Possum threat. Kill it or leave it

[RandyRhoads]

Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

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

Ahh that rebelious argue with everything teenager phase. I remember my first beer. You see the issue is I said the device is the same, then you claim I was saying the use is the same, when never did I say that. You can comment all you want that they would use a different technique, but that's clearly not what you were doing.Can you follow that?

Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

They wouldn't pick it up by its throat and take a picture. So no, it would not have been the same thing.


~Maggot

You see, regardless of how they used it, it would still be the same device, which is what I said. If you wanted to suggest the technique would have been different, you could have done that, not reply to what I said saying the "same" thing. Your comment does not fit without going off mine. Hard to follow I know, it's complex stuff.

[EmbraceCalamity]

Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

Ahh that rebelious argue with everything teenager phase. I remember my first beer. You see the issue is I said the device is the same, then you claim I was saying the use is the same, when never did I say that. You can comment all you want that they would use a different technique, but that's clearly not what you were doing.Can you follow that?

No, because 1) I'm not a teenager, 2) I don't drink beer, and 3) You're obviously seriously misunderstanding what I'm saying.

Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

You see, regardless of how they used it, it would still be the same device, which is what I said.

Reread the last post again. If you still can't get it, then don't worry about it. I'm far too tired and irritable.

Though I did assume you had a part in the pictures, so on that, I'll admit to being wrong and apologise.

~Maggot

[RandyRhoads]

Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

No, because 1) I'm not a teenager, 2) I don't drink beer, and 3) You're obviously seriously misunderstanding what I'm saying.Reread the last post again. If you still can't get it, then don't worry about it. I'm far too tired and irritable.

Though I did assume you had a part in the pictures, so on that, I'll admit to being wrong and apologise.

~Maggot

1) Then stop acting like it.
2) Start
3) I get what you were TRYING to say, but you made a mistake in saying it, from misinterpreting what I said and didn't say. If you can't understand it, I could break down the gramatical content of the back and forth commenting to dumb it down for you, but, i'm not. I guess i'll fall back on what you do when there is reason involved and say i'm "too sick" or "too tired" to argue with your idiocy. Have a goodnight.

[EmbraceCalamity]

Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

1) Then stop acting like it.
2) Start
3) I get what you were TRYING to say, but you made a mistake in saying it, from misinterpreting what I said and didn't say. If you can't understand it, I could break down the gramatical content of the back and forth commenting to dumb it down for you, but, i'm not. I guess i'll fall back on what you do when there is reason involved and say i'm "too sick" or "too tired" to argue with your idiocy. Have a goodnight.

Night, hun.

~Maggot

[KORBIN5895]

Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

It's an American thing. No one calls them opossums here.

~Maggot

Please stop trying to be the spokesperson for Americans. I am an American and I say opossum.

Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

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?
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I like the control noose plan. I have also seen coons take a lot of lead then charge the shooter.

Originally Posted by lady_bug87

my son sleeps all night thankfully but he's stuck to me all day, this is the only time I get a break

you never get any relief? That must terrible!
I have a lot of respect for mothers.

[stevealexo]

Ok just so everyone knows. I've tried baiting it with net traps. But no luck. And I haven't heard or seen any signs of it(whatever it is) since the skunk killing. So my best guess is it most have moved on. However if I do ever come across it I will kill it with any thing I can.

[stevealexo]

And pellet guns that shoot over 500fps you need a gun licence to have them in Canada.

[Pareeeee]

Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

A common name isn't really wrong. People in one place might call something different than people somewhere else. Also:

pos·sum
noun
1. opossum.
2. Australian. any of various phalangers, especially of the genus Trichosurus.

~Maggot

Some people here in Canada wrongfully call them "possums" too, not just Americans.

1. Possum is not the common name.

2.The common name is Virginia Opossum.

3. The scientific name is Didelphis virginiana.

4. The Virginia Opossum is from the order Didelphimoria, while Australian Possums belong to an entirely different order, Diprotodontia.

5. Buy a field guide. You will not find one that says an Opossum is a Possum, since it is scientifically inaccurate.

I suppose you are one of those people who also calls salamanders 'lizards', boas 'pythons' and tortoises 'turtles'.

[KORBIN5895]

Originally Posted by stevealexo

Ok just so everyone knows. I've tried baiting it with net traps. But no luck. And I haven't heard or seen any signs of it(whatever it is) since the skunk killing. So my best guess is it most have moved on. However if I do ever come across it I will kill it with any thing I can.

Something tells me you will just maim yourself.....

