Squirrel, LOL

[highland145]

Hey man, don't knock him. they eat squirrel in SC. It's the number 2 meat down there.

5th after raccoons, opossums, deer, random road kill. Damned feral pigs and coyotes are useless.

 

[Iron Woode]

a sling shot and a good aim would take his head off.

I despise squirrels. They invaded my house twice and 3 of them chased after me in the park because I refused to feed them.

they would steal the sunflower heads in my garden.

squirrels only deserve death.

 

[ViviTheMage]

quick someone make a GIF of the squirrel slipping up and down continuously.

this ain't reddit, haha.

 

[BUTCH1]

a sling shot and a good aim would take his head off.

I despise squirrels. They invaded my house twice and 3 of them chased after me in the park because I refused to feed them.

they would steal the sunflower heads in my garden.

squirrels only deserve death.

Wait a sec., you actually ran away from Squirrel's??. anyway I've got a squirrel story for 'yall, I was golfing one day and had a pack of those peanut butter and crackers in the golf cart, we parked the cart to putt out and upon returning to the cart I saw a squirrel in a tree branch about 5-6 ft above my head munching on my crackers!. Crafty little fuck waited at that spot because he had learned that people would walk away for a bit to putt out, then go on a "cart raid". I considered hurling a 5-iron at him but realized it probably would just get stuck in the tree so I drove off, defeated..

 

[Red Squirrel]

I wish I lived in the bush where there was squirrels, and more birds. Would be fun to put feeders out and stuff. I think squirrels sometimes come out in winter too so could enjoy them all year round. It's more fun if you make it an obstacle course for them to get to the food though. Make them work for it. :biggrin:

If tamed they'll come right to your hand too and eventually even let you pet them. They're fun to have around, it's like having kittens that never grow up.

 

[zinfamous]

5th after raccoons, opossums, deer, random road kill. Damned feral pigs and coyotes are useless.

FL has a really nice feral pig resource. I know some people that are actively trapping and hunting them for meat, and it's pretty awesome.

Is hunting them just not as common in the other red states (which, btw, actually has a strange correlation to the spread of feral pigs in the US)? I'm sure people are doing it, but I'd hope they are designated "open season" or whatever, to encourage more culling. I know they are difficult bastards to hunt.

 

[highland145]

FL has a really nice feral pig resource. I know some people that are actively trapping and hunting them for meat, and it's pretty awesome.

Is hunting them just not as common in the other red states (which, btw, actually has a strange correlation to the spread of feral pigs in the US)? I'm sure people are doing it, but I'd hope they are designated "open season" or whatever, to encourage more culling. I know they are difficult bastards to hunt.

They and coyote are open season all year. The problem, as I understand it, is that pigs carry some nasty diseases and the deer processors won't (or can't by law) process them in the same slaughter house. Every hunter that I know shoots them on sight and does not eat them. They eat the corn plots that were put out for the deer.

Another problem that we've gotten is packs of roaming dogs. Some killed 3 miniature ponies the other week. I have a customer that put 2 of a group down when they came on his property and started acting aggressive.

Edit:If there's a way to butcher them safely then I would think a market would open up.

 

[zinfamous]

They and coyote are open season all year. The problem, as I understand it, is that pigs carry some nasty diseases and the deer processors won't (or can't by law) process them in the same slaughter house. Every hunter that I know shoots them on sight and does not eat them. They eat the corn plots that were put out for the deer.

Another problem that we've gotten is packs of roaming dogs. Some killed 3 miniature ponies the other week. I have a customer that put 2 of a group down when they came on his property and started acting aggressive.

Edit:If there's a way to butcher them safely then I would think a market would open up.

weird, I wasn't aware of any specific diseases from feral pigs, only that they are historically notorious vectors for human disease. I imagine the problem has to do with butchering, because I think you can pretty much cure and/or treat any type of meat, even organically, and take care of any harmful disease.

If I had to guess--this kind of thought is generated by the "pig people" and the decades long (and decades non-existent) concerns for trichonosis. Granted, wild pig might be more risky, simply because the single pork stock that is mass produced and cultivated has long-eradicated trichonosis....but that single pork stock that nearly all of us know from supermarket bacon, ham, chops, ribs, whatever...is rather bland and really quite "un-piggy."

I think putting more game or heirloom stocks into the market would be amazing...but of course the "pig people" don't want that. fucking Jesse Helms!

 

[highland145]

Called a local processor, he said they fall under different SC regulations and more care must be taken with them. Also said they were a better, less fatty meat than anything you get in the store but you must make sure it's cooked thoroughly.

Wasn't there some recent govt actions against people who had heritage hogs?

