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Ben Schill
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Ben Schill
12 years ago

Another calendar shot…!

Ben Schill
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Ben Schill
12 years ago

Another calendar shot…!

Uti
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Uti
12 years ago

Those guys must be pretty happy there are so many vegetarians around here. Some folks might look at that photograph and be thinking rack of venison and a perfectly roasted wild turkey for the coming holidays.

Uti
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Uti
12 years ago

Those guys must be pretty happy there are so many vegetarians around here. Some folks might look at that photograph and be thinking rack of venison and a perfectly roasted wild turkey for the coming holidays.

K at the bookstore
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K at the bookstore
12 years ago

Beautiful photograph (and as a vegetarian, I look with innocent eyes. Well, innocent of that sort of hunger).

Black Flag
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Black Flag
12 years ago

You should stage a pic called Tofu Massacre with a couple pale hippies passed out next to tofu wrappers and crushed cartons of soy milk. One hippie could be face down in a half eaten squash or something like that.
It’s always sweet to see how the other half live!

Cheers!

scottflowers
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12 years ago
Reply to  Black Flag

I am reminded of the classic ‘The Far Side’ cartoon by Gary Larson, Stalking the Wild Tofudebeast.

http://media.photobucket.com/image/tofudebeast/slothgoth/tofudebeest.jpg

Black Flag
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Black Flag
12 years ago

You should stage a pic called Tofu Massacre with a couple pale hippies passed out next to tofu wrappers and crushed cartons of soy milk. One hippie could be face down in a half eaten squash or something like that.
It’s always sweet to see how the other half live!

Cheers!

scottflowers
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12 years ago
Reply to  Black Flag

I am reminded of the classic ‘The Far Side’ cartoon by Gary Larson, Stalking the Wild Tofudebeast.

http://media.photobucket.com/image/tofudebeast/slothgoth/tofudebeest.jpg

Forest Queen
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12 years ago

Abundance! Exactly. Mother Earth provides, otherwise we couldn’t exist. I’m not referring to animals as food. Animals are not here for us to eat, wear, experiment on or to entertain us. I’ve read that it takes 18 mths. to ‘taper down’ to eating as we should, vegetarian. That the chicken’s eggs are their gift to us, so that we don’t eat them. Or, at least, as we take from the animal kindom, as a means of sustaining our life, to extend sorrow & gratitude to that animal. Prayer/meditation around mealtime. IFF we beLIEve the programmed protein myth, then we have ‘bought a lie.’ Our livers stopped producing protein due to our over-consumption of meat.

Ernie's Place
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12 years ago
Reply to  Forest Queen

The American Indian feel differently than you. They accept the food from the land, and the food from the water as natures gift to them. Vegans don’t believe in holding a chicken captive to lay you an egg. Same with milk, they feel that it is wrong to enslave an animal to provide you with food.

Myself? I eat everything and I’m grateful for the abundance. Just like the Indian, I revere the lives that I take to provide me food. I believe that is natures way.

Forest Queen
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12 years ago
Reply to  Ernie's Place

Ernie,
I’m in agreement w/you. We’re both basically saying the same thing. I’ve had chickens around most of my life. I don’t feel that I’m holding them captive. They are free to roam the land, and I provide a safe place for them to roost at night. I have no insect problems! Yes, Nature/Mother Earth provides in abundance -gifts. A ‘gift’ infers giving thanks in return. Cow milk is for calves. Now, coconut milk is another subject… and yummy!

Forest Queen
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12 years ago

Abundance! Exactly. Mother Earth provides, otherwise we couldn’t exist. I’m not referring to animals as food. Animals are not here for us to eat, wear, experiment on or to entertain us. I’ve read that it takes 18 mths. to ‘taper down’ to eating as we should, vegetarian. That the chicken’s eggs are their gift to us, so that we don’t eat them. Or, at least, as we take from the animal kindom, as a means of sustaining our life, to extend sorrow & gratitude to that animal. Prayer/meditation around mealtime. IFF we beLIEve the programmed protein myth, then we have ‘bought a lie.’ Our livers stopped producing protein due to our over-consumption of meat.

