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[Big Man]

To bank it off the bear I might use a 6 iron instead as the 7 iron has too much loft to get a good bank shot. Trust me, I know. I just got done playing 23 holes.
My last encounter with wildlife was a few weeks ago on the course. There were two foxes on the 8th green. We putted around them.

So noted.

 

[jamespowers]

So noted.

lol lol lol

 

[Big Man]

... There were two foxes on the 8th green. We putted around them.

That was mighty nice of them to let you play through.

 

[jamespowers]

That was mighty nice of them to let you play through.

It was either that or getting routed with my Sasquatch Driver. My friend was scared of them----more than they were of him. lol lol I saw them last Sunday when I was on the outting green. They jumped out of the tall grass and gave one of those---"Here I am!" poses. lol lol it seems the two of them have had baby foxes lately too. You can't go on the course with food. They have been known to steal your lunch and/ or snacks. It is like having Flower Children on the course but less stinky and more picturesque.

 

[Fading Fast]

I will point out that I have seen coyotes and wild turkeys in Central Park (running fee, not part of the zoo). The turkey created a lot of fun media coverage / the coyotes scare some people, but my experience and limited knowledge is that they are a flight animal that does not want an encounter with a human if it can be avoided.

 

[jamespowers]

I will point out that I have seen coyotes and wild turkeys in Central Park (running fee, not part of the zoo). The turkey created a lot of fun media coverage / the coyotes scare some people, but my experience and limited knowledge is that they are a flight animal that does not want an encounter with a human if it can be avoided.

If you run into a pack of coyotes then you had better run as they are as bad as a pack of wolves. :eeek: I really hate the geese on the course as they hiss as you walk by and they let you get pretty close. They have their young ones with them now too so they are even more agressive if you get near them. Good thing I have golf clubs handy. I hear geese taste pretty good this time of the year too.

 

[Big Man]

Connecting all these "wild animal stories" back into the vintage home thread ...

Here at the old homeplace, we routinely have wild turkeys in the back yard and in the garden. Deer are a downright nuisance in the garden, eating up my corn as fast as it grows. I've had raccoons to come in and kill my chickens and ducks. All this with a heavy hunting pressure from my grandson, who has put a lot of meat in the freezer by blasting deer. Even my little granddaughter has got in the act by killing a 'coon or two (although she says she "doesn't like all that blood that comes out" when she shoots one).

All the time my grandmother was making a garden here, the only kind of pest she had to worry about getting in her garden was some old milk cow that might have gotten loose, although I do remember her saying that the hawks were bad to swoop down and grab baby chicks. For years, "wildlife" just wasn't present in this area. It's only been in the last 10 to 15 years that there has been an explosion of wildlife around here.

 

[Fading Fast]

If you run into a pack of coyotes then you had better run as they are as bad as a pack of wolves. :eeek: I really hate the geese on the course as they hiss as you walk by and they let you get pretty close. They have their young ones with them now too so they are even more agressive if you get near them. Good thing I have golf clubs handy. I hear geese taste pretty good this time of the year too.

I'm a city kid - I give everything in nature a wide berth. My very country girl girlfriend laughs at me all the time for this.

 

[jamespowers]

Connecting all these "wild animal stories" back into the vintage home thread ...

Here at the old homeplace, we routinely have wild turkeys in the back yard and in the garden. Deer are a downright nuisance in the garden, eating up my corn as fast as it grows. I've had raccoons to come in and kill my chickens and ducks. All this with a heavy hunting pressure from my grandson, who has put a lot of meat in the freezer by blasting deer. Even my little granddaughter has got in the act by killing a 'coon or two (although she says she "doesn't like all that blood that comes out" when she shoots one).

All the time my grandmother was making a garden here, the only kind of pest she had to worry about getting in her garden was some old milk cow that might have gotten loose, although I do remember her saying that the hawks were bad to swoop down and grab baby chicks. For years, "wildlife" just wasn't present in this area. It's only been in the last 10 to 15 years that there has been an explosion of wildlife around here.

If I had varmints eating up my garden they would fill the freezer in the garage nicely. I like Venison just fine. Turkey not so much but I would find some use for it.

 

[jamespowers]

I'm a city kid - I give everything in nature a wide berth. My very country girl girlfriend laughs at me all the time for this.

I grew up in a small city so wild animals don't scare me much. A bunch of racoons sneaked into my garage a few years ago to get at the dog food. They got an old fashioned broomstick beatdown.

 

[Stearmen]

I'm a city kid - I give everything in nature a wide berth. My very country girl girlfriend laughs at me all the time for this.

don't tell me this is your girlfriend and you? [video=youtube;x9WfuEyBrGs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9WfuEyBrGs[/video]

 

[Stearmen]

This is whats left of the Knob & Tube wiring. Amazing how such a compact pile, could cause so much work!

 

[Panadora]

[video=youtube;dDeQlhAoRak]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDeQlhAoRak[/video]

 

[Fading Fast]

don't tell me this is your girlfriend and you?

I will kill them, but fully admit, they creep me out and prefer if she kills them as it they don't bother her at all. So, we are a bit like your video.

 

[Panadora]

No need at all to kill you fly eating friends

 

[Fading Fast]

No need at all to kill you fly eating friends

Lady bugs, bees, even flies - we will try to just shoo them out of the apartment (but if they don't go, I'll kill a fly as they are filthy), but I don't care the politics, the logic or the humanity - I am going to kill spiders in my house as I have visceral reaction to them and - while I believe I have a pretty good moral compass - I have no need to save the world / be politically perfect in every aspect of my life - I just want the gross thing dead.

 

[Big Man]

... I am going to kill spiders in my house as I have visceral reaction to them and - while I believe I have a pretty good moral compass - I have no need to save the world / be politically perfect in every aspect of my life - I just want the gross thing dead.

We think alike.

 

[jamespowers]

We think alike.

+2

 

[Fading Fast]

Big Man and jamespower (with the perfect emoticon) agree - Now I know I'm right on this one. Thank you gentlemen.

 

[Panadora]

Don't get me wrong, if I found spiders creepy I would kill them without any second thoughts.
When asked to do something about a spider I put a drinking glass over the spider (if the glass moves around, then it's a big spider) and then I slip a piece of paper under cup and transport it out the window or door.

[video=youtube;o8dSBWysmnM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8dSBWysmnM[/video]