[TheForge] Fox news OT:

Thu Nov 11 08:27:58 EST 2010

I have found that if you leave a light on, the varmints will get used to it.  So you can see what is going on.  I place the light so that when they look at the house they can't see, they are looking towards the light.  Inexpensive claig light (clip on) from Home Depot.  I also have a plywood window that I slide into the bedroom window at bedtime(screen is out and keeps my cats inside).  It has a hinged opening (6"x6") for shooting.  Beasts will hear a window open easily.  But the small opening with a box hinge doesn't make any sound when opened.  Rifle Scope works fine also.  Scoops up the light and enhances the view.

Another off topic, Tractor Supply Company has an electric mouse/rat trap.  Works great.  Bunches of trappings per battery set.  Blinks when something is caught, just pick it up and sling the offender out into the woods.  No mess, quick, relatively merciful.  

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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of peter fels & phoebe palmer
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 1:56 AM
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On 11/10/2010 4:33 PM, Andrew Vida wrote:
>
> peter fels&  phoebe palmer wrote:
>> Good storys!
>> We found raccoons make a fine soil amendment.
>> I don't like to get up at 4 AM; so i use the have-a-heart trap (to 
>> spare our cats)
>>    and then pop the coons at my leisure.
>> I too found that there are a near infinite supply of raccoons and i 
>> only had a limited supply of chickens.
> 	We've lost 80+ chickens since April when we moved up here to Elkview.
> Had I not caught the culprit in the middle of an attempt on one of the 
> roosters, had someone told me a golden eagle was taking them, I'd have 
> told them to get back on their meds.  We're lousy with them here.  
> That particular example had at least a 10' span.
Wow!!
We had one land in our dead tree last week for the first time...BIG!
>    When he saw me, he split up
> into a tree, about 30' up.  He flapped his wings exactly twice.
> Amazing.  I've taken many shots at the bastard since, but I'm not much 
> of a wing shooter, so thus far he's managed to have the last neener.
>
> 	We're also lousy with coyotes here.  Hollow at bottom of our place 
> has tons of them - they raise quite a ruckus right around sunset.
>
> 	And as if that were not enough, we have a very big kitty in the 
> neighborhood, ca. 200# and jet black from head to tail.  Neighbor's 
> game camera caught it about 2 weeks ago.  DNR denies there are any 
> black panthers in WV.  They lie.
Black! Gee. When the big kitty comes into the neighborhood around here, the coyoters vanish one by one and don't return for a couple of years.
> 	So we're down to about 40 birds.  Sucks.  I am, however, preparing to 
> build a new bird house for everyone.  I'm hoping 12x20 will be enough.
>
> 	BTW, the rooster the eagle was on came out without a scratch, but I 
> found him on his back completely paralyzed from the terror.  He 
> refused to leave the barn for about 5 days.  He's better now. :) 
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