At war with the squirrels

[shipwrkd]

Those fuzzy little bunny rabbits are pretty tasty too. And Bambi is yummy, if you know how to fix it. Deer sausage is high on my list of favorite foods.

Bambi is excellent, if prepared on the medium rare side. Thumper hasn’t caused sufficient damage to my wife’s flowerbed to unleash the wrath of the Crossman…yet. Pheasant and sage grouse are also very good but nowhere near the level of a nice fat mallard duck. Top of the list is Canada goose, better known as “flying filet mignon”. Ya can get a tough one every now and then, but the taste is exquisite!

But squirrel? Remove the fur from their tale and really, what do ya have? No amount of catsup can hide the psychological fact that it’s still rodent. I can’t drink green beer on St. Patty’s day either, just something not right about it (sorry Irish). Maybe if I were at someone else’s place for diner and they said it was chicken

 

[shipwrkd]

The only way I can possibly see sin in this is if the law doesn’t like you shooting squirrels. Morally speaking, this shouldn’t be any worse than any other method of pest control (such as putting mousetraps up or stomping roaches on the spot).

All righty, I’m gonna go with kbwall on this. There is the law thing, bit I like the way kb uses the words “possible” and “doesn’t like”. By gosh, I may have just found my loophole

 

[shipwrkd]

Ooops, sorry Spirithound, almost forgot…
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[tabycat]

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Except that is a prairie dog, not a squirrel, and I doubt if prairie dogs will take up arms to defend their fellow rodents.

Our dog loves to chase squirrels but so far, her body count is not impressive. There always seems to be a tree nearby for the prey to escape to. The one she did kill was probably already sick.

I think a calico cat I had as a kid would have loved your dog. She loved to hunt chipmonks, though she wasn’t above cheasing down a squirrel or a mouse.

 

[tabycat]

A shotgun’s more effective.

Just call him/her/it/whatever John Henry Holiday (?) with the shotgun, Dirty Harry with the Peacemaker. :knight2:

 

[tabycat]

:bounce: Hmmmmmm squirrels, chipmunks, Bambi, and bunneys (good eating), it sounds like we can make room for all of them, right next to the massed potatoes and the freash just picked green peas and green beans! Yummmy! :banghead:

 

[hannajomar]

We live in a suburban neighborhood with many beautiful oak trees and in those trees, many annoying and destructive squirrels. Used to think they were cute and enjoyed playing games with them and my bird feeders.Then they started to cause damage. Chewed their way into the attic and nested, damaged screens by crawling on them, gnawed the siding etc. My devout Catholic wife counted 16 of them in our 75 X 100 foot front yard a few years ago and for my birthday a couple weeks later, I received a pellet gun and war was declared. It’s not a just war because I have no chance of winning it. My neighbor and I have turned this into a competition in which the rules of engagement state we can’t shoot anything not in our own yard, so if one makes it to the fence, it belongs to him. He’s not Catholic, but I’m a better shot and together, we’re over two hundred confirmed kills. Do I need to confess this???

I agree with others who say it’s okay as long as you’re following the law. I do have a question: Would this work on mice in an urban row house? If so, can I hire you two?

 

[tabycat]

I agree with others who say it’s okay as long as you’re following the law. I do have a question: Would this work on mice in an urban row house? If so, can I hire you two?

Being a cat person, I think a nice little mouser (cat) would be a better bet then firearms.

 

[SecretaryMonday]

Being a cat person, I think a nice little mouser (cat) would be a better bet then firearms.

Yes, but with firearms, you can ensure that the little half-barfed corpses don’t end up in places where you typically walk without looking.

 

[shipwrkd]

I agree with others who say it’s okay as long as you’re following the law. I do have a question: Would this work on mice in an urban row house? If so, can I hire you two?

I do even better then follow the law, I stay one step ahead of it! Now on to your problem, better stick with tabycat. I find anything much smaller then a fat grey squirrel beyond my present capability (the little buggers are to hard to hit)!

Being a cat person, I think a nice little mouser (cat) would be a better bet then firearms

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Cats are OK, but there’s nothing like the sound of a discharging firearm. Kinda like the sound of a finely tuned big block V8…Gives me the chills the way a Prius electric never will.

Yes, but with firearms, you can ensure that the little half-barfed corpses don’t end up in places where you typically walk without looking.

I’ve also been here before and SecretaryMonday makes a very good point.

I may have a following here, I wish my Methodist neighbor was as easy to convert

 

[TheRealJuliane]

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I think a calico cat I had as a kid would have loved your dog. She loved to hunt chipmonks, though she wasn’t above cheasing down a squirrel or a mouse.

When we first got her, she was very excited to see a cat. I think she was raised with cats because she wanted to play. Of course the cats thought she was attacking and either ran away or swatted at her. Poor dog got the most confused look on her face!

 

[empther]

Wish they were as taste as lobsta’s, my oldest son lives in Lisbon. Get yourself a gun…join the war

Put lobsters and squirrels together in a cage and let them fight it out!

Who will win?

 

[SecretaryMonday]

Cats are OK, but there’s nothing like the sound of a discharging firearm. Kinda like the sound of a finely tuned big block V8…Gives me the chills the way a Prius electric never will.
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I have an 80s Dodge Ram D250 pickup. It sounds really cool and its great for taking out squirrels.

(Not on purpose, though. I try to avoid all types of pedestrians, including fuzzy ones.)

 

[shipwrkd]

I have an 80s Dodge Ram D250 pickup. It sounds really cool and its great for taking out squirrels.

(Not on purpose, though. I try to avoid all types of pedestrians, including fuzzy ones.)

Wow, a Ram D250 bet a squirrel feels like running over a marble with that baby. Don’t tell me it’s got a Cummins Turbo in it or I’ll be jealous. I’ll covet it! That and Mickey Finn’s GAMO Hunter pellet gun. A fine weapon, bet it’s got a scope on it.

Oh Lord, coveting they neighbors property…yet another vise has surfaced, I’m doomed :imsorry:

 

[shipwrkd]

Put lobsters and squirrels together in a cage and let them fight it out!

Who will win?

Mixing those delicious crustaceans with a member of the rat family…intrinsically evil

 

[Another_Mary]

Renown Chef Fr. Zuhlsdorf has a wonderful pictorial recipe here.

Squirrel must be in the air!

 

[Mickey_Finn]

4x, laser, and light.

ATB

 

[shipwrkd]

Renown Chef Fr. Zuhlsdorf has a wonderful pictorial recipe here.

Squirrel must be in the air!

OK, Father Z looks like my kinda guy, especially the later picture of the wine and cigar. I’m thinking maybe he needs the wine and cigar to wash the “lightly killed” squirrel taste from his mouth. However, all is not in vain, for this recipe will work wonderfully with grouse or sage hens and I thank you for it. Fr. Z’s page is bookmarked.

 

[ebonykawai]

It’s not a sin in the Catholic Church, but it’s heavy karma in most eastern religions, which you probably won’t give a fig about. Lots of people care about wantonly killing God’s creatures.

St. Francis probably wouldn’t think it’s very nice. There are have-a-heart traps, you know. Well, that’s if you have a heart, lol.

 

[shipwrkd]

4x, laser, and light.

ATB

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