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As I was fileting and skinning about 50 bluegill we culled from a friends pond, I was wondering what others do with the remains.  Sometimes I leave them for the bear who lives behind the barn. Sometimes I dump them in front of a game camera to see what critters live in the neighborhood. Most of the time, I just bury them deep in one of the many compost piles I use for my gardens.  So, what do the rest of you do with your guts?
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I usually just dump mine out in the woods in front of a game camera.
No bears, though.......so far.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.
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I haul mine out into the pasture for natures clean up crew.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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I haul them out to my CRP woods and dump them beside a trail. A day or two later there is no sign of them. Interestingly a couple of weeks ago I dumped a possom in the same manner. Later that day I went to the same spot to dump some bluegill leftovers, the possom was gone. I didn't figure he would be gone in broad daylight. No the possom didn't survive. He had a severe case of lead poisoning.
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"He had a severe case of lead poisoning."
How can you be certain he wasn't just sleeping??!
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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He had a pretty good nosebleed!
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Bing, I dont want to tell you, that you were wrong, when I was a teen I ran a trapline, and would occasionally catch a possum.one time,I thought one was dead, and it got up and started walking, then I made sure it was dead, and an hour later it got up and started walking, then I made sure it was dead.....I've heard of them walking away without their hide.......so it could just be.......
Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer.
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Usually I haven't got such amount of remains and it isn't hard to find an easy way to get rid of them. Something is used as a additional food for the cat, something goes for chickens. If fishbones and fins are cut into small pieces, chickens eat all of it 
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I bury mine under my compost.
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JamesBryan -- Could be, but at least he hasn't been back to my pear trees.
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Interestingly a couple of weeks ago I dumped a possom in the same manner. Later that day I went to the same spot to dump some bluegill leftovers, the possom was gone. When I was having trouble with the raccoons killing my chickens, I "dispatached" one of them. I threw it's carcass on the back side of the pond dam. There were several turkey buzzards enjoying it before I got back up to the house. I thought it was pretty incredible that they could find it that fast.
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Are you sure they hadn't been keeping an eye on you and kinda stumbled on to the coon?
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer.
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Are you sure they hadn't been keeping an eye on you and kinda stumbled on to the coon?
It does kind of worry me when I'm fishing on the dock, or cutting/splitting firewood out in my field, and I notice several of them circling above.
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Think they know something you don't?
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Buzzards are pretty smart. When I was about 8 years old we tried laying very still to try to sucker them in. No good. Then I killed a rabbit, half buried it and laid down really close to it. That worked too well. A buzzard landed and started coming my way. That's when I broke, jumped up and ran.I have no idea what the buzzard did.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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It shat itself! Duh!
Wouldn't you if your lunch got up and ran?
ROFL
Brian
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A dry fly catches no fish
Try not to be THAT 10%
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In all seriousness, What about using the bassomatic and turning them into fish food?
Is that a bad idea and if so why?
Thanks.
Brian
The one thing is the one thing
A dry fly catches no fish
Try not to be THAT 10%
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Buzzards are natures clean up crew.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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As I was fileting and skinning about 50 bluegill we culled from a friends pond, I was wondering what others do with the remains. Sometimes I leave them for the bear who lives behind the barn. Sometimes I dump them in front of a game camera to see what critters live in the neighborhood. Most of the time, I just bury them deep in one of the many compost piles I use for my gardens. So, what do the rest of you do with your guts? What size were the BG you were cleaning?
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Those were little guys -- about 6-7 inches. I need to go over to that pond with my seine and take out about 25 lbs. of them.
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those are nice to what I am used to catching. If feed they would at least be thick meated.
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