Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

Coyote in my front yard at 3 am stalking one of my cats who slept in the front porch park bench, Coyotes running down the beach just after sun up, hearing a new litter across the street whine back when the EMS truck drives down the road, missing a Yorkie and a cat one can only assume is due to the Coyote using the only 15 acres of preserved space on the island? Yeah, not a big fan of them either, but can't shoot them either due to the development of residences around me.

Crossbow?

 

[svk]

You cannot have a garden and not get rid on any woodchucks in the area. They will go over or under a fence and will destroy your garden in hours.

I get rid of every woodchuck I can, and if you ever had your entire garden destroyed by one, you would also.

I’ve had to remove them at the cabin as well, they completely filled up my outhouse hole and moved so much dirt under my shed that I’m concerned it may need to be reset on its blocks.

 

[North by Northwest]

I sure hope you would not take them out. I am not aware of Michigan game laws but I really doubt you have a firearm season open now. I fully understand you were joking though. They do scrounge but do they do not f=effective wildlife populations like K-9 and felines's do, They are the scrounge of the woods and other areas

Unless you have cattle or horses Bill . We shot every ground hog we encountered back in the day . It was part of our sighting in program every fall . .222 Rem. 25-06 Rem . 22 Hornet or even some of my larger deer & moose rifles . I think i shot over 100 ground hogs one early fall on the farm , they became a real nuisance animal in the late 60 's in Northern Ontario.

 

[svk]

Unless you have cattle or horses Bill . We shot every ground hog we encountered back in the day . It was part of our sighting in program every fall . .222 Rem. 25-06 Rem . 22 Hornet or even some of my larger deer & moose rifles . I think i shot over 100 ground hogs one early fall on the farm , tgey became a real nuisance animal in the late 60 's in Northern Ontario.

Have you ever eaten them? I’ve heard they’re delicious.

 

[svk]

Good morning guys, pretty easy weekend here. No plans except I need to cook dinner for a group of people tonight. I would like to get the house cleaned and work on my sons truck by the time the weekend is over but other than that it’s nice to not have anything going on for once.

 

[sean donato]

I kill every last ground hog I come across. We had major issues with them right after we moved in. Now it's more of a keep up after them type of thing. Think I got around 8 or 10 of them this spring and only a few this sumer. There's one big one I need to get yet, but it's never out when I'm around, and it already destroyed my big live trap.

Oh foe got the chicken coop pics ...

 

[North by Northwest]

Have you ever eaten them? I’ve heard they’re delicious.

Most certainly brother ! Usually put some olive oil on them or squirrel broth and sear them in a cast iron pan both sides . Then put them in a slow cooker with onions , carrots , potatoes & a few small cloves of garlic . Cook for 3 hrs on low . Delicious , a dark meat much like turkey .

 

[chipper1]

Well I believe we agree on many issues but this is one that I guess we will have to respectively disagree on, Deer are not a nuisance animal.

I want to make it clear I have ZERO knowledge of Michigan game laws and your populations. I just know in my area of Illinois our deer are suffering while the fuuuuucking coyotes are out of hand.

Yes I hate ****innnng coyotes

As do I .
Wasn't talking about deer, but, the can be a nuisance animal too, even the DNR agrees with that.
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/managing-resources/wildlife/wildlife-permits/deer-damage-permits

I know you don't, that's why I posted that(and the link above). I didn't shoot a deer, but rather a woodchuck. Why would I shoot a deer with a 17HMR, I have much better weapons to choose from for that.
We take yotes out too, and coons, and chipmunks, and red squirrels, and now and then a fox when necessary.
We like the wildlife, as much as the trees!

 

[djg james]

I’ve had to remove them at the cabin as well, they completely filled up my outhouse hole and moved so much dirt under my shed that I’m concerned it may need to be reset on its blocks.

They love to get under my wood racks. I have a one row rack that has posts in the ground. One got underneath and now the rack is leaning. Need to jack it up and block it. When I find a new hole I pour used motor oil down it to evict them. Yes, I know not the most environmental approach, but some are in places I can't shoot due to houses around me. My brother's trail camera set up in my yard captured the newest one.

 

[JimR]

Crossbow?

We have coyotes here in Mass. At night I will go out on our deck when they are going crazy and howl like a wolf. That will end their racket for the night.

