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Shot a frigging squirrel

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Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: adairusmc
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: adairusmc
Originally posted by: RESmonkey


They don't carry the bubonic plague.
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O RLY? -

http://www.fws.gov/mountain-pr...tprairiedog/plague.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/epi.htm
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😕 Prairie dogs and rats are not squirrels.
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But they are all rodents and pests.

The ground squirels and feral cats on my property are pests, and they are dealt with just like any pest - with a bullet or a shotshell - and there is -absolutely nothing- anyone can do to stop it.

I dont care much about the plague issue myself, mostly tearing up the property. The area where they burrow their holes is worth more than the worldwide population of those little bastards as far as I am concerned.
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because there isn't one.

seriously dude, you aren't supposed to drink the gasoline. It goes in your car, dipshit.
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Great! A pudgy but dedicated squirrel annihilator with gasoline breath who takes pics of his peculiar hobby like he's bwana on safari and quivers in his compound alone at nights suffering bed wetting nightmares about getting the bubonic plague from Alvin's close cousins. We won't even mention his tiny, tiny penis. He doesn't.
 
A few years ago at the cabin we were nipping squirels in the but with a bb gun. Nothing damaging just hitting them to get them away from the bird feeders. So my friend shoots for the first time and is all scared to hurt the thing. We tell him to just aim for the butt and it will make them run. Of course he puts one through its ear hole and kills it. Poor thing looked like a scene out of shindlers list.
 
Anyone who is horrified of a man shooting a squirrel has never owned a dog I'm guessing (or possibly even a cat).
 
Originally posted by: skace
Anyone who is horrified of a man shooting a squirrel has never owned a dog I'm guessing (or possibly even a cat).
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I'm horrified at the waste of animals. I've shot plenty of squirrels, but I've also used them.
 
Originally posted by: skace
Anyone who is horrified of a man shooting a squirrel has never owned a dog I'm guessing (or possibly even a cat).
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Neither dogs nor cats catch squirrels that often, they're way too fast and wary. That said, I once had to put one out of it's misery with a shovel after my hound managed to cripple it -- that was not fun, but had to be done.
 
I agree with safeway here. Killing an animal for fun is sick. Killing for food is OK, killing in defense is OK, killing because it's damaging the property is OK. Killing just because one gets a kick out of it is sick. And squirrel being annoying? What kind of unstable person do you have to be if it takes one squirrel to annoy you.
 
I once shot a raccoon while in the black mountain hills of Dakota. Little bastard was trying to steal my girl named Magil and she called herself Lil, but everyone knew her as Nancy.

-Dan
 
My neighbor feeds the damn things peanuts... they dig up our flowers and lawn burrying them. I almost ran one over backing out of my driveway and he started yelling so I'd stop my car. I wish that I could shoot the damn things.
 
Originally posted by: shiner
I once shot a raccoon while in the black mountain hills of Dakota. Little bastard was trying to steal my girl named Magil and she called herself Lil, but everyone knew her as Nancy.

-Dan
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:laugh:
 
I love having my squirrels. I have a 250yr old oak tree in my back yard, and it's full of tree rats. watching them run around the yard is one of my favorite things to do on my property. I've wanted to set up a flying squirrel feeder to see if I have any. I once read in a book that if you have grey squirrels, it's very likely you have flying squirrels. You have to setup a platform feeder, then put a light on it at night to see them, as they're completely nocturnal.
 
Originally posted by: shiner
I once shot a raccoon while in the black mountain hills of Dakota. Little bastard was trying to steal my girl named Magil and she called herself Lil, but everyone knew her as Nancy.

-Dan
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Rocky?

And this thread is epic. :laugh:
 
You people who have lived comfortably in suburbia or in urban environments for the entirety of your lives amuse me.

Adairusmc is well within his rights to shoot rodents despite your fake moral outrage. Ever heard of population control? Look up the Northern Gray...
 
Originally posted by: Spartan Niner
You people who have lived comfortably in suburbia or in urban environments for the entirety of your lives amuse me.

Adairusmc is well within his rights to shoot rodents despite your fake moral outrage. Ever heard of population control? Look up the Northern Gray...
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Population control with regards to squirrels happens naturally. There's boom and bust years for nut bearing trees, and the squirrel population rises, and falls with that.
 
Originally posted by: lxskllr
Originally posted by: Spartan Niner
You people who have lived comfortably in suburbia or in urban environments for the entirety of your lives amuse me.

Adairusmc is well within his rights to shoot rodents despite your fake moral outrage. Ever heard of population control? Look up the Northern Gray...
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Population control with regards to squirrels happens naturally. There's boom and bust years for nut bearing trees, and the squirrel population rises, and falls with that.
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Are you saying you want to bust a nut on a squirrel?

That's perverted!
 
Originally posted by: nkgreen
Originally posted by: shiner
I once shot a raccoon while in the black mountain hills of Dakota. Little bastard was trying to steal my girl named Magil and she called herself Lil, but everyone knew her as Nancy.

-Dan
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:laugh:
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:laugh:

 
Originally posted by: Genx87
A few years ago at the cabin we were nipping squirels in the but with a bb gun. Nothing damaging just hitting them to get them away from the bird feeders. So my friend shoots for the first time and is all scared to hurt the thing. We tell him to just aim for the butt and it will make them run. Of course he puts one through its ear hole and kills it. Poor thing looked like a scene out of shindlers list.
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lol, the exact same thing happened to me when I was a kid. We had a basement window that we would shoot sqirrels out of, it was like a bunker. The BB gun had a giant scope on it even though we were never shooting more than about 15-20 yards. I got really good at hitting them in the butt and making them jump up into the air. Sure enough one day I pulled the trigger and instead of seeing the squirrel jump up in the air, I just saw its tail drop to the ground.

I thought 'oh shit' and ran out there and sure enough, there was blood coming out of the ear. I think my folks had company visiting the house so I just tossed it into the bushes and resolved to bury it later. When I actually returned the next day, it was gone. Must've made a tasty snack for something.
 
Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
My neighbor feeds the damn things peanuts... they dig up our flowers and lawn burrying them. I almost ran one over backing out of my driveway and he started yelling so I'd stop my car. I wish that I could shoot the damn things.
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Get a pellet gun. That's what I use to take out nuisance birds/squirrels.
 
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