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Cannonpointer » 27 May 2024, 5:50 pm » wrote: ↑

27 May 2024, 5:50 pm

I have a lake or a pond, depending on your definition. It's only about 50 feet across, but it is spring-fed and it feeds a creek, so allegedly that makes it a "lake." It's still a pond, though.

And it attracts roaming turtles who attack anything and everything that hits the water. So if I buy ducks, I gotta buy a .22 rifle and an easy chair.

Turtles can be a problem, but they can be eliminated. If the pond is infested it will take a minute to get them all, but it is possible. I helped a buddy clean out a pond on some land he bought years ago and it took most of a season to get them all. 

I forget what kind of fish it is, but there is a freshwater species that will take care of the baby turtles before they have a chance to grow, but the adults will have to be culled to get rid of them.

A .22 and comfy lawn chair will definitely do the trick. I suggest sighting in a decent scope out to about 50 yards and getting some quality ammunition. A .410 works well too if the noise isn't a problem. Lol

 
 

Cannonpointer » 27 May 2024, 5:33 pm » wrote: ↑

27 May 2024, 5:33 pm

I want ducks, but I don't want to spend all day shooting turtles. I'm investigating...

My neighbor's ducks would wander all the way to my place. I didn't think ducks had that much of a range.
Plus there's hawks and coyotes hanging around.
But a'waddlin' they did come...

*rippy38 » 27 May 2024, 6:20 pm » wrote: ↑

27 May 2024, 6:20 pm

Turtles can be a problem, but they can be eliminated. If the pond is infested it will take a minute to get them all, but it is possible. I helped a buddy clean out a pond on some land he bought years ago and it took most of a season to get them all. 

I forget what kind of fish it is, but there is a freshwater species that will take care of the baby turtles before they have a chance to grow, but the adults will have to be culled to get rid of them.

A .22 and comfy lawn chair will definitely do the trick. I suggest sighting in a decent scope out to about 50 yards and getting some quality ammunition. A .410 works well too if the noise isn't a problem. Lol

Hell, man, I got a back deck about 50 yards from the pond.

Problem with a 410 isn't noise - it's that the turtles don't suffer.   

DeezerShoove » 27 May 2024, 6:22 pm » wrote: ↑

27 May 2024, 6:22 pm

My neighbor's ducks would wander all the way to my place. I didn't think ducks had that much of a range.
Plus there's hawks and coyotes hanging around.
But a'waddlin' they did come...

That's pretty funny. They can be a lot more aggressive than chickens. The drakes can be downright bellicose. If there are ducklings, the aggression factor doubles. They way they flap away, a lot of animals think they're bad-asses who know karate.

Cannonpointer » 27 May 2024, 7:40 pm » wrote: ↑

27 May 2024, 7:40 pm

Hell, man, I got a back deck about 50 yards from the pond.

Problem with a 410 isn't noise - it's that the turtles don't suffer. 

If you can get a good view of the heads poking out of the water for air from there, that would be fun.

Get a .17hmr and knock their clocks off. Those things will even take out a coyote. Lol

 
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Cannonpointer » 27 May 2024, 7:44 pm » wrote: ↑

27 May 2024, 7:44 pm

That's pretty funny. They can be a lot more aggressive than chickens. The drakes can be downright bellicose. If there are ducklings, the aggression factor doubles. They way they flap away, a lot of animals think they're bad-asses who know karate.

Have you ever been bitten by a duck? A garter snake will hurt you way more.  

DeezerShoove » 27 May 2024, 9:48 pm » wrote: ↑

27 May 2024, 9:48 pm

Have you ever been bitten by a duck? A garter snake will hurt you way more.

Yeah but a garter snake can't do nearly as ominous of a wing flap.

Cannonpointer » 27 May 2024, 10:35 pm » wrote: ↑

27 May 2024, 10:35 pm

Yeah but a garter snake can't do nearly as ominous of a wing flap.

But if he did . . . wow.
That would be worth a broken arm.

DeezerShoove » 28 May 2024, 6:16 am » wrote: ↑

28 May 2024, 6:16 am

But if he did . . . wow.
That would be worth a broken arm.

If a garter snake had wings to flap, I would have one as a pet. Sadly, their only natural defense other than flight is to take a **** on whatever is perceived as threatening to them.

Cannonpointer » 25 May 2024, 10:59 am » wrote: ↑

25 May 2024, 10:59 am

My chickens are being looked after by my sister and brother in law, who are my apprentice chicken ranchers. 

Let us know how deep China is buried in to the Brazilian economy when you get back.. It is a joke because you won't care anymore there than you did here before going.

Cannonpointer » 28 May 2024, 10:19 am » wrote: ↑

28 May 2024, 10:19 am

If a garter snake had wings to flap, I would have one as a pet. Sadly, their only natural defense other than flight is to take a **** on whatever is perceived as threatening to them.

Well, they are a serpent and have that flickering tongue thing going on.
Evil incarnate is on their side.

Of course that doesn't help when a heathen with a shovel is coming for you.

