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<blockquote data-quote="PrairieGhost" data-source="post: 165743" data-attributes="member: 704">You would not believe the things like this that people take serious.&nbsp; Back in the 1980's we live trapped near waterfowl nests.&nbsp; As you would expect nest predators included skunks, fox, badger, etc, but it turned out a very important egg predator was the Franklin Ground Squirrel.&nbsp; Carrying one in a live trap a local landowner noticed.&nbsp; Back in the small local town the rumor that I was releasing prairie dogs that would destroy crops for miles around was already reaching a tempest.&nbsp; Then one day as I was out doing aerial photography I noticed a wetland burning on private land.&nbsp; I had no air photos of burning wetlands so we circled it twice taking pictures.&nbsp; The rumor traveled faster than a Cessna 172.&nbsp; By the time I was on the ground people believed I was planting willows by air.&nbsp; The guy doing the burning said he seen willows with no branches like arrows drop from the plane and drive into the ground taking root instantly and sprouting then and there before his eyes.&nbsp; That Kangaroo story was funny, but I can see locals in Wyoming going off the deep end. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I spoke too soon in the thread about the camera in the end of a bullet and ruined a funny story.&nbsp; I think the jig was up on this one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PrairieGhost, post: 165743, member: 704"] You would not believe the things like this that people take serious. Back in the 1980's we live trapped near waterfowl nests. As you would expect nest predators included skunks, fox, badger, etc, but it turned out a very important egg predator was the Franklin Ground Squirrel. Carrying one in a live trap a local landowner noticed. Back in the small local town the rumor that I was releasing prairie dogs that would destroy crops for miles around was already reaching a tempest. Then one day as I was out doing aerial photography I noticed a wetland burning on private land. I had no air photos of burning wetlands so we circled it twice taking pictures. The rumor traveled faster than a Cessna 172. By the time I was on the ground people believed I was planting willows by air. The guy doing the burning said he seen willows with no branches like arrows drop from the plane and drive into the ground taking root instantly and sprouting then and there before his eyes. That Kangaroo story was funny, but I can see locals in Wyoming going off the deep end. :) I spoke too soon in the thread about the camera in the end of a bullet and ruined a funny story. I think the jig was up on this one. [/QUOTE]

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