On 8/15/2018 9:19 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 8/15/2018 7:24 PM, Frank wrote:
On 8/15/2018 7:32 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 8/15/2018 5:36 PM, Frank wrote:
On 8/15/2018 5:38 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 8/15/2018 12:30 PM, Frank wrote:
On 8/15/2018 12:14 PM, T wrote:
On 08/15/2018 04:33 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 8/15/2018 12:49 AM, T wrote:
On 08/12/2018 01:41 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 8/12/2018 2:28 PM, Frank wrote:
On 8/12/2018 7:50 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
Â*Â* Seems that in the last week or two something(s) have been
marauding my tomato patch . I thought I had it better
protected ... yesterday afternoon I set up my game cam in
the corner where they've been eating their ill-gotten gains
, only to discover there are 3 shifts ... late
afternoon/early evening , the squirrels dine , then after
dark the raccoons come in , followed later by the 'possums .
Looks like I need to improve the protection out there . I
have to admit , the west side is hard to get to because of
the wild blackberries and I've let the chicken wire and
'lectric wires get overgrown a little . It's been working so
well until recently that I've become complacent , and that's
gotta end . I'm not certain if they're crawling under the
chicken wire or going over , probably the latter since there
are sags that weren't there when I installed it . Either way
, I'll be out there today tightening things up in an effort
to stop it - all the ripe or nearly ripe 'maters are gone ,
and they've started in on the green ones , I gotta do
something or this will be the end of tomato season for this
year . And I've got a lot more jars to fill .

Groundhogs are eating my neighbors tomatoes. Time for the
Hav-a-hart trap.

Â*Â* 22-250 from 300 yards .


Do they explode when you hit them?

Â*Â* Depends on the load ... a 22-250 hollow point at 3800 fps MV
, yes . A .243 HP at 3300 , maybe if you hit the body . Regular
.22 LR , no .


A rabbit/hare won't go down with a 22 LR.

Sure they will but probably not right away unless hit in the head
or the spine.

Â*Â* Squirrels too . Unless you get a head or upper spine shot they
ain't hangin' around . I've seen them drag themselves off and claw
their way up a tree with their back legs totally dead . I have
declared war on the local squirrel population , they are apparently
the major destroyers of my tomato patch .I figger if I kill all the
ones that know there's a bounty there , the better chance the few
tomatoes left will have a chance . There are still a lot of
blossoms ... and they too deserve a chance . TOMATO LIVES MATTER !


Friend in a nearby development uses subsonic .22LR on them. Another,
bothered by them, asked what to do and I suggested a pellet gun but
now he uses his shotgun as with 40 acres he can do anything.Â* He
just wanted to keep them out when he was not around.Â* Squirrel
population bounces back but if you get rid of the locals that are
already hanging around you probably remove most of the problem. They
look cute but are nothing but tree rats.

Â*Â* Funny you should mention shotguns ... I was considering using one
, kinda like an instant gratification thing . I also (usually) use
subsonic .22 ammo , and they seldom expire on the spot .


I guess it depends on the noise level you can get away with.Â* I can't
shoot in my yard most of the time and the critters are not around when
I might be able to shoot them.

Â* Frank , I live 12 miles from the nearest town in a clearing out in
the woods ... noise is not a problem . There are neighbors , but we can
only see one of them . In the winter , when the trees are bare .


Trouble may come if someone hears a shot when not expected. I'm
thinking of incident in friends deer camp that had neighbors calling the
game warden in on us to check the camp. One of the hunters there had
fired a few tracer rounds after dark just to see what they looked like
and somebody living maybe a quarter mile away called the game warden.