Spring is springing 👍

[Terrierman]

I just hope a person doesn't go to hell for killing raccoons.  I'm sure to be over a thousand by now.  They're as destructive as any creature I know of.  Seen over 50 come out of one barn/farrowing house.  Destroy hay, milk replacer, chew everything.  Been in abandoned houses with sinks level full of coon crap.  And it is flat amazing where they can get.  Doesn't take much of a hole.  If you're getting the idea I am not much of a fan of the raccoon family, you're right.  This thing accounted for most of them. It's accurate, I could drop them out of the top of a barn.  

 

 

[Quillback]

Not a fan of those masked bandits either.  My SE MO grandad used to hunt them.  He was a farmer and that was his thing to do in the winter was hunt coons.  He always had at least one hound, sometimes two.

He had a Remington Nylon 66 that he put a little dab of floro paint on the front sight.  I was given that rifle after he died, had it for 45 years and recently gave it to my uncle who will pass it down to one of his kids or grandkids.  

Cowboy guns are fun.  I have a couple of .45 Colts that I like to target shoot with.  

[BilletHead]

4 hours ago, Quillback said:

Yeah they can be mean.  Once in the cage, I like to poke them with a stick, that really gets them going.  

           Sounds like to rest of us here on the forums once and awhile poking at each other. Kinda fun until some really gets mad at the friendly pokes 😁. 

[Quillback]

2 hours ago, BilletHead said:

           Sounds like to rest of us here on the forums once and awhile poking at each other. Kinda fun until some really gets mad at the friendly pokes 😁. 

Next time I see you, I'll poke you with a stick.  😁

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, Quillback said:

Next time I see you, I'll poke you with a stick.  😁

Poke away!

[jdmidwest]

10 hours ago, Terrierman said:

Dead skunks are everywhere now.  And the armadillo wars are back in full swing now that warm weather is here.  Trap is so far 0 for but I got one last night just after dusk. Remington Duplex #2 x # 4 is fatal to armadillo at about 30 yards.  Our yard is a MESS.  No telling how many of those farging bastages there are here.  But no way was ONE doing all the damage.  Scouting continues with .22 rifles in strategic spots for daytime action, and the good old standby for after dark.

Armadillo Trap?

You can't bait a live trap and get them to go in,  I have dropped conibears over their holes and they were never triggered, and the V shaped fence never worked.

Firearms are the only solution.  I broke in a short barrel AR 22 a few weeks back on 4 of them one afternoon.

[BilletHead]

43 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

Armadillo Trap?

You can't bait a live trap and get them to go in,  I have dropped conibears over their holes and they were never triggered, and the V shaped fence never worked.

Firearms are the only solution.  I broke in a short barrel AR 22 a few weeks back on 4 of them one afternoon.

Many have met their demise in our yard and beyond, conibar yes, air rifle yes, machete yes, Pat and a metal cross arm brace yes not only once but twice. The girl I a cold stone killer. Firearms yes. 

[dblades]

On 2/27/2023 at 9:39 AM, Flyfisher for men said:

Up here in extreme northeast Kansas, and started started getting some hints--On the road yesterday and saw a couple of skunks and there were lots of geese moving.

Crocuses will be up anytime. 

My crocus came up when the snow melted, they are thick this year.