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Tcatt
Colloquial in the South

Timber Doodle
Mud puppy
Dirt dobber
Pole cat
Wampus cat
Swamper
Mud bugs
Dry Fly
Black jack
Cat squirrel
Shell Cracker
Crappy or slab crappy
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  • Mobuck
    Most of them. A few are too far "down South" to be in the vocabulary of a mid-Westerner.
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  • gjshaw
    Some are log cabin builders terms and some are logging names. Mud bugs can be crayfish. That?s my guess and I?m sticking to it.....
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  • grdad45
    Just normal everyday language here in L.A. (Lower Arkansas)! [:D]
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  • varian
    most all. thought black jack was a card game.
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  • danielgage
    quote:Originally posted by jim_lemay
    quote:Originally posted by Tcatt

    Colloquial in the South

    Timber Doodle - Woodcock
    Mud puppy - Salamander
    Dirt dobber - Wasp
    Pole cat - Skunk
    Wampus cat
    Swamper
    Mud bugs - Crayfish
    Dry Fly
    Black jack
    Cat squirrel - Gray Squirrel
    Shell Cracker
    Crappy or slab crappy - White Perch




    Timber Doodle - Woodcock
    Mud puppy - Salamander
    Dirt dobber - Wasp similar to wasp but makes a dirt nest
    Pole cat - Skunk
    Wampus cat
    Swamper swamp rabbit
    Mud bugs - Crayfish
    Dry Fly locust?
    Black jack
    Cat squirrel - Gray Squirrel
    Shell Cracker crow?
    Crappy or slab crappy - [red]White Perch
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  • select-fire
    Shell Cracker...Go Fish... [:D]
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  • themountainman
    Those who say the Wampus Cat is folk lore have limited knowledge of back country species.
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  • discusdad
    shell cracker is a type of blue gill[panfish]

    black jack is a type of oak true very dense, burns very very hot tough on saws

    dry fly? why is there any question about this? any floating fly fishing bait/offering

    wampus cat. now there is where there might be confusion. some say it is a skunk, some say it is a ring tailed raccoon

    this is a midwesterner's view
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  • varian
    black jack. i forgot a bout black jack oak. but in my defense i think the term should have been "black jack oak". but im not whining.
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  • sammash
    A swamper is a blue belly......or a slipper
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  • droptop
    It is a list of things that taste better than coyotes.
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  • Tcatt
    quote:Originally posted by Tcatt

    Colloquial in the South

    Timber Doodle - Is a Woodcock, found in the low areas and marsh areas.
    Mud puppy - Is a Salamander, if a mudpuppy barks at you... well you are in trouble, so goes the myth.
    Dirt dobber - Is a Mud Wasp
    Pole cat - Is a Skunk
    Wampus cat - In Louisiana is a Bobcat, Wildcat, Panther,(which I do not believe are in Louisiana, but my grandfather always did. Or, anything that lets out a howl that no one can explain.
    Swamper - Is a Swamp Rabbit
    Mud bugs - are crayfish or crawdads
    Dry Fly - Is a Cicada, (their buzzing reaching a crescendo during the dry July and August months.
    Black jack - Or just a Jack, Is a Ring Neck Duck to Southern Duck Hunters, Can be an Oak Tree, Can be a Fish
    Cat squirrel - Is a Grey Squirrel
    Shell Cracker - Is a Bream or Panfish
    Crappy or slab crappy - Is a White of Black Perch.



    I knew there would be some names on the list that would mean different things with different regions and life experiences.

    Anyone have any to add? How about a few more.

