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Nasty vicious squirrels ravaged my sunflowers.
They climbed up, piercing the stems with their sharp claws and infecting the plants with all manner of parasites and recklessly breaking off leaves.
Then they gnawed the flower heads a bit before decapitating the plants in a flurry of bites fueled by hateful rage.
The squirrels ate every seed and mortally wounded all of my beautiful sunflower plants. I had to pull them out.
WAR
My dog killed two of them by biting and shaking them. I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. But ultimately it's like 2 marines versus 10000 zerglings. There's just too many squirrels.
 
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On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out.
Is this legal?
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On June 24 2011 10:40 Empyrean wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Is this legal?
Who knows, but props for getting one, them squirrels are quite...squirrely  Also sorry about your flowers 
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On June 24 2011 10:40 Empyrean wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Is this legal?
Yes.
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On June 24 2011 10:40 Empyrean wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Is this legal?
I don't think so... Why not invite a few cars over? They always seem to take care of squirrels, at least the ones around here.
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On June 24 2011 10:45 blahz0r wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:40 Empyrean wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Is this legal? I don't think so... Why not invite a few cars over? They always seem to take care of squirrels, at least the ones around here.
by "cars", I take it you meant "cats"
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Poor squirrels They're just hungry.
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On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck.
Dude, that's like taking out a single zergling with a half dozen scarabs.
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On June 24 2011 10:55 endy wrote:Poor squirrels They're just hungry.
Yeah
I think squirrels are adorable :<
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On June 24 2011 10:51 susySquark wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:45 blahz0r wrote:On June 24 2011 10:40 Empyrean wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Is this legal? I don't think so... Why not invite a few cars over? They always seem to take care of squirrels, at least the ones around here. by "cars", I take it you meant "cats"
No, he means cars, running over squirrels, a few tons of metal running into something is probably get rid of it.
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On June 24 2011 10:55 Grobyc wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. Dude, that's like taking out a single zergling with a half dozen scarabs.
OR a Broodling with two Yamato Guns.
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On June 24 2011 10:45 blahz0r wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:40 Empyrean wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Is this legal? I don't think so... Why not invite a few cars over? They always seem to take care of squirrels, at least the ones around here.
pest control is perfectly legal in the States, so long as it is not a protected species
Gunmakers devote an entire marketing section towards "varmint" guns just for the task, though a air powered BB or pellet gun is more than enough for squirrels.
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On June 24 2011 10:58 kdgns wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:51 susySquark wrote:On June 24 2011 10:45 blahz0r wrote:On June 24 2011 10:40 Empyrean wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Is this legal? I don't think so... Why not invite a few cars over? They always seem to take care of squirrels, at least the ones around here. by "cars", I take it you meant "cats" No, he means cars, running over squirrels, a few tons of metal running into something is probably get rid of it.
Now that you mention it... cats might work too. They always seem to get at my fish though, screw those cats!
A squirrel randomly running across the street with good timing from a car usually does the trick.
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On June 24 2011 10:57 Empyrean wrote:Yeah I think squirrels are adorable :<
I agree, I love watching them play tag in the park outside my house!
On June 24 2011 10:45 Zealotdriver wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:40 Empyrean wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Is this legal? Yes.
It shouldn't be, it's awful. To brag about it is kind of sickening, why would you brag about mutilating an animal? "It's eye popped out" That's just disturbing.
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My friend.
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On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out.
Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers.
Pathetic.
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Squirrels are so cute...why in the world would you kill one like that. Just lay some seeds or even get some feeder and put it elsewhere than your yard and have them eat from that.
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On June 24 2011 11:14 Firepaw292 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers. Pathetic.
It's actually better than the alternative where he lets it starve to death from the original wound.
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On June 24 2011 11:14 Firepaw292 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers. Pathetic.
Well, it's legal, they are considered pest animals in many locations, and it's eating his food items/possessions. Unless he claims to be vegan this is perfectly within his moral grounds to do. I wouldn't personally want to kill squirrels, but it's not much different than spraying pesticide on the fruits you buy from the grocery store.
Do you ONLY eat organic food? If not, you're killing living, breathing things to have more convenient meals. Even then, you're eating the food they could eat to live; you are killing things by eating.
