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 Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
[Re: lipjerk]
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09/22/16 03:32 PM
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My vote is mink as well. I've seen them on Arlington, Grapevine and Joe Pool. I've seen a couple of otters around over the years but way more minks.
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Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
[Re: lipjerk]
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09/22/16 03:50 PM
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I have seen otters on Hubbard and on Fork.Ferrets on Hubbard also.Not sure about their range but I think a lot of folks mistake ferrets for mink.Otters are much larger than either.
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Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
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09/22/16 04:16 PM
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JoeFriday
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Wow, and I thought the debate on smallmouth at Roberts was severe. 
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Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
[Re: lipjerk]
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09/22/16 04:35 PM
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nitroslim
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ray hubbard has them believe it or not.
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Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
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09/22/16 04:47 PM
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bronco71
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neighbor shot 2 of the 3 otters that cleaned out his catfish pond, they were so oily buzzards wouldn't touch them for a week.
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Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
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09/22/16 05:27 PM
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I know of a local pond where an otter was inadvertently trapped while attempting beaver control, so yeah there are otter here.
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Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
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09/22/16 06:21 PM
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neighbor shot 2 of the 3 otters that cleaned out his catfish pond, they were so oily buzzards wouldn't touch them for a week. be careful... there are GW's here and otters are protected.... i know first hand. Mammals Classified as Game or Furbearers Wild Game Animals: (as defined in 63.001, Parks and Wildlife Code) License or permit required to take, trap, transport, possess, propagate or sell the animal. Deer, collared peccary (javelina), pronghorn antelope, gray or cat; fox or red squirrels, desert bighorn sheep Wild Fur-Bearing Animals: (as defined in 71.001, Parks and Wildlife Code) License or permit required to take, trap, possess or sell the animal or its pelt. Beaver, ring-tailed cats, otters, opossums, red and gray foxes, badgers, mink, skunks, or civet cats, nutria, raccoons, muskrats, weasels
�Harassment of a law-abiding fisherman is a crime punishable by fine and/or imprisonment,� ~Boyd Kennedy TPWD legal counsel
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Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
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09/22/16 06:29 PM
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bronco71
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neighbor shot 2 of the 3 otters that cleaned out his catfish pond, they were so oily buzzards wouldn't touch them for a week. be careful... there are GW's here and otters are protected.... i know first hand. Mammals Classified as Game or Furbearers Wild Game Animals: (as defined in 63.001, Parks and Wildlife Code) License or permit required to take, trap, transport, possess, propagate or sell the animal. Deer, collared peccary (javelina), pronghorn antelope, gray or cat; fox or red squirrels, desert bighorn sheep Wild Fur-Bearing Animals: (as defined in 71.001, Parks and Wildlife Code) License or permit required to take, trap, possess or sell the animal or its pelt. Beaver, ring-tailed cats, otters, opossums, red and gray foxes, badgers, mink, skunks, or civet cats, nutria, raccoons, muskrats, weasels ...thanks, many years ago and they moved since then.
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Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
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09/22/16 07:13 PM
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fouzman
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neighbor shot 2 of the 3 otters that cleaned out his catfish pond, they were so oily buzzards wouldn't touch them for a week. be careful... there are GW's here and otters are protected.... i know first hand. Mammals Classified as Game or Furbearers Wild Game Animals: (as defined in 63.001, Parks and Wildlife Code) License or permit required to take, trap, transport, possess, propagate or sell the animal. Deer, collared peccary (javelina), pronghorn antelope, gray or cat; fox or red squirrels, desert bighorn sheep Wild Fur-Bearing Animals: (as defined in 71.001, Parks and Wildlife Code) License or permit required to take, trap, possess or sell the animal or its pelt. Beaver, ring-tailed cats, otters, opossums, red and gray foxes, badgers, mink, skunks, or civet cats, nutria, raccoons, muskrats, weasels Not if you have a permit to harvest furbearers in Texas. I guess you killed an otter(s) without the permit and got cited for it? Mink? Nutria? Hybrid?  Some of you must not get out much. Those are, without question, Otters.
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Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
[Re: lipjerk]
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09/22/16 07:24 PM
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Yes, they are obviously otters.
You guys crack me up. Some of you would probably try to tell me that my dog is a goat or a bear.
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Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
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09/22/16 07:25 PM
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fouzman
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Hey, at least it let's us know who NOT to invite hunting.
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
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Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
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09/22/16 10:28 PM
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Definately otters; odd how they all the sightings I have heard of were groups of 3.
Damn things eat 7 to 20 lbs of food/day.....each, mostly fish That's what I noticed, the two adult otters were eating like they hadn't eaten in days. It was like a pack of lions, very violent eating habits. They would just bite the drum anywhere and rip chunks of meat off, I'd guess the drum was around five pounds, and it was dwindled down to bone in no time. I watched them from about ten feet away for five minutes.
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Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
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09/22/16 10:33 PM
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Saw one of those guys in cades on palestine.... He wasnt hungry for frog though lol.
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Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
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09/23/16 01:44 PM
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That's what I was thinking. Saw one at Joe pool tonight looks nothing like a Nutria  I've never seen a Nutria out of the water. There is a pond close by my house that has a big den on it and a couple that swim around at dusk. They make a huge splash to try and scare me. I once was fishing at night and looked down into the water with my head lamp on my head....saw the little face and glowing eyes looking up at me through the green water. That scared the [censored] out of me. Haha. If they make big splashes to try to scare you, you are actually describing beavers, not nutria. Beavers will slap their tail on the water when they are feeling territorial/defensive. It sounds like someone throwing a big rock in the water. Nutria don't do this.
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Re: Sooo I guess we have otters in Roberts...
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09/23/16 01:49 PM
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I wish they would eat all the drum that are abundant after the floods
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