Porcupine for Pat.

pitw · January 25, 2010, 10:43:21 PM

coyote101 · January 25, 2010, 10:52:42 PM

Cool pictures.

Thanks Barry.

Pat

KySongDog · January 26, 2010, 04:12:27 AM

I heard people eat those things.

Nice pics.

HaMeR · January 26, 2010, 07:01:32 AM

Those are cool pics Barry. I don't know anything about porkys & I really didn't know they climb. Thanks for sharing.

Maybe that's where it landed when you pulled it out of your butt on that coyote stand tho.

pitw · January 26, 2010, 07:37:58 AM

People can and do eat them things and it's one of the reasons they are protected, they are an available food source to a lost or starving person.
They are great climbers and one of the reasons they get shot is their love of bark. They will kill a shelterbelt or orchard trees if allowed too.
I think they are a neat animal and they always fascinate me. Funny how people are scared of them cause there is not any documentation of an enraged porcupine attacking anything.

Hawks Feather · January 26, 2010, 07:40:51 AM

Quote from: pitw on January 26, 2010, 07:37:58 AM
there is not any documentation of an enraged porcupine attacking anything.

Except for the shelter belt or orchard trees.

Jerry

slagmaker · January 26, 2010, 08:05:28 AM

Is the tree he's in one of them diamond willows you were talking about?

pitw · January 26, 2010, 08:18:55 AM

Quote from: slagmaker on January 26, 2010, 08:05:28 AM
Is the tree he's in one of them diamond willows you were talking about?

Yes sir.

Silencer · January 26, 2010, 04:33:53 PM

they also eat rubber ie : tires, cabin walls, etc etc etc.. they're proctected here as well. Petted one before when my uncle was alive.

FinsnFur · January 26, 2010, 04:50:41 PM

cabin walls
ROFLMAO :roflmao:

JohnP · January 27, 2010, 11:54:18 AM

Not protected here, we need to save what little trees we have! Excellent source of food in a survival situation.