Registered: Aug 2000
Location: the heart of an awl
Posts: 3691

just got off the phone with my brother.

Him: yeah, todd got an elk last night.
Me: Cool. where at?
Him: Little Pine.
Me: What with?
Him: His bow.
Me: Cow or bull?
Him: A bull.
Me: sweet, a bull with a bow, nice. How big was the rack?
Him: 4x5.
Me: Awesome. That's pretty nice, and with a bow, too.
Him: Well... you haven't heard the rest of the story.
Me: oh boy.
Him: well, scott was out riding snowcats yesterday and he hit the elk and broke it's legs.
Me: oh no.
Him: He got scared and didn't know what to do, so he called todd to see if he filled his tag yet.
Me: (laughing uncontrollably) oh jesus
Me: was it dead?
Him: no, he had to shoot it to kill it.
Me: that's a little less impressive than i first thought.

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: library
Posts: 19562

We've got a bull moose hanging around in the park downtown.

-m

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location:
Posts: 5526

I know someone who orgles

*cries for the poor wee little moose*

What do mooses taste like???

Does your brother have an extra freezer for the moose parts?

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On a non-related note (my nouveau alpaca fetish):

Alpaca FAQ:
What is their temperament like, do they spit or make noise?

Alpacas have been domesticated for centuries. They are herd oriented and tend to be aloof with strangers. With their owners they become affectionate and due to their natural curiosity and intelligence they tend to follow their owners about the farm watching people and inspecting everything. They rarely spit, unlike the llama, only when exceptionally stressed and even then generally not at humans. Amongst themselves they are gentle and quiet. They do not bite, nor butt, they are not kickers and never charge. They communicate primarily through body language but they also make a soft, low humming sound. Mothers may cluck to their babies. There is an alarm cry and a the males will make a very unusual sound called orgling when they are breeding. The "orgling" sound must be herd to be believed, it is sort of an excited/macho/self satisfied/yummy sound. It is worth the trip to the farm just to hear it.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Sydney
Posts: 2570

I patted some alpacas once.
They were the big hobby farm thing here a while ago.
Their hair is unbelievably soft and yummy.
But most of them have shocking tempers and like to have a swipe at you with their very BIG teeth.
I don't really see a future for them in the alpaca around the house type of way.

PS I wasn't all that impressed by the moose killing.

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Boston
Posts: 6562

My friend was telling me once of some guy he met. The man had a bigass truck with a broken off plow hitch. The way the hitch had broken off left two spike-ish objects protruding from the front of the truck. He had a name for this truck: the deer spear. Apparently he was driving along the road one day when a deer ran out in front of him and he hit it... and the "spears" stuck into the deer. The deer was dead and stuck on the front of his truck. Yes, this man was proud to own the deer spear.

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