border
sSNAKESs : Reptile Forum
 

Go Back   sSNAKESs : Reptile Forum > Community Forums > General Discussion

Notices

Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 12-12-12, 10:04 PM   #46
RandyRhoads
Service Veteran
 
RandyRhoads's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr-2011
Location: California
Posts: 1,968
Country:
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

You're not dealing with a possum. If you were you wouldn't need to shoot it at all. I haven't come across any that are terribly fast. For a few bucks you can make an animal control noose with PVC and 3/16 cable. Don't be a moron and shoot things you can't clearly see. And even if you see it, for the love of god don't use a pellet gun... Yes maybe you can land a shot through the eye but possums and raccoons can be the antichrist of slipping away gently. A rabbit may get KTFO from a pellet gun, but try that on a raccon the same size. I've had some run off after 15+ .22 rounds.

PS. Did you eat these birds or just like killing and wasting for the hell of it?


RandyRhoads is offline  
Old 12-12-12, 10:29 PM   #47
EmbraceCalamity
Member
 
EmbraceCalamity's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct-2012
Age: 33
Posts: 1,431
Country:
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

Nice choking with a wire method. Very humane.

~Maggot
__________________
Announcing "I'm offended" is basically telling the world you can't control your own emotions, so everyone else should do it for you.
EmbraceCalamity is offline  
Old 12-12-12, 10:30 PM   #48
RandyRhoads
Service Veteran
 
RandyRhoads's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr-2011
Location: California
Posts: 1,968
Country:
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

Quote:
Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity View Post
Nice choking with a wire method. Very humane.

~Maggot
Yep. Shooting it would have been much better than relocating it with a small boo boo.

FYI, the same thing that would be used by animal control that you've stressed this guy should call to handle it.

Last edited by RandyRhoads; 12-12-12 at 10:39 PM..
RandyRhoads is offline  
Old 12-12-12, 10:50 PM   #49
EmbraceCalamity
Member
 
EmbraceCalamity's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct-2012
Age: 33
Posts: 1,431
Country:
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

Quote:
Originally Posted by RandyRhoads View Post
Yep. Shooting it would have been much better than relocating it with a small boo boo.

FYI, the same thing that would be used by animal control that you've stressed this guy should call to handle it.
They wouldn't pick it up by its throat and take a picture. So no, it would not have been the same thing.

~Maggot
__________________
Announcing "I'm offended" is basically telling the world you can't control your own emotions, so everyone else should do it for you.
EmbraceCalamity is offline  
Old 12-12-12, 11:00 PM   #50
RandyRhoads
Service Veteran
 
RandyRhoads's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr-2011
Location: California
Posts: 1,968
Country:
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

Quote:
Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity View Post
They wouldn't pick it up by its throat and take a picture. So no, it would not have been the same thing.

~Maggot
Neither would I. And to some degree they would have tension on it's neck, that's how it works, and it's better than most other outcomes. Do you expect they shoot it with a tranqualizer filled with pixie dust and unicorn farts to whisk it off into a gentle sleep? It must be nice living in naive fairytale land.
RandyRhoads is offline  
Login to remove ads
Old 12-12-12, 11:02 PM   #51
lady_bug87
Forum Moderator
 
lady_bug87's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep-2011
Location: GTA
Age: 37
Posts: 4,303
Country:
Send a message via Skype™ to lady_bug87
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

hahahahahahahaaaaa

sorry, its late and I read "unicorn farts" and I nearly died laughing
lady_bug87 is offline  
Old 12-12-12, 11:06 PM   #52
EmbraceCalamity
Member
 
EmbraceCalamity's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct-2012
Age: 33
Posts: 1,431
Country:
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

Quote:
Originally Posted by RandyRhoads View Post
Neither would I. And to some degree they would have tension on it's neck, that's how it works, and it's better than most other outcomes. Do you expect they shoot it with a tranqualizer filled with pixie dust and unicorn farts to whisk it off into a gentle sleep? It must be nice living in naive fairytale land.
I didn't say they do? I'm perfectly aware of their use of these and that the animals are awake for it. I guess it would be nice living in a naive fairytale land; I wouldn't know. But there's a difference between using them purely as a necessary submissive tool (though I personally think they could use some redesigning) and picking its entire body up by a wire around its throat and going "HUR DUR LET'S TAKE A PICHUR." Saying I live in a naive fairytale land while you are claiming those two things to be the same is...let's go with ironic.
Quote:
Originally Posted by lady_bug87 View Post
hahahahahahahaaaaa

sorry, its late and I read "unicorn farts" and I nearly died laughing
Isn't it only midnight there? >.>