 

[JimR]

Anyone here have their woodlot being overrun with Beech trees. Due to previous health issues I had to take a break from working on our woodlot that we had harvested back in 2010. We let it go back to full growth. Now I am inundated with Beech trees, multi flora rose's, Concord grape vines and Bittersweet. The battle to reclaim the place is on. Here's just one 8" Beech with the the branches trimmed off. The other two photos are a before and after I removed all the vines and pickers.

 

[mountainguyed67]

It gets the job done in a hurry.

Yes, a lot of work had to be done to it to get to this point though. I’m still itching to put the log grapple on, once the dirt work is done.

 

[Bango Skank]

I doubt this will be seen by the right person, but if anyone is around Erie or Niagara County, NY, I have a declining sugar maple in my front yard that I’ll be removing at some point. I’ll have everything bucked to 16” pieces, and will help load. Can back your truck right up to it. Guess around 3 face cord maybe 4. Couple miles from the Bill’s stadium in Orchard Park.

 

[LondonNeil]

That's stitched together every sensationalist headline going.... But there's an element of truth to it. In the UK, Domestic mains gas and electric prices are up 350% on the price a little over a year ago, and expected to double again over the next 6-8 months. The pressure on wood has pushed up price to roughly double, meaning my stash is currently worth about £7k.... And when it's half gone by spring and energy has doubled it could still be worth £7k. That's a very scary thought..... Those that aren't a wood freak like me are going too hurt to pay the winter heating bills.

 

[svk]

Scrounged up a couple of outboards over the past two days. Son bought the 49’ 2.5 (has parts to repair recoil) for $50 and I got the minty 8 Hp for $250.

 

[farmer steve]

Unless you have cattle or horses Bill . We shot every ground hog we encountered back in the day . It was part of our sighting in program every fall . .222 Rem. 25-06 Rem . 22 Hornet or even some of my larger deer & moose rifles . I think i shot over 100 ground hogs one early fall on the farm , tgey became a real nuisance animal in the late 60 's in Northern Ontario.

When we would ask dad about sighting in his pre 64 .270 for deer season he would say no. I killed 20 or 30 groundhogs with it this summer. Should be good enough for deer.

 

[North by Northwest]

As do I .
Wasn't talking about deer, but, the can be a nuisance animal too, even the DNR agrees with that.
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/managing-resources/wildlife/wildlife-permits/deer-damage-permits

I know you don't, that's why I posted that(and the link above). I didn't shoot a deer, but rather a woodchuck. Why would I shoot a deer with a 17HMR, I have much better weapons to choose from for that.
We take yotes out too, and coons, and chipmunks, and red squirrels, and now and then a fox when necessary.
We like the wildlife, as much as the trees!

Ask anyone with active orchards , deer can be worse offenders than bears or coons . I respect deer , can shoot them since I have a farm with cause . However try to deter them out of season so I can hunt them in season ! Anyhow , hell yes Brett has an arsenal of deer weapons at hand , he would never fire a peashooter at game animals brother !

 

[Bill G]

As do I .
Wasn't talking about deer, but, the can be a nuisance animal too, even the DNR agrees with that.
https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/managing-resources/wildlife/wildlife-permits/deer-damage-permits

I know you don't, that's why I posted that(and the link above). I didn't shoot a deer, but rather a woodchuck. Why would I shoot a deer with a 17HMR, I have much better weapons to choose from for that.
We take yotes out too, and coons, and chipmunks, and red squirrels, and now and then a fox when necessary.
We like the wildlife, as much as the trees!

The miscommunication was in post 76,641 you talked about scroungers out back and how they would have been an easy shot. Later you talked about killing every one you can. The picture was of what sure seems to me to be deer. I assumed from the picture you were referencing deer. If those are groundhogs then they are some funny looking ones

Scroungers out back.
Any of the three would be an easy shot. But all I took out today was a woodchuck with the. 17HMR and a huge 17gr ballistic tipped round .
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[Bill G]

Simple mis-communication which is typical online

 

[H-Ranch]

But all I took out today was a woodchuck with the. 17HMR and a huge 17gr ballistic tipped round .

Wow, hard to misread that. Unless, you know, you don't slow down...