Chief S itting Bull watches a squirrel fall

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9492444

Oh my.

Redstone  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Fri Sep-10-10 10:57 AM
CHIEF S ITTING BULL, THE BIRD-SMACKING STONED RED-FACED PRIMITIVE
Original message

Whoa. I'm out on the screen porch, and I just saw a squirrel fall about twenty feet out of the old lady (the maple tree in the back yard).

He dusted himself off and went back about his business (raiding the bird feeder).

I wish I could take an impact like that and just stroll away from it.

Yeah, Chief S itting Bull hits his head on concrete a lot.  And on purpose too.

By the way, has anyone heard if the bird-smacking stoned red-faced primitive ended up buying that bar and motel?  I don't think he did, but he might have.

CaliforniaPeggy  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Fri Sep-10-10 11:42 AM
THE CALPIG PRIMITIVE, #10 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
Response to Original message

1. My dear Redstone!
   
Ah, maybe the squirrel can do feats like that...

But he can't sit down at your computer and talk about it afterwards, now can he?

Still, I hear ya!

Good to see you in these parts...

Redstone  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Fri Sep-10-10 11:45 AM
CHIEF S ITTING BULL, THE BIRD-SMACKING STONED RED-FACED PRIMITIVE
Response to Reply #1

2. And I love to hear Mrs R, with her accent, say that word:
   
She pronounces it "Squee-rul," instead of the average American "Squrl."

(And we don't mind them raiding the bird feeder. We figure that if they're clever enough to do that successfully, they deserve some of the seeds.)

mwdem  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)   Fri Sep-10-10 12:45 PM
Response to Original message

3. I have one in my backyard that's quite entertaining.
   
He does backflips off the trunk of our live oak, and plays with the wisteria vines on top of the pergola if I'm outside. We do feed him walnuts, and he figured out the bird feeder. Cute little fellow.

tk2kewl  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Fri Sep-10-10 12:49 PM
Response to Original message

4. F = ma
   
just get your weight down to that of the squirrel

Redstone  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Fri Sep-10-10 01:00 PM
CHIEF S ITTING BULL, THE BIRD-SMACKING STONED RED-FACED PRIMITIVE
Response to Reply #4

5. That oughta work. Given that I'm six-four, I should be shooting for a waist size of about two centimeters, yes?

No more spaghetti & meatballs for me.

struggle4progress  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Fri Sep-10-10 01:52 PM
Response to Original message

6. Few months back I saw a squirrel plummet from a tree top down onto my roof edge and then roll off the roof edge: it's another twenty feet down to the ground from there. Dead squirrel, I thought. I'll have to go claim the body. So I strolled around the side of the house to look for where it fell. Not a sign of it anywhere. Poor thing musta still been motive

foxfeet  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Fri Sep-10-10 02:35 PM
Response to Original message

7. Last winter a squirrel was raiding our old bird feeder, when the cord holding the feeder snapped. The squirrel had an "OH, SHIT!" expression on its face as the feeder plunged down about 12 feet to the concrete below. Apparently unhurt and unfazed, the same squirrel resumed the raids when we repaired the feeder. We don't begrudge the squirrels (although we refer to them as "the best-fed squirrels in North America") because of their entertainment value. I've gotten a couple to accept peanuts from my hand and the mama squirrel had a batch of four babies that lived and played in our cedar tree in the front yard.

[true_blood]

DUmmies and squirrels, they both love nuts!

[I_B_Perky]

mwdem  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)   Fri Sep-10-10 12:45 PM
Response to Original message

3. I have one in my backyard that's quite entertaining.
   
He does backflips off the trunk of our live oak, and plays with the wisteria vines on top of the pergola if I'm outside. We do feed him walnuts, and he figured out the bird feeder. Cute little fellow.

I had one like that too. Then my dogs treed it and I shot it with a 16 gauge. Cut it up and fed it to them and they loved it.

Every since they got into my attic and tore it up I hate squirrels.

[AllosaursRus]

Big Deal!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTM0L9aMenU&feature=related[/youtube]

[BadCat]

I shoot them with a Gamo Whisper .177 pellet gun when they raid my bird feeders.
They fall 20 feet, and DO NOT get up and dust themselves off.

[PatriotGame]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9492444

Oh my.

Yeah, Chief S itting Bull hits his head on concrete a lot.  And on purpose too.

By the way, has anyone heard if the bird-smacking stoned red-faced primitive ended up buying that bar and motel?  I don't think he did, but he might have.

I doubt it.
I find it hard to believe any financial backers would take seriously a business endeavor by a guy who is medically and institutionally mandated he wear a football helmet at all times.

[IassaFTots]

Little M-Fers chewed up EVERY GOLDARNED PECAN off of my two trees, and left the pecan carcasses scattered about.  This is so war.  I can't put poison out because of my dog, too many to shoot.  I don't have a plinker anyway, just my rifle and I think that might be a bit of overkill.   