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On June 24 2011 11:18 Ecrilon wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 11:14 Firepaw292 wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers. Pathetic. It's actually better than the alternative where he lets it starve to death from the original wound.
Why does he have to shoot them?
On June 24 2011 11:19 tedster wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 11:14 Firepaw292 wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers. Pathetic. Well, it's legal, they are considered pest animals in many locations, and it's eating his food items/possessions. Unless he claims to be vegan this is perfectly within his moral grounds to do. I wouldn't personally want to kill squirrels, but it's not much different than spraying pesticide on the fruits you buy from the grocery store. Do you ONLY eat organic food? If not, you're killing living, breathing things to have more convenient meals. Even then, you're eating the food they could eat to live; you are killing things by eating.
Your argument is so illogical, he's not killing these squirrels to eat them, he's killing them because they're eating his flowers. They're eating his flowers because the flowers are in their habitat and are an available food source.
As well as, he's not growing the sunflowers because he's dependent on them for food, he's either growing them to snack on the seeds or for the visual appeal. Now, if you're trying to imply it's right to kill the squirrels because they eat his flowers, would you kill your neighbor's dog if it trampled your flowers?
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On June 24 2011 11:17 Bambipwnsu wrote:
Squirrels are so cute...why in the world would you kill one like that. Just lay some seeds or even get some feeder and put it elsewhere than your yard and have them eat from that.
THIS DOESNT WORK it just attracts more squirrels and they will give birth faster and in larger quantities and take up residence nearby and they will eat, forever and ever
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On June 24 2011 10:58 kdgns wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:51 susySquark wrote:On June 24 2011 10:45 blahz0r wrote:On June 24 2011 10:40 Empyrean wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Is this legal? I don't think so... Why not invite a few cars over? They always seem to take care of squirrels, at least the ones around here. by "cars", I take it you meant "cats" No, he means cars, running over squirrels, a few tons of metal running into something is probably get rid of it.
Killing squirrels. American style.
We Aussies prefer to use our cars to ram kangaroos.
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On June 24 2011 11:20 tedster wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 11:17 Bambipwnsu wrote:
Squirrels are so cute...why in the world would you kill one like that. Just lay some seeds or even get some feeder and put it elsewhere than your yard and have them eat from that. THIS DOESNT WORK it just attracts more squirrels and they will give birth faster and in larger quantities and take up residence nearby and they will eat, forever and ever
Where I live there are wild squirrels and turkeys galore (well, a flock of like 8 turkeys that live in the trees), nobody here kills them because they are eating our flower beds. We accept that we live in an environment that is home to them, and allow them to live here. There are feeders all over and coincidentally not once have any of the gardens on my street been destroyed by squirrels.
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On June 24 2011 11:14 Firepaw292 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers. Pathetic.
These squirrels are more than a nuisance, they are a swarm of rodents that destroy entire crops. They are miniature terrorists seeking nothing but death and destruction.
These vicious beasts have undone countless hours of labor and care, all for a brief moment of lulz and gluttonous devouring of my babies.
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On June 24 2011 11:08 neobowman wrote:My friend.
^ holy shit is that real? if it is...GG poor squirrel : (
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On June 24 2011 11:29 Zealotdriver wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 11:14 Firepaw292 wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers. Pathetic. These squirrels are more than a nuisance, they are a swarm of rodents that destroy entire crops. They are miniature terrorists seeking nothing but death and destruction. These vicious beasts have undone countless hours of labor and care, all for a brief moment of lulz and gluttonous devouring of my babies.
Whether you're being sarcastic or not, I think you've been spending too much time playing video games and on the internet if this is how you think of it.
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On June 24 2011 11:20 d(O.o)a wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 11:18 Ecrilon wrote:On June 24 2011 11:14 Firepaw292 wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers. Pathetic. It's actually better than the alternative where he lets it starve to death from the original wound. Why does he have to shoot them? Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 11:19 tedster wrote:On June 24 2011 11:14 Firepaw292 wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers. Pathetic. Well, it's legal, they are considered pest animals in many locations, and it's eating his food items/possessions. Unless he claims to be vegan this is perfectly within his moral grounds to do. I wouldn't personally want to kill squirrels, but it's not much different than spraying pesticide on the fruits you buy from the grocery store. Do you ONLY eat organic food? If not, you're killing living, breathing things to have more convenient meals. Even then, you're eating the food they could eat to live; you are killing things by eating. Your argument is so illogical, he's not killing these squirrels to eat them, he's killing them because they're eating his flowers. They're eating his flowers because the flowers are in their habitat and are an available food source. As well as, he's not growing the sunflowers because he's dependent on them for food, he's either growing them to snack on the seeds or for the visual appeal. Now, if you're trying to imply it's right to kill the squirrels because they eat his flowers, would you kill your neighbor's dog if it trampled your flowers?
