I Guess I Have A Peacock Now

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We had a graduation party for my son on Saturday May 25th. When my brother and his wife arrived, my brother asked me if I had seen the Peacock on our property. I told him no I hadn't and that I had never seen or heard one in the 14 years we've lived here.

Well, he said we had one because he clearly heard it when they got out of their car. He said he knew what it was immediately upon hearing it because one of his neighbors has one. I told him that it wouldn't surprise me if I saw a T-Rex behind our house.

Sitting out back just a while ago I heard this loud funny sounding scream. Stood up and saw all of this brush moving as it was running down the hill and got a glimpse of it's huge colorful tail.

I reckon we have a Peacock now.
 
Ol George would’ve had fun with him
 
They are some Jurassic Park sounding critters.
They have one that wanders the greenhouses down at Broadwells Nursery below Angier. First time I heard it before I saw it. My reaction involved a W, a T, and an F.
 
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They are some Jurassic Park sounding critters.
They have one that wanders the greenhouses down at Broadwells Nursery below Angier. First time I heard it before I saw it. My reaction involved a W, a T, and an F.
Same here at Broadwells as well :D
Watkins down the street is the place to go for fertilizer and herbicides.
 
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A ham radio friend says they had them at the Greensboro Science Center. He says they are the dumbest birds, and damned loud.
 
They are mass excrement extruding machines, just like geese.

I don't care as long as it stays out on our power line easement or in the woods. Fortunately we don't have any nasty geese that come around on our property.
 
A friend of mine's family had one that would chase cars, that was a trip.
 
There was a pair that hung around our house when I was in high school. Somewhere, I have a print of the male hanging out next to my RD 350!

At some point, the female got hit by a car... you never heard such a mournful keening. That feathery guy was devastated.
 
Peacocks have a GPS type mental thing ... once they pick a spot unless something crazy happens they stay within a small radius. Yours might have been lost and hangs around for a long time he might return to his old stomping grounds. I will 2nd Beam’s sounding like a woman screaming ... the pair we had years back drove me crazy for the first couple weeks with the sounds they made especially since they roasted on the roof of the outbuilding closest the the master bedroom window ... we almost found out if they tasted like chicken one night at 2am :mad:.
 
I've been to Broadwells in Angier several times & never noticed. Bummer. My grandpa's neighbor had a couple that I thought were pretty cool. Noisy AF, though.

They're a species of pheasant & are rumored to be especially tasty. Got a crossbow or something with a can?
 
We had them for years here on the farm. It was fun to listen to them, but the poop was really nasty.
 
Hate those damn things. When I lived in Danville for a while the girlfriend's neighbour had a flock of peahens and a peacock he let run loose.

They'd shit all over her lawn and screech like the devil, but you couldn't hardly run them off without actually hurting them.... Until I turned my mutt loose on them. She loves to chase things but doesn't really want to catch them, she ran those suckers back into the woods before she came back happy.
 
They’re nasty things. Also, believe this or not, they can still fly. Not far, but they can. Their attitude is a lot like geese if you get close enough.
 
You will never have a copperhead problem if you have peafowl. They keep a lot of small vermin and insects down as well, but they will tear the roof of your car and your shingles to ever loving pieces if they choose to roost there. They also make great alarms, as they will alert you to every sound and happening on your property.

My neighbor has a peacock, and if I hammer something or shoot outside, he will holler through the woods, which, in turn, will get my Aussie mix to howl and yodel back, and vice versa. Those two have some hilarious conversations through the woods.
 
You know about 10 years ago she was hot.
Have you seen that woman without clown make up? Yuck.
Hate those damn things. When I lived in Danville for a while the girlfriend's neighbour had a flock of peahens and a peacock he let run loose.

They'd shit all over her lawn and screech like the devil, but you couldn't hardly run them off without actually hurting them.... Until I turned my mutt loose on them. She loves to chase things but doesn't really want to catch them, she ran those suckers back into the woods before she came back happy.
My customer has four. He owns a bed and breakfast. H also has a venue on the same property. They are just plain annoying. Get your AR15 out now.
 
If you want to know where it is, just keep pushing your car remote to lock. It will react to the sound. And for god sakes keep it off your cars they will scratch the sh** of it .
 
They were once a delicacy of the upper class. Personally I hate the sound they make as I'll never forget the week we went camping at a campground that had a flock. They would never let you sleep in worth a crap. Peacocks are cool birds though, and like someone previously said I doubt you'll ever have a snake problem as long as it hangs around.
 
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They’re nasty things. Also, believe this or not, they can still fly. Not far, but they can. Their attitude is a lot like geese if you get close enough.

Oh yeah. The peacock would pop off a stack of downed tree bits and look like the devil itself coming at you lol

I was sorely tempted to shoot the damn thing but that neighbour was litigious as hell.
 
Oh yeah. The peacock would pop off a stack of downed tree bits and look like the devil itself coming at you lol

I was sorely tempted to shoot the damn thing but that neighbour was litigious as hell.
Ever heard of a “wrist rocket”, Brit ? Classic piece of versatile American know-how.
 
Ever heard of a “shovel”? Another classic piece of versatile American SSS.

Bit hard to dig secret graves when the weird trailer lady happens to come outside every time I do. I don't think I ever walked my dog without her watching. She must live by the door.
 
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