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Out of curiosity, does one need a permit of some kind to trap a squirrel in an old fish tank using the stick-with-a-string-tied-to-it method? ![[smile]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/001.gif "Smile [smile]")
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I didn’t get any pics because I was in the car, but up in Croydon I saw a herd of deer, 8 to be exact. Drove down the road a little further, saw another 1, then in the next field, there were 3. 12 total…can’t wait until bow season!
HorizontalHunter
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well there goes the neighborhood
50wt
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That is enough to fill the freezer
Lone Wolf McQuade
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Another black squirrel this time Wings Neck Pocasset.
Dennis in MA
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Ya that guy didn't get any biscuits...
I found out that Green Tag in his ear was from the CT Fish and Wildlife...
He was a "problem Bear", it was caught in CT somewhere and was relocated to NW CT...
Somehow that Big Guy made it from NW CT to my house that is near Northampton MA!!!
That was one heck of a trip he made...
The bottom photo is a different Bear...
One year we had four moms and they each had 3 to 4 babies each...
That was a hard year to work outside...
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Horny bears. There was that one that swam over the CCC and wandered out to the beaches a few years ago. Then wandered back to north-central mASS. All in one season. I guess he heard there were fat hairy chicks at the beaches of Cape Cod. LOL
Second class squirrelzen. LOL. They are so cool to see.
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This young lady's been hanging around the neighborhood. Heard her fly up, onto the neighbor's fence, while I was outside making dinner. (Apologies for the potato quality photo)
ETA: closer shot, earlier in the afternoon
ETA: closer shot, earlier in the afternoon
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tuna
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Bears are moving a lot lately. I've seen 4 from the road in the past week.
HorizontalHunter
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50wt
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I . Cant. Wait.....
smokey-seven
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Where were the eagles ?
Lone Wolf McQuade
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Around 7PM Thursday a red fox taking a drink out of a bird bath that is on the ground in my back yard.
smokey-seven
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Lynn, near Flax Pond. There is a nest in the middle of Wyoma Square. I dunno if these are the birds from that nest, there have been quite few sightings over the last couple years. I'm seeing one fly by almost daily.
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Hotel California? Wait. Wrong Eagles. 
The lake is STOCKED with heron. It's that time of year when you're just past bass spawn and "bream" spawn is going on. Ergo, the heron from all over fish in the grassy shores all around teh lake. We caught a few this weekend. But the coolest was watching one heron stare at a bass for about 3 minutes then SNATCH him out of hte water. FREAKING 12-14oz bass. It was flopping like crazy. I'm not sure the heron could swallow it.
Fishing is easy now. Find a not-so-windy shore and work the grass lines. Worms or Ned rig if they want vertical presentation. Spinners or chatters if they want horizontal.
The lake is STOCKED with heron. It's that time of year when you're just past bass spawn and "bream" spawn is going on. Ergo, the heron from all over fish in the grassy shores all around teh lake. We caught a few this weekend. But the coolest was watching one heron stare at a bass for about 3 minutes then SNATCH him out of hte water. FREAKING 12-14oz bass. It was flopping like crazy. I'm not sure the heron could swallow it.
Fishing is easy now. Find a not-so-windy shore and work the grass lines. Worms or Ned rig if they want vertical presentation. Spinners or chatters if they want horizontal.
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I have a family of groundhogs, mama and 5 babies living under my shed. Suggestions ?
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Headed out to do some scouting and set up a trail cam and came upon this. Took five or so minutes to convince the goof that the water just down the embankment was better than the road
.22LR should do it.
Road trip?
50wt
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Trap them and ill relocate them to my house.
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Oh and Sat AM, at hte lake to go fishing. I pull up and momma and daddy goose are there with 5 goslings, SHITTING UP MY LAWN! Barrier is up on the ramp and everything. ????
I wander over to shoo them away - TWO OTHER FAMILIES ARE UP CRAPPING ON MY LAWN!!!!
Dammitall! Came back from fishing on Sunday to them still on my lawn. Chased them off then as well. I need to go find that sprinkler thing I bought several years ago.
I wander over to shoo them away - TWO OTHER FAMILIES ARE UP CRAPPING ON MY LAWN!!!!
Dammitall! Came back from fishing on Sunday to them still on my lawn. Chased them off then as well. I need to go find that sprinkler thing I bought several years ago.
You gonna give them a shower? And maybe a bedtime story?
Noreaster13
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The neighborhood Tom is taunting me
kerryman71
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I swear wildlife gets a copy of the hunting season dates. I spent close to an hour in an area yesterday looking for a spot for a trail camera. No scent control, had a Thermacell going. Within hours there was a deer hanging out in the area, even walked up to the camera for not just a front pic, but turned to get its good side
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A few weeks ago we were at Disney waiting for the shuttle bus to take us back to the hotel and this crow starts absolutely destroying a smaller bird right in front of us in the parking lot. Holding it down with its feet and just tearing it apart with its beak. Eventually the bird died or gave up and the crow flew off with it.
Today I'm siting in the house working and in the backyard I see a crow murdering a chipmunk. The chipmunk was too slow and the crow too big, so it kept grabbing it, pecking it and smashing it to death. Eventually the chipmunk died or gave up and the crow flew off carrying it by the tail.
I had never seen a crow hunt and kill like that and now I've seen it twice in a month, in two different states. Is this the start of some new crow uprising or have they always been killers?
Today I'm siting in the house working and in the backyard I see a crow murdering a chipmunk. The chipmunk was too slow and the crow too big, so it kept grabbing it, pecking it and smashing it to death. Eventually the chipmunk died or gave up and the crow flew off carrying it by the tail.
I had never seen a crow hunt and kill like that and now I've seen it twice in a month, in two different states. Is this the start of some new crow uprising or have they always been killers?
kerryman71
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It's crovid!!