I WAS growing the sunflowers for food. As a side benefit they were also beautiful.
I wouldn't shoot a neighbor's dog because it is a pet. The squirrels have no owner and harbor intense hatred for anything that isn't a squirrel.
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tango down, well done soldier
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Grats on the BB gun shot to the squirrel, did you miss the first time? How hard was it to aim at that tiny little monster?
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On June 24 2011 11:33 d(O.o)a wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 11:29 Zealotdriver wrote:On June 24 2011 11:14 Firepaw292 wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers. Pathetic. These squirrels are more than a nuisance, they are a swarm of rodents that destroy entire crops. They are miniature terrorists seeking nothing but death and destruction. These vicious beasts have undone countless hours of labor and care, all for a brief moment of lulz and gluttonous devouring of my babies. Whether you're being sarcastic or not, I think you've been spending too much time playing video games and on the internet if this is how you think of it.
Regardless, squirrels are heartless monsters bent on various types of destruction. It is no different than killing an insect. A large insect determined to destroy your stuff.
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I can't believe there are so many people here defending those fucking tree rats. I wonder if people would get mad if you talked about killing rats with a rat-trap? Squirrels exist to screw with people in the South. Anyone who says they don't have squirrel problems and live in an area infested with the vermin are either fooling themselves, or ignorant. From messing with your trees, to ruining your flower gardens, to turning your bird feeder into a squirrel feeder, they mess with stuff. My parents used to trap them, and then drive them to a park to get rid of them. Except they didn't take them far enough away, and they just came back. Should have killed the little bastards.
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On June 24 2011 11:14 Firepaw292 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers. Pathetic.
But actually, squirrels are just rats with bushy tails...would you say the same if it were the life of a rat?
EDIT: WOW, NINJAD BY SENTENAL. Props to ya, man.
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2 things to point out, OP is well withing his right to do so on his private property, (if the squirrel was the neighbor's pet, he wouldnt be)
The most common indicator of potential serial killers is violence to small fur bearing animals in youth...think about it.
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Fuck em on a side note though i killed a bat with a clothes hanger when it accidentally flew into my living room one night and was flying around knocking shit off because the lights or some shit, either way i timed it just right and sent that bitch flying.
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On June 24 2011 12:14 Trowabarton756 wrote:
Fuck em on a side note though i killed a bat with a clothes hanger when it accidentally flew into my living room one night and was flying around knocking shit off because the lights or some shit, either way i timed it just right and sent that bitch flying.
wasnt it already flying =)
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On June 24 2011 11:59 Temporarykid wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 11:14 Firepaw292 wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers. Pathetic. But actually, squirrels are just rats with bushy tails...would you say the same if it were the life of a rat? EDIT: WOW, NINJAD BY SENTENAL. Props to ya, man.
Yeah, I would actually. I think it's stupid that things like rats and things have to be killed to be removed of.
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Seriously, everyone defending the squirrels is probably just doing so because they are somewhat cute. The same people probably get home from work and eat a nice juicy hamburger, and if they have rat traps they check 'em hoping they killed some of the fuckers. Animal life really is not sacred (NOTE: I am not saying that animals are worthless, I love animals. I've volunteered at animal shelters. I have two dogs both adopted from animal shelters who otherwise would have been killed. It's just that a human life is sacred, while animal life is not). And no, I wouldn't shoot a dog who messed up my flowers because there is a 99.99999% chance that the dog belongs to someone who would not be happy if I killed their dog. Also squirrels are pests.
