Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[Glitch]

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@Glitch is on lunch break

Hey. A man has to eat, right?

 

[Orange_Crush]

I lived and worked in Yellowstone, the Park. Yellowstone Lake Lodge had a resident grizzly. When micturating after imbibing fermented yeast and sugar after dusk, one would dodge Bison to arrive at one's accomodations. We prob all should have carried firearms, if it werent illegal.

Plenty of days where I stood alone, pocket knife only waist deep in the Yellowstone or lake, Firehole, Madison or Gallatin with Bison, Eagles, Elk, Deer walking/flying right by me.

Was only scared one time going on a run from Lake to Canyon. Ran up on a Bison. They run 45 mph. Id have been killed. Not sure a pistol wouldve done me any good there.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I lived and worked in Yellowstone, the Park. Yellowstone Lake Lodge had a resident grizzly. When micturating after imbibing fermented yeast and sugar after dusk, one would dodge Bison to arrive at one's accomodations. We prob all should have carried firearms, if it werent illegal.

Plenty of days where I stood alone, pocket knife only waist deep in the Yellowstone or lake, Firehole, Madison or Gallatin with Bison, Eagles, Elk, Deer walking/flying right by me.

Was only scared one time going on a run from Lake to Canyon. Ran up on a Bison. They run 45 mph. Id have been killed. Not sure a pistol wouldve done me any good there.

I get the heebie jeebies everytime I walk trails in GT-YNP. I know I am in their house and I make as much racket as possible.

I love it, but I know the dangers and I have never and will never brush it off.

 

[SoilVol]

You will need to explain this further as I did not pay attention in high school biology apparently. You are saying that there is no game in the park because of old growth trees? And we need to clear cut to create habitat for...what exactly?

Wildlife like bear, deer, turkey, grouse, etc need a variety of habitat types, transition zones, and early successional habitat. Much of the Smokies is contiguous old growth that doesn't provide that. That's why the wildlife is concentrated around places like Cades Cove, the trails, and the edge of the park. I don't have the link currently but they did some tracking collar studies on bears at one point and the same bears getting into trash in North Carolina were getting into trash in Gatlinburg and they traveled along road corridors and hiking trails. Never passing through the center of the forest. Other surveys have observed similar things. Additionally think of elk. Elk are actually grazers and thats why the do so well at Big South Fork where they have a lot more meadows and pasture.

Clear cutting isn't necessarily the answer, but its actually helpful in some instances and simulates natural setbacks like fire, tornadoes, etc that may take out a section of forest. What comes up is highly nutritious browse, soft mass food like berries, cover for bedding or egg laying, etc. A mosaic of habitat types is the most wildlife friendly option for forests. You need patches of old growth for some species. Patches of mid-tier forest. Patches of open ground. Etc. It looks like a total mess to humans, but its best for wildlife. The fire that hit the Smokies in 2016 was actually great for the park from a biologic point of view. We even have pine species up there that require fire for their cones to open.

Ruffed Grouse Society has been advocating logging operations where they take out 5-10 acre patches in the mountains and leave the debris. It provides a ton of habitat for everything from small game to bear and deer.

Tennessee used to be a mosaic. It had old growth with open understories, oak savannahs, prairie grasslands, oak-hickory forest, cedar glades, etc etc.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Wildlife like bear, deer, turkey, grouse, etc need a variety of habitat types, transition zones, and early successional habitat. Much of the Smokies is contiguous old growth that doesn't provide that. That's why the wildlife is concentrated around places like Cades Cove, the trails, and the edge of the park. I don't have the link currently but they did some tracking collar studies on bears at one point and the same bears getting into trash in North Carolina were getting into trash in Gatlinburg and they traveled along road corridors and hiking trails. Never passing through the center of the forest. Other surveys have observed similar things. Additionally think of elk. Elk are actually grazers and thats why the do so well at Big South Fork where they have a lot more meadows and pasture.

Clear cutting isn't necessarily the answer, but its actually helpful in some instances and simulates natural setbacks like fire, tornadoes, etc that may take out a section of forest. What comes up is highly nutritious browse, soft mass food like berries, cover for bedding or egg laying, etc. A mosaic of habitat types is the most wildlife friendly option for forests. You need patches of old growth for some species. Patches of mid-tier forest. Patches of open ground. Etc. It looks like a total mess to humans, but its best for wildlife. The fire that hit the Smokies in 2016 was actually great for the park from a biologic point of view. We even have pine species up there that require fire for their cones to open.

