wildlife that love automobiles

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does anyone else have this trouble with wildlife or is just me?
i open the hood on my truck and theres a groundhog standing on the engine looking at me, so i run for a rifle, with a stick, trying to move it to get a clean shot, it moves deeper into the truck and will not move.
at this time i'm now in my office watching said vehicle for the groundhog. i already tried to wait him out for an hour in the sun, then i moved in side. keep in mind that where i live (in the woods) i can shoot out my window safely.
BTW this truck also will not start and all electric power is dead now. he must have chewed the wires again.
this same thing happen last year in a different truck. with the mice, groundhogs, squirrels, and snakes, that have gotten in my autos, i have a lot of animals who seem to want to take a ride with me. and have too many animal/vehicle stories.
at least i have not yet (knock on wood) got a snake in the heater/ac vent like has happen to someone else i know.:eek:

question is does anyone else have animals getting into there autos/trucks?
 
I'm thinking it must be a unique thing for you. Where I grew up it was a common problem to start the vehicle and hear a cat squall, or sometimes not. Pretty mess though.

You might want to stop stashing food in the engine compartment or something. :-)

Be glad you're not in Alaska and it be some moose or grizzily trying to climb up in your engine.

Charles
 
I have a problem with kangaroos running in front of my car. These stupid things sit on the edge of the road at night, wait for your car to approach and then jump right in its path. And big ones can do some very serious damage.
 
one of my kids had to brake for a mountain lion on our driveway. let alone the many bear that we have.

BTW i thing it's funny also.

(hell i even shot out three of the truck windows before i found out that the rifle sights were set high. KIDDING)
 
i have an in law in Alabama that was driving down the road one night and had a mouse run up his pant leg.


and no i'm not larry the cable guy.
 
Bears seem to like my truck

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oh my god you won't believe this but i just saw him.
i've got to go to get closer.
i must be getting hog fever.
Honey clean you that grill were have n supper tonight.
 
ok i'm back
i got'em, about 8 to 10lbs.
he was sitting under the quarter panel, and about 6 inches from the rear tire.

FYI there will be a grave side service at 7:30 PM ET
 
When I was a student years ago, friend of mine bought an old Jag that had been rotting away unused in a garage for a long time.

Surprisingly enough it didn't take much to get it fixed up and running even though it was FILTHY (covered in bird droppings) It also STANK horribly, we thought it was the bird crap residue..Soon changed our minds there, a RAT FAMILY (not the Ontario or Swamp breed either) had taken up residence in/under the back seat:eek: Never could get rid of the stink:barf: needless to say it was no girl-trap this car!
 
CShepherd said:
I'm thinking it must be a unique thing for you. Where I grew up it was a common problem to start the vehicle and hear a cat squall, or sometimes not. Pretty mess though.
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Nothing on God's earth is more disturbing for a young kid than to have your cat liquified by a cooling fan, it looks like large scale spin art on the driveway and the underside of the hood.:barf:
 
Last fall my 80 year old mother fell and broke her hip. After surgery, she went to Houston to stay with my brother and his wife, a nurse, for physical therapy. She was gone about a month. When she returned home, her car, still in the enclosed garage, wouldn't start. So she called my Uncle to come boost it off. He popped the hood then called her insurance agent. Under the hood was fifty pounds of dog food and pecans... and no hoses or wires. The agent totaled the car. No way to repair it for less than it's value. RATS!:eek:

Codger
 
thanks from sharing in your animal/auto adventures.

BTW, this was true and happening at that time.
was kidding about the g-hog supper.

this also was in one of the rides (a 2003) my wife uses, was she mad after she found out after she got home?
no, she was impressed by the shot,(and shes not a fan of varmints) 100ft out with the Ghog still under the auto (rear center), 6 inches from the rear tire, with iron sights.
glad i married a woman who also loves to shoot.
 
I have an 82 VW van that at one time had a mouse making caches in the blower system. I can't find where it is, but every once in a while cruising down the highway I'll hit a bump and blow seed husks everywhere. Each year it gets better but it never seems to stop :jerkit:
 
mog555 said:
I have an 82 VW van that at one time had a mouse making caches in the blower system. I can't find where it is, but every once in a while cruising down the highway I'll hit a bump and blow seed husks everywhere. Each year it gets better but it never seems to stop :jerkit:
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i have a truck where the mice some how get in the glove box.

the part that drives me crazy is that old family saying. "if the mice can get in so can the snakes":eek:

so knowing this picture getting in your car/truck at night and start driving down the road with this in mind.:eek:
 
I worked in auto parts and repairs for 20 years and saw plenty of mouse damage. We had one lady who was driving down the road when a mouse stuck its head out of one of the dash vents and of the lady went berserk. She had it towed in and wanted us to guarantee that the mouse was gone. She lived in a semi-rual area and of course another mouse could move in even if we did find the one she saw while driving. I'd train a cat to live in the car :D

We saw lots of air cleaners jammed with mouse nests made from insulation from the car. The usual tip-off was a no-start on a Monday after a long weekend or they had been on vacation with another car.
 
I've never seen this happen myself, but people I've known swear that if you park your vehicle in the wrong places in the Sierra, the marmots will climb into the engine and eat all the hoses. I'm told that to be safe, if going on a long (multiday) hike you should line the bottom of the engine compartment with aluminum foil. But, like I said, I've never had a problem myself. (Knock wood)
 
what has happened over the years is that we are seeing more animals of all types (except deer) over the years and i have been on this piece of land since 1959.
people used to hunt more in the past. and small game was a big part of it.
now i don't know anybody that goes out for small game and the population has gotten bigger over the years.
 
thats my problem, i'm using foil that i used on the supper the night before.
 
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