Edit:http://www.naturalnews.com/035403_heritage_pigs_farms_Michigan.html

Swine brucellosis

Swine brucellosis is caused by a bacteria and is primarily a reproductive tract disease in wild pigs that can be transmitted to humans. Infections are manifested by flu-like symptoms including fever, headaches, muscle and joint soreness and weakness. The fatality rate in humans is very low, but the disease often is prolonged and debilitating. Humans have contracted swine brucellosis from handling and dressing wild swine. This disease is present in many wild hog populations in SC. Persons dressing wild swine should take the following precautions:

1. use disposable rubber gloves and protective eyeglasses while dressing the carcass,
2. minimize handling of the reproductive tracts of both sexes,
3. dispose of waste parts by burying or burning,
4. clean up with hot water and soap after processing, and
5. cook meat thoroughly to 160º F prior to eating.

 

[zinfamous]

Called a local processor, he said they fall under different SC regulations and more care must be taken with them. Also said they were a better, less fatty meat than anything you get in the store but you must make sure it's cooked thoroughly.

Wasn't there some recent govt actions against people who had heritage hogs?

Edit:http://www.naturalnews.com/035403_heritage_pigs_farms_Michigan.html

would not be surprised. The FDA has somehow managed to become the militant wing of BigAg these days--basically aiming all of their power against any small producer of any product that isn't controlled by one of ~two wealthy conglomerates.

I think for boars, you pretty much need to castrate and drain them, anyway, because the meat ends up being very "stringent" if you don't. I wonder if doing this properly, and safely, as one should anyway, would mitigate a lot of those problems?

 

[purbeast0]

Squirrel's pretty good, but I wouldn't want to shoot mine. I like watching them run around the yard. They're surprisingly loud on the roof. They use that as a shortcut to get from the backyard to the front. Sounds like antelope on the roof.

when i was in barbados we had monkeys running on the roof our villa all the time. it was pretty cool to see them doing it, but annoying when you would wake up to it!

and LOL @ the video of the squirrel hah. pretty amusing.

 

[biostud]

Reminds me of Ice Age.

 

[John Connor]

 

[norseamd]

LOL. At 0:41 I can just picture him thinking "wow, wtf is going on. Ok, what do I do now..."

Yep. In fact I noticed before I even read the rest of these comments that at that time after failing he then decided to try to jump higher and possibly over the vaseline. But the vaseline was up there also so he did not actually win. But he was thinking. Was going to say something about it but you beat me to it.

 

[T9D]

Those little bastards manage to take thousands of walnuts from my tree every year. Which I don't mind so much if they only take what they can eat, but they are hoarders and most goes to waste. They bury tons of them that just end up sprouting later.

Maybe I should grease my tree

 

[Wyndru]

HAHA!

 

[Jeeebus]

FUCK SQUIRRELS!

Bastards love to raid our mango trees. Most mornings there is at least one half eaten mango on the ground this summer. I've been too lazy but I need to start thinning the herd a bit.

 

[SKORPI0]

 

[mmntech]

I wish I lived in the bush where there was squirrels, and more birds. Would be fun to put feeders out and stuff. I think squirrels sometimes come out in winter too so could enjoy them all year round. It's more fun if you make it an obstacle course for them to get to the food though. Make them work for it. :biggrin:

If tamed they'll come right to your hand too and eventually even let you pet them. They're fun to have around, it's like having kittens that never grow up.

No squirrels up there? There's tons in the suburbs. Lady up the road from me feeds them peanuts. They hang out in my yard because we're one of the few people on the street that don't have dogs or cats. Never had trouble with them aside from them occasionally digging in the planters.

Grackles though are a bunch of bird seed stealing assholes. They chase of the songbirds, eat everything, and make a mess in the process. They they strut around like they own the place. All the while gawking at you with those beady yellow eyes, as if to say "what you going to do about it, bitch."

We get coyotes as well. All the city folk who moved out here didn't realize that until their cats started going missing.

 

[Red Squirrel]

No squirrels up there? There's tons in the suburbs. Lady up the road from me feeds them peanuts. They hang out in my yard because we're one of the few people on the street that don't have dogs or cats. Never had trouble with them aside from them occasionally digging in the planters.

Grackles though are a bunch of bird seed stealing assholes. They chase of the songbirds, eat everything, and make a mess in the process. They they strut around like they own the place. All the while gawking at you with those beady yellow eyes, as if to say "what you going to do about it, bitch."

We get coyotes as well. All the city folk who moved out here didn't realize that until their cats started going missing.

I sometimes see them but it's a very rare sight. A couple years back I saw one in my yard but all I had to show for it was some tracks in the snow. :biggrin: I put peanuts out once... it just attracted about 200 crows. :biggrin:

 

[AMD64Blondie]

I could imagine this video remixed with the Benny Hill theme song.

(Quick,to the video editors...)

 

[KlokWyze]

good video....

I can't help but feel like this is a fitting metaphor for life.

ha