Killing time

[Mc Tool]

So finally got the raccoon last night, have taken out a dozen chipmunks I think we can call an end to hostilities.

Ah ha ha ,you Americans and your ceasefires

 

[DeepCMark58A]

Ah ha ha ,you Americans and your ceasefires

No not a cease fire an end to current hostilities big difference. Yes I will kill rodents and vile creatures that raid the nest of innocent turtles, because if tolerate animal anarchy why the rodents will feel safe and move in.

 

[flashback]

since when is a snapping turtle innocent? they bite you!

 

[DeepCMark58A]

since when is a snapping turtle innocent? they bite you!

But snapping turtles live for a long time they are they closest thing we get to sharks in Minnesota.

 

[Mc Tool]

No not a cease fire an end to current hostilities big difference. Yes I will kill rodents and vile creatures that raid the nest of innocent turtles, because if tolerate animal anarchy why the rodents will feel safe and move in.

You added the word "current " ....another big difference

 

[FLATHEAD]

But snapping turtles live for a long time they are they closest thing we get to sharks in Minnesota.

They do live long. I’ve seen some bigs ones that were probably 40 plus year old.

 

[Mc Tool]

They do live long. I’ve seen some bigs ones that were probably 40 plus year old.,

Can ya eat them , and what about chipmunks and 'coons.
Ive seen Tom and Nancy eating muskrats and beavers ,chipmunks and coons aint that different?. I spose it all comes down to what food there is about if your subsistence living ....traditional food ?

 

[Scott Danforth]

they bite you!

all cornered animals bite. its the only thing left in the flight or fight response

 

[flashback]

all cornered animals bite. its the only thing left in the flight or fight response

agreed, we had a disagreement. I was trying to help the damn thing out of the road and it didn't understand my intentions. probably didn't help that I had an umbrella in my hand. They sure ain't slow.

 

[airshot]

since when is a snapping turtle innocent? they bite you!

Not if you leave them alone.....have taken a few out of my pond with traps as they eat my fish.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

Well the suet cake was gone again hostilities resumed, I should have known there is never just one.

 

[airshot]

When we moved out into the country, NY wife did not like the idea of shooting/ trapping the feral cats. We also have lots of cute bunnies..
One day we stumbled across a rabbit caught in a fence and watched two feral cats eating the rabbit alive. Not really eating it for food but just ripping the rabbit apart from the back end. Just a few days after, we saw a feral cat digging up rabbit nests and tearing apart the babies....quite an awful mess in front it our living room window. After this....feral cats are clear targets with her blessing ! Sometimes women need to see how cruel mother nature can be before she needs a little help in vermin control.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

The one feral cat that I see is the neighbor 4 doors down outdoor cat, just because the cat gets pet and some food does not mean it isn't a killing machine. I will not kill it because if I wounded it and the cat made it home that would be problematic. That being said I don't think a cat survives 00 buck shot of of a 12 gauge.

 

[flashback]

Yall being a little hard on cats. Not any different than a lion ripping the throat out of a gazelle. They manage their own population for the most part.

 

[FLATHEAD]

Years back I would see a ferel cat in patch of woods where I had a treestand. It was a big one ,and had a gray gnarled looking coat. Nasty critter. I always knew when he was coming through because the grey squirrels would go nuts. No doubt he killed a few. Glad he never decided to climb my tree.

 

[FLATHEAD]

Speaking of Raccoons. This guy was camped out in a tree next to one of my treestands. Lots of noise, a major highway is 150 yards behind me.

 

[Scott Danforth]

neighbors daughter in 4H had an outdoor pen full of rabbits. one night there was a slight commotion. a Florida panther reached up thru the hardware cloth at the bottom of the cage and strained the rabbits thru the claws and cloth. only thing left a minute later was some red tinged fur in the remnants of the rabbit pen. some feral cats get to be left alone....

 

[aspeck]

Can ya eat them , and what about chipmunks and 'coons.
Ive seen Tom and Nancy eating muskrats and beavers ,chipmunks and coons aint that different?. I spose it all comes down to what food there is about if your subsistence living ....traditional food ?

Absolutely ... I like turtle soup, turtle etouffee, fried turtle ... you just have to keep them alive a few days in clean water, changing the water often, till you get the mud cleaned out of said turtle.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

Yall being a little hard on cats. Not any different than a lion ripping the throat out of a gazelle. They manage their own population for the most part.

Part of it is the anger against pet owners who are irresponsible as pet owners and cats multiple or just go dump them in the country. Technically in the wild a cat is considered an invasive specie.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

I live on a peninsula and the dang deer are eating the wife's hostas right out of the yard, no respect.