college we’d hide behind the entrance sign right next to the main drag with a rod/reel, squirrel-tail, and golf ball. Duct tape the squirrel tail and fishing line to a golf ball then cast across the street. Hop it across the road as cars come and watch the reactions. Funny how much it looks like a squirrel.
Sounds stupid now but it sure was alot of fun back then.
Joel
That’s awesome 
Not on your level, but whenever we had the chance to invite someone who had never been ice fishing out to the shack we would make sure to describe the sound of a crack just before a car goes down and that we needed to leave the windows down to listen for any ice cracking… Then as soon as we got onto the ice (making sure they were driving) at the first sound of ice cracking everyone would scream “we’re going down” and bail out of the car. Watching them freak out, jump, and then have to race to catch their car before it found the nearest snowbank was hilarious.
That’s stuff is just not funny Mike!!!
I was walking back to Josh’s cabin one night from Hunters. One of Josh’s friends, who I’ve never seen again, was with me. As you know, it’s a bit of a jaunt on foot. Anyway, I’m telling him stories about how just that week a black bear had to be shot just up the road due to the aggressive behavior. Sure enough, we hear something running the trees. This dude freaked a bit. I don’t know that I could smile any harder the whole way to the cabin.
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That’s stuff is just not funny Mike!!!
I was walking back to Josh’s cabin one night from Hunters. One of Josh’s friends, who I’ve never seen again, was with me. As you know, it’s a bit of a jaunt on foot. Anyway, I’m telling him stories about how just that week a black bear had to be shot just up the road due to the aggressive behavior. Sure enough, we hear something running the trees. This dude freaked a bit. I don’t know that I could smile any harder the whole way to the cabin.
With the supreme court ruling and pride weekend coming up, an aggressive bear might be VERY scary.
I watched some demented dude throw several rocks at ducks in the lake off Fairgrounds Rd last week.. The ducks must have stood in the road too much for his liking, so he took it upon himself to teach them a lesson? 
I had someone run down five geese there last year. 
DT
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