Pest Control

[ewheeley]

I'm at my grandfather's house for the weekend, and he's been getting some visits from a group of skunks. I've spent most the day catching perch, cutting them up, and putting them in a bucket of water to fester. I'm about to head outside and pour it all out and try to spread the smell. Hopefully I'll get rid of the problem tonight. Wish me luck!

 

[Hondafire]

Shoot em' with a shotgun......that'll keep em' from stinkin'! LMAO

 

[ewheeley]

I was really thinking about holding the flashlight and letting my sister's boyfriend git em with a knife.

 

[sesh]

I was really thinking about holding the flashlight and letting my sister's boyfriend git em with a knife.

Why let him use a knife? Demonstrate a rear naked choke on him then send him out to practice on the skunks.

 

[ewheeley]

Round One just ended in success. I stepped outside and caught a big ol' raccoon running down the neighbor's driveway. All the neighbors are Republicans, and they generally have competitions to see who can score the resident armadillo kill, so I had freedom to shoot onto their property. Marlin Model 80 with a peephole sight, I just aimed at the glare in its eyes and shot from about 30 yards. Hit it in the body with the first shot, missed on a second, but that treed it. It didn't go very high, so I got an EASY head shot from there.

I started to skin her, but ugh, FULL of ticks. It wasn't worth it. Either way, though, that'll keep it from messing around it my grandpa's garage. Now on to the skunks! Or perhaps an armadillo!

 

[smTm8q]

Wow, that's pretty sick. Not to take all the fun out of it, but when I was a boy I made an electric mousetrap. 2 plugins from the wall with the positive wires to a grill, the negative to like 50 layers of foil that was placed underneath. I really thought I went blind when I got 'eem because it tripped all the electric and there was no light. All I saw was a camera flash and then found most of his back half still in the kitchen, never found the rest. He did burn through the foil though.

 

[dennishoddy]

Cat food and a live trap, and you can clean them out pretty quick.

 

[ewheeley]

It just keeps on getting better. I woke up this morning and found solid evidence of an armadillo coming around. Sweet Jesus I love summer.

 

[dennishoddy]

It just keeps on getting better. I woke up this morning and found solid evidence of an armadillo coming around. Sweet Jesus I love summer.

I have a diller working my garden now. I just have to catch him at night, but unfortunately, I'm on here.

 

[ewheeley]

I've got a friend in city limits, so instead of firearms we turn it into sport and chase the little critters around with a dip net from a swimming pool.