31stArrival » 28 May 2024, 4:35 pm » wrote: ↑

28 May 2024, 4:35 pm

Let us know how deep China is buried in to the Brazilian economy when you get back.. It is a joke because you won't care anymore there than you did here before going.

Considering that Brazil is a member of BRICS, I would imagine there is significant economic activity and cooperation between the two countries.

I don't understand what you mean by "buried." Maybe Brazil is "buried" into the Chinese economy? Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

I have much stronger feelings about the actions and policies of the nation that I live in than I do about the nations that I visit. The only things I require of the nations that I visit are:

1. They honor my passport as a visa, or are not too very difficult to obtain a visa from;
2. The do not attempt to covid-gay me; and 
3. They have either locally grown mangoes or good looking prostitutes (or both).

If rampant cocaine use is overlooked, I might make an exception for one of the three.

DeezerShoove » 28 May 2024, 5:01 pm » wrote: ↑

28 May 2024, 5:01 pm

Well, they are a serpent and have that flickering tongue thing going on.
Evil incarnate is on their side.

Of course that doesn't help when a heathen with a shovel is coming for you.

I have rather strong positive feelings about garter snakes. I see them as a credit to their race.

One of life's great pleasures for me is encountering garter snakes in the wild - or much better, in my yard. Where I live now, I must settle for the occasional rat snake - another serpent ally that I protect and covet. But I would trade ten rat snakes for a garter - I just adore those little fellas. 
 

Cannonpointer » 26 May 2024, 7:51 pm » wrote: ↑

26 May 2024, 7:51 pm

Lol - no wonder he is image obsessed. Nuckin was an unrelenting poster of porn!

That's a GODDAM Lie! And you know it!        
 

Beakman » 28 May 2024, 5:26 pm » wrote: ↑

28 May 2024, 5:26 pm

That's a GODDAM Lie! And you know it!      

C'mon, dude. HOW MANY TIMES did deezer **** on you for going over the line, and how many times did I step up for you?

It got to the point that I had to choose between you and my top senior mod. And YOU pushed it there, posting titties and ****. WTF is wrong with you? Are you on oxygen?
 

Cannonpointer » 28 May 2024, 5:21 pm » wrote: ↑

28 May 2024, 5:21 pm

I have rather strong positive feelings about garter snakes. I see them as a credit to their race.

One of life's great pleasures for me is encountering garter snakes in the wild - or much better, in my yard. Where I live now, I must settle for the occasional rat snake - another serpent ally that I protect and covet. But I would trade ten rat snakes for a garter - I just adore those little fellas.

In Michigan, they are all over the place.
I may have killed one once when I was a kid. Don't actually recall for sure.
But that would have been when I was 9 or 10. Stupid (if it happened).
Never hurt once since (might have been only a witness to the murder in the first place. Fuzzy memory.)

I got bit by one when I was about 12-13. Big one. I scared him and he jumped at me.
He got his needle fangs in my forearm so I had to shake him off.

Yeah, I'm like you about them. They eat **** I don't like sometimes. So they are on my side.

DeezerShoove » 28 May 2024, 5:31 pm » wrote: ↑

28 May 2024, 5:31 pm

In Michigan, they are all over the place.
I may have killed one once when I was a kid. Don't actually recall for sure.
But that would have been when I was 9 or 10. Stupid (if it happened).
Never hurt once since (might have been only a witness to the murder in the first place. Fuzzy memory.)

I got bit by one when I was about 12-13. Big one. I scared him and he jumped at me.
He got his needle fangs in my forearm so I had to shake him off.

Yeah, I'm like you about them. They eat **** I don't like sometimes. So they are on my side.

Happily, most species of garter snakes are in excellent shape - wide ranging and numerous and not under threat. If memory serves, only one species is at risk, and it is listed as somewhere beneath endangered.

Cannonpointer » 28 May 2024, 5:37 pm » wrote: ↑

28 May 2024, 5:37 pm

Happily, most species of garter snakes are in excellent shape - wide ranging and numerous and not under threat. If memory serves, only one species is at risk, and it is listed as somewhere beneath endangered.

Garters are great

one of the things that I have done with every kid, G kid and GG kid is pick up a garter and handed it to them

And none of them are scared of snakes now

and they all bring that up now and then

good times

Cannonpointer » 28 May 2024, 5:37 pm » wrote: ↑

28 May 2024, 5:37 pm

Happily, most species of garter snakes are in excellent shape - wide ranging and numerous and not under threat. If memory serves, only one species is at risk, and it is listed as somewhere beneath endangered.

There are two in Michigan (I just googled it).

I can honestly say when I got bit, probably the butler did it.

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Cannonpointer » 28 May 2024, 5:29 pm » wrote: ↑

28 May 2024, 5:29 pm

C'mon, dude. HOW MANY TIMES did deezer **** on you for going over the line, and how many times did I step up for you?

It got to the point that I had to choose between you and my top senior mod. And YOU pushed it there, posting titties and ****. WTF is wrong with you? Are you on oxygen?

Yes, I m on oxygen, and dying from end stage emphysema! I don't post porn, never have!
You need to coral Deeze in, and not let him get away with his ****! Iv'e been on here for many years, and don't deserve this **** treatment!