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Post by Darin on Jan 24, 2021 20:41:53 GMT -5
Anybody fond of gophers? I put 2k gallons of water down a whole today and nothing ran out. But the lower part of the back yard is a soggy mess. This will delay the new septic system by 3 days. 😕 Shite. You need some C4 explosives and Bill Murray on your side. |
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Post by mrlunting on Jan 24, 2021 20:43:12 GMT -5
Paw (my great grandfather) hated them 🤬 gophers. Because the horses could step in a hole while plowing the field. I can only imagine.
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Post by briarpipenyc on Jan 24, 2021 20:43:30 GMT -5
I had a red fox, for a while. Ambushed him outside a den. Grabbed him up and took him home. I guessed he was about 6 or 7 weeks old. Weaned. He never warmed up to me. (Why should he have?) I could walk him on a leash and he had a nice pen to live in. Gave him all the affection and care you would give a pup but he was always a fox. Never even close to a dog. Had a friend that really wanted him, so after he built a pen for him I let him have him, having tried everything to "civilize" him. He got away from my friend's pen a few weeks after he went to live there. A good thing probably. I would never do such a thing again, but I was young and stupid. Foxes belong in the wild. I rescued a baby Crow that fell put of it's nest. It started getting pin feathers, so I knew it could never fly back up into the nest. I felt sorry for the poor bird, and took him home, and stuck him in a cage. He lived in my bedroom. I was 18 years old, and totally oblivious to reality. My plan was to keep the baby Crow until he either flew away after growing feathers, or, better yet, he would sit on my shoulder and talk like a Minah bird....sort of my own personal, "black parrot". Things went downhill fast. The bird was noisy, and hopped around the damn cage all night crapping all over my bedroom rug! I never could get any sleep! It squawked constantly starting at the crack of dawn. I returned the Crow right back into the wild, after two days. The mother Crow was waiting for it. As soon as I released the bird she flew down to greet the fledgling she hatched. The end. Nature always trumps good intentions. |
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Post by Plainsman on Jan 24, 2021 21:00:40 GMT -5
Crows are very intelligent. Some people shoot them for sport. I could never do that. Have too much respect for them Even though I know if I fell asleep in a field they’d eat my eyes.
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Post by chasingembers on Jan 24, 2021 22:58:15 GMT -5
Anybody fond of gophers? I put 2k gallons of water down a whole today and nothing ran out. But the lower part of the back yard is a soggy mess. This will delay the new septic system by 3 days. 😕 Shite. No gophers, but my backyard is full of groundhogs. |
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Post by chasingembers on Jan 24, 2021 23:00:00 GMT -5
Anybody fond of gophers? I put 2k gallons of water down a whole today and nothing ran out. But the lower part of the back yard is a soggy mess. This will delay the new septic system by 3 days. 😕 Shite. You need some C4 explosives and Bill Murray on your side.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 24, 2021 23:05:42 GMT -5
You need some C4 explosives and Bill Murray on your side. I planned on shooting into the ground with some 223 FMJ 77gr, until I found out how deep the burrows are. Enough C4 would take the entire top off my hill, house included. |
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Post by urbino on Jan 24, 2021 23:13:59 GMT -5
Get hold of the fellers from O Brother Where Art Thou. They'll get 'em et.
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Post by trailboss on Jan 24, 2021 23:18:13 GMT -5
Pipe carbon monoxide in the gopher hole.
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Post by chasingembers on Jan 25, 2021 2:12:12 GMT -5
I planned on shooting into the ground with some 223 FMJ 77gr, until I found out how deep the burrows are. Enough C4 would take the entire top off my hill, house included. I had a neighbor pour gasoline into a groundhog burrow, lit it, and played whack-a-mole with the flaming escapees with a shovel. |
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Post by simnettpratt on Jan 25, 2021 6:43:18 GMT -5
I did not expect a picture of a raccoon with a pipe to go on for two pages  |
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Post by sparks on Jan 25, 2021 15:59:11 GMT -5
I did not expect a picture of a raccoon with a pipe to go on for two pages
It's amazing the shite that grabs our attention and occupies us sometimes, lol
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Post by Plainsman on Jan 25, 2021 16:32:22 GMT -5
I did not expect a picture of a raccoon with a pipe to go on for two pages
It's amazing the shite that grabs our attention and occupies us sometimes, lol
Ain’t it the troot, o, wise one... |
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Post by urbino on Jan 25, 2021 18:42:59 GMT -5
I did not expect a picture of a raccoon with a pipe to go on for two pages
It's amazing the shite that grabs our attention and occupies us sometimes, lol
What, you don't think a raccoon smoking a pipe is noteworthy? |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 25, 2021 18:50:36 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 25, 2021 20:30:30 GMT -5
That one is 1500 bucks. I don't want them dead that bad. |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 25, 2021 20:48:42 GMT -5
You can make one a lot cheaper.
Or as the case with a former coworker of mine, him and his neighbors realized that if one bought the unit, like living in an apartment it chases the vermin to your neighbor... for awhile.
They loosely formed a co-op and shared the unit and eradicated the problem.
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Post by Stearmandriver on Jan 25, 2021 21:05:25 GMT -5
I've seen some chunky raccoons in my life, but never morbidly obese. I was gonna say that too. I'm one of the country kids that had a pet raccoon for a few years and she was chunky, but wow. Not in a city dumpster have I seen that many raccoons that round! |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 25, 2021 21:46:27 GMT -5
You can make one a lot cheaper. Or as the case with a former coworker of mine, him and his neighbors realized that if one bought the unit, like living in an apartment it chases the vermin to your neighbor... for awhile. They loosely formed a co-op and shared the unit and eradicated the problem. I am thinking about injecting the castor oil in the water stream next time I flood the tunnels so they can't come back. |
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Post by Gandalf on Jan 25, 2021 21:55:53 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 25, 2021 23:14:41 GMT -5
I'll bet he didn't kill the gophers either! |
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Post by urbino on Jan 25, 2021 23:37:45 GMT -5
Maybe he just wanted to aerate the soil a little.
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Post by Gypo on Jan 26, 2021 11:50:03 GMT -5
The last gopher I got last summer with 12 gauge! He He
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Post by simnettpratt on Jan 26, 2021 11:50:30 GMT -5
Oh dear. Was he alright?
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Post by mrlunting on Jan 26, 2021 12:45:06 GMT -5
We can plant the tree now!🤪 That blowed up real good! Lol. |
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Post by Gandalf on Jan 26, 2021 13:33:23 GMT -5
The dog? Yes, he's fine - but he really moved away FAST! |
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Post by simnettpratt on Jan 26, 2021 14:48:08 GMT -5
I should have added the @ Gypo . Twas a Python inside joke. Oh, @ Gandalf |
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Post by Gypo on Jan 26, 2021 14:52:13 GMT -5
If you have ever raised a garden then you will know why the raccoon is smoking a cob pipe they always go for your corn
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 26, 2021 19:13:00 GMT -5
3 days after the hose, no new gopher mounds.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 28, 2021 20:20:58 GMT -5
Two new mounds today. Dug up one and dropped in 2 Gopher Gassers. We'll see. |
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