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Thread #102144   Message #2067527
Posted By: Peace
03-Jun-07 - 04:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: 1st mosqitoe of the new summer
Subject: RE: BS: 1st mosqitoe of the new summer
We have an official mosquito season here. There is no bag limit, but no one is allowed to hunt with anything under a #5 shot. To make it safer, trappers have to use conibears because the leg hold traps make removing the mosquito a tricky proposition. Usually they are still alive, and they can drain three liters of blood in less than 45 seconds.

Once the season is closed (it goes from January 1 to December 30), good hunters hand in the collars that have been attached to the critters so their 'territory' can be determined. Forestry has been doing a study for years and during the past ten or so have been able to implant micro-chips into about 10% of the mosquito population. the latest data seems to say that last year's goose migration which seemed to come in two parts was actually just one of geese and the other was a swarm of mosquitos from northern Alberta. Sometimes it is difficult to make out which is which when they are more than 3000 feet up.

Anyway, y'all do what you have to to keep 'em away. I know that often people exaggerate the size of mosquitos, so I'll be up front. The one in the picture was shot by a guy named Gotcha Ihope from up near High Lever. He had it mounted because it outweighs the average by about 45 pounds. Biggest we've encountered (except for a few recorded in the literature but with no eye witnesses or corroboration).
Picture here.