Spent quite a few sunny afternoons popping the little critters for just such a reason, self-preservation 🙂 When I was stationed in Alberta, a friend of mine had an acerage infested with them, as was the rest of the area, never any shortage of targets and we shot mostly from 3-400 yards. Most of theothers used .223’s or other ‘varmint’ caliblres and his wife was pretty good with a .243 but I preferred my .30-06 🙂 Ever see what happens when a Remington ‘Accelerator’ at 4000+ fps hits a prairie dog ? One less chance for a broken ankle from stepping in a hole. The last Sqn I was in was at the other end of the runways from the rest, you had to be really careful walking between Hangars and we had to chase more than one off the flightline before it got sucked down an intake and grounded the plane for an engine change. One did that on takeoff and ended up fighting hard to get up high enough to turn back and land, a jettisoned tank almost took out the shack at the far button.
Ranchers hate the little bastards, because one step in a hole and a horse or beeve has to be put down.
Here in the east, groundhogs (woodchucks) aren’t as big a problem because they generally like to put their burrows under trees. Although I’ve seen overly-inquisitive coyotes get a lesson in “mind your own business” when they stuck their noses in a groundhog’s front door.
If they stuck it in a badger’s burrow, they’d be lucky to keep their noses.
cheers
eon
September 18, 2024 at 2:58 am
Heltau
What are sod poodles. First time I have read about them.
When I was 12 or so, my father would hand me a .22 and a box of shells and say “go down to the dump and shoot rats or something” to get me out of the house 🙂 Thanks to successive liebral gov’ts and an increasingly crazified population, you can’t do that anymore, it pretty nearly takes an Act of Parliament to unlock everything for a trip to the range 🙁
September 18, 2024 at 10:38 am
Kafiroon
Armadillos.
Knew a few good old boys that would drive their trucks into the ditch just to flatten them.
20 years back when I had two teenage daughters and the wife all in sync for that time of the month… I wanted a armoured vault to lock myself in.
You worry about things like the three of them smothering you in your sleep or feeding your dismembered carcass to the neighbors hogs.
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When they sync it’s time to go hunt sod poodles. Just saying.
clear ether
eon
Spent quite a few sunny afternoons popping the little critters for just such a reason, self-preservation 🙂 When I was stationed in Alberta, a friend of mine had an acerage infested with them, as was the rest of the area, never any shortage of targets and we shot mostly from 3-400 yards. Most of theothers used .223’s or other ‘varmint’ caliblres and his wife was pretty good with a .243 but I preferred my .30-06 🙂 Ever see what happens when a Remington ‘Accelerator’ at 4000+ fps hits a prairie dog ? One less chance for a broken ankle from stepping in a hole. The last Sqn I was in was at the other end of the runways from the rest, you had to be really careful walking between Hangars and we had to chase more than one off the flightline before it got sucked down an intake and grounded the plane for an engine change. One did that on takeoff and ended up fighting hard to get up high enough to turn back and land, a jettisoned tank almost took out the shack at the far button.
Ranchers hate the little bastards, because one step in a hole and a horse or beeve has to be put down.
Here in the east, groundhogs (woodchucks) aren’t as big a problem because they generally like to put their burrows under trees. Although I’ve seen overly-inquisitive coyotes get a lesson in “mind your own business” when they stuck their noses in a groundhog’s front door.
If they stuck it in a badger’s burrow, they’d be lucky to keep their noses.
cheers
eon
What are sod poodles. First time I have read about them.
Prairie dogs.
Glad somebody else asked…prairie dogs huh?
We ain’t got them over here in Flarduh…will tree rats do?
When I was 12 or so, my father would hand me a .22 and a box of shells and say “go down to the dump and shoot rats or something” to get me out of the house 🙂 Thanks to successive liebral gov’ts and an increasingly crazified population, you can’t do that anymore, it pretty nearly takes an Act of Parliament to unlock everything for a trip to the range 🙁
Armadillos.
Knew a few good old boys that would drive their trucks into the ditch just to flatten them.
Two laughs for starting my day. Thanks!
20 years back when I had two teenage daughters and the wife all in sync for that time of the month… I wanted a armoured vault to lock myself in.
You worry about things like the three of them smothering you in your sleep or feeding your dismembered carcass to the neighbors hogs.
And THEN they’ll get REALLY mean!
Zar Belk!
I wonder if Comrade Kamela still has that
situation, if elected (God forbid) keep her
as far as possible from the red button.
Oh, and tonite Pres. Trump rallies in NY
with more security.
Trump is a threat to THEIR Democracy.
but a hero to OUR Republic.
Tonight’s rally, getting to be same-old-same. “Cops ‘find explosives’ in car near Trump rally on Long Island.”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4265573/posts
Update: Above ‘cops find explosives’ being reported as probably ‘false’.
Travis should know better than that.
When things sync up like that, good time to go fishing.
Bad Dog, No Biscuit!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Z6UTquxKQ