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On June 24 2011 11:33 d(O.o)a wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 11:29 Zealotdriver wrote:On June 24 2011 11:14 Firepaw292 wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers. Pathetic. These squirrels are more than a nuisance, they are a swarm of rodents that destroy entire crops. They are miniature terrorists seeking nothing but death and destruction. These vicious beasts have undone countless hours of labor and care, all for a brief moment of lulz and gluttonous devouring of my babies. Whether you're being sarcastic or not, I think you've been spending too much time playing video games and on the internet if this is how you think of it.
You (and half the other posters in here) are completely ignorant of the economic damage that these vermin cause. Not only that, they carry many parasites and diseases. Perhaps before you accuse someone of spending too much time on the internet, you should get out and learn a little more about the world you are commenting on.
There are entire industries devoted to the eradication of ground squirrels for farmers, hell I know USDA employees that go out of their way to run them over when they're spotted in the street. Though, you may not mind the price of crops (eg corn, wheat, alfalfa) skyrocketing (and then increasing the cost of meat as well) because people decided you shouldn't exterminate harmful vermin if they happen to be cute. Man if mosquito and fleas were cute we'd be fucked.
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I think adding vultures into your composition will help alot
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On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
Nasty vicious squirrels ravaged my sunflowers.
They climbed up, piercing the stems with their sharp claws and infecting the plants with all manner of parasites and recklessly breaking off leaves.
Then they gnawed the flower heads a bit before decapitating the plants in a flurry of bites fueled by hateful rage.
The squirrels ate every seed and mortally wounded all of my beautiful sunflower plants. I had to pull them out.
WAR
My dog killed two of them by biting and shaking them. I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. But ultimately it's like 2 marines versus 10000 zerglings. There's just too many squirrels.
I hope you get killed very soon...
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On June 24 2011 12:13 kdgns wrote:
2 things to point out, OP is well withing his right to do so on his private property, (if the squirrel was the neighbor's pet, he wouldnt be)
The most common indicator of potential serial killers is violence to small fur bearing animals in youth...think about it.
Yeah, because serial killers kill others because they ruined his flowerbed.
Good job OP. They seem to look adorable, but wait till it goes to a bird nest and eats the bird eggs. :o)
e. oh, and next time i think you should try to cover the flowers with something, so those bastards won't ruin the next ones
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After what they did,
The kills were reverse karma.
Squirrels weren't fast enough.
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Those bastards used to get in my parents garden in the backyard when I was a kid and my Dad would pay me to get rid of em. Squirrels and other small rodents are a bigger problem than a lot of people think, especially for farmers.
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On June 24 2011 12:48 TheRunawayFound wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
Nasty vicious squirrels ravaged my sunflowers.
They climbed up, piercing the stems with their sharp claws and infecting the plants with all manner of parasites and recklessly breaking off leaves.
Then they gnawed the flower heads a bit before decapitating the plants in a flurry of bites fueled by hateful rage.
The squirrels ate every seed and mortally wounded all of my beautiful sunflower plants. I had to pull them out.
WAR
My dog killed two of them by biting and shaking them. I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. But ultimately it's like 2 marines versus 10000 zerglings. There's just too many squirrels. I hope you get killed very soon... User was warned for this postUser was temp banned for this post.
what the fuck?
But a BB gun?Man you must have some good aim.
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On June 24 2011 12:42 101toss wrote:
I think adding vultures into your composition will help alot Well played. 
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On June 24 2011 13:32 Kamais_Ookin wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 12:42 101toss wrote:
I think adding vultures into your composition will help alot Well played.
I feel Ravens would be more appropriate.
Best thread ever. I'm dying.
I showed a friend and she asked what's the situation with chipmunks?
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On June 24 2011 11:20 d(O.o)a wrote:
Now, if you're trying to imply it's right to kill the squirrels because they eat his flowers, would you kill your neighbor's dog if it trampled your flowers?
We certainly did when the dog was running trough the vegetable garden of some ppl in my grandma village... it was 5 years ago and the dog was just not gonna stop and he wasn't like a normal dog which steps smoothly and doesn't destroy anything, oh now he was more like " herp drep tomato gonna slam my had in it to see what happens" so one day someone just gave him a piece of poisoned food... ( before any smart ass tries to quote me on this, yes odorless poison exists so you can actually trick the dog into eating the food )
Also gratz one having that good of an aim, i think it must be hard to hit that small of a target with a BB gun :O
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On June 24 2011 11:07 d(O.o)a wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:57 Empyrean wrote:On June 24 2011 10:55 endy wrote:Poor squirrels They're just hungry. Yeah I think squirrels are adorable :< I agree, I love watching them play tag in the park outside my house! Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:45 Zealotdriver wrote:On June 24 2011 10:40 Empyrean wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Is this legal? Yes. It shouldn't be, it's awful. To brag about it is kind of sickening, why would you brag about mutilating an animal? "It's eye popped out" That's just disturbing.
