new bike lane hazard

On 3/8/2020 7:54 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:16:18 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/7/2020 8:04 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/7/2020 8:24 PM, news18 wrote:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:22:56 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/7/2020 9:32 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/6/2020 8:48 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

I am a bit amazed that all these issues elicit so much
passion. People
_really, really_ want to have a gun that shoots THIS
fast; or has THAT
finish; or accepts THIS round or THAT flash
suppressor... "And the
evil government won't let me buy one!"

The only parallel that readily comes to mind is a
certain subset of
car nuts. "The damn cop said my exhaust is too loud!"
or "They're
trying to tell me my hydraulics aren't legal!" or "I
can see fine out
of my tinted windows!" or "What's wrong with red
headlights anyway??"

At least those guys talk about all that on car
discussion groups.

- Frank Krygowski


As Sir also mentioned, firearms used in crime are
primarily handguns
with significant portions of those stolen/smuggled.
Of course, Sir was talking about Canada. When he talks
about gun crimes
up there, it's a little like people in the U.S. talking
about deaths by
tiger attack.

err, are you aware that there are more tigers in the uSA
than in the
wild?
I didn't know that. But I know that death by tiger attack
is pretty rare
in the U.S. This article suggests there are about two of
those per year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_attack



In my area, tigers are virtually unknown or at least I have
never seen one when out riding. Deer, OTOH, may have started
their counterattack and those are just everywhere like roaches:

https://nypost.com/2020/03/06/deer-r...s-to-shoot-it/


Having shot a few "American" deer I tend to think of a 100 lb. white
tail deer as a pretty large critter. I just googled European Red Deer
and they are 350 - 530 lb monsters. :-)
--
cheers,

John B.


Indeed that is monster sized.

US has about 1-1/2 million deer-car crashes/year, about
20,000 in Wisconsin. They have become like roaches with
antlers- they're just everywhere lately. That said, I don't
know of any deer-bicycle crashes so there's that.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Sun, 08 Mar 2020 20:03:20 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/8/2020 7:54 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:16:18 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/7/2020 8:04 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/7/2020 8:24 PM, news18 wrote:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:22:56 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/7/2020 9:32 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/6/2020 8:48 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

I am a bit amazed that all these issues elicit so much
passion. People
_really, really_ want to have a gun that shoots THIS
fast; or has THAT
finish; or accepts THIS round or THAT flash
suppressor... "And the
evil government won't let me buy one!"

The only parallel that readily comes to mind is a
certain subset of
car nuts. "The damn cop said my exhaust is too loud!"
or "They're
trying to tell me my hydraulics aren't legal!" or "I
can see fine out
of my tinted windows!" or "What's wrong with red
headlights anyway??"

At least those guys talk about all that on car
discussion groups.

- Frank Krygowski


As Sir also mentioned, firearms used in crime are
primarily handguns
with significant portions of those stolen/smuggled.
Of course, Sir was talking about Canada. When he talks
about gun crimes
up there, it's a little like people in the U.S. talking
about deaths by
tiger attack.

err, are you aware that there are more tigers in the uSA
than in the
wild?
I didn't know that. But I know that death by tiger attack
is pretty rare
in the U.S. This article suggests there are about two of
those per year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_attack



In my area, tigers are virtually unknown or at least I have
never seen one when out riding. Deer, OTOH, may have started
their counterattack and those are just everywhere like roaches:

https://nypost.com/2020/03/06/deer-r...s-to-shoot-it/


Having shot a few "American" deer I tend to think of a 100 lb. white
tail deer as a pretty large critter. I just googled European Red Deer
and they are 350 - 530 lb monsters. :-)
--
cheers,

John B.


Indeed that is monster sized.

US has about 1-1/2 million deer-car crashes/year, about
20,000 in Wisconsin. They have become like roaches with
antlers- they're just everywhere lately. That said, I don't
know of any deer-bicycle crashes so there's that.


I'm going back some years now but I remember reading a Fish and Game
Department article that said that there were more white tail deer in
New Hampshire than there had been in 1623 then the first settlement
was established. The article went on to say that deer are not a forest
animal and that as land was cleared and grazing became more available
the deer population increased.
(and, I'm sure that more modern management probably contributes also
:-)

--
cheers,

John B.

