Got some good surveying in yesterday, covering an area of about 72 square miles retracing E.A. Giraud's survey of the H&GN RR Co.'s Block 13. In previous visits last week I found a severely corroded 1/2 inch reinforcing bar in a farm road intersection near the northwest corner of section 145. The tip was corroded down to a sharp point, so before recovering it, I flattened the point so it would be less likely to puncture a tire in the event that the gravel (dirt) washed or blew out of the hole. A lot of the roads and land in this area are very dusty (like cake flour) right now.
I was very surprised on revisiting the corner yesterday to see that someone had dug up the corner again and left it exposed. I started looking at the tracks in the dirt and the way the soil had been removed and I have no doubt that it was a canine responsible for the uncovering. I did handle the point and I can only assume that whatever smell I left on the monument attracted attention. The nearest farmhouse is 2 miles away and I am pretty sure that this was the work of a coyote. To add insult to injury, he defecated next to the corner. The scat looked to be loaded with rabbit fur, so I'm leaning toward coyote. "I see your corner and I poop on it". Not sure if he was editorializing or marking his territory. If he could of found the corner without me having touched it first, well that'd be a coyote worth having. Fetch!
I have several pictures but it dawns on me that I left my camera cord at home, so no downloading today.
>If he could of found the corner without me having touched it first, well that'd be a coyote worth having. Fetch!
As soon as I can successfully breed the Schonstedt Setter I'll be financially set for retirement.
If you flagged the iron rod, then he smelled the flagging and was after the flagging. I've had the same thing happen with wild hogs and deer.
The long tail creates unnecessary radio interference. Try a shorter tail!;-)
No flagging.
I did notice that the plastic rebar caps in a nearby 2 year old rural subdivision (eBay ranchettes IMHO) looked like something had been gnawing on them. I didn't think that plastic was edible. Another reason I prefer aluminum caps.
Arctic fox do the same thing. I've left the stake bag out and they would come and mark it, either in liquid form or solid.
-JD-
Well Andy, if it wasn't flagging, then maybe you need to wash your hands a little more often...(just kidding of course)
Had a bear leave a load on a traverse hub, back in the woods once.
One winter, in Nebraska, we were laying out a small subdivision. We had to kick out about a foot of snow and just set redheads until we checked in. We came back the next day to set the pins and a covey of quail, about 5 or 6, was in one of the spots we kicked out.
Dugger
Mack,
Nice looking GSP
Jeff, I'm trying to remember if I had eaten breakfast that morning. Perhaps some chorizo and egg burrito drippings on my hand attracted his attention. And what, wiping your hands on your jeans is not good enough?
There is no good message to share when you arrive at your last hub from yesterday and it is covered by 2 sf ft of steaming cow pattie.
Then there are days when a squirrel has pulled the 60d nail for you, luckily you can find your digout and hole.
It is worse when all there is left if a hog wallow.
Field mice, barn rats and squirrel are all likely guilty of chewing on plastic caps.
Fresh digging to a coyote means there is something down there to dig up and somebody made it easier digging.
Probably is, but I guess that depends on how clean your jeans are...
thanks!