EDDIE B 3,168 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 I have hunted ,shot,snared,Lamped,dug,and trapped the immediate ground around this village for many years and have never seen signs of otter on it ....then the night of the worst floods in living memory while coming back from lamping I find on dead on the road at 2am is why I conclude the floods had caused this .....with the utter devastation and sheer magnitude of water I doubt there were many creatures worried about who's territory they were on that night but we're just concerned about getting away from it and surviving . No this otter would not of been staying on this burn there would be no food source what so ever it is just drainage from arable land . I can guarentee you that on the hill where there are hundreds of small burns running into the main river they travel up them at night hunting then will dop back down the main river early morning to holt up Spot on that statement! Around here they don't behave like that. Obviously different terrain means different behaviour. I've learnt a hell of a lot about them from the trail cams. I've seen an otter negotiate a little stream that runs through miles of built up industrial area, complete with old shopping trolleys and burnt out cars, travelling for three miles , at least, to get to a fishery. And no one ever seems to see them. They're an amazing, elusive mammal. I've taken a few photos of them, but they're very hard to get near enough for a decent photo...I would love to see any photos that anyones taken? JD, I think it's a bit of both! No doubt Otter will travel from place to place for better feedind opportunities, and also move during flooding! They can turn up in the strangest of places for no apparent reason, and I've seen some killed on roads far from any waterway, in the kindest of weather conditions! I've also come across a few Otter over the years which seemed fearless of human's! Following anglers, playing, hunting, and feeding close to people without a care, or sense of danger! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 10,209 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 There was a reason our fore fathers were hunting them, as there was a reason that they hunted other predator pests, and not the reason the antis think, that they were just blood thirsty. They wipe ponds, lakes and rivers of fish life 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,763 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 This weather really is as bad as I've ever seen it the river came up +\- 12ft again today and the easterly winds have caused a lot of damage ....just back from lamping and picked this up in the thermal nv ...we see lots of timberdicks in the stubble at this time of year but new it wasn't that .....this was about 4 miles inland ....it seems to be ok and my wive has fed it some mashed up sea trout through a siringe...lets see if anyone know what it is 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,763 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Weldone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Do I get a prize? Lol How about an empty box with foam and little auk shite?..?? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,763 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Do I get a prize? Lol How about an empty box with foam and little auk shite?.. He's no getting that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,608 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 This weather really is as bad as I've ever seen it the river came up +\- 12ft again today and the easterly winds have caused a lot of damage ....just back from lamping and picked this up in the thermal nv ...we see lots of timberdicks in the stubble at this time of year but new it wasn't that .....this was about 4 miles inland ....it seems to be ok and my wive has fed it some mashed up sea trout through a siringe...lets see if anyone know what it isimage.jpeg image.jpeg Nice find Mik, if the little fella snuffs it let me know. My taxidermist mate would love to get his hands on it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,763 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 If the little fella snuffs it my mates ferrets would love some seafood ..lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDHUNTING 1,817 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Ive seen mink fifty yards from a family of otters on a scottish island, neither seemed bothered about the other and could definately see each other. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
buckshot 53 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 This weather really is as bad as I've ever seen it the river came up +\- 12ft again today and the easterly winds have caused a lot of damage ....just back from lamping and picked this up in the thermal nv ...we see lots of timberdicks in the stubble at this time of year but new it wasn't that .....this was about 4 miles inland ....it seems to be ok and my wive has fed it some mashed up sea trout through a siringe...lets see if anyone know what it isimage.jpeg image.jpeg get a lot down the east coast with these strong eastlys blowing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
treecreeper 1,136 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) I have hunted ,shot,snared,Lamped,dug,and trapped the immediate ground around this village for many years and have never seen signs of otter on it ....then the night of the worst floods in living memory while coming back from lamping I find on dead on the road at 2am is why I conclude the floods had caused this .....with the utter devastation and sheer magnitude of water I doubt there were many creatures worried about who's territory they were on that night but we're just concerned about getting away from it and surviving . No this otter would not of been staying on this burn there would be no food source what so ever it is just drainage from arable land . I can guarentee you that on the hill where there are hundreds of small burns running into the main river they travel up them at night hunting then will dop back down the main river early morning to holt up Spot on that statement! Around here they don't behave like that. Obviously different terrain means different behaviour. I've learnt a hell of a lot about them from the trail cams. I've seen an otter negotiate a little stream that runs through miles of built up industrial area, complete with old shopping trolleys and burnt out cars, travelling for three miles , at least, to get to a fishery. And no one ever seems to see them. They're an amazing, elusive mammal. I've taken a few photos of them, but they're very hard to get near enough for a decent photo...I would love to see any photos that anyones taken? I videoed one on my phone, managed to get within about 6ft, the wild ones you hardly ever see just the carnage they leave, this thing popped up in the water and was barking at me bold as brass. Edited January 5, 2016 by treecreeper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 10,209 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Not my pic jd just off the net, but I like it, who has who? Haha atb ATimage.jpgid chuck bricks at that to save the pike lolol, I'd rather keep the pike than the otters Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,608 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 If the little fella snuffs it my mates ferrets would love some seafood ..lol Dont do it Mik .........seriously pm me if it doesnt make it and the little guy can live forever Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,392 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3179859/Anglers-call-clampdown-otters-Big-Lady-one-Britain-s-biggest-best-known-freshwater-fish-killed.html Edited January 5, 2016 by kanny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
3175darren 1,102 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3179859/Anglers-call-clampdown-otters-Big-Lady-one-Britain-s-biggest-best-known-freshwater-fish-killed.htmlits funny how the article says a marauding otter B******s it's a normal otter acting normally, that's what they do for a living, notice I said THEY, as in them all, do good brigade will try and pass it off as one rogue animal, Edited January 5, 2016 by 3175darren 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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