The Old Folks Home

[Cynthia12]

Guns. All I am going to say is. That I like them. Yes, this is Utah.

I've shot me a dear or two back in the day. I've shot at pheasant, quail, pot gut. I like the rifles.

 

[Bunnylady]

Guns. All I am going to say is. That I like them. Yes, this is Utah.

I've shot me a dear or two back in the day. I've shot at pheasant, quail, pot gut. I like the rifles.

Cynthia, hon, I sure hope you mean " a deer or two . . . ."

 

[CanuckBock]

You need to be a member of a target shooting gun club to qualify for a license to buy an air rifle in oz.

You need an application to buy bullets also.

All gun licenses require a medical psyche clearance.

In Los Angeles you need a gun license to buy ammo but in Culver city which is surrounded by LA you don't.

Really, an air rifle? I know some models are pretty snazzy at punching holes thru things but an air rifle? Belong to the GUN CLUB to own one??

When Rick was up North in Tuktoyaktuk...he was in charge of maintaining the run way for the planes. Bizarre stories he can tell about things like peeing outside and it just piling up...LOL The temperatures there make it so you never shut machines down because you risk not starting them back up again in the middle of winter--have to wait till next spring!

He said there were cycles of animals that seasonally came thru...a plague of Snowshoe Hares...then followed by Arctic Foxes, then the Wolves...but one beast ruled the top of the predator chain and nothing followed in to take them out!

As far as I have been led to believe...three things will "hunt" man; Tigers, Water Buffalo and Polar Bears!

Rick says the Polar Bears would make their rounds and if they thought they had a chance at catching a person off guard...they would hide in the snow banks, with their heads buried (no black nose or eyeballs to reveal their location) and WAIT...wait for the humans!

The only way to deal with a "problem" bear was to call in an Inuit Hunter...they were allowed to carry firearms AND shoot the wildlife. It was pretty strange and maybe the laws were relaxed since way way back then but yeh...when would a person want to be toting a mother of a gun...when HUMAN was on the dinner menu!

Help me here...besides the silly "dingo ate my baby" propaganda...we have a lot of things that WILL quite happily eat people...might not kill them with intent as in outright HUNT them down for consumption but at least here in North America...I know cougars have taken out people (more likely small people imitating a deer's movements) and chewed on them as food! Bears will attack, sometimes one that is well known just up and bag slaps a person...flesh is food?

Oz, aren't Monitor Lizards in Australia and don't they EAT or HUNT people? I watched a show on how big they may become last week and though those ones are in the Philippines ... seems there ARE things that will eat people all over the place. Lots of creatures are quite capable of killing people.. are Great White Sharks not in Australia...like you'd probably NOT use a gun, but they do eat people on occasion.

I don't think that gun ownership is null and void in any place on Earth. Sorta like that "walk quiet, but carry a big stick?" Warning shots over the heads of things or even rock salt are good ways to deal with problems that don't take a hint any other way.

I think both of us would agree that all this legislation is more an inconvenience to people that want to use firearms properly.

But with most things...I think common sense is not so common and when things get heavily legislated, the sensibility goes way down the list of importance. Often doing more harm than the good intentions were meant to solve.

Canuckbok I suspect you bought a post hole digger.

No, but a good thought...that would or could make SOME sense outta the warning on the label. It is even worse than this...

It has a gardening theme...it can be bought for under $7.00 in Canuck Bucks. I could see lightening striking you if you ran round the field in a thunderstorm with it. Bwa ha ha...in addition to one's tinfoil hat, it would be a sure thing!

I know I will break down soon and tell 'cause it is so very out there and ever so very silly!

Tara

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Cynthia, hon, I sure hope you mean " a deer or two . . . ."

Thank you (both), I needed that.

 

[Wisher1000]

Whew! I thought for a second I was going to have to look into Cyn's past........

 

[Peep_Show]

Has anyone tried this no crow collar? http://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/chickens/No-Crow-Rooster-Collar-p1580.aspx

Love the video! Makes me *almost* contemplate keeping a roo....

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: Imagine having over 30 and they are going to crow any day.... hehehhhehehhe

 

[ronott1]

Imagine having over 30 and they are going to crow any day.... hehehhhehehhe

At my place, it would be time for chicken dinner!

My 26 year old daughter wants to help me process some because she is hungry for a Roasted Heritage Chicken!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

At my place, it would be time for chicken dinner!

My 26 year old daughter wants to help me process some because she is hungry for a Roasted Heritage Chicken!

I think that's fabulous. Sounds like she was raised right.

 

[LindaB220]

I heard my first pip on day 21. Changed everything out to cardboard egg crate and turned off the turner and took it out. I have the other 15 white phymouth rocks due in about 5-6 days, I think. My 18 blue egg layers are ready to go. I'll let you know.