    Sap Sucker
    Coach Whip
    Partridge - in the South
    A Lord-God
    Hudo
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  • buddyb
    Wampus Cat- Big Catfish
    Cat squirrel- Fox squirrel
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  • cowdoc
    not a single one of them words is used up here in the great white north [:D]
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  • minitruck83
    quote:Originally posted by Tcatt
    quote:Originally posted by Tcatt

    Colloquial in the South

    Timber Doodle - Is a Woodcock, found in the low areas and marsh areas.
    Mud puppy - Is a Salamander, if a mudpuppy barks at you... well you are in trouble, so goes the myth.
    Dirt dobber - Is a Mud Wasp
    Pole cat - Is a Skunk
    Wampus cat - In Louisiana is a Bobcat, Wildcat, Panther,(which I do not believe are in Louisiana, but my grandfather always did. Or, anything that lets out a howl that no one can explain.
    Swamper - Is a Swamp Rabbit
    Mud bugs - are crayfish or crawdads
    Dry Fly - Is a Cicada, (their buzzing reaching a crescendo during the dry July and August months.
    Black jack - Or just a Jack, Is a Ring Neck Duck to Southern Duck Hunters, Can be an Oak Tree, Can be a Fish
    Cat squirrel - Is a Grey Squirrel
    Shell Cracker - Is a Bream or Panfish
    Crappy or slab crappy - Is a White of Black Perch.



    I knew there would be some names on the list that would mean different things with different regions and life experiences.

    Anyone have any to add? How about a few more.

    Sap Sucker
    Coach Whip snake
    Partridge - in the South
    A Lord-God woodpcker
    Hudo haint




    How bout peckerwood?
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  • Horse Plains Drifter
    quote:Originally posted by cowdoc
    not a single one of them words is used up here in the great white north [:D]
    Ain't that the truth! I have heard/used the term pole cat, but the rest of that pretty much might as well be Yiddish.

    In the mountains, and on the west coast, "swamper" is an old and no longer used term in the logging industry. A swamper followed behind the fallers, and buckers, and cut/chopped the limbs off the logs before yarding took place.
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  • He Dog
    If you say the wampus cat is not folklore, which species do you think it is? The six legged couger or the one with the star on the end of it's tail?
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  • Tcatt
    quote:Originally posted by He Dog
    If you say the wampus cat is not folklore, which species do you think it is? The six legged couger or the one with the star on the end of it's tail?


    I would never disagree that creatures like the wampus cat exist between folklore and reality, like the chupacabra, skunk man, big foot, the 1000 lb hogzilla, UFOS, etc.

    But they make for great story telling, and who doesn't like a good fish story.

    folklore and proving negatives, makes for great fire chat.
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  • He Dog
    Tcat, I was referring to the Mountian mans post. I agree, folklore is great fun and it is interesting to try to deduce what think or event lead to the perpetuation of the myth. Heck I even did a term paper in college on folk lore tales.

    I assume dry fly is not the kind we fly fishers use?
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  • jerrywh818
    I lived in Georgia for about 10 years in the country. A Wanpus cat is one of the meanest animals on earth for it's size. It is essentially a mythical bobcat with a head on both ends. What makes him so mean he can't crap.
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  • Tcatt
    quote:Originally posted by jerrywh818
    I lived in Georgia for about 10 years in the country. A Wanpus cat is one of the meanest animals on earth for it's size. It is essentially a mythical bobcat with a head on both ends. What makes him so mean he can't crap.


    That would make you cranky[:D]
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  • Tcatt
    quote:Originally posted by He Dog
    Tcat, I was referring to the Mountian mans post. I agree, folklore is great fun and it is interesting to try to deduce what think or event lead to the perpetuation of the myth. Heck I even did a term paper in college on folk lore tales.

    I assume dry fly is not the kind we fly fishers use?


    Dry Fly - Is a Cicada (their buzzing reaching a crescendo during the dry July and August months).
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  • He Dog
    quote:Originally posted by Tcatt
    quote:Originally posted by He Dog
    Tcat, I was referring to the Mountian mans post. I agree, folklore is great fun and it is interesting to try to deduce what think or event lead to the perpetuation of the myth. Heck I even did a term paper in college on folk lore tales.

    I assume dry fly is not the kind we fly fishers use?


    Dry Fly - Is a Cicada (their buzzing reaching a crescendo during the dry July and August months).



    Guess I did not grow up quite far enough south. Thanks for the lesson.[:)]
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