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Eric, The high ground is usually good except when it comes to ponds Remember the country song? To paraphrase..."you've got friends in low places". Stay with it!
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There is one species in this country that kills and injures more people than all the rest combined. You might say that it is other people, mosquitos, ticks or something like that and you might be right. So let's exclude all of those things. It can only be fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds or mammals but excluding people. What species is it? Your guesses please and then stay tuned for the answer.
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Deaths resulting from people hitting deer would be pretty near the top I'd imagine.Over 200 people killed and 1 billion plus $ in damage in 2003.
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If Norm's excluding Homo Sapiens, I'd guess managers (bad week at work).
Seriously: I'll go with "dogs".
"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling
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I guess I should have asked if it was due to direct or indirect action of the animal in question. Don't let em grind you down Theo- it's Friday.
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Norm,
Would it be horses? I know I hear about an awful lot of injuries.
If not horses, it must be dogs.
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We can't forget hippo's; in Africa at least.
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Originally posted by Eric: Amen to that!!! Eric, Your private e-mail attack was not funny and not appriciated. Making nice in public and sending foul-mouthed flames back-channel is disingenuous. I just filtered you out, so any further attempts will not reach my mailbox. I believe in keeping things civil. You should consider doing the same.
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<--- Still on High road - Not stooping to lower levels and spreading lies like some people here. But leaving forum due to people like this. I bid you all a great life and it has been fun learning from you all. Bye!!!
--------------------------------- 1/10 - 1/4 acre pond plus 16 ft deep/ Plus 40 ft by 20 ft by 6 ft deep koi and fathead minnow pond next to it. Upstate NY
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Let's all just take it easy for a moment. Bobad, Eric may have sent you a private email, or he may not have (someone else could have easily sent one posing as Eric). None of the rest of us will ever know.
Eric, it's hard to stay away from this great forum. Please don't exclude yourself.
I found this site back in Sept. '03. Man it's been so great. Tomorrow, Lusk is coming with me to my pond.
I'm not sure if I should bring some beers or not as it's going to be in the early AM.
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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I posted this to provide a little relief to the seriousness of this thread. Eric, you nailed it on the first try! In our state, more accidents are caused by people hitting deer than any other cause including DUI's, speeding and anything else you can think of.
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I'm sorry Chip, you're the one that nailed it! The sun melted my brain today. Forgive me.
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Thanks for the brain teaser Norm, I always love seeing deer around the pond and put out apples,corn and salt for them. They even go out on the ice to drink around the aerator's hole in the winter. I'm glad we don't have any problems with snakes this far north but I think that unless a poisonous snake is ID'd that limiting their habitat by mowing and clearing is the best alternative to killing them all.In the case of a poisonous snake with my kids or loved ones nearby it would be a no-brainer.The King Snake suggestion might work as well. Once,back in Georgia, as I was getting out of the shower,one cruised across the floor of the old mill village house I was living in at the time; needless to say, I tore down the shower curtain and d n near had a heart attack trying to get away from it. Chip
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