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Groesbeck Hurricane 08-06-2010 09:54 AM

If you were closer I would just loan out a couple of my bantam English Game Roosters! Man, they will take out anything! They grabbed a couple of moles in front of me last weekend. Don't know where the moles came from but there are now two less in this world!

I gotta get a shot of the English Game riding on the back of a full size rooster! It is HILARIOUS!!! Little guy runs up and jumps on and the big guy starts running away. Little guy grabs feathers in his beak and holds on! It is also strange to see them 20+ feet up in the maple trees crowing and killing squirrels. Great fun in the barnyard. They also keep the bigger roosters in line and we have so very few problems around the yard. and no more squirrels ruining our apples.

masraum 08-06-2010 11:20 AM

Somehting like this??

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1281122440.jpg

Jim Richards 08-06-2010 12:21 PM

I love that pic. Is it available in a velvet print?

vash 08-07-2010 02:31 PM

well the havaheart sucks..i keep catching songbirds.

i upped the warfare..picked up a poison station and filled it with the pellets. then i dumped some stricknine down some holes, and set up some kill traps in the most active looking holes.

RWebb 08-07-2010 03:01 PM

what bait in the live traps?

hope you have no pets or kids

tabs 08-07-2010 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by porsche4life (Post 5484947)
Hook a hose to the exhaust of a an old piece of yard equipment.... The more smoke the better...... Start the motor and cover every place the smoke comes out.... Once you see no more smoke.... Let the motor run out of gas...

Bye Bye Mr Squirrel....

Are U sure your not German?

tabs 08-07-2010 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by vash (Post 5494907)
well the havaheart sucks..i keep catching songbirds.

i upped the warfare..picked up a poison station and filled it with the pellets. then i dumped some stricknine down some holes, and set up some kill traps in the most active looking holes.

I'm going to report you to PETA...and now the EPA and I am sure the ACLU will want to file suit against you to ...

DanielDudley 08-08-2010 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by legion (Post 5484799)
Get the Gamo Whisper.

You will spend a lot of time and money try to solve the problem, then you will get the pellet gun, and suddenly the problem will be solved.

There are some really nice ones out there. Been thinking of getting one for much the same reasons, and of course for cheap plinking.

Don Plumley 08-08-2010 12:16 PM

The problem of poisons to kill field animals is secondary kill. The gopher eats strychnine, crawls out of the burrow and staggers around before it dies. Hawk sees weakened gopher and eats it. Both Hawk and Gopher die.

If you want to have fun doing it, check out this video for the Rodenator - real life caddy shack. We've used it at the vineyards, so far I've not been lucky enough to see it in action.

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enzo1 08-08-2010 12:28 PM

bad#ss

vash 08-08-2010 12:42 PM

WOW!!

my friend has a trap that sets off a rimfire blank..you stab the tube in..the rodent tries to work the tube out,,trips it, and POP!..i heard it was loud, so i cant use it.

don, hear you about the secondary kill. here is what i did. i ran a hose into the hole..deep..2 feet maybe. i poured in some grains of poison..then i gave it a strong blast of air..i imagined i scattered grains into the little bastards, living room. then i caved in about 3 feet of tunnel. felt logical.

nothing in my traps today :( but no visuals..wife hasnt seen any..

RWebb 08-08-2010 01:08 PM

nope - like he said some will live long enuff to crawl out and run around

those will spread the toxin up the food chain (which may include your dog)

retching by the poisoned mammal will spread the toxin into the soil where children play

vash 08-09-2010 04:37 PM

one down..it stood still.. thwack!

arrow practice. i checked; it is legal to shoot them as vermin. it is however, illegal as all get out to trap and release them elsewhere. law makers are funny.

mthomas58 08-09-2010 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by vash (Post 5484767)
i honestly googled every ground rodent name i could think of, and nothing looks familiar..

hopefully i can post a picture post mortem..

Ground beef, pork, turkey and chicken OK but ground squirrel? No thanks!

pwd72s 08-09-2010 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by vash (Post 5497917)
one down..it stood still.. thwack!

arrow practice. i checked; it is legal to shoot them as vermin. it is however, illegal as all get out to trap and release them elsewhere. law makers are funny.

I would think ground squirrels would be happy if released on the lawn of City Hall...:rolleyes:

RWebb 08-09-2010 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by mthomas58 (Post 5498166)
Ground beef, pork, turkey and chicken OK but ground squirrel? No thanks!

yes, much better in chunks - used to eat it that way all the time; great for jambalaya

aigel 08-09-2010 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vash (Post 5497917)
one down..it stood still.. thwack!

arrow practice. i checked; it is legal to shoot them as vermin. it is however, illegal as all get out to trap and release them elsewhere. law makers are funny.

What!? No trophy picture? How far was it?

I guarantee that you can not legally shoot a bow in your city. There usually is a non-projectile / no shooting law that includes pellet guns and bows, crossbows etc.

Congratulations!

George

vash 08-10-2010 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by aigel (Post 5498455)

I guarantee that you can not legally shoot a bow in your city. Congratulations!

George

hench the "no pictures" :) (didnt happen) easy 20 yards..i had the second one dead nuts..but i took one millisecond to verify a safe backstop..and the little bastard ran off.

george..i found this guy in a secret spot. going aug 19th to find him and boy-friends.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1281449723.jpg

RWebb 08-10-2010 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vash (Post 5498668)
..but i took one millisecond to verify a safe backstop..and the little bastard ran off.

...

fix them in place with infantry, then call in air or artillery

vash 11-01-2010 06:37 PM

one down!! i finally trapped one. then i realized i had a "problem". i ran next door, borrowed a pellet rifle, and poked the muzzle into the cage..pop! done.

i reset the trap to catch the second squirrel. hahahha


you guys need photos?


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