These damn things bite...

4thIDvet · 03-13-2012, 11:12 AM

Oh look at the nice bird.. They walk rite up too you..
"Honey, give the nice bird a piece of your fish sandwich, I will take a picture."
Whoops. Hospital, stitches..
Vicious little dump duck S.O.B.ss

Sanders · 03-13-2012, 11:23 AM

When I used to spend time down in old Mexico at Cholla Bay, they'd come flying over every so often to check on us.

Called them the Mexican Air Force.

Rew · 03-13-2012, 01:52 PM

Darn right right they bite. Grew half way up on Tampa bay a third close to the gulf coast and New Port Richy the rest of the way in the Army. Figured I'd never see another pelican when I retired here. But I'll be darned if we don't have fresh water pelicans at 11 mile reservoir. They are just as big and just as darn mean. They figure the fish there are theirs and theirs alone.

10 Bears · 03-13-2012, 01:58 PM

We have 'em migrate to this area every Spring.
White ones.
They gather at a certain area every year.
I'll try to remember to take my camera this year.
Get a pic of about a hundred of them gathered.

aviator · 03-13-2012, 02:43 PM

They are not afraid of people when hungry. I hooked one up one time while casting, had to reel him up and some guy with a net held him down while I pulled the hook off his wing, that bird was pissed to say the least, but he should have never gone after my bait.

4thIDvet · 03-13-2012, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by aviator

They are not afraid of people when hungry. I hooked one up one time while casting, had to reel him up and some guy with a net held him down while I pulled the hook off his wing, that bird was pissed to say the least, but he should have never gone after my bait.

Is it illegal too snap their necks here in Florida aviator?
I don't want too get in trouble?????

Eightball · 03-13-2012, 03:26 PM

Hmmm... Wonder if they taste like chicken?

10 Bears · 03-13-2012, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Eightball

Hmmm... Wonder if they taste like chicken?

Yep, just dip your chicken in fish oil and you have pelican!

aviator · 03-13-2012, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 4thIDvet

Is it illegal too snap their necks here in Florida aviator?
I don't want too get in trouble?????

I don't know, I guess like everything else in Florida, they are protected.

pfalz2 · 03-13-2012, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by aviator

I don't know, I guess like everything else in Florida, they are protected.

All of the various types of pelicans are protected.

Rew · 03-13-2012, 08:39 PM

No, they don't taste like chicken neither do sea gulls. No, I am not going to tell you how I know.

Railbuggy · 03-14-2012, 07:22 AM

Do they eat Alka selzer?

03-13-2012, 11:12 AM	#1
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,454	These damn things bite... Oh look at the nice bird.. They walk rite up too you.. "Honey, give the nice bird a piece of your fish sandwich, I will take a picture." Whoops. Hospital, stitches.. Vicious little dump duck S.O.B.ss __________________ God Bless Americas Veterans. All who are serving and have served.

03-13-2012, 11:23 AM	#2
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,512	When I used to spend time down in old Mexico at Cholla Bay, they'd come flying over every so often to check on us. Called them the Mexican Air Force. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

03-13-2012, 02:43 PM	#5
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,455	They are not afraid of people when hungry. I hooked one up one time while casting, had to reel him up and some guy with a net held him down while I pulled the hook off his wing, that bird was pissed to say the least, but he should have never gone after my bait. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

03-14-2012, 07:22 AM	#12
Railbuggy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Taylor Creek,Ohio Posts: 7,279	Do they eat Alka selzer? __________________ Im not a wannabe,Im a has-been. We already lost the war. You are the resistance.

03-13-2012, 01:52 PM	#3
Rew Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 9,710	Darn right right they bite. Grew half way up on Tampa bay a third close to the gulf coast and New Port Richy the rest of the way in the Army. Figured I'd never see another pelican when I retired here. But I'll be darned if we don't have fresh water pelicans at 11 mile reservoir. They are just as big and just as darn mean. They figure the fish there are theirs and theirs alone.

03-13-2012, 01:58 PM	#4
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	We have 'em migrate to this area every Spring. White ones. They gather at a certain area every year. I'll try to remember to take my camera this year. Get a pic of about a hundred of them gathered.

03-13-2012, 03:26 PM	#7
Eightball Proud WECSOG graduate Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Louisiana Posts: 3,601	Hmmm... Wonder if they taste like chicken?

03-13-2012, 08:39 PM	#11
Rew Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 9,710	No, they don't taste like chicken neither do sea gulls. No, I am not going to tell you how I know.