On 08/15/2018 02:38 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.Â* 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* 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 !


Death to squash bugs!
Death to earwigs!
Death to squirrels ???

Can you plow them under for fertilizer?