Eat mo' squirrel
On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 8:51:18 AM UTC-4, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:50:22 -0500, Karl Townsend
wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:56:35 -0400, Ed Huntress
wrote:
I had an agricultural tragedy this past weekend. I have a little Red
Haven Semi-dwarf peach tree that I've been nursing along for a few
years, and it just produced its first modest peach crop: 26 beautiful
and delicious little peaches.
I was getting ready to check them for ripeness on Saturday when I saw
that my 26 peaches had been reduced to 2. There were four or five fat
squirrels running around my yard with peaches in their mouths.
Count your blessings, at least you don't have deer troulbe
I have A LOT of venison recipies
Karl
Yes, this state has a deer population about as dense as our people
population, but they rarely get into my fenced back yard. A neighbor
down the street, though, watches them take down the apples from his
little tree every year.
My old boss at Wasino in NJ (now Amada Machine Tools, in the Chicago
'burbs) had $23,000 worth of landscaping done to his yard, and the
deer ate all of it within two months. g
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Ed Huntress
We also have a lot more deer than we used to. Last week, the local nature center had a representative from the state dept of fish game and wildlife (otherwise known as the hunters resident lobby in Trenton) make a presentation to our city council advocating crossbow hunting in the park. An absolutely ludicrous idea considering that the park is surrounded by houses.
One thing that did come up in the ensuing discussion is that the state of NJ has lowered the distance between bow-hunter and "occupied dwelling" to 150 feet. I have pointed out to my councilman that it is approximately 150 feet from my front door to his...
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