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[kwhites634]

sorry guys totally out of the loop right now just had a really hard weekend. did however finish one job over done no going back . last night worst of all got in after dark and went to feed my horses . my favorite one was down rolling on the ground colic , really bad tried to save him but couldn't. did all I could but there was no hope .Its kinda like I've lost my kid . right now really depressed about that but I'll feel better after I get some sleep haven't had much in the past three days . love this thread though don't know what I skimmed on that made laugh . but It did and I needed a laugh even a small one. Wife made me feel a little better about my horse though .she said she was happy he looked so good for his age . he was 29 years old I raised him from a baby there when he was born first foal on the farm .so without even trying to read more I'm turning in early tonight . finish trailer story sometime tomorrow .

Been there. Lost 3, all Walkers. 1st one had an argument with a Chevette on a dark road (rte. 57) in southern IL in '81; he lost. Other two were killed by lightning in an open pasture..no trees. Little bit of me died with each of them; you never forget. My thoughts are with you.

 

[frmboyinthecity]

I'm starting a campaign for a youth shot gun.  Hubby gave me his to use when we started having pred problems a few weeks ago, and I tried to shoulder it and site it... then... just looked at him, and said... YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!!  Ain't no way I could actually aim that thing!

I have many of these types of campaigns going on with my wife right now. They are going poorly...

Nah, the turkeys are plentiful, but feral ratites are not. I just wish I knew for sure what they were. They have to be pretty wily, though, as this is predator country. Black bear, coyotes, hogs, feral dogs, bobcat...

It's pretty awesome that they've survived this long... Can you tell if it's a breeding pair?

That skunk that I accidentally kicked a couple weeks ago, has been back for two nights in a row now. I went outside late last night and we both startled each other but he didn't run away. And he's back now. It looks like a different skunk but the chances of that are slim. I think he is young and growing. He better steer clear of my chicken coop!!

Same here!

There is a way you can trap and dispose of a skunk without getting sprayed. I watched my grandfather do it to one that was trying to dig into my grandmas chicken coop when I was a kid. If it gets to that point and you want the details, just let me know.

 

[Wisher1000]

Oooo, tell us all how to deal with a skunk without getting sprayed! PLEASE?

 

[meganhundley]

to you too. My parents' horses are getting old, they just had an Arabian pass away in his sleep who was 39, and had to put down a mare in her late 30s. They have only two left, both in their 20s, the horses are growing old with them. When we were visiting them in July, one of their horses cast himself in a run-in shed trying to roll in the soft dust, and my husband and I used a tow strap around the chest and a lot of pulling to get him turned around where he could get up. A horse can go from fine to gone much too fast. I know the bond with a horse, I had a beautiful Appaloosa that I bought at 15 as a stud colt, and raised him until I went to West Point. My parents sold him and he became a police horse, I planned to buy him when he retired, but the sheriff's department "forgot" and sold him off. I never saw him again and I know he isn't around anymore, but I will never forget my horse. At my graduation party Watching him in a parade I got to ride him while he was in uniform.

Wow, he was a gorgeous horse. I had a Mustang that I got when I was 12. We were told he was an Arab but he had a freeze brand on his neck that I looked up years later and found out he was actually a Mustang. My parents sold when I got my license because they felt I wasn't spending enough time with him. I, too, wanted to buy him back years later but couldn't ever track down the couple that bought him. I know he's gone now also but I still think about him quite often. I wish I still had some pictures of him.

 

[meganhundley]

Sorry yall, I keep quoting the wrong people, I meant to quote BYC910.

 

[sjturner79]

 

[sjturner79]

10 out now. All of the remaining 3 eggs are breathing, not sure if the last one has actually pipped internally yet.

 

[frmboyinthecity]

Oooo, tell us all how to deal with a skunk without getting sprayed!  PLEASE? 

My grandfather used to run a trap line and sell the pelts when my dad was a kid. The exact set up might not work for you, but there can be variations to it I think. To trap and kill a skunk without getting sprayed, take a foot trap, tie it really tight to the longest pole you can find (my grandpas was around 10 feet long) and place it where the skunk is coming. Make sure any pets won't get trapped. When my grandpa had the skunk in the foot trap, he grabbed the other end of the pole and led the skunk to a spot where the little creek by the house was backed up. If the skunk started to raise his tail or act alarmed, he stopped and let it calm back down. When he got to the stream, he submerged the skunk to drowned it. When it's dead, you can then dispose of the body.

My neighbor tried this once, but was going to shoot the skunk in the head with a 22 and I was supposed to run in with a big fishing net, scoop it up and dump it into a barrel of water, hopefully before it sprayed...her gun jammed. And the 12 gauge she went with definitely made the skunk spray...

I think it could be done with a box trap as well. A neighbor in a different house had a skunk trapped in a box trap and animal control officer just had the foam boards covering the box trap and had a way to euthanize the skunk with a shot without it spraying.

 

[WalnutHill]

I just walk up quietly and peg them with a pellet rifle. Skunks have terrible eyesight. If you move slowly in line with them, you can get within 5 feet and they don't even know you are there.

Oh...and head shot, not body shot.

 

[frmboyinthecity]

I just walk up quietly and peg them with a pellet rifle.  Skunks have terrible eyesight.  If you move slowly in line with them, you can get within 5 feet and they don't even know you are there.  

Oh...and head shot, not body shot.

Sure, take the easy approach... don't the spray a little when they're shot?