Different worlds

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.

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.

BargainFittings said:

...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...:rockin:

Mmmmm... meat!

I worked on the kill-floor at a packing plant in high school. Didn't last long, though. Really hard work.

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.

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.

Squirrel is good, but they are a royal pain to clean. Not worth it in my mind. Now, my neighbor's lost cow ...

Rick500 said:

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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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.

"We ran across a whole gopher village."

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

Henry Hill said:

It kills me how nobody knows how to can fresh veggies or kill a varmint anymore...

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Do hops count? I've got vacuum-sealed Mason jars full of 'em all over my freezer.