Stuff you have done (that most people haven' t)
September 30, 2022 at 3:54 am
(This post was last modified: September 30, 2022 at 3:55 am by onlinebiker.)
Years ago I had a woodchuck take up residence under the barn. You can' t allow this - as the little bastards tunnel under the foundation and cause serious structural damage. I have had to fix the damage twice before - so I do not fuck around.
At first sign - I got out the counterbearing trap and set it on the hole it was using to get under the barn. This hole is on the east wall base on a concrete apron we had years back for a 3 yard dumpster.
It caught it the next day - but there was a problem. It wasn' t dead. Somehow it got itself sideways in the trap but not on the neck.... It was pissed, snarling and has serious claws.
I couldn't safely shoot it because of ricochet danger to myself or the equipment on the other side of the wall. Waiting for it to die would have been as inhumane as crucifixion.
So I improvised. I caved in it' s skull with a 4 foot piece of 1 1/2 angle iron that is used to prop the side door closed in the wind.
How many of you have killed something with a club?
Got something else that few have done?
At first sign - I got out the counterbearing trap and set it on the hole it was using to get under the barn. This hole is on the east wall base on a concrete apron we had years back for a 3 yard dumpster.
It caught it the next day - but there was a problem. It wasn' t dead. Somehow it got itself sideways in the trap but not on the neck.... It was pissed, snarling and has serious claws.
I couldn't safely shoot it because of ricochet danger to myself or the equipment on the other side of the wall. Waiting for it to die would have been as inhumane as crucifixion.
So I improvised. I caved in it' s skull with a 4 foot piece of 1 1/2 angle iron that is used to prop the side door closed in the wind.
How many of you have killed something with a club?
Got something else that few have done?