[BlueStateSaint]

Little M-Fers chewed up EVERY GOLDARNED PECAN off of my two trees, and left the pecan carcasses scattered about.  This is so war.  I can't put poison out because of my dog, too many to shoot.  I don't have a plinker anyway, just my rifle and I think that might be a bit of overkill.   

Do what BadCat suggests.  An air rifle/pistol.  Quiet!

[BadCat]

I have this one, it hardly makes a sound.

http://www.gamousa.com/product.aspx?product=Whisper%20Silent%20Cat&productID=321

[BlueStateSaint]

I have this one, it hardly makes a sound.

http://www.gamousa.com/product.aspx?product=Whisper%20Silent%20Cat&productID=321

I need to get me one of those.

[AllosaursRus]

I have this one, it hardly makes a sound.

http://www.gamousa.com/product.aspx?product=Whisper%20Silent%20Cat&productID=321

$270 for an air rifle??????????

I bought 3 from the Cummins truck when they rolled thru here last year for $20 a piece!

They only do 650 fps, but squirrels/cats, ain't all that tough!

My grandchildren luv 'em!

[BlueStateSaint]

$270 for an air rifle??????????

I bought 3 from the Cummins truck when they rolled thru here last year for $20 a piece!

They only do 650 fps, but squirrels/cats, ain't all that tough!

My grandchildren luv 'em!

AR, the Gamo could probably be used to defend oneself against two-legged vermin, too, and any others would never hear it.

[BadCat]

Cabela's frequently puts that one on sale for under $200.

[AllosaursRus]

AR, the Gamo could probably be used to defend oneself against two-legged vermin, too, and any others would never hear it.

I have a lathe and a .22 MAG for that, if ya get my drift.

[Carl]

Gray squirrels are good eatin...trust me on that.

Father talked about having them in a pot pie and while never have done that have no doubt it is true.

[AllosaursRus]

Gray squirrels are good eatin...trust me on that.

Father talked about having them in a pot pie and while never have done that have no doubt it is true.

There are at least two different genus in the states. The ones in WV and the ones we have out here. The ones in WV seem to be about twice the size of ours here.

I have eaten both. The ones from WV are definitely the better of the two!

[DumbAss Tanker]

Do what BadCat suggests.  An air rifle/pistol.  Quiet!

My RWS .177 has offed many of the little marauders (Mostly while on loan to my nephew in FL for that purpose, but I've hunted with it too).  An accurate high-velocity air gun is an excellent tool for this, but even an air gun may not be legal if you're within city limits.  They are also a game animal and even if you don't want to eat them, you can still end up with a ticket for bumping off the little f*ckers out of season, so watch out for that issue too.   

[BlueStateSaint]

My RWS .177 has offed many of the little marauders (Mostly while on loan to my nephew in FL for that purpose, but I've hunted with it too).  An accurate high-velocity air gun is an excellent tool for this, but even an air gun may not be legal if you're within city limits.  They are also a game animal and even if you don't want to eat them, you can still end up with a ticket for bumping off the little f*ckers out of season, so watch out for that issue too.   

That is true in NY.

Carl, do you pressure-cook the little bastards?

[diesel driver]

I had one like that too. Then my dogs treed it and I shot it with a 16 gauge. Cut it up and fed it to them and they loved it.

Every since they got into my attic and tore it up I hate squirrels.

I'm the same way about possums and groundhogs, after the damned things tore out abut 20 feet of heating/cooling ductwork under my house.  Found the damned possum INSIDE one of the pipes!  I kill any and all of them every chance I can.  No mercy, no prisoners!

[jukin]

Winner WINNER, squirrel dinner.

[diesel driver]

Winner WINNER, squirrel dinner.

Squirrel

The other, other white meat.

[Carl]

That is true in NY.

Carl, do you pressure-cook the little bastards?

Nope,just a basic cook in a pot of water or in the oven with vegetables in a roasting pan.

[I_B_Perky]

I'm the same way about possums and groundhogs, after the damned things tore out abut 20 feet of heating/cooling ductwork under my house.  Found the damned possum INSIDE one of the pipes!  I kill any and all of them every chance I can.  No mercy, no prisoners!

LOL! I get possums under my house all the time too. I bought me some rat traps and sometime it kills them outright and sometimes it don't. If it don't though it gives them one heck of a headache and they usually end up dying a couple days lays later... usually at the farthest point under my house from the access hole. 

Nothing and I mean nothing smells worse than a dead possum that is really ripe.

I live about 150 yds from the river and we get all kinds of critters and I kill them all. 

[Revolution]

Little M-Fers chewed up EVERY GOLDARNED PECAN off of my two trees, and left the pecan carcasses scattered about.  This is so war.  I can't put poison out because of my dog, too many to shoot.  I don't have a plinker anyway, just my rifle and I think that might be a bit of overkill.   

It's be pretty handy if those stun grenades were available for purchase. 

[franksolich]

"bump" in memory of Redstone.