"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

r redden said:
Now that's funny.:thumbsup::D



RUGER 44 MAG. SHOULD DO THE JOB.
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I concur Frank. :eek::eek::D
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tell the bear it can blow his head clean off, then ask if it feels lucky, punk? :D:eek:
 
Bear giving trouble?

The Ancient Greeks, Syrians,Hebrews et al. came up with the concept of Scapegoat, you could use creative intelligence and substitute with a form of that:D:cool:

I wonder if anybody keeps bees in your locale? Here a local Bee-Keeper got his hives wrecked by a visit from our European Brown Bear...:eek: Awfully attractive to the ursus tribe:)
 
Will Power said:
Bear giving trouble?

The Ancient Greeks, Syrians,Hebrews et al. came up with the concept of Scapegoat, you could use creative intelligence and substitute with a form of that:D:cool:

I wonder if anybody keeps bees in your locale? Here a local Bee-Keeper got his hives wrecked by a visit from our European Brown Bear...:eek: Awfully attractive to the ursus tribe:)
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Not only honey attracts them, last week a Pyrenean bear attacked a flock of sheep, #200 were killed, by the bear(s) or trying to escape and falling down a ravine. A great day for the vultures.
 
Worst we have at our bird feeders have been raccoons and the occasional opossum. Well, actually the worst was a roof rat who found out how to climb up the A/C lineset and get into the attic. We have a baffle installed on the pole for the feeder which keeps most critters away from the feeders themselves, but they do come by to clean up whatever may have spilled to the ground that the birds, squirrels, and chipmunks didn't get.

I don't mind the nocturnal wildlife coming by. Opossums are actually beneficial, and raccoons are cute.
 
Rookie82 said:
I'll give that one a try first. That's faster and cheaper than electric fence.
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I have used cayenne pepper or Tabasco sauce, diluted with water and sprayed from a spray bottle, to keep away squirrels, raccoons and deer in the past.
I don't get any bears around here yet. I'm assuming that a bear would react the same way as these other mammals do.

leghog said:
I'm surprised anyone would voluntarily be an admin on BF.

That said, thanks much to those who do.
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I have asked myself the same question on numerous occasions. Again thanks for the thanks.

jc57 said:
Worst we have at our bird feeders have been raccoons and the occasional opossum. Well, actually the worst was a roof rat who found out how to climb up the A/C lineset and get into the attic. We have a baffle installed on the pole for the feeder which keeps most critters away from the feeders themselves, but they do come by to clean up whatever may have spilled to the ground that the birds, squirrels, and chipmunks didn't get.

I don't mind the nocturnal wildlife coming by. Opossums are actually beneficial, and raccoons are cute.
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No bears here but I get deer in herds up to 20, fox, coyote, raccoon, turkeys and myriad smaller critters. I find the raccoons to be the most destructive although they sure are cute. They have destroyed more then one bird feeder in my yard. They come around at dusk and usually a couple off BBs in the rump will send them scurrying away. They have good memories too. A couple of times with a sore butt and they don't come around anymore. The other critters I really don't mind. I don't plant things they like to eat. I have no desire to fence in my 2 acres, that borders a large forested area. Years ago I had a pretty big garden but the wild life has increased and I'd be fighting a losing battle. Now my garden is in planters on the deck.
 
I live on about a 1/4 acre plot in a residential area in the middle of a pretty big city. I'd love to have deer and turkeys wandering through, but that comes from someone who doesn't normally see deer and turkeys unless I go for a drive out into the country. Perhaps they are one of those things that is better experienced from a distance and infrequently.

I used to think chipmunks were adorable when I lived in apartment complexes and rarely saw them, until we moved into this house 24 years ago, where I discovered they are more like miniature prairie dogs and will breed prolifically if provided adequate food (i.e., bird seed) and lack of predators. They seem to be in ecological balance right now because we no longer put bird food on the ground, and we have a couple of neighborhood cats who patrol the area. We still have them, but not in such great quantities as before.
 
You'd be surprised what turns up in suburban yards at night, even small ones. Coyotes have become very bold here. City folks new to the area feed them and then wonder what happened to their dogs or cats.
 
joeradza said:
They're both Newfoundlands.
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Growing up we always had Newfoundlands, black with a tiny white dot on their chest. We had 4 of them, one at a time. The first 3 were male, the last a female. They are great companions if you don't mind the drool.
 
Alan what two absolute gorgeous friends you have there.
I love dogs - and those two beautiful friends must take in a horse a week to feed. :eek:
Sue and I spent the day together the weekend before I left- and I took Sue out to a great lunch - on the way we both stopped to admire and pet a beautiful female Newfound.
 
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