Probably skunks. They cleaned out some nests in our backyard last year. Too bad they didn't make it to the one in front before Keef did.Originally Posted by earlnemo
Probably skunks. They cleaned out some nests in our backyard last year. Too bad they didn't make it to the one in front before Keef did.
If you are pissed at a dog for keeping you awake with its barking, it's not because you disagree with what it's saying. -- Rikki
I don't have skunks often, but this coon is here all the time. But I did not see it happen, so it could have been Tater for all I know.
addenum: Fecking steamy. Got new blades on the mower. Epiphany to use an impact from the top instead of busted-knuckle double wrenching. Pulled the rope out of it when I started it. Screwed around with that !#%#&*! recoil spring for twenty minutes but won again. Got out in the valley by the bonfire and made two passes before it started raining. Slow at first, but then the big cold fuck you drops started. !#%#&*! Kept mowing. It stopped after 5 minutes and was nice and cool. Third win. After the valley I started into the tall fescue where they laid in the sewer line along the road last summer. Found some yellow jackets around that stupid stump those idiots left on the slope by the road. Finished that spot by aiming the mower, letting go and letting it run through while I circled wide. Scared the shit out of a lady driving by too fast in a minivan because she saw the mower lumbering along before she saw me chasing it. Screeched. Peed her pants, and it was warm, there, I bet... Kept going. I was grinning big, thinking about this big winning steak I'm on, started in on the hill where the old driveway was, when the sulky snapped off the back of the mower and made me bite my lip. There you go.
Reality.
Last edited by earlnemo; 07-17-2012 at 12:33 AM. Reason: s
Yeah. Wouldn't want that bear to get hurt 'n shit.
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we have a persistent nest under siege, but it's nothing compared to a few years ago when hoards of yellow jackets terrorized the entire neighborhood. seriously, that time would make a decent non-supernatural horror movie.
"It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia."
I spied the little mama coon on the porch last night and she had three cubs with her. Little guys. I'm going set the trap tonight. Anybody looking to adopt coon cubs? Can you eat warm weather coons? All 4 of my cats were lounging indifferently on the porch as the four coons huddled around the bowl getting kibble lessons. I miss my dog.
Found another dug-up yellow jacket nest further back in the yard yesterday. Also noticed that the muddy wallow hole in the valley where I'd seen a turtle laying eggs 2 days ago was reamed out and covered with coon tracks. Final straw. I'd rather have turtles than coons.
Big haircut coming this afternoon. You guys won't recognize me tomorrow.
I usually let 'em loose down by Rikki's house.
Last edited by Hank IV; 07-18-2012 at 08:46 PM.
"You've gone from being crazy like a fox to crazy like Fox News."- Amy Wong
"Knoxville is a guitar town with a banjo problem."- Susan Bauer Lee
"Republicans in East Tennessee live in a government compound of national and state forests, land grant universities, nuclear research labs, and TVA lakes and dams, while pretending to be coonskin cappers guarding the mountain passes to stop socialism." - (Commenter from Oregon discussing the Tennessee Governors contest in the NYT)
"...coals to Newcastle."
"Kids that didn't want to play along got trampled."
...Christopher Scum
That was easy enough. And I got one of the babies. I wondered what I'd do if I had gotten the mama first. Transferring this one to a cat carrier and resetting. Let's see how quickly they learn. I might have the whole damn family by dawn, tails tied together & ready for Hank's front porch...
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If this is how you're doing it, I recommend a nice Oolong with the biscuits. They don't really go for Chai.
"Kids that didn't want to play along got trampled."
...Christopher Scum
Hey Earl, would you like a second trap to perhaps speed the process up a bit? I have a borrowed one that I could re-lend if it would help.
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