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tcknight Super Member
Joined: Oct 09, 2009 Posts: 327 Location: Arkansas
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:17 pm Post subject: Don't call my Antelope a Goat! |
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I first posted this in another topic but it fits better here:
Seems some of you guys liked my colloquial name for deer (pine goats). I can’t take credit for that; it originated with Bruce Leopold, my Wildlife Ecology instructor at Mississippi State University. However, we have plenty more where that came from. In Mississippi, nothing is known by a common name. Here are a few more:
Squirrel: “Tree rats”. We have both red and grey squirrels but no one calls them that. When squirrel hunting in Mississippi you hunt either “cat squirrels” (grey) or “fox squirrels” (red). Our fox squirrels have a black phase in the Mississippi Delta and are known simply as swamp squirrels. But, all of 'em are "tree rats".
Rabbits: We hunt two subspecies here. Hill rabbits (cotton tail) and swampers (don’t even know the real name for these). Swampers are much larger than cottontails and will take a pack of beagles on a circuitous route similar to a deer, with the dogs going in and out of hearing distance. I once had a swamper to swim a creek twice then go back in to it. I finally found him with only his nose sticking out of the water in a log jam. The dogs were stumped. I called them in and let him go. No sense in killing something smarter than your average beagle.
Quail: "Birds". If you are a southern quail hunter you are simply known as a “bird hunter”. All the other things that fly are something else that doesn’t even deserve a name. If a man tells you he is going “bird hunting” and you have to ask what kind of bird, you must be a Yankee. All normal people KNOW what “bird hunting” is. While bird hunting, if ANY other bird is seen, it is a “dickey bird”. Used in a sentence such: “Dad blasted worthless hound is pointing “dickey birds”. Shoot him!”. Such worthless hound is usually a $5,000 high bred liver spotted pointer.
Raccoon: ‘Coon. Rarely used this way except in conjunction with another word. A dog used to tree ‘coons is a “coon-hound”. Invariably a large one is called a “boar-coon” and a small one is called a “sow-coon” (regardless of sex). You will go “a-coon-huntin” in the “coon-woods”. You will receive instant permission from small farmers who try to grow sweet corn because of his/her hatred of “thieving-coons”.
Turkey: “Field chickens”. Enough said.
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gelandangan Super Member
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tcknight Super Member
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject: Re: Don't call my Antelope a Goat! |
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Make it a "Red Rock Wide Horned Stinkpala"
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Vince Site Admin
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:03 am Post subject: Re: Don't call my Antelope a Goat! |
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gelandangan wrote: |
Make it a "Red Rock Wide Horned Stinkpala" |
I reckon that has hit it on the head perfectly Gelan.
Cheers ,Vince
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:03 am Post subject: Re: Don't call my Antelope a Goat! |
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That would do it for now Vince
Maybe after a few beer I may be able to came up with a better name for it.
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:05 am Post subject: Re: Don't call my Antelope a Goat! |
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Woops.. thick finger syndrome..
definitely need more beer.
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Dimitri Super Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:19 am Post subject: Re: Don't call my Antelope a Goat! |
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tcknight wrote: |
Rabbits: We hunt two subspecies here. Hill rabbits (cotton tail) and swampers (don’t even know the real name for these). Swampers are much larger than cottontails and will take a pack of beagles on a circuitous route similar to a deer, with the dogs going in and out of hearing distance. |
Maybe your talking about Jacks?
Dimitri
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stovepipe Super Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:17 pm Post subject: Re: Don't call my Antelope a Goat! |
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Jack's = Jack Rabbit.
Bunny's = cotton tail.
Birds/lil' chicken's, runner's = quail/chukar.
Rooster's = Phesants.
Forrest Rat's = Deer.
Honker's, Quacker's, Hog's = obvious.
Rattler's = *BOOM* dead snake (the good kind).
Ladder = the thing Weirsy's freezing to death on the top rung of right now.
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tcknight Super Member
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: Don't call my Antelope a Goat! |
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stovepipe wrote: |
Jack's = Jack Rabbit.
Bunny's = cotton tail.
Birds/lil' chicken's, runner's = quail/chukar.
Rooster's = Phesants.
Forrest Rat's = Deer.
Honker's, Quacker's, Hog's = obvious.
Rattler's = *BOOM* dead snake (the good kind).
Ladder = the thing Weirsy's freezing to death on the top rung of right now. |
I forgot one:
Rattle-moccasin: any unseen snake such as in: "Watch out for the rattle-moccasins down in the swamp".
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tcknight Super Member
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stovepipe Super Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:14 am Post subject: Re: Don't call my Antelope a Goat! |
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Does it have a black label and come in 90 proof?
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DallanC Site Admin
Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3571 Location: Utah
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:43 am Post subject: Re: Don't call my Antelope a Goat! |
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We have 4 kinds of rabbits here in Utah.
Jack Rabbits (picture shown above)
Cottontails,
Snowshoe Hares
and Pygmy rabbits named Picas (cute little buggers)
-DallanC
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Dimitri Super Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 12:21 pm Post subject: Re: Don't call my Antelope a Goat! |
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stovepipe wrote: |
Does it have a black label and come in 90 proof? |
Sadly no, but it does taste good when left over night in a bowl of the black label before cooking.
Dimitri
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