Ernie's Place
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12 years ago
Reply to  Forest Queen

The American Indian feel differently than you. They accept the food from the land, and the food from the water as natures gift to them. Vegans don’t believe in holding a chicken captive to lay you an egg. Same with milk, they feel that it is wrong to enslave an animal to provide you with food.

Myself? I eat everything and I’m grateful for the abundance. Just like the Indian, I revere the lives that I take to provide me food. I believe that is natures way.

Forest Queen
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12 years ago
Reply to  Ernie's Place

Ernie,
I’m in agreement w/you. We’re both basically saying the same thing. I’ve had chickens around most of my life. I don’t feel that I’m holding them captive. They are free to roam the land, and I provide a safe place for them to roost at night. I have no insect problems! Yes, Nature/Mother Earth provides in abundance -gifts. A ‘gift’ infers giving thanks in return. Cow milk is for calves. Now, coconut milk is another subject… and yummy!

Iluvhumboldt
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Iluvhumboldt
12 years ago

Beautiful….

Iluvhumboldt
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Iluvhumboldt
12 years ago

Beautiful….

pot math
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pot math
12 years ago

Deer overpopulation = compete with other wildlife
PZP = quick solution

Forest Queen
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12 years ago
Reply to  pot math

Pot Math,
PZP? I don’t care to know what that acronym is. Humankind would soon figure out that if we stopped inflicting our narrow-minded perspective on Nature, and forcing our environ mental attitude on all Life forms, that Nature is more than capable of balancing itself. We are Nature.

pot math
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pot math
12 years ago
Reply to  Forest Queen

PZP = control deer near humans
Control deer away from humans = .30-06

pot math
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pot math
12 years ago
Reply to  Forest Queen

Reason for overpopulation = game commission run by hunters. Hunters want more deer, less predators.

pot math
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pot math
12 years ago

Deer overpopulation = compete with other wildlife
PZP = quick solution

Forest Queen
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12 years ago
Reply to  pot math

Pot Math,
PZP? I don’t care to know what that acronym is. Humankind would soon figure out that if we stopped inflicting our narrow-minded perspective on Nature, and forcing our environ mental attitude on all Life forms, that Nature is more than capable of balancing itself. We are Nature.

pot math
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pot math
12 years ago
Reply to  Forest Queen

PZP = control deer near humans
Control deer away from humans = .30-06

pot math
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pot math
12 years ago
Reply to  Forest Queen

Reason for overpopulation = game commission run by hunters. Hunters want more deer, less predators.

SoHumBorn
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SoHumBorn
12 years ago

I love this place.

SoHumBorn
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SoHumBorn
12 years ago

I love this place.

Aces Over Eights
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Aces Over Eights
12 years ago

If you have some time check out the USGS ‘s website and look under “botulism” of birds or waterfowl. I am wondering if 200 Mallard and Northern Shoveler Ducks being infected with botulism in Lane County, Oregon for 2011 is average for any given year. 600 ducks in Contra Costa County as well. The West Coast numbers seem a bit high overall. I think it’s doubtful that they survive once infected due to paralyzation. What’s causing all the botulism this year anyway? Plus there are warnings about brain wasting syndrome in deer and procedures for avoiding transporting it across state lines on your hunt posted on the US Fish and Game website.

http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/mortality_events/ongoing.jsp

Forest Queen
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12 years ago

Monsanto. AND not enough marijuana (bird) seed.

Aces Over Eights
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Aces Over Eights
12 years ago

If you have some time check out the USGS ‘s website and look under “botulism” of birds or waterfowl. I am wondering if 200 Mallard and Northern Shoveler Ducks being infected with botulism in Lane County, Oregon for 2011 is average for any given year. 600 ducks in Contra Costa County as well. The West Coast numbers seem a bit high overall. I think it’s doubtful that they survive once infected due to paralyzation. What’s causing all the botulism this year anyway? Plus there are warnings about brain wasting syndrome in deer and procedures for avoiding transporting it across state lines on your hunt posted on the US Fish and Game website.

http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/mortality_events/ongoing.jsp

Forest Queen
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12 years ago

Monsanto. AND not enough marijuana (bird) seed.