This means war

[Julia1996]

Rabbits, squiggles have a curry recipe to suit . All pests TBH, both sides of my grandparents lived of wild rabbit to get by and rabbit stew is very nice

Rabbit stew!  How awful. No Easter basket for you!  Actually the Easter bunny might off you in your sleep. Lol

[Sarah_P]

We've got a raccoon issue here, and you don't even want to know what one of the professional pest removal people's suggestions was for driving them off. It involved tactics a psychotic killer might employ. 

I suggested we actually take that advice. We didn't.   

[Cassi]

We've got a raccoon issue here, and you don't even want to know what one of the professional pest removal people's suggestions was for driving them off. It involved tactics a psychotic killer might employ. 

I suggested we actually take that advice. We didn't.   

[MaryT]

I presume that you still ate what was left of the chocolate.  Or is it just me who turns into a mindless, ravening beast when chocolate is within reach?  And no, I am not a squirrel.

[Devlyn]

I presume that you still ate what was left of the chocolate.  Or is it just me who turns into a mindless, ravening beast when chocolate is within reach?  And no, I am not a squirrel.

Welcome back? 

The bunny remnants have been luring unsuspecting varmints to a date with St Peter. So far several squirrels and a woodchuck. I think the woodchuck may have been the culprit. As he died in The Battle of Reeses Hill, we'll never know the answer to that question.     

Hugs, Devlyn

[V M]

Which brings up the age old question... How much chocolate would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck chocolate? Mmmmm 

[Northern Star Girl]

Welcome back? 

The bunny remnants have been luring unsuspecting varmints to a date with St Peter. So far several squirrels and a woodchuck. I think the woodchuck may have been the culprit. As he died in The Battle of Reeses Hill, we'll never know the answer to that question.     

Hugs, Devlyn

The battle continues.... thanks for the SITREP .

Years ago I shot a pesky Woodpecker with my shotgun... the woodpecker was ruining one of my nice and also very prominent fir trees.  After I shot it, it still was clamped to the tree about 35 feet up, even though it was very dead.  It took me two hours with sticks and with ladders, risking my life,  to knock it down.   I was later informed by a friendly neighbor that Woodpeckers were an endangered species in my neck of the woods....   I will deny shooting it if asked.   Where is the body?      I don't know "nothin "

[Devlyn]

 

Which brings up the age old question... How much chocolate would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck chocolate? Mmmmm 

[Devlyn]

The battle continues.... thanks for the SITREP .

Years ago I shot a pesky Woodpecker with my shotgun... the woodpecker was ruining one of my nice and also very prominent fir trees.  After I shot it, it still was clamped to the tree about 35 feet up, even though it was very dead.  It took me two hours with sticks and with ladders, risking my life,  to knock it down.   I was later informed by a friendly neighbor that Woodpeckers were an endangered species in my neck of the woods....   I will deny shooting it if asked.   Where is the body?      I don't know "nothin "

Damn woodpecker put a hundred holes in your fir tree, but how many did you make with the shotgun? 

[Dena]

Damn woodpecker put a hundred holes in your fir tree, but how many did you make with the shotgun? 

Bird shot at close range? About 300!

[Jessica_Rose]

I will deny shooting it if asked.   Where is the body? 

I just have to know, did it taste like chicken?

[MaryT]

Damn woodpecker put a hundred holes in your fir tree, but how many did you make with the shotgun? 

Maybe birdshot is good for trees.  In southern England in January, apple trees are wassailed.  For some reason, since the invention of the shotgun, this ancient tradition has involved firing at them as well as singing to them.  (They say that you should be wary of biting into birdshot when eating game.  Perhaps in England this includes apple pies.)

[MaryT]

This all reminds me of a song I heard when I was a child.  Part of it went

"Squirrels too are very cute as they go up a tree
but with my trusty rifle, they can't excape from me."

It was sung by someone called Sodomite Sam or something like that.  However, I recall that he loaded his gun with gumdrops.  Maybe that is the peaceful compromise.  The hunter still has the satisfaction of blasting at them, while the varmints satisfy their sweet tooth without breaking into parcels.

[MaryT]

This is how we hunt the squirrel in England, although the technique is being demonstrated by Americans:

It seems to have been successful in reducing the numbers of indigenous red squirrels but the invasive American grey squirrels are a tougher bunch.  However, now that a famous American varmint hunter (and Susan's Place member) has settled in England, perhaps she might be persuaded to help.

If the hunting method shown above seems a bit strenuous, you can lie back and listen to Ernest Tomlinson's rendition from his English Folk Dance Suite:

[Devlyn]

This varmint hunter has left the rainy windswept plains of the UK and now resides in sunny Barcelona! 

Hugs, Devlyn

[ChrissyRyan]

But no more two foot hot dogs as in the UK for Devlyn!

That "loss" is made up for by a lot of other nice things though I am sure.


Chrissy