[AT] Growing Corn

[Mike]

Sounds like coyotes to me!

Mike M

On 7/12/2014 1:35 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Well my Jack Russell and the mix breed lab take great pleasure in squirrel.
> Just last week the lab caught one in a wide open yard full of trees that the
> squirrel could easily get to but Bailey was too quick for at least one of
> them.
> I didn't have to worry about feeding her that night.  If they stay in the
> trees they
> are safe but if they make a mistake and hit the ground it's on like Donkey
> Kong.
> The problem is I can't leave the Jack outside because he wonders around
> about
> a 1 mile radius and the lab follows him.  He being a terrier will start some
> trouble
> and she will finish it.  When the neighbors started comparing notes one of
> them
> came to see me to warn me that my pair had been tied to the death of 6
> chickens and
> two cats and some fair injury to a couple of dogs.  I don't know if it's
> true or not
> but I don't doubt it.  Neither one of them have ever come home injured from
> a fight
> but the lab came in with fresh blood on the side of her face not long ago.
>
> Now I keep the Jack inside most of the time and carry him out in the country
> away from
> anything domestic to let him run.  As long as the Jack and I are inside the
> house the
> lab will lay in the yard.  I wish I had enough extra cash for about 1000' of
> chain link
> but I don't and the Jack would dig out anyway.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Spencer Yost
> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 11:26 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Growing Corn
>
> If you can figure out anything a squirrel can't climb over, around or
> through - let me know.    This cold winter must have been hard on them as
> the numbers seem to be down.   By this time of the year the apples are
> usually long gone but I still have a few.  However I would not doubt the
> last few survivors are stealing my last few apples as I type.   But they
> manage to eat all my tomatoes .
>
> I had a neighbor fence his dog in with the apples.    The squirrels could
> jump to the tree from the fence but could not jump from the tree to the
> fence with apple in their mouth.   So the little criminals contented
> themselves with eating the apples al  fresco in the tree and then jump to
> the fence.  The neighbor swore he saw one piss on the dog.
>
> My neighbor and I now just buy our apples.....
>
> Good luck....
>
> Spencer
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 12, 2014, at 9:52, "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I know one sure solution to my squirrel problem.  It will involve building
>> a well sealed fence around my garden that my Jack Russell terrier can't
>> dig
>> under and my yellow lab/chow mix can't jump over.  I'm not sure it's worth
>> the trouble.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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