Piebald Panther

re: 10-K drink is making a comeback?

Posted by Piebald Panther on 4/16/26 at 4:08 pm to OysterPoBoy

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Quick Kick was created in 1958 by Dr. Martin J. Broussard, a legendary athletic trainer at Louisiana State University (LSU). It is recognized as one of the first sports drinks, predating Gatorade by seven years. The drink was initially known as Bengal Punch and was designed to hydrate athletes effectively

re: Soccer field’s bright lights and alleged code violations divide Ascension neighbors

Posted by Piebald Panther on 4/15/26 at 11:49 am to HeadBusta4LSU

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BRSC is a joke. Their league has so much potential and they could have a strong recreational program up to 8th grade for boys and girls but instead they would rather not return calls and emails from kids who want to play.

They really only care about the tournaments at the Burbank facility. The surrounding areas can't get anything going because of the total lack of support. There are plenty of kids and parents who would sign on to rec leagues, but BRSC only wants club and for it to all take place at Burbank.

I have heard that Flonacher in Zachary is in the process of major upgrades. Hopefully improved facilities will draw support from BRSC.

re: Soccer field’s bright lights and alleged code violations divide Ascension neighbors

Posted by Piebald Panther on 4/12/26 at 7:01 am to choupiquesushi

It's zoned Residential Multifamily. The facility may have started out as a small private field, but it has definitely evolved into a commercial level enterprise. That it would make it fall under different regulations and taxes.

They should apply for a conditional use permit and then go through the proper zoning process.

The club/travel team model has ruined youth sports. To play any sport beyond 10 years old you are forced to commit thousands of dollars to participate and travel hours to play games. Rec level talent is forced to participate in the elite level system because of the stranglehold that travel sports now has on youth athletics.

re: The most misleading stat of the game

Posted by Piebald Panther on 4/10/26 at 9:50 pm to NorthEndZone

Was padding stats for ole miss. None of those were hits. Even the bunt should’ve been an error.

Tiger Rant

re: Tough choice for yall down there?

Posted by Piebald Panther on 4/1/26 at 11:24 am to GetmorewithLes

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Back in 2020, anybody trying to get a college admin job had to kneel to DEI.

Worked at a university during this period and this is the truth. Whether you wanted to or not DEI was shoved down your throat.

In order to hire, a diversity officer had to be appointed to the committee to ensure the candidate pool met the diversity requirements. Regardless of qualifications.

Using the correct buzzwords at the time was just part of any interview.

Political Talk

re: CWD and Deer Farming- Meeting moved to April 8th

Posted by Piebald Panther on 4/1/26 at 10:53 am to JDPndahizzy

Once the fence goes up, the deer are no longer wildlife and become an agricultural product.

I'd imagine LDWF would like to have the same sort of jurisdiction and sampling control that they have in the wild populations, but they would be destroying private property to do so.

re: Interesting story about a guy who refuses to sell his house in South Florida

Posted by Piebald Panther on 3/13/26 at 8:59 am to lsufan1971

I’ve dealt with some situations like this with people who get offered 2-3x value and still won’t listen to reason. They have an opportunity to get an inflated value and improve their position in life for themselves and family, but can’t get out of their own way.

Pigs get fed and hogs get slaughtered

re: Anyone use and can recommend a GPS dog collar?

Posted by Piebald Panther on 3/10/26 at 11:32 am to way_south

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It's a monthly sub though which sucks.

This is the reason I can't make myself buy one. They seem awesome but paying $500+ for the collar and $10 a month for as long as I own a dog is hard to accept.

re: TX Dem nominee says God gave Mary a choice not to birth Jesus

Posted by Piebald Panther on 3/4/26 at 2:46 pm to DesScorp

Matthew 24:11 And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray

Political Talk

re: CWD questions

Posted by Piebald Panther on 2/19/26 at 2:04 pm to mtb010

I see you didn't comprehend the qualifying statement before that sentence you quoted.

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No one seems to have a good solution to prevent spreading or a good assessment of the spreading vectors

There are no good solutions right now, which is why it needs to be researched.

White tail herds with 35% disease rate show an annual population decease of 10.4%. As disease level increases the population will decrease. That's not a scam or a fake disease.

