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River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 03:20 AM
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Friend of mine took this video on Saturday morning. I have lived in East Texas most of my life in never seen a River Otter. Awesome.
[video:youtube]xANbhBG9Dgk[/video]
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 03:24 AM
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Too cool. I have seen them once in the wild, up at the North End of Canyon Lake. I know they eat fish, but they sure are cool animals.
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 03:25 AM
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I've heard that there is an East Texas River Otter but have never even heard of anyone seeing one.
That's cool as chit.....
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 03:26 AM
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Very cool!! I have seen them 3 times in just over 30 years of hunting in Houston county. All three times they were in pairs. I researched a bit and they are actually legal to take but I just could not bring myself to shoot one. They would make an awesome mount.
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 03:28 AM
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I've heard that there is an East Texas River Otter but have never even heard of anyone seeing one.
That's cool as chit..... He was telling me the scat he saw was full of crawfish shell parts, so it was probably eating them. They eat a bunch of freshwater clams and mussels too. They lie on their backs and use a rock to hammer them open. I wish I could see that just once here in Texas.
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 03:29 AM
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Nice video. I have seen 2 in my life. One in Colorado County a few yrs ago and one in Dewitt County back in the 60's in Smith Creek south of Yorktown.
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 01:49 PM
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Nice video. I have seen 2 in my life. One in Colorado County a few yrs ago and one in Dewitt County back in the 60's in Smith Creek south of Yorktown. I hear they are pretty common on the Sabine and Neches and fewer on the Trinity south of Corsicana. I think they need a bunch of creeks feeding off the river to use like water roads to access land.
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 02:16 PM
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Nice video. I have seen 2 in my life. One in Colorado County a few yrs ago and one in Dewitt County back in the 60's in Smith Creek south of Yorktown. I hear they are pretty common on the Sabine and Neches and fewer on the Trinity south of Corsicana. I think they need a bunch of creeks feeding off the river to use like water roads to access land. One was about 4 miles off the Colorado River and the other a pretty good ways off the Guadalupe River.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 02:16 PM
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 02:20 PM
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 02:22 PM
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Have seen lots of river otters trapped and shot some and just watched others. One of the most playful critters in the wild.
Last ones I saw were on my place in Mississippi last year turkey hunting 4 were sround me for over an hour. Talk about something that can greatly reduce the fish population in a tank, catching bass for them is childs play.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 02:25 PM
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Saw one a few years ago on Rowlett road at lake Ray Hubbard, and 20 or so years ago saw the frst that I saw in Texas at Lake Lavon.
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lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 02:33 PM
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I see them quite often on the San Jacinto river near Conroe, I've taken a couple of them for their fur which is one of the best out their.
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 04:51 PM
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they are fairly plentiful here, I like to watch them. They do eat fish, but it is mainly rough fish like buffalo that they eat so they don't do much harm.
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 04:57 PM
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They are really neat critters! we had one in our sub-division retention pods for a short while this winter that was sure fun to watch. Was very surprised to see one in Waxa ma Hatchie!
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 04:58 PM
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They are thick on the more remote parts of the trinity and navasota river. they get in the stock tanks all the time and are the last thing you want when your raising fish... nothin but a waterliving yote
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 05:18 PM
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I shot one once thinking it was a nutria. It was pretty cool and very smelly. I wish I would have kept it but I was just a teenager.
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 05:37 PM
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We used to see them in a little bayou than runs behind us. They definatly are fun to watch.
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 05:43 PM
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Had a GTG at the house one time and saw a group of 4-5 hop out of one tank and run and dive in the tank behind my house. We all just set there wondering WTH they were? Had never seen one before that, and havent seen them since
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 05:53 PM
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i saw 4-5 at Cooper lake a couple years ago. I am guessing that's what I saw.
They are long, and stand up on their back legs?
I was walking the bank and they ran from the trees to the water, and scared the carp outta me!
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Re: River Otter on the Trinity in Dallas
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07/03/12 06:43 PM
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