~Maggot
__________________
Announcing "I'm offended" is basically telling the world you can't control your own emotions, so everyone else should do it for you.
EmbraceCalamity is offline  
Old 12-12-12, 11:11 PM   #53
lady_bug87
Forum Moderator
 
lady_bug87's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep-2011
Location: GTA
Age: 37
Posts: 4,303
Country:
Send a message via Skype™ to lady_bug87
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

lol I have a 4 month old, midnight is the new 3am
lady_bug87 is offline  
Old 12-12-12, 11:15 PM   #54
EmbraceCalamity
Member
 
EmbraceCalamity's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct-2012
Age: 33
Posts: 1,431
Country:
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

Quote:
Originally Posted by lady_bug87 View Post
lol I have a 4 month old, midnight is the new 3am
Ah, okay. I'm starting to die too. I haven't gotten to sleep before 3:30 in a few weeks, and it's starting to catch up with me too.

~Maggot
__________________
Announcing "I'm offended" is basically telling the world you can't control your own emotions, so everyone else should do it for you.
EmbraceCalamity is offline  
Old 12-12-12, 11:16 PM   #55
lady_bug87
Forum Moderator
 
lady_bug87's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep-2011
Location: GTA
Age: 37
Posts: 4,303
Country:
Send a message via Skype™ to lady_bug87
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

my son sleeps all night thankfully but he's stuck to me all day, this is the only time I get a break
lady_bug87 is offline  
Login to remove ads
Old 12-12-12, 11:23 PM   #56
moshirimon
Member
 
moshirimon's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar-2012
Posts: 852
Country:
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

Lol a chupacabra here on Ontario!! Cool I'm catching it and keeping it..
moshirimon is offline  
Old 12-12-12, 11:23 PM   #57
moshirimon
Member
 
moshirimon's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar-2012
Posts: 852
Country:
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

Nvm didn't see other page.. -.-
moshirimon is offline  
Old 12-12-12, 11:29 PM   #58
EmbraceCalamity
Member
 
EmbraceCalamity's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct-2012
Age: 33
Posts: 1,431
Country:
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

Quote:
Originally Posted by lady_bug87 View Post
my son sleeps all night thankfully but he's stuck to me all day, this is the only time I get a break
It's to be expected. Children are evil.
Quote:
Originally Posted by moshirimon View Post
Lol a chupacabra here on Ontario!! Cool I'm catching it and keeping it..
And naturally, we'll have to locate another one and start a breeding program.

~Maggot
__________________
Announcing "I'm offended" is basically telling the world you can't control your own emotions, so everyone else should do it for you.
EmbraceCalamity is offline  
Old 12-12-12, 11:43 PM   #59
RandyRhoads
Service Veteran
 
RandyRhoads's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr-2011
Location: California
Posts: 1,968
Country:
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

Quote:
Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity View Post
Saying I live in a naive fairytale land while you are claiming those two things to be the same is...let's go with ironic.Isn't it only midnight there? >.>



~Maggot


Sorry, where exactly did I say it was the same thing? I never advised picking them up by the neck, that picture wasn't my doing. I said that was better than it getting shot, it's the same thing that would be used by animal control, and to some degree they would have had tension on it's neck. Do you need a ride to get your reading glasses repaired?
RandyRhoads is offline  
Old 12-12-12, 11:49 PM   #60
EmbraceCalamity
Member
 
EmbraceCalamity's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct-2012
Age: 33
Posts: 1,431
Country:
Re: Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

Quote:
Originally Posted by RandyRhoads View Post
Sorry, where exactly did I say it was the same thing? I never advised picking them up by the neck, that picture wasn't my doing. I said that was better than it getting shot, it's the same thing that would be used by animal control, and to some degree they would have had tension on it's neck. Do you need a ride to get your reading glasses repaired?
Quote:
Originally Posted by RandyRhoads View Post
FYI, the same thing that would be used by animal control...
Oh looky. There was no point in commenting that the device itself was the same as I wasn't commenting on the device itself at all. I was commenting on the use of the device. Can you follow that?

~Maggot
__________________
Announcing "I'm offended" is basically telling the world you can't control your own emotions, so everyone else should do it for you.
EmbraceCalamity is offline  
Login to remove ads
Closed Thread

Tags
guns, kill, pellet guns, possum, trap

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 08:23 AM.

Powered by vBulletin®
©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 2002-2023, Hobby Solutions.

right