[DragonsEye]

Originally Posted by Pareeeee

Some people here in Canada wrongfully call them "possums" too, not just Americans.

1. Possum is not the common name.

2.The common name is Virginia Opossum.

3. The scientific name is Didelphis virginiana.

"Possum" IS a common name. You are incorrect to assume there is only ONE "common" name. That would be as inaccurate as to say that "cougar" is THE common name for Puma concolor, when in fact "common" names for Puma concolor includes: Mexican lion, mountain lion, deer tiger, mountain screamer, puma, Florida panther, painter, catamount, slver lion, devil cat, Indian devil, sneak cat, king cat, mountain devil, red tiger, deercat, fire cat, plain lion , grey lion, caracajou, klandagi, catawampus, quinquajou, long tail, and swamp lion (I may have missed a couple). A "common" name is ANY nonscientific name used for an organism in a region/amongst a large group of people that is treated as an acceptable name/identifier. It is because of the potential for confusion and inaccuracy that it is better to utilize the correct (ie. scientific name) for organisms -- whether plant or animal.

Personally, I don't believe in letting a pet out unattended. This would solve the OPs problem without resorting to shooting something. The wild animals were here long before we were. Complaining about wild animals that might harm you unsupervised pet is as idiotic as the morons who level a wild area, build a subdivision, and then bitch that a cougar (Puma concolor) or coyote (Canis latrans) has run off with the family pet, Fluffy. Letting a pet out unsupervised is as irresponsible as doing the same with a toddler. In addition, besides threats from wild animals, unsupervised pets may get stolen, hit by a car, or shot for trespassing on someone else's property. (And yes this last DOES happen.)

[EmbraceCalamity]

Originally Posted by DragonsEye

"Possum" IS a common name. You are incorrect to assume there is only ONE "common" name. That would be as inaccurate as to say that "cougar" is THE common name for Puma concolor, when in fact "common" names for Puma concolor includes: Mexican lion, mountain lion, deer tiger, mountain screamer, puma, Florida panther, painter, catamount, slver lion, devil cat, Indian devil, sneak cat, king cat, mountain devil, red tiger, deercat, fire cat, plain lion , grey lion, caracajou, klandagi, catawampus, quinquajou, long tail, and swamp lion (I may have missed a couple). A "common" name is ANY nonscientific name used for an organism in a region/amongst a large group of people that is treated as an acceptable name/identifier. It is because of the potential for confusion and inaccuracy that it is better to utilize the correct (ie. scientific name) for organisms -- whether plant or animal.

Personally, I don't believe in letting a pet out unattended. This would solve the OPs problem without resorting to shooting something. The wild animals were here long before we were. Complaining about wild animals that might harm you unsupervised pet is as idiotic as the morons who level a wild area, build a subdivision, and then bitch that a cougar (Puma concolor) or coyote (Canis latrans) has run off with the family pet, Fluffy. Letting a pet out unsupervised is as irresponsible as doing the same with a toddler. In addition, besides threats from wild animals, unsupervised pets may get stolen, hit by a car, or shot for trespassing on someone else's property. (And yes this last DOES happen.)

Agreed. Our cats are let to come in and out unsupervised, and I recognise there's a threat with that. When we have signs of wild animals coming around the house that could kill them (interestingly, they seem to not mind the possums hanging out with them), we try to keep them in more. But they go nuts if we try to keep them in.

Our neighbors called animal control because a bear got into their trash that they left sitting out over night, and I was just like, "Wtf? You moved out to the edge of a huge forest out of town and left your garbage just sitting out all night, and then you bitch because a bear ate it?" I wanted to go slap them across the faces. The officer said we had to stop putting out seed for the birds because the bears would eat it. I saw the bear again a month or so later, and she'd lost a good bit of weight. It was so dry and hot this summer, there wasn't much for them to eat. I felt really bad.

Originally Posted by Pareeeee

Some people here in Canada wrongfully call them "possums" too, not just Americans.

1. Possum is not the common name.

2.The common name is Virginia Opossum.

3. The scientific name is Didelphis virginiana.

4. The Virginia Opossum is from the order Didelphimoria, while Australian Possums belong to an entirely different order, Diprotodontia.

5. Buy a field guide. You will not find one that says an Opossum is a Possum, since it is scientifically inaccurate.

I suppose you are one of those people who also calls salamanders 'lizards', boas 'pythons' and tortoises 'turtles'.

You had really better not use the terms "starfish," "koala bear," "horny toad," or "maned wolf."

~Maggot