Latest research suggests killing more bucks to slow the spread. Will increasing bucks killed be acceptable to state DNRs and hunters who want to have more bucks?

re: CWD questions

Posted by Piebald Panther on 2/19/26 at 12:54 pm to Decisions

CWD is very similar to Scrapie in sheep and goats. It's another type TSE prion disease.

Scrapie much like CWD has never shown a jump to humans in natural conditions. Unlike CWD Scrapie is able to be traced because of the tagging program through the USDA. Since they can trace, they can eradicate that heard and control the spread.

Wild Cervids cannot be traced or eradicated like has been done with scrapie, so research is necessary to investigate into ways that it is spread and can be controlled.

No one seems to have a good solution to prevent spreading or a good assessment of the spreading vectors. Only solutions so far are stop supplemental feeding and test animals.

The alarm over CWD comes from two things. 1. The potential of jumping species like mad cow disease did. 2. Potential decimation of the wild cervid herds.

It's not a scam. It's disease that's worth researching because of the long incubation periods without showing clinical signs and fatal nature of the disease.

Claiming it is a scam is a dumb as claiming it'll turn everyone to zombies.

re: I encourage everyone to go read Timmy Horton Outdoors post on Facebook.

Posted by Piebald Panther on 2/18/26 at 5:32 pm to Jim Hopper

It’s really not logical from a scale standpoint. The amount of products that are distributed and used from these areas should result in an outbreak scenario where there would be massive amounts of infected animals being observed.

It should look more like the spread of covid, not the slow gradual movement that it has demonstrated.

Washington and Tangipahoa our two dairy parishes should be riddled with CWD based on his theory.

re: I encourage everyone to go read Timmy Horton Outdoors post on Facebook.

Posted by Piebald Panther on 2/18/26 at 3:14 pm to Jim Hopper

The scale of the spread should be exponentially higher if the main culprit is agricultural products moving across the country, which is why that theory doesn't make sense.

That's not a statement on the danger or lack thereof for CWD.

re: I encourage everyone to go read Timmy Horton Outdoors post on Facebook.

Posted by Piebald Panther on 2/18/26 at 2:36 pm to Jim Hopper

His claim would be way more effective if he knew how to compile data and run statistical analysis. Correlation and causation are two totally different things.

Alfalfa is a large part of the animal feeding industry and has been for a long time. If it was as simple as that, cwd would have exploded many decades ago across the entire country.

re: Ascension Parish Planning Commission Denies New Subdivision

Posted by Piebald Panther on 2/13/26 at 6:08 am to RougeDawg

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People need to pay more attention to the zoning part if they really want to stop development.

This is what the average citizen doesn’t understand. Once a property gets the necessary zoning, it now has the right by use to be whatever the zoning allows.

If the developer follows all the necessary steps they can’t be denied and will win the lawsuit against the commission

Zachary’s new neighborhoods are a perfect example. No matter how bad they wanted to deny, they couldn’t because the proper steps were taken. All those large tracts that got rezoned for residential development years ago so they’re coming whether they want them or not.

re: Mineral for deer

Posted by Piebald Panther on 2/12/26 at 9:59 am to Danm312

I like lucky buck. It's the only one I've seen them search for. I've poured on stumps and on the ground and they will dig the ground to keep going for the minerals left behind.

Bonus you get a good bucket with a top.

re: Considering getting my first German Shorthair Pointer

Posted by Piebald Panther on 1/26/26 at 4:27 pm to tke_swamprat

Currently have a six hitch and have had other respectably bred GSPs.

Six hitch dog is the best listener I’ve ever seen in a GSP. She’s just over a year. Super easy training and picked up on the basic commands with ease.

I’m not really all that interested in hunting with her just because of time and we got her to be more of a pet in the family. I have no doubt she could pick up on
whatever hunting I want her to do. Currently I’m just having fun getting her to chase and tree squirrels.

re: 184” killed in walthall county MS (Tylertown/McComb area)

Posted by Piebald Panther on 1/26/26 at 10:04 am to UpToPar

After looking at the picture again, he definitely shot it in the arse and is lucky dogs got on him.

It is somewhat surprising for a "hunting content creator" to release a video shooting a swiftly moving deer in through the brush.