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 otter in our pond...
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12/02/10 09:24 AM
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~JaKe~
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hey everyone i was just wondering what yalls thoughts were about otters... we have a 3 acre pond on our land and it has lilly pads on it(under control), and i was wondering if the otters do anything harmful/helpful to the area. thanks.
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12/02/10 01:01 PM
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guitarbob
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Just this....... Otter Attack 
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12/02/10 01:40 PM
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cmc
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The lily pads will be fine but your fish better take cover. It doesnt take them long to clear out a small pond and I would bet there's more than one.
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12/02/10 06:47 PM
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they will fish out a pond until its fish free them move to another
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12/02/10 06:58 PM
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Rollin Shabbos
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LOL. That is funny right there! That is darwinism at its finest.
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12/02/10 11:11 PM
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i guess you better shoot it. tell us how it tastes!
It's not how you fall, It's how you get up.
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12/02/10 11:13 PM
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***Sean***
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i guess you better shoot it. tell us how it tastes! LMAO
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12/02/10 11:14 PM
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that is probably the only place in the world with multiple confirmed otter attacks.
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12/02/10 11:31 PM
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population-control
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 They make some really cool mounts, i mounted this guy over the summer
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12/03/10 01:30 AM
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#Hayraker
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I shot one in the name of science one time. (I wanted to look one over). I won't shoot another one after I educated myself about them.
I leave them alone now, they really only fish out the rough fish population. They are hell on carp.
We have a pretty good population of otters on my duck lease. They are really neat animals to watch.
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12/03/10 09:59 PM
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My dad recently saw one is his pond and contacted the game warden about what to do. The response was: As long as your lake is private and not public waters, you may take the otter by shooting or trapping. You may only use the hide if you obtain a CITES tag from a TPWD Law Enforcement Office. Chances are that the animal will move on as they cover a wide area and single animals are most often traveling. The reputation that they have for cleaning out a lake of fish is not warranted as they typically will not do that.
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12/07/10 02:42 AM
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~JaKe~
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i guess you better shoot it. tell us how it tastes! lol haha didnt shoot it but i didnt see him this weekend, looked around the pond and idk if he's traveling through but seems to have made multiple tunnels in one spot about a foot off the water, some have to be at least 15 feet from the water too.. nice mount btw population. hayraker where bouts in red river county??
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