On Sun, 8 Mar 2020 20:42:31 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 3/8/2020 11:16 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/7/2020 8:04 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/7/2020 8:24 PM, news18 wrote:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:22:56 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/7/2020 9:32 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/6/2020 8:48 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

I am a bit amazed that all these issues elicit so much
passion. People
_really, really_ want to have a gun that shoots THIS
fast; or has THAT
finish; or accepts THIS round or THAT flash
suppressor... "And the
evil government won't let me buy one!"

The only parallel that readily comes to mind is a
certain subset of
car nuts. "The damn cop said my exhaust is too loud!"
or "They're
trying to tell me my hydraulics aren't legal!" or "I
can see fine out
of my tinted windows!" or "What's wrong with red
headlights anyway??"

At least those guys talk about all that on car
discussion groups.

- Frank Krygowski


As Sir also mentioned, firearms used in crime are
primarily handguns
with significant portions of those stolen/smuggled.
Of course, Sir was talking about Canada. When he talks
about gun crimes
up there, it's a little like people in the U.S. talking
about deaths by
tiger attack.

err, are you aware that there are more tigers in the* uSA
than in the
wild?
I didn't know that. But I know that death by tiger attack
is pretty rare
in the U.S. This article suggests there are about two of
those per year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_attack



In my area, tigers are virtually unknown or at least I have never seen
one when out riding. Deer, OTOH, may have started their counterattack
and those are just everywhere like roaches:

https://nypost.com/2020/03/06/deer-r...s-to-shoot-it/

Mike Tyson had (or till has??) a country estate near here that I've
ridden by many times. I was told he had some tigers as pets. Don't know
if it's true; but if so, they never chased me.

A full grown Tiger can weigh up to 500 lbs., and run as fast as 40
mph, and can jump as far as 30 ft.
--
cheers,

John B.

On 3/8/2020 8:55 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 08 Mar 2020 20:03:20 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/8/2020 7:54 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:16:18 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/7/2020 8:04 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/7/2020 8:24 PM, news18 wrote:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:22:56 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/7/2020 9:32 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/6/2020 8:48 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

I am a bit amazed that all these issues elicit so much
passion. People
_really, really_ want to have a gun that shoots THIS
fast; or has THAT
finish; or accepts THIS round or THAT flash
suppressor... "And the
evil government won't let me buy one!"

The only parallel that readily comes to mind is a
certain subset of
car nuts. "The damn cop said my exhaust is too loud!"
or "They're
trying to tell me my hydraulics aren't legal!" or "I
can see fine out
of my tinted windows!" or "What's wrong with red
headlights anyway??"

At least those guys talk about all that on car
discussion groups.

- Frank Krygowski


As Sir also mentioned, firearms used in crime are
primarily handguns
with significant portions of those stolen/smuggled.
Of course, Sir was talking about Canada. When he talks
about gun crimes
up there, it's a little like people in the U.S. talking
about deaths by
tiger attack.

err, are you aware that there are more tigers in the uSA
than in the
wild?
I didn't know that. But I know that death by tiger attack
is pretty rare
in the U.S. This article suggests there are about two of
those per year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_attack



In my area, tigers are virtually unknown or at least I have
never seen one when out riding. Deer, OTOH, may have started
their counterattack and those are just everywhere like roaches:

https://nypost.com/2020/03/06/deer-r...s-to-shoot-it/


Having shot a few "American" deer I tend to think of a 100 lb. white
tail deer as a pretty large critter. I just googled European Red Deer
and they are 350 - 530 lb monsters. :-)
--
cheers,

John B.


Indeed that is monster sized.

US has about 1-1/2 million deer-car crashes/year, about
20,000 in Wisconsin. They have become like roaches with
antlers- they're just everywhere lately. That said, I don't
know of any deer-bicycle crashes so there's that.


I'm going back some years now but I remember reading a Fish and Game
Department article that said that there were more white tail deer in
New Hampshire than there had been in 1623 then the first settlement
was established. The article went on to say that deer are not a forest
animal and that as land was cleared and grazing became more available
the deer population increased.
(and, I'm sure that more modern management probably contributes also
:-)

--
cheers,

John B.


