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Well no wonder !
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 ! -- Snag Yes , I'm old and crochety . Get off my lawn ! |
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