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Sull 
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Shreveport, LA
Member since Aug 2006
921 posts
| re: Bald eagles......... (Posted on 2/11/13 at 11:34 am to Salmon)
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You think? I can't see them opening a season on eagles.
I think...
he was joking.
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AlxTgr
LSU Fan
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
27783 posts
| re: Bald eagles......... (Posted on 2/11/13 at 11:36 am to Sull)
Just think of the potential marketing. Morning eagle shoot, then afternoon black bear hunt.
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Helo
LSU Fan
Orlando
Member since Nov 2004
3134 posts
| re: Bald eagles......... (Posted on 2/11/13 at 11:43 am to AlxTgr)
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F machine 
New Orleans Saints Fan
Member since Jun 2009
10975 posts
| re: Bald eagles......... (Posted on 2/11/13 at 11:45 am to Sull)
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I think...
he was joking.
Don't mind me...I'm an idiot 
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LSUCouyon
LSU Fan
ONTHELAKEATDELHI, La.
Member since Oct 2006
1502 posts
| re: Bald eagles......... (Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:17 pm to Sull)
I live on Poverty Point Lake in Delhi, La. we see a pair of eagles a lot on the northeast part of the lake. The state park rangers say there are three nest around the lake.
Last week my wife watched an eagle trying to pick off a diving duck,(grebe?). She couldn't get a pic because it was too far away from our yard but watched it through binoculars. She said the eagle would swoop down and just before it could nail the duck, the duck would dive. She watched it for about 5 tries before the eagle got frustrated and went after easier prey.
I have watched an osprey nail nice fish there also, pretty cool!
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AlxTgr
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Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
27783 posts
| re: Bald eagles......... (Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:19 pm to LSUCouyon)
I've seen that behavior involving coots.
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tigerfoot 
LA-Monroe Fan
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
14156 posts
| re: Bald eagles......... (Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:21 pm to LSUCouyon)
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eagle trying to pick off a diving duck,(grebe?)
You can even catch up to those little things with 6 shot. Try it, it's impossible to kill one, or so I hear
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baytiger
New Orleans Saints Fan
Houston
Member since Dec 2007
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| re: Bald eagles......... (Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:21 pm to Sull)
I almost hit one sitting roadside on Highway 90 near Waveland, MS a few years back. I'd never seen one that close before... it was huge.
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Huntinguy
Member since Mar 2011
111 posts
| re: Bald eagles......... (Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:30 pm to Sull)
Talkin' bout these things?
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LSUCouyon
LSU Fan
ONTHELAKEATDELHI, La.
Member since Oct 2006
1502 posts
| re: Bald eagles......... (Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:33 pm to AlxTgr)
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was a grebe, but there are tons of poule d'eau there too. She said it was smaller than a coot though. I wish I'd seen it. That had to be something to see.
I was showing one of my grandaughters an eagle in a tree one day. She was using the Binos and got a great view of the eagle gliding out of a tall tree and hitting something on the water. I watched it lift off with something we thought was a snake, but turned out to be a limb about 5' long. The eagle dropped it on dry ground. I don't know if it did this intentionally for nesting material or mistakenly thought it had one of the pretty big diamond back water snakes found there.
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34venture
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Buffer Zone
Member since Mar 2010
5408 posts
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| re: Bald eagles......... (Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:35 pm to LSUCouyon)
Last year saw on swoop down a catch a shad out of the lake, he went in the pasture and landed. We trolled over to get a closer look and he looked like an ostrich standing in the field. I have since named him Randall. Why? I have no idea.
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LSUCouyon
LSU Fan
ONTHELAKEATDELHI, La.
Member since Oct 2006
1502 posts
| re: Bald eagles......... (Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:42 pm to 34venture)
LOL... Why NOT Randall??? I hadn't thought to name the ones we see. I'll have to give that some thought!I mean special critters that they are, they need special names.
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faxis
LSU Fan
La.
Member since Oct 2007
6549 posts
| re: Bald eagles......... (Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:53 pm to LSUCouyon)
We watched one while sailing that was sitting in a huge old pine tree watching the water till he spotted a fish that was probably a 1/4 mile from him. He soared down out of the tree and came in low across the water so it couldn't see him. He apparently was behind it because he'd jink left or right a little bit to stay lined up without really beating his wings. Just a stealth bomber swooping down the lake at like three feet above it. When he got to it he didn't even slow down, he just reached in and snatched out a 2 lb bass like it was nothing then beat his way back to that tree and ate it. Was cool as hell.
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AlxTgr
LSU Fan
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
27783 posts
| re: Bald eagles......... (Posted on 2/11/13 at 2:56 pm to 34venture)
Great name.
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