I take it you live in the city.
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That'll teach you to fast expand instead of walling in your flower base vs a squirrel rush on God's Garden
On a serious note, I've only seen squirrels on TV, lol@Singapore.
If they constantly attack your flowers though, guess you don't really have a choice regardless.
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On June 24 2011 17:00 IntoTheEmo wrote:
On a serious note, I've only seen squirrels on TV, lol@Singapore.
Oo I see squirrels regularly around my block but only ever 1 at any time. They're pretty elusive, its pretty easy to miss them since they run around real fast when humans are around.
Singaporeans generally feel squirrels are cute fluffy creatures since they're rare (maybe as rare of collosus drops) around here haha. I guess how you're looking at this squirrel infestation of yours is similar to how we look at rats here. Any sort of rat sighting will guarantee a citizen running to lodge a complaint with the authorities.
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On June 24 2011 13:49 Aterons_toss wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 11:20 d(O.o)a wrote:
Now, if you're trying to imply it's right to kill the squirrels because they eat his flowers, would you kill your neighbor's dog if it trampled your flowers? We certainly did when the dog was running trough the vegetable garden of some ppl in my grandma village... it was 5 years ago and the dog was just not gonna stop and he wasn't like a normal dog which steps smoothly and doesn't destroy anything, oh now he was more like " herp drep tomato gonna slam my had in it to see what happens" so one day someone just gave him a piece of poisoned food... ( before any smart ass tries to quote me on this, yes odorless poison exists so you can actually trick the dog into eating the food ) Also gratz one having that good of an aim, i think it must be hard to hit that small of a target with a BB gun :O
Wow that's fucked up, did you even explain the situation to the neighbor before poisoning his dog. Or was that a stray dog ? I would be pretty pissed if someone poisoned my dog :|
On June 24 2011 17:00 IntoTheEmo wrote:
On a serious note, I've only seen squirrels on TV, lol@Singapore.
:O Wtf dude, there are a lot of squirrels at the Singapore Botanic Gardens ! (as well as huge horrible spiders :'( )
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this is a pretty weird post..you should consider yourself lucky.. in the northernmost parts of norway you have to watch out so that reindeer don't get into your flowers
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At least their not flying squirrels!!!
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On June 24 2011 17:44 endy wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 13:49 Aterons_toss wrote:On June 24 2011 11:20 d(O.o)a wrote:
Now, if you're trying to imply it's right to kill the squirrels because they eat his flowers, would you kill your neighbor's dog if it trampled your flowers? We certainly did when the dog was running trough the vegetable garden of some ppl in my grandma village... it was 5 years ago and the dog was just not gonna stop and he wasn't like a normal dog which steps smoothly and doesn't destroy anything, oh now he was more like " herp drep tomato gonna slam my had in it to see what happens" so one day someone just gave him a piece of poisoned food... ( before any smart ass tries to quote me on this, yes odorless poison exists so you can actually trick the dog into eating the food ) Also gratz one having that good of an aim, i think it must be hard to hit that small of a target with a BB gun :O Wow that's fucked up, did you even explain the situation to the neighbor before poisoning his dog. Or was that a stray dog ? I would be pretty pissed if someone poisoned my dog :| Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 17:00 IntoTheEmo wrote:
On a serious note, I've only seen squirrels on TV, lol@Singapore.
:O Wtf dude, there are a lot of squirrels at the Singapore Botanic Gardens ! (as well as huge horrible spiders :'( )
Why would I wanna go there then :D, yeah I'm sure those kinds of places have them but unfortunately I don't live near those. (or fortunately)
Only spiders I wanna see are the ones that make Koreans go MINE DAEBAK
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Kinda interesting thread. Apparently, in the US squirrels are a problem. In the rest of the world, they are cute little adorable cuddly gifts of god. Awesome display of different perceptions of the same thing.