Modern deer here taste better now as they are nearly
completely corn (maize) fed. When I was young, people
traveled a couple of hundred miles north to find deer and
they were a skinnier rougher beast then.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 6:03:21 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/8/2020 7:54 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:16:18 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/7/2020 8:04 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/7/2020 8:24 PM, news18 wrote:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:22:56 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/7/2020 9:32 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/6/2020 8:48 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

I am a bit amazed that all these issues elicit so much
passion. People
_really, really_ want to have a gun that shoots THIS
fast; or has THAT
finish; or accepts THIS round or THAT flash
suppressor... "And the
evil government won't let me buy one!"

The only parallel that readily comes to mind is a
certain subset of
car nuts. "The damn cop said my exhaust is too loud!"
or "They're
trying to tell me my hydraulics aren't legal!" or "I
can see fine out
of my tinted windows!" or "What's wrong with red
headlights anyway??"

At least those guys talk about all that on car
discussion groups.

- Frank Krygowski


As Sir also mentioned, firearms used in crime are
primarily handguns
with significant portions of those stolen/smuggled.
Of course, Sir was talking about Canada. When he talks
about gun crimes
up there, it's a little like people in the U.S. talking
about deaths by
tiger attack.

err, are you aware that there are more tigers in the uSA
than in the
wild?
I didn't know that. But I know that death by tiger attack
is pretty rare
in the U.S. This article suggests there are about two of
those per year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_attack



In my area, tigers are virtually unknown or at least I have
never seen one when out riding. Deer, OTOH, may have started
their counterattack and those are just everywhere like roaches:

https://nypost.com/2020/03/06/deer-r...s-to-shoot-it/


Having shot a few "American" deer I tend to think of a 100 lb. white
tail deer as a pretty large critter. I just googled European Red Deer
and they are 350 - 530 lb monsters. :-)
--
cheers,

John B.


Indeed that is monster sized.

US has about 1-1/2 million deer-car crashes/year, about
20,000 in Wisconsin. They have become like roaches with
antlers- they're just everywhere lately. That said, I don't
know of any deer-bicycle crashes so there's that.


Try Roosevelt Elk. https://www.hcn.org/articles/wildlif...ns-north-coast Those suckers are horse-sized and dumb as rocks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Nziegvyqk They've infested the coast -- maybe not as bad as the Wisconsin state-wide deer infestation, but a real annoyance.

When I was riding yesterday, I encountered a snarling nutria -- basically a beaver with a rat tail. Another invasive species. I took a bead on it with my trembling Webley, but it scrambled off into the brush. I wanted to turn it into a swanky winter helmet cover. https://tinyurl.com/w2rvjrk I wish I could have shot that chicken that chased me last summer. Dinner!

-- Jay Beattie.

On Sun, 08 Mar 2020 21:06:35 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/8/2020 8:55 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 08 Mar 2020 20:03:20 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/8/2020 7:54 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:16:18 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/7/2020 8:04 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/7/2020 8:24 PM, news18 wrote:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:22:56 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/7/2020 9:32 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/6/2020 8:48 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

I am a bit amazed that all these issues elicit so much
passion. People
_really, really_ want to have a gun that shoots THIS
fast; or has THAT
finish; or accepts THIS round or THAT flash
suppressor... "And the
evil government won't let me buy one!"

The only parallel that readily comes to mind is a
certain subset of
car nuts. "The damn cop said my exhaust is too loud!"
or "They're
trying to tell me my hydraulics aren't legal!" or "I
can see fine out
of my tinted windows!" or "What's wrong with red
headlights anyway??"

At least those guys talk about all that on car
discussion groups.

- Frank Krygowski


As Sir also mentioned, firearms used in crime are
primarily handguns
with significant portions of those stolen/smuggled.
Of course, Sir was talking about Canada. When he talks
about gun crimes
up there, it's a little like people in the U.S. talking
about deaths by
tiger attack.

err, are you aware that there are more tigers in the uSA
than in the
wild?
I didn't know that. But I know that death by tiger attack
is pretty rare
in the U.S. This article suggests there are about two of
those per year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_attack



In my area, tigers are virtually unknown or at least I have
never seen one when out riding. Deer, OTOH, may have started
their counterattack and those are just everywhere like roaches:

https://nypost.com/2020/03/06/deer-r...s-to-shoot-it/


Having shot a few "American" deer I tend to think of a 100 lb. white
tail deer as a pretty large critter. I just googled European Red Deer
and they are 350 - 530 lb monsters. :-)
--
cheers,

John B.


