[AT] Got Woodchuck Pills?

[charlie hill]

Who was it that said dogs couldn't think?  He obviously never owned one.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Got Woodchuck Pills?


> I had a friend who had two dogs. They were sort of a mix which
> we called farm dogs - collie/shepherd mixes. One day when I was over at
> his place he told me to watch his dogs. They had spotted a woodchuck in
> a neighbor's field about a quarter mile away. One of his dogs trotted out
> into the field in plain sight and the other ran at a 90 degree angle down
> the road and out of sight. The one in the field continued to walk around
> back and forth and even barked once in a while in the direction of the
> woodchuck. It wasn't but a few minutes when the other dog appeared behind
> the woodchuck and was advancing on him from the rear while the first dog
> played decoy. In less than a minute the chuck was dead. I have heard of
> dogs doing this but really didn't believe it until I saw it with my own
> eyes. I wonder now if anyone else has ever seen this happen?
> 
> As to rats, we get them once in a while in our little chicken
> house because of the feed in the hanging feeders. What I have done that
> gives a lot of pleasure and some action is to use my .45 Colt or the .44
> Special with #8 birdshot handloaded in the shells and shoot them on the
> run when I open the door. The chickens don't particularly like it the
> first time or two but after that I don't think they hear very well and
> don't seem to mind. FWIW, I've found that sometimes the first shot will
> cause the rat being fired at to faint dead away and it takes one more
> shot to put them away permanently. Since we got all these new neighbors
> I don't do this much any more. I control them now with a bait box I made
> that holds D-Con or something similar that Purina sells. The box is 6" X
> 6" X about 16" or so long with a rat sized hole in each end. The bait
> is in the middle so the chickens can't get it. Size of the holes is about
> 1 3/4" but doesn't really matter as the first rat there will knaw the
> hole to suit him. If anyone is interested, the loads are simply target
> loads as far as powder is concerned with a gas check seated cup side up
> on top of the powder, then shot put in to fill the case, and then another
> gas check cup side down over the shot and crimped lightly to hold it in
> place. I also swipe some of my wife's clear fingernail polish and seal
> the end over the gas check with it. It works for me.
> 
> Cecil
> -- 
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
> 
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
> 
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
> 
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