Unstoppable javelinas love coyote pee like it’s “bacon bits in their salad.” Here’s why golf courses are peeved

  • @[email protected]
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    598 months ago

    “After doing bumps of Coyote piss” was not a sentence I was expecting to read at 5:30 in the morning.

    But here we are.

  • @[email protected]
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    418 months ago

    Good, I hope they tear it all up. Golf course use an insane amount of water, even when they’re located in the desert or a place where droughts are common.

  • FuglyDuck
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    368 months ago

    So… I have an idea.

    Maybe, if they’re a problem everywhere else, people should just trap them and… release them on the golf course.

  • Sagrotan
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    308 months ago

    At our golf course they actually embrace the animals. Everyone is just stop playing if there’s a possibility of hitting a deer, the pig holes are just additional bunkers, they closed a hole because of many nesting birds. If you wanna play in nature, you’re just a guest.

  • ArugulaZ
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    268 months ago

    I live in the general area, and yes, javelinas are a constant problem for everyone. Most peoples’ yards are fenced off for that very reason.

    If you’re wondering what a javelina is, it’s what the rest of the world calls a peccary. It looks like a wild boar. Also, don’t try to get bacon bits off of it; they’ve got a scent gland that instantly destroys the flavor of the meat if it’s pierced. (Even if the scent gland is left intact, it’s a toss up as to whether you’d be able to stomach that meat.)

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        8 months ago

        Nah, just research. “They’re pigs, right? Why don’t people just cook them and eat them?” A few Google searches made the answer abundantly clear. (Also, javelinas just plain stink. It’s a skunk-like odor, and who’d want to eat whatever is making that smell?)

        • @[email protected]
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          38 months ago

          The old hunter’s joke for Javelina is “Wanna know how to cook a Javelina?”

          “Dig a pit, put it on a board, roast it for 3 hours, throw out the Javelina and eat the board.”

        • HeartyBeast
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          08 months ago

          When I worked in Peri we had a few collared peccaries around that were tame. Didn’t seem particularly smelly

    • comador
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      18 months ago

      Anyone with the last name “Bisbee” living in AZ should change their name. That town is a shithole.

      • @TopRamenBinLaden
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        8 months ago

        What’s shitty about it? It’s just an abandoned mining town tourist trap with artsy hippies living there. I mean it’s not a place where you’d probably want to raise a family, but the landscape is beautiful and there are a few good restaurants and bars there.

        I’ve always enjoyed my time there on a couple of roadtrips, but maybe you know something I don’t.

  • @[email protected]
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    228 months ago

    When they say “wild pig-like animals” I immediately imagine some sort of gang of never before seen tribal pigmen.

  • @[email protected]
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    228 months ago

    In a desert state like Arizona, a golf course is an abomination from the word go. Let nature have their way with it: They provided a wet paradise in the desert, and the animals come to make use of it.

  • @[email protected]
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    188 months ago

    Javelinas… narrow pigs I call em. (They’re Peccaries).

    Not surprised they’re encroaching golf courses. They were all over the desert suburbs years ago.

  • @[email protected]
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    148 months ago

    that’s really unfortunate. if only the private country clubs could afford to repair the golf greens in the desert.