Indeed that is monster sized.

US has about 1-1/2 million deer-car crashes/year, about
20,000 in Wisconsin. They have become like roaches with
antlers- they're just everywhere lately. That said, I don't
know of any deer-bicycle crashes so there's that.


I'm going back some years now but I remember reading a Fish and Game
Department article that said that there were more white tail deer in
New Hampshire than there had been in 1623 then the first settlement
was established. The article went on to say that deer are not a forest
animal and that as land was cleared and grazing became more available
the deer population increased.
(and, I'm sure that more modern management probably contributes also
:-)

--
cheers,

John B.


Modern deer here taste better now as they are nearly
completely corn (maize) fed. When I was young, people
traveled a couple of hundred miles north to find deer and
they were a skinnier rougher beast then.

My father used to shoot a deer every year and we certainly ate them
but the only thing I remember was that deer fat is apparently
different. I remember that eating cold deer meat was almost like
eating something with glue in it. Cold roast beef, cold baked ham,
all went into sandwiches for the lunch box but deer meat was only
eaten hot.
--
cheers,

John B.

On 3/8/2020 9:03 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/8/2020 7:54 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:16:18 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/7/2020 8:04 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/7/2020 8:24 PM, news18 wrote:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:22:56 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/7/2020 9:32 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/6/2020 8:48 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

I am a bit amazed that all these issues elicit so much
passion. People
_really, really_ want to have a gun that shoots THIS
fast; or has THAT
finish; or accepts THIS round or THAT flash
suppressor... "And the
evil government won't let me buy one!"

The only parallel that readily comes to mind is a
certain subset of
car nuts. "The damn cop said my exhaust is too loud!"
or "They're
trying to tell me my hydraulics aren't legal!" or "I
can see fine out
of my tinted windows!" or "What's wrong with red
headlights anyway??"

At least those guys talk about all that on car
discussion groups.

- Frank Krygowski


As Sir also mentioned, firearms used in crime are
primarily handguns
with significant portions of those stolen/smuggled.
Of course, Sir was talking about Canada. When he talks
about gun crimes
up there, it's a little like people in the U.S. talking
about deaths by
tiger attack.

err, are you aware that there are more tigers in theÂ* uSA
than in the
wild?
I didn't know that. But I know that death by tiger attack
is pretty rare
in the U.S. This article suggests there are about two of
those per year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_attack



In my area, tigers are virtually unknown or at least I have
never seen one when out riding. Deer, OTOH, may have started
their counterattack and those are just everywhere like roaches:

https://nypost.com/2020/03/06/deer-r...s-to-shoot-it/



Having shot a few "American" deer I tend to think of a 100 lb. white
tail deer as a pretty large critter. I just googled European Red Deer
and they are 350 - 530 lb monsters. :-)
--
cheers,

John B.


Indeed that is monster sized.

US hasÂ*Â*Â*Â* about 1-1/2 million deer-car crashes/year, about 20,000 in
Wisconsin. They have become like roaches with antlers- they're just
everywhere lately. That said, I don't know of any deer-bicycle crashes
so there's that.

I very nearly provided an example. I've described it before, when a fawn
trotted out in front of me on a fast, wooded, shaded downhill. I had
never braked anywhere near that hard at high speed (something like 30
mph, I think).

I've heard of several incidents of motorcyclists hitting deer. The
white-tailed deer (WTD) have gotten to be excessively common. There are
far, far more of them than when Europeans first came to North America.
And they are causing lots of damage - not only do they damage vehicles,
but they decimate plants and shrubbery in our yard, and have removed
most understory plants in our local forest preserve.

Our preserve has over ten times as many WTD as it can healthily support.
One side effect is wiping out habitat for many bird species.


