At war with the squirrels

[Crescentinus]

You don’t get scorpions? I would consider them a pest. I have relatives in Arizona who get them, but I guess not all areas get them.

One can find many very venomous scorpions and spiders in Australia as well. Then again, there’s plenty of scorpions near gardens for some reason. I regularly find the small scorpions along with centipedes and millipedes after any rain.

 

[HelenRose]

Nature is their home too, they have families, babies, life, they want to be happy too just like you, they escape fear and pain, you’re like a giant god to them, you should love them, not be a tyrant.

Prairie dogs are really cute little creatures also. They spread rabies and the black plague.

They are covered with fleas and destroy farm land.

I will shed my tears over the murder of the fifty million American babies killed in the womb since Roe versus Wade. Tears for the pests that bring disease to humans are a waste of time.

 

[Cristiano]

Prairie dogs are really cute little creatures also. They spread rabies and the black plague.

They are covered with fleas and destroy farm land.

I will shed my tears over the murder of the fifty million American babies killed in the womb since Roe versus Wade. Tears for the pests that bring disease to humans are a waste of time.

That reminds me of when I just moved to the States. I was in Long Island NY and I saw a raccoon with her little ones walking close to a bunch of people. I grew up with the idea of cute raccoons from the Disney’s shows and so I started to walk toward them in order to pet them. My friend standing next to me freaked out and he explained to me what a raccoon can really do when feeling threatened especially a rabid one, that was a very fast reality check.

 

[andrewstx]

Prairie dogs are really cute little creatures also. They spread rabies and the black plague.

They are covered with fleas and destroy farm land.

I will shed my tears over the murder of the fifty million American babies killed in the womb since Roe versus Wade. Tears for the pests that bring disease to humans are a waste of time.

It may interest you too learn that the prarie dog has been hounded and poisoned to the poing of near extinction.They do not have to carry fleas and diseases.
Some people actually keep them as pets.

My grampa owned an 8 section ranch in West Texas, and he never had a problem with prarie dogs, but in town their is a prarie dog park, where the cannot escape to the rest of town.

I don’t think extinction is good, to say the least.

 

[TheDoors]

It may interest you too learn that the prarie dog has been hounded and poisoned to the poing of near extinction.They do not have to carry fleas and diseases.
Some people actually keep them as pets.

My grampa owned an 8 section ranch in West Texas, and he never had a problem with prarie dogs, but in town their is a prarie dog park, where the cannot escape to the rest of town.

I don’t think extinction is good, to say the least.

I had a pet rat. I do not endorse keeping wild rats as pets.

 

[Cristiano]

Gray squirrel: 2 million euros to exterminate the clandestine

 

[shipwrkd]

Wow, the replies keep coming! OK, this is the OP talking. This started as more of a joke than a real question but the responses have been more than interesting. Almost like posting a gun control question on this forum. There are those that believe every gun is evil and should be destroyed and there are those that will give them up only when they are pried from their cold, dead hand. I’m the later kind of guy but I would gladly use my weapons to defend the right of those who disagree with me. To those who believe that killing God’s creatures for no good reason, remember that next time a mosquito or fly is biting you. And after you swat it, make sure you eat it…or at least use the hide. They are also God’s creatures. Or before ya have that next piece of bacon, visit a production pig farm and then tell me how putting a pellet in a rodent doing damage is “inhumane”! If you talk the talk…be sure you can walk the walk. Yea, God created all creatures, but some he created for us to admire and some he created to pester us. In my book, squirrels and mosquitoes are in the same category and I admire neither one. As for laws protecting one species over another, these are man’s laws, not Gods and they are usually made to please man, not God. We stock a lake with the variety o f fish we desire while killing off the undesirable species and putting chemicals in to control weed and insect population to make the catching of the desired species more enjoyable. Has anyone asked God if this is what He had in mind?

Now it’s time to go to Mass to pray for a keen eye and a steady hand cuz tomorrow is garbage day and if I leave the rodents in the can too long…they start to smell so I need to get as many today as I can.

 

[TheDoors]

Mosquito isn’t a bad meal, if you can get a good-sized brace of them. Just gotta cook 'em right.

 

[epan]

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???

Get a couple of big mean cats. My cats have all been squirrell antagonists, and would keep all squirrels out of living areas. Some of my cats have killed careless squirrels, but most just keep them at bay.

 

[shipwrkd]

Mosquito isn’t a bad meal, if you can get a good-sized brace of them. Just gotta cook 'em right.

You kidding? I live in Minnesota, it’s our State bird…and ANY game should not be cooked any more then medium rare.

 

[TheDoors]

You kidding? I live in Minnesota, it’s our State bird…and ANY game should not be cooked any more then medium rare.

See, here in NY they’re small, but really dense flocks. They’ll carry off a full-sized deer on a bad night, you’ll see it flying over the tree-tops confused as heck.

 

[shipwrkd]

See, here in NY they’re small, but really dense flocks. They’ll carry off a full-sized deer on a bad night, you’ll see it flying over the tree-tops confused as heck.

I know what ya mean. The only more satisfying sound of a pellet hitting a squirrel is that of a mosquito flying into my neighbors bug zapper. Thwack vs. Bzzzt

 

[maltmom]

I can’t believe this thread is still going and going like the Energizer Bunny…

No offense to the OP.

 

[shipwrkd]

I can’t believe this thread is still going and going like the Energizer Bunny…

No offense to the OP.

None taken, it beats the Banned Game.

 

[jimmy]

You might enjoy this.

youtube.com/watch?v=3lYm0c7gYyU

 

[JerryZ]

You kidding? I live in Minnesota, it’s our State bird…and ANY game should not be cooked any more then medium rare.

Actually that title was taken long ago by the mosquitos of Louisiana they will suck your blood through a pair of jeans like they where not there! True I swear!

 

[maltmom]

Actually that title was taken long ago by the mosquitos of Louisiana they will suck your blood through a pair of jeans like they where not there! True I swear!

This is true!!!

 

[shipwrkd]

Oh my, after a several month cease fire at the suggestion of several (but not many) posters and an “off the record” chat with my parish priest, I thought perhaps the squirrels and I could find common ground. The devil seems to be working me, for there’s a bumper crop of the pesky tree rats and my Methodist neighbor has substantially surpassed the number that I’ve sent to the Lord. Now the proverbial straw that broke the camels back. My parish priest has been replaced…by one who is an avid hunter and he and I started talking about game. Fair game! Now when I walk by the dusty pellet gun with a squirrel in sight, my hands shank, the hair on the back of my neck stands straight and I start sweating. To top it off, several demons have posted to what I thought was dead…so to speak

Please pray for me (and the pesky tree rats) for I’m not sure how much longer I can resist.

 

[shipwrkd]

Actually that title was taken long ago by the mosquitos of Louisiana they will suck your blood through a pair of jeans like they where not there! True I swear!

I’ve been there in August. Don’t ask me why…but I believe every word!!

 

[maltmom]

Just like your tree rats, this thread keeps coming back for more.