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waterfowler
03-20-2016, 03:16 PM
So needless to say bit of a strange weekend. Staying at tunkwa lake resort for the weekend for a friends birthday and a member of our party came back from cutting wood with a pretty crazy story. As he pulled onto an fsr he spotted some sort of white animals standing in a power line clearing. He sais that he pulled up to the power lines they began running away with there necks swaying back and forth. He claims they were about 5 feet tall and is adament they were on two legs. I sugested albino muley but he said no way. Also I got him to take me to the exact spot but found no tracks. Brushed him off at first but after researching whooping cranes... is it possible?
MattB
03-20-2016, 04:23 PM
Sounds more like sandhill cranes to me
MRP
03-20-2016, 05:03 PM
Yup Sandhills. Out scouting in the mid summer me and the boy at times have put up a dozen or more. Seem to like newish clear cuts.
jamesvtr
03-20-2016, 05:46 PM
them sand hill cranes are noisy beggers
ruger#1
03-20-2016, 07:03 PM
them sand hill cranes are noisy beggers They look funny running through the orchards. Seen them in upper hat creek, Clinton. And the Okanogan valley.
skibum
03-20-2016, 07:56 PM
I saw a group of about 5 sandhill cranes walking in the grass lands. They were in a line near a pothole.

They were frigin weird looking. I spent a good 20 minutes staring at them. Never seen anything like that before
Salty
03-20-2016, 08:55 PM
Man I ain't had a feed of whooping crane for a long time :(
Viper
03-21-2016, 07:30 AM
they taste like chicken but smell like fish. LOL
Chopper
03-21-2016, 08:09 AM
Those sandhill cranes look remarkably like whooping cranes
BiG Boar
03-21-2016, 08:43 AM
They do taste great.

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takla1
03-21-2016, 08:57 AM
We used to see them every fall up on the Prophet river northern BC.They would start flying over in flocks of 50 or more Usually around the first week of sept and you could hear them honking {weird call} before youd see them.Many times theyd land at night on the gravel bars below our camp and youd hear the wolves come in to hunt them...never forgot the sounds of that country ,especially at night..

takla