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09-27-2009, 06:55 PM
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Cranky Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Willamina & Oak Grove, Oregon, USA
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Different worlds
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I was talking to my business partner this morning. She was searching the Intertubes to find a place near Oakland that could take care of a baby squirrel she found on her morning walk.
I was watching videos on gopher trapping. Got one in the garden and under the newly planted lawn by the house. When I came back from getting a trap, one of my neighbors was setting a few himself, so I got a few pointers. Including covering the trap hole with a board to keep the dogs out.
The metroburb vs rural.
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09-27-2009, 08:00 PM
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Vendor
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Allen TX
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I grew up rural and my family raised animals. Its a different perspective. I never tire of telling stories about the farm chores like butchering animals and other fun stuff.
I honestly think some people think meat is made in a factory.
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09-27-2009, 09:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Atkinson (near the Quad Cities), IL
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Originally Posted by BargainFittings
...I honestly think some people think meat is made in a factory...
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I concur...(and I'm an ex-city folk...) 
Since I've moved out in the country I can see meat everywhere... 
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09-27-2009, 10:00 PM
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Ichthyophagous Maximus
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Eagle, Idaho
Posts: 1,267
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Mmmmm... meat!
I worked on the kill-floor at a packing plant in high school. Didn't last long, though. Really hard work.
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10-03-2009, 04:43 PM
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Cranky Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Willamina & Oak Grove, Oregon, USA
Posts: 24,799
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Bagged a gopher this morning, but there ain't much meat on one. Just for grins I looked for recipes, but all I find is for gopher tortoises. No problem, I just put it out on a rock and some critter will eat it. Nothing goes to waste.
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10-03-2009, 04:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: KY
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I think I have a squirrel in my attic. There's something scrambling around up there...
Gonna go to my vet this afternoon and see if I can borrow a live trap. (I'm a bleeding heart suburbs-type, I guess.  )
On the other hand, my neighbors killed and butchered a hog on their back porch last weekend and had a pig roast. I have no problem with it, they're eating it after all. |
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10-03-2009, 04:54 PM
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Cranky Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Willamina & Oak Grove, Oregon, USA
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Squirrel is good, but they are a royal pain to clean. Not worth it in my mind. Now, my neighbor's lost cow ...
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10-03-2009, 04:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: East Dundee, Illinois
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Originally Posted by Rick500
I think I have a squirrel in my attic. There's something scrambling around up there...
Gonna go to my vet this afternoon and see if I can borrow a live trap. (I'm a bleeding heart suburbs-type, I guess. )
On the other hand, my neighbors killed and butchered a hog on their back porch last weekend and had a pig roast. I have no problem with it, they're eating it after all. |
The large rat traps work great, I had to rid a house of some squirrels sometime, just peanut butter on the trigger works fine, breaks their neck quickly so humane compared to some other things I've heard of.
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10-03-2009, 05:00 PM
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Go Blues!
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Huntington Beach
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"We ran across a whole gopher village."
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Last edited by arturo7; 10-03-2009 at 05:03 PM.
Reason: too long
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10-03-2009, 05:10 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Perry, MI
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It kills me how nobody knows how to can fresh veggies or kill a varmint anymore...
Ask ten people you meet if they know what a conibear trap is and they'll just think YOU'RE the dumb one:
http://www.eders.com/products/duke-conibear-trap.html
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