highcotton2

re: Fear of spiders

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/17/26 at 6:56 am to VooDude

I know a guy who bought an older house and after moving in found out it was infested with brown recluse spiders. They tried everything to get rid of them and failed. The insurance company finally came up with a solution that everyone on here always recommends. They burned the house to the ground. They actually paid him to build a new house.

re: Did 3 Liter Cokes Exist?

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/16/26 at 11:07 pm to PurpleandGold Motown

Yes and my local liquor store sells a 3 liter Jack Daniels.

re: Let's talk Sardines and other tinned fish

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/16/26 at 8:29 pm to Riseupfromtherubble

I always just get what Costco has on sale. Season and Wild Planet usually. Last ones I bought were Polar brand in a jar and they were pretty good also. I grew up on Possum brand sardines in cottonseed oil so I’m not hard to please.

Food and Drink

re: Exuma June Recommendations

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/16/26 at 3:55 pm to jbgleason

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Not joking even a little. Watch out for those "pigs" because they are massive hogs

The first mate on the tour we were on had a scar from his elbow to his underarm and I asked I captain what happened to him. He said he took a boat out to feed the pigs one day and one of the boars hooked him and tore his arm open. Had to helicopter him to Nassau for emergency care. Said he came very close to bleeding to death.

Travel Board

re: Florida doctor indicted for making what I would call a pretty big mistake -

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/15/26 at 6:44 am to lsuconnman

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Considering they said the liver was missing. It seems hard to believe nobody in that operating room realized a liver was extracted and not a spleen.

It was done laparoscopically so it wasn’t like he was laid open for everyone to see.

re: Great Blue Heron photographs

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/14/26 at 7:48 pm to Turnblad85

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I watched a heron snatch a chipmunk off a fallen tree in the water and drown him before swallowing.

There was a hen wood duck swimming around with about 11 just hatched little ones and a female Northern Harrier showed up. Didn’t want to wish ill will on the the baby ducks but I was ready if she wanted to grab one.

She had that look in her eyes.

re: Great Blue Heron photographs

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/13/26 at 9:47 pm to dstone12

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I cannot grab a bream like that. Like a bar of soap.

I think about that a lot how hard it is to hold a fish and a bird will just grab one like it is nothing. Nature has that figured out pretty well. Not on the same trip but this Osprey grabbed a fish that was actually pretty big after he got it out of the water the fish never moved again. If I had grabbed it it would be flopping every which way.

re: Great Blue Heron photographs

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/13/26 at 9:34 pm to bbvdd

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Did the bird get that bream down?

Like it was nothing.

Then stood there posing.

re: Gun Safe in Garage

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/13/26 at 8:47 pm to lsutiger7997

I would recommend putting the guns in silicone treated gun socks also. Not only for the rust protection but also to protect from banging around with the other guns when taking them in and out.

Great Blue Heron photographs

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/13/26 at 8:34 pm

Sat by an irrigation lake Sunday to get some photos of an Osprey that likes to feed there. The Osprey did not show up but the herons were doing a little fishing. I have taken several photos of herons with fish but this one looked pretty cool with how he barely grabbed the fish so the whole fish was displayed perfectly like he was showing it off. Herons are one of my favorite birds to photograph just because of how wild the feathers look when they are all fluffed up like in some of the photos that JoJo posts.

re: Wildlife/Nature Photos from the Last Few Months

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/13/26 at 10:22 am to JOJO Hammer

Very nice photos!

Thanks again for all your tips and suggestion on my Yellowstone trip. That Gardiner area is incredible for viewing wildlife in the winter.

re: Duck box day

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/13/26 at 10:20 am to plazadweller

Finally saw a few hatchlings this year.

re: Photography cameras

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/10/26 at 9:13 pm to CobraCommander83

Lot of good advice in this thread. Especially about buying used equipment to get more camera for less money. You definitely need to have good glass so you don’t miss shots like this when they present themselves.

re: What’s your favorite OT thread

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/8/26 at 5:47 pm to bleeng

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Druid Focker. The YouTube videos were legit insane.

Wonder whatever happened to ol Amanda? Last I heard she was doing balloon sculptures for party’s.

re: If you live in Alpharetta GA and want to vote, you have to visit a mosque.

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/7/26 at 5:41 pm to GatorOnAnIsland

Gonna be funny when those women show up in short shorts and bikini tops to vote. Muhammad ain’t going to like that.

Political Talk

re: Reinstatement/TD Gear Giveaway Combo Thread...Winners Listed Inside

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/4/26 at 9:39 am to Chicken

re: Duck box day

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/3/26 at 12:36 pm to AlxTgr

Have not seen any little ones yet out my way.

re: Colorado requiring lawyers not to cooperate with in enforcing federal immigration law.

Posted by highcotton2 on 4/2/26 at 8:55 pm to Ailsa

Under the Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Clause 2) of the U.S. Constitution, federal law is the supreme law of the land, and any state law that conflicts with it is generally invalid, a concept known as preemption. States cannot nullify federal law, nor can they compel individuals to violate it.

Political Talk

re: Is Moose good eating?

Posted by highcotton2 on 3/31/26 at 8:34 pm to Ol boy

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Said all the locals laughed and said “ any hunter can kill a moose but a good hunter kills them where a truck/atv/boat can get to”

My buddy was on his first moose hunt in Alaska and came up on this moose standing in a lake. Was so excited that he immediately pulled his gun up and shot it. It dropped in its tracks. He found out very quickly that cutting a moose up in knee deep water is not a fun experience.

On a side note this hunt was a fly in hunt and the pilot came back in a few days later to check on them and ask if they had done any good. My buddy said yea I actually shot a moose the first day you dropped us off. The pilot looked at him dead pan and said no you didn’t. Buddy says yea I really did I was very lucky. Guide says you did not shoot it the day I dropped you off because that would be illegal. You must be misremembering.