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This thread has delivered the lulz for me. When I was young, my family had a miniature farm going on, with a garden, chickens, rabbits, and such. And killing pests like annoying squirrels, escaped rabbits, crows, rats/mice, hawks etc was pretty commonplace. I got my first BB/pellet gun at the age of 11, and have gleefully murdered several hundred cute little fluffy woodland creatures. Only they weren't cute fluffy woodland creatures to me. They were the evil rabbits that would destroy a head of lettuce in about 20 seconds. Or demon possesed mice that would rip holes in our bags of rabbit feed and scatter it all over the floor of our shed. Or the genius crows that knew when I was carrying a rifle, and would quickly scatter. Otherwise, they'd sit watching our little baby chicks with a hungry eye, devil horns sprouting from their heads. And the hawks that we would never see until we saw the chickens freezing and hiding under trees, then going nuts when it swooped in on one of them.
I shot a rabbit with a .22 at about 75 yards once, with open sights, while it was hopping around....I am pretty good with a rifle, lol.
So reading all these replies about how op should be drawn and quartered for killing squirrels......just lol. These be some sheltered city folk here. :-)
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When I was young and finally given a bb gun as a present by my parents, they gave me 1 strict rule which I always abided by. Don't shoot at anybody or animals.... There was however a caveat they soon made. Any squirrel on the bird feeders were fair game.
My aim became immaculate without damaging the bird feeder itself.
On a related note, my parents have a continuous stream on their property now. The pool at the top of the stream is by their deck which has a lot of the bird feeders around it. Squirrels find their way in but are too stupid to get out and and drown on a regular basis.
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On June 24 2011 12:13 kdgns wrote:
2 things to point out, OP is well withing his right to do so on his private property, (if the squirrel was the neighbor's pet, he wouldnt be)
The most common indicator of potential serial killers is violence to small fur bearing animals in youth...think about it.
Then I guess every single farmer growing up is a potential serial killer. You're mistaking controlled violence for remorseless torture. Potential serial killers don't shoot with a BB gun and follow up with an axe to the head. They trap it live, and skin it letting it die, or slowly cut off it's limbs one at a time to see how long it lives.
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Augh, I can relate. My garden is being attacked by *something*, probably either rabbits or squirrels, but I've never caught them in the act.
At my old place the neighbor's cat used to do a pretty good job of killing everything on the block, but there seems to be no kitty hero here, T_T;
My poor shallots!
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On June 24 2011 11:08 neobowman wrote:My friend.
omg I couldn't stop laughing for about a minute. Good luck with your war
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On June 24 2011 13:49 Aterons_toss wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 11:20 d(O.o)a wrote:
Now, if you're trying to imply it's right to kill the squirrels because they eat his flowers, would you kill your neighbor's dog if it trampled your flowers? We certainly did when the dog was running trough the vegetable garden of some ppl in my grandma village... it was 5 years ago and the dog was just not gonna stop and he wasn't like a normal dog which steps smoothly and doesn't destroy anything, oh now he was more like " herp drep tomato gonna slam my had in it to see what happens" so one day someone just gave him a piece of poisoned food... ( before any smart ass tries to quote me on this, yes odorless poison exists so you can actually trick the dog into eating the food ) Also gratz one having that good of an aim, i think it must be hard to hit that small of a target with a BB gun :O
Why would you freaking poison someone elses dog? Who the hell do you think you are?
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1/1 for animal brutality. I love animals. How could you do such a terrible thing?
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On June 25 2011 00:52 edc wrote:
1/1 for animal brutality. I love animals. How could you do such a terrible thing?
If you want actual animal brutality, move to China, where they do wonderful things like hanging dogs for hours before they die, so they "taste better". Or kill dolphins by dragging them through the street with pickup trucks. Killing pests humanely is most definitely not animal brutality. The mere fact you think it is makes me wonder if you have any idea where the food you eat comes from.
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If you were to read any of the Redwall books, you would know thay squirrels are not vermin. They are noble creatures that actualy defend the world from vermin. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
You are killing your friends.
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On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
But ultimately it's like 2 marines versus 10000 zerglings. There's just too many squirrels.
Have you ever read "The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier, or seen the Hitchcock movie of it?
Be nice to the 10,000 squirrels, or else they'll move on from your sunflowers and come after you...
