A coot walking on thin ice ! :yikes
And ....
You know what they say about walking on thin ice ...:Rofl
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A coot walking on thin ice ! :yikes
And ....
You know what they say about walking on thin ice ...:Rofl
Certainly been cold down ur way….
Good stuff
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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
actually, "skating" on thin ice would have been the better description
the good news , temps were pretty mild, yesterday and the ENTIRE creek was not frozen over , so you know what happened next for sure ....Quote:
Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie
KABOOM time my friend :highfive
Maybe by the weekend we might see some open water here with the warmer temps and rain coming in. Probably get out today and check the ice thickness. Couple of years ago I watched a guy step off the dock to see how thick the ice was and it held him until he started jumping up and down. About the 3rd or fourth jump and KABOOM, through the ice he went. Don't know what he was thinking but he got a laugh out of me when he climbed out dripping and shivering. Hopefully some KABOOM time before the new year.
Easier to get to the good spots. Should have tried it, looks like it would have held ya. :biggrin
fell thru thin ice once at -8 , never again is ttttthe wwwword :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS
seemed like a good idea at the time right ? :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by keeferfish
Ahhh no thanks, think I’ll stay on the bank
Good advice!Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperDave336
Bob
needs to edit this post to "skating" on thin ice , that coot was actually skating ....:Rofl
Being the coward I am, walking on ice is not for me. If I didn't fall through the ice I would slip and fall on the ice, busting my rear. So I will leave ice testing, ice walking and ice fishing to the braver souls in this world! :angel:Quote:
Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS
Coot is pretty good eating if you take and rip the breast out, skin it,,fry in bacon grease or lard, Yummy. Throw the rest away.
Couldn't you say that about most anything? :peacesmileQuote:
Originally Posted by cevans
The game warden told us to git a limit and eat em and thank him Later , not kiddingQuote:
Originally Posted by cevans
The Truth :biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by keeferfish
Maybe that's why they are rarely seen anymore. :donoQuote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
Ketchn, is this a coot?
I haven’t encountered anything, that’s not better with bacon grease!Quote:
Originally Posted by cevans
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Think so , big feet,not webbed , black and Bantu rooster size :donoQuote:
Originally Posted by TheRo0sTer
Man, we had those come in by the 100s when I lived in SD. I can't remember the limit up there, but it was high. Only problem, so is steel shot, so it wasn't worth it to shoot them. Especially when you could shoot mallards, teals and geese.
Smother those coots in onions and garlic but don't throw the gizzard away. They are awsome. Coots and gizzards make a mighty fine gumbo also. To keep hunting them from being expensive you have to find them in rafts so that when you shoot you can get a dozen at the time. I remember a story my Dad told a long time ago. He'd shrimp in the spring and summer and trap in the fall and winter. One day he came upon a raft of coots and fired 3 shots. When he was finished picking them up his pirogue was full and he had to sit on them to paddle back to the landing. That night the whole community of trappers had plenty coots for some great gumbo. Back then they did a lot of living off the land.
PPG
i once hit a raft of them in the open water in my boat on full plane in the pitch dark , not sure how many didnt make it , but to be sure they got hammered in the dark that night :yikes:Rofl
I got some about 20 years back, added to cornbread dressing, was tastyQuote:
Originally Posted by cevans
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