--
- Frank Krygowski

On Sun, 8 Mar 2020 19:36:27 -0700 (PDT), jbeattie
wrote:

On Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 6:03:21 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/8/2020 7:54 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:16:18 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/7/2020 8:04 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/7/2020 8:24 PM, news18 wrote:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:22:56 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/7/2020 9:32 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/6/2020 8:48 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

I am a bit amazed that all these issues elicit so much
passion. People
_really, really_ want to have a gun that shoots THIS
fast; or has THAT
finish; or accepts THIS round or THAT flash
suppressor... "And the
evil government won't let me buy one!"

The only parallel that readily comes to mind is a
certain subset of
car nuts. "The damn cop said my exhaust is too loud!"
or "They're
trying to tell me my hydraulics aren't legal!" or "I
can see fine out
of my tinted windows!" or "What's wrong with red
headlights anyway??"

At least those guys talk about all that on car
discussion groups.

- Frank Krygowski


As Sir also mentioned, firearms used in crime are
primarily handguns
with significant portions of those stolen/smuggled.
Of course, Sir was talking about Canada. When he talks
about gun crimes
up there, it's a little like people in the U.S. talking
about deaths by
tiger attack.

err, are you aware that there are more tigers in the uSA
than in the
wild?
I didn't know that. But I know that death by tiger attack
is pretty rare
in the U.S. This article suggests there are about two of
those per year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_attack



In my area, tigers are virtually unknown or at least I have
never seen one when out riding. Deer, OTOH, may have started
their counterattack and those are just everywhere like roaches:

https://nypost.com/2020/03/06/deer-r...s-to-shoot-it/


Having shot a few "American" deer I tend to think of a 100 lb. white
tail deer as a pretty large critter. I just googled European Red Deer
and they are 350 - 530 lb monsters. :-)
--
cheers,

John B.


Indeed that is monster sized.

US has about 1-1/2 million deer-car crashes/year, about
20,000 in Wisconsin. They have become like roaches with
antlers- they're just everywhere lately. That said, I don't
know of any deer-bicycle crashes so there's that.


Try Roosevelt Elk. https://www.hcn.org/articles/wildlif...ns-north-coast Those suckers are horse-sized and dumb as rocks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Nziegvyqk They've infested the coast -- maybe not as bad as the Wisconsin state-wide deer infestation, but a real annoyance.

When I was riding yesterday, I encountered a snarling nutria -- basically a beaver with a rat tail. Another invasive species. I took a bead on it with my trembling Webley, but it scrambled off into the brush. I wanted to turn it into a swanky winter helmet cover. https://tinyurl.com/w2rvjrk I wish I could have shot that chicken that chased me last summer. Dinner!

-- Jay Beattie.

You should carry a lance https://tinyurl.com/rvk2t89 a sport for
gentlemen in a time gone by.
--
cheers,

John B.

On Sunday, 8 March 2020 22:36:30 UTC-4, jbeattie wrote:
On Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 6:03:21 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/8/2020 7:54 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:16:18 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/7/2020 8:04 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/7/2020 8:24 PM, news18 wrote:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:22:56 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/7/2020 9:32 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/6/2020 8:48 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

I am a bit amazed that all these issues elicit so much
passion. People
_really, really_ want to have a gun that shoots THIS
fast; or has THAT
finish; or accepts THIS round or THAT flash
suppressor... "And the
evil government won't let me buy one!"

The only parallel that readily comes to mind is a
certain subset of
car nuts. "The damn cop said my exhaust is too loud!"
or "They're
trying to tell me my hydraulics aren't legal!" or "I
can see fine out
of my tinted windows!" or "What's wrong with red
headlights anyway??"

At least those guys talk about all that on car
discussion groups.

- Frank Krygowski


As Sir also mentioned, firearms used in crime are
primarily handguns
with significant portions of those stolen/smuggled.
Of course, Sir was talking about Canada. When he talks
about gun crimes
up there, it's a little like people in the U.S. talking
about deaths by
tiger attack.

err, are you aware that there are more tigers in the uSA
than in the
wild?
I didn't know that. But I know that death by tiger attack
is pretty rare
in the U.S. This article suggests there are about two of
those per year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_attack



In my area, tigers are virtually unknown or at least I have
never seen one when out riding. Deer, OTOH, may have started
their counterattack and those are just everywhere like roaches:

https://nypost.com/2020/03/06/deer-r...s-to-shoot-it/


Having shot a few "American" deer I tend to think of a 100 lb. white
tail deer as a pretty large critter. I just googled European Red Deer
and they are 350 - 530 lb monsters. :-)
--
cheers,

John B.


