Yes they can, but gotta be married 10 years for spousal bene's. Survivors are different, so a Black Widow could do pretty well for their self
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AR15? Who’s she?
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(Yes, that’s really me)
I don’t know why there are two images and I don’t know how to fix it.
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Something changed recently relative to posting photos. I noticed when I tried to post images for birthdays. If you report your own post and then ask moderators to remove one, they can.
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Prairie State Park has a herd of about 30-40 I think. It grows every spring because they are reproducing. Sometimes you have to stop at the only road through to let the herd cross. Every spring they get checked by a vet and get any shots they need. They have 4,000 acres to roam. And plenty of natural prairie grass to eat. We go there 10-12 times a year. It is about 20 miles from my house. They had elk there too but moved them to another preserve.
My family has lived in this town since the 1880s. Bison have always fascinated me. I have some Osage blood in me.
Had a mountain lion walk through my back yard a couple years ago.
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Wow! So scary! Did you see it, or just the tracks?
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Saw it from my deck.
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When I was young, my dad claimed he saw one. No one believed him.
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One was also spotted in a park a few miles from here a few days before I saw it. The neighbors behind us found two dead deer in their back yard a few months earlier.
Just this week a couple were killed when he swerved his motorcycle trying to avoid hitting a cougar.
Seems there are a lot of cougars in Washington.
Seems there are a lot of cougars in Washington.
We have them here in Texas. Several local ranches have them on their game cameras. Don't ask the sheriff's dept. or game warden, they'll tell you no!!
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If you have a lot of deer or other tasty animals there will be cougar.....even if you never see them. We used to see very large footprints just outside our door when we lived in the woods here in montana.
kind of the same situation with wolves around here, the tree huggers claim they are so scarce and wolfie is just keeping things in balance. Trail cams and hunters have a different story.
kind of the same situation with wolves around here, the tree huggers claim they are so scarce and wolfie is just keeping things in balance. Trail cams and hunters have a different story.
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This is an excellent book about cougars, aka mountain lions, in Colorado. It tells of human attacks, attacks on pets, and political action, or lack of it. I read it many years ago. If I owned a copy, I would have reread it a few times.
https://www.amazon.com/Beast-Garden...the+beast+in+the+garden,+barron,aps,97&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/Beast-Garden...the+beast+in+the+garden,+barron,aps,97&sr=8-1
We stayed in an RV at my cousin's place in Corvallis Or.
He has game cameras and he has pictures on a cougar walking right beside the RV.
He also has pictures of a bear, a momma bear and 3 cubs, coyote, bobcat, a lot of deer, and a 5 point elk with an arrow all the way through it right under the spine. The elk was acting like there was nothing wrong so hopefully the arrow gets snagged and pulls out.
I was very alert when I went out of the RV to look before I let the dog out and I always stayed with him.
He has game cameras and he has pictures on a cougar walking right beside the RV.
He also has pictures of a bear, a momma bear and 3 cubs, coyote, bobcat, a lot of deer, and a 5 point elk with an arrow all the way through it right under the spine. The elk was acting like there was nothing wrong so hopefully the arrow gets snagged and pulls out.
I was very alert when I went out of the RV to look before I let the dog out and I always stayed with him.
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Hard to make out since I used my front camera to tease my brother about how I had "kidnapped" his cat, Namir. Namir was under my blanket lying on me and very content. Yasuke was in the background looking jealous.
These stick bugs were on my wall in the hallway. There is one large one and a much smaller one on the big one's back lower down. I thought it was a tail folded up or something and then it moved.
These stick bugs were on my wall in the hallway. There is one large one and a much smaller one on the big one's back lower down. I thought it was a tail folded up or something and then it moved.
Here's our new-to-us truck and boat (belonged to dear departed FIL), then a pic of my front yard. I couldn't get the small boat in the pic, it's on the other side of new boat. Getting a little crowded. lol We're going to try to sell the green truck, the motor's good but the body is rusting.
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Missouri conservation said there were not any in the KC area, and then one was hit and killed on the highway there.
@Chaosdawn you need to put at least two of those vehicles up on cinder blocks, to be a true southerner... 
I keep going to the last page to see the headstone again... reminds me of a cousin, married and divorced 5 times before his 25th birthday. At a family reunion he was asked...
"What are you doing these days Tom?" "Still in the used wife business?"
I keep going to the last page to see the headstone again... reminds me of a cousin, married and divorced 5 times before his 25th birthday. At a family reunion he was asked...
"What are you doing these days Tom?" "Still in the used wife business?"
Cool location. Don't know if I'd trust that bridge though.
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Hooch, those all look good!
That bridge would be a hard "no" for me. LOL.
That bridge would be a hard "no" for me. LOL.
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I took some pictures outside today. Weeds in the front are crazy
Weeds in the back are growing back rapidly too
Weeds in the back are growing back rapidly too
Me driving the new to us boat for the first time.
The bass I caught on my brand new ultralight rod. Was fun.
Bandaid is cuz I stabbed my finger on a hook.
The bass I caught on my brand new ultralight rod. Was fun.
Bandaid is cuz I stabbed my finger on a hook.
You're now a combat fishing veteran, lol... don't get me started on fillet knife stories back in the day! 
Daughters art from a few years back
This was on the local news this morning... someone here took a photo of an albino hummingbird.
Evidently there is a species thats white with a black beak... This one doesn't have a black beak. Experts say its an albino.
Evidently there is a species thats white with a black beak... This one doesn't have a black beak. Experts say its an albino.
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Very good Wonder Woman drawing from your daughter.
Can't remember if I posted this before, but FB pulled up a memory of an image. I made this pencil box in high school. The box is red merani but the lid is merbau.
Can't remember if I posted this before, but FB pulled up a memory of an image. I made this pencil box in high school. The box is red merani but the lid is merbau.
Is it just me, or is that not the most awful "You're not going out dressed like that!" outfit you've ever seen?