Seriously though, terriers are great for your purpose, so are cats. Best of all is chickenwire over your sunflowers. But what you did was really gross.
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Honestly the controversy level of this blog could have been reduced 200% by removing the unnecessary gory details.
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Let me expain.
Grey Squirrels are pests that spread diseases.
Red squirrels are good.
Argument over. kthx have a nice day.
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Your argument is so illogical, he's not killing these squirrels to eat them, he's killing them because they're eating his flowers. They're eating his flowers because the flowers are in their habitat and are an available food source.
As well as, he's not growing the sunflowers because he's dependent on them for food, he's either growing them to snack on the seeds or for the visual appeal. Now, if you're trying to imply it's right to kill the squirrels because they eat his flowers, would you kill your neighbor's dog if it trampled your flowers?
You can apply the exact same argument with rats and roaches. Your house is a rat's natural habitat so you'd be an asshole to kill it because all your stuff is an available source of food.
I remember that in a episode of Judge Judy (don't ask), some guy shot and killed his neighbor's dog because the dog owner's were douches and would never tie up the dog and would let him wander into neighboring property and destroy his garden/property. He complained to the dog owner multiple times about tying him up and the authorities couldn't do shit about it so one day when the dog came rampaging through his property, he killed it with a gun and the owners went "OMGZ IMMA SCUMBAG NEIGHBOR WHO CAN'T CONTROL MY PET SO IMMA SUE FOR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS". What exactly is he supposed to do in this case?
Semi-unrelated but did anyone read Animorphs when they were a kid? In the series the author always mentions that a rat is basically a squirrel with a naked tail. If a rat had fluffy tail, people would call it "cute" instead of "disgusting".
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On June 24 2011 10:40 Empyrean wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Is this legal?
jesus what the fuck
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I can't believe this exploded into an argument over the morality of killing a pest.
If a mouse is in your house, a mousetrap to kill it can be just as vicious as shooting a squirrel with a pellet gun. At least he finished it off to put it out of its misery, I mean damn. Would you rather he just let it writhe in agony instead of finishing it off with the axe?
(Speaking of mice, pellet guns work on them too, even the smart ones that avoid traps.)
Honestly, if you listen to some of these people, we should live in the fucking woods and give the animals our houses.
OMG DON'T KILL COCKROACHES GUYS THEY HAVE RIGHTS TOO!!!
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personally I like squirrels cuz they look cool ^_________^ but your story is funny nonetheless. maybe you can find a method to get rid your unloved raiders, without ending their lives. they just want to eat - you know ;p
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On June 24 2011 11:20 d(O.o)a wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 11:18 Ecrilon wrote:On June 24 2011 11:14 Firepaw292 wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers. Pathetic. It's actually better than the alternative where he lets it starve to death from the original wound. Why does he have to shoot them? Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 11:19 tedster wrote:On June 24 2011 11:14 Firepaw292 wrote:On June 24 2011 10:37 Zealotdriver wrote:
I shot one with a BB gun, which incapacitated it, then followed it up with an axe to the neck. One of the eyes popped out. Why would you admit to this? This is terrible and you shouldn't be proud. A squirrel is still a living breathing creature and doesn't know any better to go into your flowers. Pathetic. Well, it's legal, they are considered pest animals in many locations, and it's eating his food items/possessions. Unless he claims to be vegan this is perfectly within his moral grounds to do. I wouldn't personally want to kill squirrels, but it's not much different than spraying pesticide on the fruits you buy from the grocery store. Do you ONLY eat organic food? If not, you're killing living, breathing things to have more convenient meals. Even then, you're eating the food they could eat to live; you are killing things by eating. Your argument is so illogical, he's not killing these squirrels to eat them, he's killing them because they're eating his flowers. They're eating his flowers because the flowers are in their habitat and are an available food source. As well as, he's not growing the sunflowers because he's dependent on them for food, he's either growing them to snack on the seeds or for the visual appeal. Now, if you're trying to imply it's right to kill the squirrels because they eat his flowers, would you kill your neighbor's dog if it trampled your flowers?
Yes.
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Animals destroying your property are all technically pests.
Hell, I'm considering buying a hunting crossbow for next season just because the deer keep eating my flowers in the front yard. I can't get all of them, but I can get 4-5 + venison is delicious.
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