Indeed that is monster sized.

US has about 1-1/2 million deer-car crashes/year, about
20,000 in Wisconsin. They have become like roaches with
antlers- they're just everywhere lately. That said, I don't
know of any deer-bicycle crashes so there's that.


Try Roosevelt Elk. https://www.hcn.org/articles/wildlif...ns-north-coast Those suckers are horse-sized and dumb as rocks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Nziegvyqk They've infested the coast -- maybe not as bad as the Wisconsin state-wide deer infestation, but a real annoyance.

When I was riding yesterday, I encountered a snarling nutria -- basically a beaver with a rat tail. Another invasive species. I took a bead on it with my trembling Webley, but it scrambled off into the brush. I wanted to turn it into a swanky winter helmet cover. https://tinyurl.com/w2rvjrk I wish I could have shot that chicken that chased me last summer. Dinner!

-- Jay Beattie.

Be very careful shooting or killing chickens lest you meet the Ghost Chickens In The Sky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkdci55adqk

Cheers

On Sunday, 8 March 2020 22:40:01 UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/8/2020 9:03 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/8/2020 7:54 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:16:18 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 3/7/2020 8:04 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/7/2020 8:24 PM, news18 wrote:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:22:56 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 3/7/2020 9:32 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/6/2020 8:48 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

I am a bit amazed that all these issues elicit so much
passion. People
_really, really_ want to have a gun that shoots THIS
fast; or has THAT
finish; or accepts THIS round or THAT flash
suppressor... "And the
evil government won't let me buy one!"

The only parallel that readily comes to mind is a
certain subset of
car nuts. "The damn cop said my exhaust is too loud!"
or "They're
trying to tell me my hydraulics aren't legal!" or "I
can see fine out
of my tinted windows!" or "What's wrong with red
headlights anyway??"

At least those guys talk about all that on car
discussion groups.

- Frank Krygowski


As Sir also mentioned, firearms used in crime are
primarily handguns
with significant portions of those stolen/smuggled.
Of course, Sir was talking about Canada. When he talks
about gun crimes
up there, it's a little like people in the U.S. talking
about deaths by
tiger attack.

err, are you aware that there are more tigers in theÂ* uSA
than in the
wild?
I didn't know that. But I know that death by tiger attack
is pretty rare
in the U.S. This article suggests there are about two of
those per year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_attack



In my area, tigers are virtually unknown or at least I have
never seen one when out riding. Deer, OTOH, may have started
their counterattack and those are just everywhere like roaches:

https://nypost.com/2020/03/06/deer-r...s-to-shoot-it/



Having shot a few "American" deer I tend to think of a 100 lb. white
tail deer as a pretty large critter. I just googled European Red Deer
and they are 350 - 530 lb monsters. :-)
--
cheers,

John B.


Indeed that is monster sized.

US hasÂ*Â*Â*Â* about 1-1/2 million deer-car crashes/year, about 20,000 in
Wisconsin. They have become like roaches with antlers- they're just
everywhere lately. That said, I don't know of any deer-bicycle crashes
so there's that.

I very nearly provided an example. I've described it before, when a fawn
trotted out in front of me on a fast, wooded, shaded downhill. I had
never braked anywhere near that hard at high speed (something like 30
mph, I think).

I've heard of several incidents of motorcyclists hitting deer. The
white-tailed deer (WTD) have gotten to be excessively common. There are
far, far more of them than when Europeans first came to North America.
And they are causing lots of damage - not only do they damage vehicles,
but they decimate plants and shrubbery in our yard, and have removed
most understory plants in our local forest preserve.

Our preserve has over ten times as many WTD as it can healthily support.
One side effect is wiping out habitat for many bird species.


--
- Frank Krygowski

I was riding a rail-trail one time when a deer jumped across the trail right in front of me. If I'd been another second earlier it'd have hit me as it jumped.

Cheers