At war with the squirrels

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shipwrkd said:
If the squirrels have thisā€¦we need more troops
If we need thisā€¦weā€™ll have to raise our prices cuz it donā€™t look cheap
Either way, looks like thereā€™s gonna be casualties :stretcher:
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Well, I had found a way to make the tank cheap for our side. šŸ˜ƒ
 
shipwrkd said:
Ok parishoners, I have a planā€¦
Iā€™l supply a Crossman and my trigger finger.
manualman is in charge of rabbit.
Secretary Monday gets transportation (the Dodge D2500)
Rejoice Always, you bring the skillet
TimothyH, acorns for bait
Micey Finn, weā€™ll grow fast so weā€™ll need a 2nd shooter
RealJuliane,can ya train Jackie to retrieve?
tabycat can supply the side dish (fresh peas and green beens)
empther, lobster for Fridays during Lent

We get a ā€œlicense to killā€ and put a food server on the Dodge and take this show on the road. We can hit all the church bazaars offering fried squirrel and rabbit on a stick with lobster as back-up for Fridays.Weā€™d make a killingā€¦what could go wrong. Might even sell sunglasses for those church goers who forgot to bring theirs :cool:

forgot CB Catholic I think Black Squirrel would add some variety to the meal. Plus,if I remember correctly, theyā€™re larger then the grays
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She brought the last rat she killed up kinda close to the house, so maybe, although sheā€™s more of a ā€œkill and leave the bodyā€ sort of mercenary.

šŸ˜ƒ

Red squirrels are big, too. I ran over one the other day, thought it was a beaver.
 
shipwrkd said:
Hmmm, I wonder if tabycat can turn Amber into a retriever?
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One slight problem with that idea, Amber was my first ā€˜house catā€™ when I was a kid. She died when I was in high school, about 45 or 50 years ago! šŸ˜ƒ If I could her (or one of her kittens) come back a retriver, I may think about doing it. :hmmm::angel1:
 
I think I can recruit this guy to do the retrieving.
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( the squirrel is just resting.)
 
manualman said:
Thank goodness Iā€™m not the only one. We live backed up to a prairie preserve and the bunnies are like a biblical plague. Things will likely stabilize in a few years as the coyote population is rapidly increasing due to the delectable menu.

My poor veggie garden is no match. Even commercially marketed bunny fencing merely holds out ADULT bunnies, not the teenagers. My wife has been opposed to anything that remotely looks like a gun in our house. Yes dear.

Thankfully, she was very specific, which allowed me to come home with a high powered slingshot and some fierce steel shot. Iā€™ve only managed 2 hits/kills, but by gum they sure have learned fast to be SCARED of me. I used to be able to walk up to within 12 feet of them. Now they take off when they hear my door open. Time to start using the front door. Muhuhahahahaā€¦

Population explosions arenā€™t natural and lead to disease, and eventual starvation when preferred food sources are destroyed. Hunting overpopulated varmints in urbanized settings isnā€™t sinful, itā€™s a participation in balancing out the food chain. Just donā€™t let your kids watch Bambi and youā€™ll be fine! šŸ˜‰
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:rotfl: You need chicken wire fence (for the rabbits) with electric wire on top (to keep bambi out). My dad just opens the window and shoots the bunny rabbits from inside the house, so as not to alert the enemy to his position. My mother is very sad that the fox is no longer a resident of the neighborhood, as he was really good at keeping the bunny population down. One summer I watched my dad chase after baby bunnies with the hoe. :eek: But they will only grow up to be bigger rabbits. My mother now stays away from the rodent control after she had to kill baby mice that were in a nest right up against the house.
 
tabycat said:
One slight problem with that idea, Amber was my first ā€˜house catā€™ when I was a kid. She died when I was in high school, about 45 or 50 years ago! šŸ˜ƒ If I could her (or one of her kittens) come back a retriver, I may think about doing it. :hmmm::angel1:
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Sorry taby, I lost Scooter (an orange striped one) about 5 years ago. Theyā€™re probably laughing their tails off at all this :whackadoo:
 
Hmmm. If tanning supplys werenā€™t considered so toxic to the environment you could make awesome squirrel skin coats. Or hats. Or throws.

Are there creative uses for those great bushy tails?

Otherwise itā€™s such a waste. šŸ˜ƒ
 
We ā€œspot lightā€ possums down here. They are a major pest, destory millions of trees and attack native, endangered birds and spread TB to livestock.

Spotlighting is when you shine a light into a tree and throw rocks at them, or shoot them.

Its sad because this isnā€™t their natural habit, they were brought here by the stupidity of well meaning pioneers trying to start a fur trade, but now theyā€™re here, they gotta go.

Thereā€™s no sin. And if there is, Iā€™m in big, BIG trouble. But hey, Jesus ate Lamb, and I never saw a lamb climb a tree and kill an endangered bird, or spread TB to cows or attack children.
 
Another_Mary said:
Hmmm. If tanning supplys werenā€™t considered so toxic to the environment you could make awesome squirrel skin coats. Or hats. Or throws.

Are there creative uses for those great bushy tails?

Otherwise itā€™s such a waste. šŸ˜ƒ
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You just need to be responsible with your chemicals. Iā€™ve been wanting to make a squirrel skin coat, but weā€™ve got corgis and catsā€¦so no squirrels.
 
vera_dicere said:
We ā€œspot lightā€ possums down here. They are a major pest, destory millions of trees and attack native, endangered birds and spread TB to livestock.

Spotlighting is when you shine a light into a tree and throw rocks at them, or shoot them.

Its sad because this isnā€™t their natural habit, they were brought here by the stupidity of well meaning pioneers trying to start a fur trade, but now theyā€™re here, they gotta go.

Thereā€™s no sin. And if there is, Iā€™m in big, BIG trouble. But hey, Jesus ate Lamb, and I never saw a lamb climb a tree and kill an endangered bird, or spread TB to cows or attack children.
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Can ya eat possum? We may have room in our ā€œCrusadeā€ for you šŸ˜‰
We could always sell it as chicken :crossrc:
 
shipwrkd said:
Can ya eat possum? We may have room in our ā€œCrusadeā€ for you šŸ˜‰
We could always sell it as chicken :crossrc:
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In Louisiana people eat nutria. Iā€™ve never tried it. I donā€™t think I would if someone told me what I was about to eat. Iā€™ve heard itā€™s good. Iā€™ll just have to take their word for it.
 
jilly4ski said:
:rotfl: You need chicken wire fence (for the rabbits) with electric wire on top (to keep bambi out). My dad just opens the window and shoots the bunny rabbits from inside the house, so as not to alert the enemy to his position. My mother is very sad that the fox is no longer a resident of the neighborhood, as he was really good at keeping the bunny population down. One summer I watched my dad chase after baby bunnies with the hoe. :eek: But they will only grow up to be bigger rabbits. My mother now stays away from the rodent control after she had to kill baby mice that were in a nest right up against the house.
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Chicken wire may be OK, but hereā€™s another optionā€¦
 
No animals were harmed during the making of this thread !!

Thanks everyone for the great commentsā€¦and for playing šŸ‘
 
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