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https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/yes-eastern-coyotes-are-hybrids-coywolf-not-thing/

pray, tell us more.................

Well, I have never seen a coyote that weighed more than 85 pounds, nor bigger than a lab................hence my opinion.

I did not write WHINE, I used the correct term for a female canine. 🙄

Then it's likely a wolf, not a wolf/coyote cross. When I first saw the video I surely thought wolf (not coyote). And the timing is right for a whine about to whelp.

and it looks like it may be pregnant............

Wolf, or wolf/coyote cross, with an injured tail. I don't think it has mange, the coat looks healthy enough for an end-of-winter coat. It looks to be a fair size, like 60 pounds plus?

Video (not very good quality) showing gobies eating zebra mussels:

"Global warming..."

Still able to use the ice road, Dave?

and when you get that lure snagged do you hire James Cameron and his submersible to retrieve it? 😮

Gotta try some of that, Dave, never seen it before.

Gosling Black Seal? That's good stuff...........

Doctor Doug prescribes robaxacet and rye. (Wiser's Deluxe on ice) And a bite of food to keep the medicine from eating your stomach lining...........

Because it has fat and salt, both of which are TASTY!!!! 😉

What's a two-stroke? 😉

a magnet is your friend. Or of course you can use your bare foot, it will find a hook without fail. Doug

My back hurts just LOOKING at those bundles! 😮 Doug

Brilliant!

WILD turkey legs, never tried domestic ones...............

Interesting to read this today. Somebody else must have looked in the freezer and found last spring's wild turkey in advance of this year's opening day. I found a pair of wild turkey legs, with thighs attached. Usually, I use the legs to make a pho, but I thought, this is really flavourful meat, but tough as nails unless you go low and slow. (For those of you who don't hunt wild turkey, a lot of folks just breast our their birds and discard the legs because they are full of tendons, and if you roast them, you need to cut them with a hacksaw....) ANYWAYS, I cooked the legs off in a slow cooker, then made "pulled" wild turkey legs. Fabulous! Here's the recipe: Doug’s Slow Cooker “Pulled” Wild Turkey Legs Ingredients (all highly approximate): 2 wild turkey legs and thighs 2 cups beef broth ½ can Diet Ginger Ale 1 tbsp of cider vinegar 1 tbsp honey Fennel Rosemary Cinnamon Seasoned salt 6 cardamon seeds 1 medium Vidalia onion, chopped coarsely Place the broth in a cold slow cooker and add all of the remaining ingredients except the legs, and mix well. Lay the legs in the broth mixture, with as much of them as possible in the liquid. Cook on high for 6 to 8 hours. Remove the turkey pieces and allow to cool, then strip the meat away from the bones and tendons, and pull it into bite-sized pieces. Put the meat back into a non-stick pan, add about 2 cups of the slow cooker broth, and a half-bottle of BBQ sauce, and mix thoroughly. Serve on fresh buns, or French fries. The meat is completely tender, moist and flavourful. Serves about 6.

I am sure this is true, but the report noted that there are large infestations of gobies on the SLR muskie spawning grounds - perhaps this is not true of other bodies of water? Wondering, for example, of Lake St Clair...........

Darwin at work..............

I think you hit the nail on the head here. Muskies aren't likely to eat gobies in any significant number, and there are millions of them in the SLR, including large populations (according to the article) on traditional muskie spawning areas. Perch and smallmouth are getting BIG slurping up unlimited goby buffets, but they do not appear to be putting a dent in goby numbers yet. Nevertheless, I am heartened to see that John Casselman figures there will be a way forward. Doug

Brian, is that you doing a cameo as the man narrating that clip? 😁 I see that sign on the wall: WHALE OIL BEEF HOOKED. Say it quickly........... I am GLAD we have a guideline in this province for eating sportfish. I do consult it from time to time, especially if I am fishing a new-to-me area and intend to catch a meal or two. Hmmm, Quinte walleye: mercury, mirex, PCB, insecticides and dioxin, yum yum!!! I am guessing that the MNRF is NOT responsible for advising the public about consumption limits for commercially caught fish, but that's just a guess. Doug