Frontiersman 124 or Gopher/Mole Season: Get HOT!

oregon

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No half measures. Them or me. To the death.

Seriously, the short road flares are my best treatment v underground varmints. They fit into the tunnels, light easy and can be heard burning when buried. Critters 0.



I incorporated my tools into a knife photo for your amusement. Recent production Frontiersman 124. One of my favorites.

I don't actually fire the flare pistol, goes off like a 12ga and the angry flare can bounce along the ground heading off at terrific velocity to who knows where. Just a prop.
 
Very Awesome!

So you draw them out with the flare and bonk em on the head with the 124?:cool:
 
RickJ said:
Great Pics Oregon!
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Thank you for the kind words. I really enjoy everyone's photos so I figure that I had better add to the pile of pics. I had all this stuff laying around so I thought that I would put it together for a few photos.

Doug_86 said:
Very Awesome!

So you draw them out with the flare and bonk em on the head with the 124?:cool:
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Thank you.

I've tried traps, gas & a match, shot gun, splitting maul, piped car exhaust, water, gopher sulfur and now road flares. I am probably just ruining their day so they move away for a while. The 124 is for skinning time! :)

 
I see you are bringing out the big guns to get those gophers!
You must have some giant gophers up there, if you need a 124 to skin them! :D :eek: ;)
 
David Martin said:
Good photos. I can't believe how green it is there. DM
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The rain falls every day. Notice in the last photo that the barbeque is over by the door so I can keep pretty dry while I burn the meat. I was three years old when I moved to Oregon so the rules have changed some but I think now you must first demonstrate Ark building skill in order to move into this neck of the woods. Yes. Its a fact. :)

Brigmophyson said:
Awsome knife, love the Frontiersman, I just don't have one yet unfortunately :/
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They were hard baby hard to get when I started looking since they had been out of production for many years. You had to pay real dough back in the day a few years ago. Now, with production of the Frontiersman once again, you simply buy one when you are ready and at a stellar price. You don't have to make a bargain with a collector these days. Thank you Buck for bringing them back. The off and on again finnigan factor of some of the Buck models makes me want to get a set of the cocobolo/brass/burgundy sheath models out this year like the 102, 103, 105, 118, 119 and the 120 before they are all in the tight gripping hands of collectors.

DesertChris said:
I see you are bringing out the big guns to get those gophers!
You must have some giant gophers up there, if you need a 124 to skin them! :D :eek: ;)
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You skin one, leaving a gutpile in the yard, and it takes the starch out of the rest of em. Anyway, they have a mean disposition, not to mention huge sharp teeth, when they pop out of the ground with their hair on fire!
 
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Hahahaha, well feel free to come visit and work your magic on the hordes of gophers here!!
The little buggers are a pain in our gardens..... and so are the darn ground squirrels and bunnys.....
 
Oregon, great pictures of your 124... Next time I see a Gopher... Who are you going to call, Steve... :eek:
 
DesertChris said:
Hahahaha, well feel free to come visit and work your magic on the hordes of gophers here!!
The little buggers are a pain in our gardens..... and so are the darn ground squirrels and bunnys.....
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ItsTooEarly said:
Oregon, great pictures of your 124... Next time I see a Gopher... Who are you going to call, Steve... :eek:
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Fun to watch revenge video of mole launching device in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDEira01c0Q

The short road flares seem to be working for me and I've been at this for decades. I won't use them when fire danger is present like it is now in your neck of the woods unless I take steps to suppress any fire. My procedure: open the hole, insert lit flare and bury it.
 
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