wildlife ( was Re: [TheForge] ground hogs)

[Saint Phlip]

On Feb 16, 2008 1:15 PM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:
\>
> tell you what, i will keep my tree-hugging/wildlife-hugging
> comments to myself if you all keep your bloodthirsty
> comments to yourselves.
>
> agreed?

No, it's not agreed. I don't go out of my way to annoy wild critters-
we have a possum who stops by every night to clean up the cat food.
But, I don't kill for fun- I usually eat what I kill. I was neighbors
with a groundhog for many years- but his hole wasn't a threat to my
horses. However, I learned to cook and eat groundhogs, because there
were some others that were a threat to my horses- and if I get horses
again, I'll kill and eat any future groundhogs that may become a
threat to them.

The local raccoons are usually safe from me. The exceptions are the
ones which attacked my chickens. Killed them when I had to, and kept a
few nasty roosters who convinced them to dine elsewhere.

We're all a part of the world we live in, terry. While mostly I agree
to live and let live, there are times when you need to convince
critters to live alsewhere, or to die.

And, last I heard, terry, you weren't a vegetarian. Letting other
folks kill the meat you eat doesn't absolve you of all responsibity
for their deaths.


>
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, Saint Phlip wrote:
>
> >
> > Can never be too many. Young ones are great barbecued, and older ones
> > make a fine stew ;-)
> >
> > On Feb 16, 2008 10:14 AM, john ortery <bluestoneforge at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Jerry,
> >> NO thank you, ground hogs are like prairie dogs around here. Already
> >> to many of the digging critters.
> >> Allen
> >>
>
> --
> terry l. ridder ><>

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Saint Phlip

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