Ruffed Grouse Society has been advocating logging operations where they take out 5-10 acre patches in the mountains and leave the debris. It provides a ton of habitat for everything from small game to bear and deer.

Tennessee used to be a mosaic. It had old growth with open understories, oak savannahs, prairie grasslands, oak-hickory forest, cedar glades, etc etc.

In permaculture principle: Edge is the most productive area.

 

[Jackcrevol]

I get the heebie jeebies everytime I walk trails in GT-YNP. I know I am in their house and I make as much racket as possible.

I love it, but I know the dangers and I have never and will never brush it off.

I didnt say I brush it off, just saying it never bothered me. Im in God's sanctuary. I know the risks.

 

[SoilVol]

Tell her she'll never ragret it. I presume their ranch is in W Yellowstone, or Cody (cant recall which direction)?

Elk/Moose/Muley guided hunt is bucket list.

Tell her Jackson and Bozeman are cosmopolitan. or something like that.

Great friend of mine from UT is moving to Montrose, CO this weekend from Kingston. He'll have the Uncompaghre National Forest on his doorstep and I can't wait to get out there for a DIY mule deer hunt.

 

[Weezer]

I have personally seen black cougars in East TN. Also, white cougars, Asian cougars, and pretty much cougars of all ethnicities. They can be scary in the wild.

 

[SugarCC]

Woo pig sooie

Look at all that respect they have for the game.

 

[Z06VolinWV]

Ole miss softball has a player with last name of Furbush…

 

[Geaux_Vols]

I think the white one looks good the black something looks off

Because the logo is ghosted. The logo works on the white helmet because the parts that should be dark are dark and the lighter parts are white. It doesn’t work on the black helmet because the lighter parts of the logo are black. It’s basically the negative of a photo.

Here’s an example:

 

[jakez4ut]

Ole miss softball has a player with last name of Furbush…

 

[jakez4ut]

Because the logo is ghosted. The logo works on the white helmet because the what should be dark is dark and the lighter parts are white. It doesn’t work on the black helmet because the lighter parts of the logo are black. It’s basically the negative of a photo.

Here’s an example:

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[Z06VolinWV]

Furbush gets hit with the ball on inside thigh at bat. Seriously can’t make this up.

 

[Geaux_Vols]

They saved money bi giving a pack of colored sharpies to the coach's kids?

What money do you think we spent by reviving an old mascot?

 

[Orange_Crush]

What money do you think we spent by reviving an old mascot?

It was a sarcastic comment intended to convey that it is too simple and a child could do as well. In no universe did I expect that comment to be interpreted as my concern for that school's financial wellbeing.


So, you serious, Clark?

 

[rekinhavoc]

Furbush gets hit with the ball on inside thigh at bat. Seriously can’t make this up.

Guys grow up! Imagine the angst she feels scheduling a Brazilian.

 

[Geaux_Vols]

It was a sarcastic comment intended to convey that it is too simple and a child could do as well. In no universe did I expect that comment to be interpreted as my concern for that school's financial wellbeing.


So, you serious, Clark?

I guess I’m as serious as your templated helmet ideas using some of the worst tertiary logos tennessee has ever used? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[engineerVOL]

Guys grow up! Imagine the angst she feels scheduling a Brazilian.

 

[Orange_Crush]

I guess I’m as serious as your templated helmet ideas using some of the worst tertiary logos tennessee has ever used? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Then say so...? And you were actually serious that you interpreted my post as concern for Tulane's bottom line?

I posted several helmet ideas from the internet without comment or approval. I actually dislike the majority of the ones that I posted, but posted to promote discussion. (That includes the rhinestone UT helmet that just failed to render.)

But never did I imagine that the discussion would be interpreted as an economic analysis of Tulane's AD budget. lol

 

[Girth Brooks]

Ole miss softball has a player with last name of Furbush…

 

[Lloyd_Christmas]

The only thing that would look right on a helmet other than the power T is an orange tri-star...maybe a ghosted white one would look ok. I think a black helmet with an orange tri-star would go great with the dark mode uniforms.

 

[TheRain]

 

[TheRain]

 

[Orange_Crush]

Gawdy.