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  1. J

    Cigarettes, shocked!

    My wife smokes Salems. They were up over $110 a carton when she switched to 24/7s. The 24/7s can be had for as little as $38 a carton in some areas. Locally they are $54.
  2. J

    rodent infestation

    The only ground bees I have encountered are bumblebees. Honey bees will swarm. They are a lot of fun to encounter while trimming trees. I cut through a limb with a hive I didn’t see in it. Not many places to run when 40 feet up in a bucket truck. Thank goodness I am not allergic to them. The...
  3. J

    rodent infestation

    Bees don’t bother me. We have carpenter bees in the barn. When I get stung I go get a can of carb cleaner from the shop and clear them out. It would probably work on a hole in the ground as well as a hole in the wall.
  4. J

    rodent infestation

    We had skunks in the 8” irrigation pipe all the time when I was a kid. The fix then was to shake them out and shoot them. Every skunk I saw shot sprayed while it was dying. Please feel free to shoot as many in your yard as you like but I don’t enjoy the smell enough to shoot one in my yard.
  5. J

    rodent infestation

    That’s the best advice. Take care of the issue and keep your mouth shut. I had someone tell me the best way to kill a skunk is to drown it because they won’t stink. I had someone else tell me it was inhumane and a crime to do it.
  6. J

    rodent infestation

    I saw similar stupidity when I was spraying crops. A lawyer bought a farmhouse in a cornfield then complained about noise the farm equipment made. There isn’t much quiet on farm ground because it is industrial. Tractors, combines, trucks, spray rigs and cropdusters all make a lot of noise...
  7. J

    rodent infestation

    Same thing happens to airports. Build them miles from anything. People move into the area and start complaining about the noise. Many mew rules are created for the airport and it eventually closes.
  8. J

    Yamaha F150 - No Spark

    If it’s on a boat or attached to a boat harness… safety/kill switch.
  9. J

    Offer accepted

    I left the family to join the USAF. Chased a woman to my present local upon retirement. 15 years later I married a different woman who isn’t from here either. Our parents are in their 80s. Going home sounds good but fiscally challenging and somethings have to be sacrificed. For instance...
  10. J

    rodent infestation

    I guess you didn’t read the initial post about the shooting location. You know, the thicket that couldn’t be seen through. It wasn’t a one time random choice to shoot there. A lot of people used that spot to plink for a long time. It was a tragic accident. Before that case I would hunt deer...
  11. J

    rodent infestation

    I think that was the finding of the jury. As I recall the prosecutor was pushing for first degree murder but didn’t get it. I’m not up to speed on how these things work but I know Ted felt bad that the guy went to jail for the accident.
  12. J

    rodent infestation

    In regards to .22 range and/or damage possibilities… back in the late 1990’s, I had a friend draw jury duty on a murder case. A woman had been shot in the head while boating. A couple of young men had been target shooting in the direction of the river using a thicket as a backstop. The jury was...
  13. J

    rodent infestation

    Looking at the pictures, it doesn’t appear that your food supply would be cut off when SHTF even if you didn’t feed the wildlife. Although, you may have to leave the house to get a shot at it. Where will you buy your bait when SHTF? Money won’t be any good and the stores will be looted.
  14. J

    rodent infestation

    I knew of a guy many years ago who took to feeding wild turkeys in his front yard because he liked to watch them. It wasn’t long before they were on top of his cars scratching paint and crapping. There hasn’t been a wild turkey spotted in this neighborhood since. My dad drives turkeys off with...
  15. J

    rodent infestation

    My favorite Christmas movie!
  16. J

    rodent infestation

    My 10 pump Daisy does pretty good too. BBs and pellets seem to work about the same. It did take a little practice though. Crossbows work well without much practice but shafts and tips can get expensive shooting at the ground. I have too many close neighbors for much more than that. It would be...
  17. J

    rodent infestation

    I have been using bird shot in the .22 mag for snakes, opossums and rabbits. Nothing quiet about it. I think it’s just as loud as shooting a bullet. Long rifle shotshell might be better. I generally use .22 short if it is in the live trap. It’s not very loud. I don’t think I have ever seen...
  18. J

    Side Bunk Placement

    Skill level has something to do with it. I think the side bunks on mine couldn’t be positioned much better but my better half usually runs over them at least once when she loads.
  19. J

    Can I buy a trailer online?

    Definitely worth shopping around different dealers. The two I talked to about buying a trailer were about an hour and a half drive from me in different directions. The dealer I bought the boat from is about 10 hours away (local for me when I bought it). Bear built my trailer but wouldn’t sell...
  20. J

    Can I buy a trailer online?

    Oh yeah, The dealer I bought the boat from set up the trailer wrong (boat was sitting on the floor when I bought it). The bunks weren’t supporting the transom and the straps and the transom saver wouldn’t fit right. I didn’t figure it out until I had to rig the new trailer. The same dealership...
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