For the love of Pete

[Longhunter1750]

I wish the leaves would start falling. This one at a time crap is getting old, but I just cant stay out of the woods.

[jack]

Well . . . I guess ya could go with "squirrel and dumpling" instead of "squirrel with dumplings" till things break loose! I feel for ya though - I had a year like that last year. Hunt a ridge all day long and see one critter. Come back to the same ridge and sit 3 hours with a bow watching a deer trail and see 6-7 of then little buggers from one stand. Come back a week later to the same ridge and only find one squirrel in 8 hours. I really think they were doing it on purpose! 

[magnumwheelman]

the way you're popping them, you may just be over hunting your favorite areas... I planted trees ( Walnut & Oaks ) along the out side edges of my 300 yard shooting range, with the intention of being able to have a little wind break on the longer ranges, & a good spot to squirrel hunt in my retirement ( not there yet ) but our property is over run buy those pesky little red pine squirrels ( crack rats ) too small to eat, & they run off any bigger Grey's or Fox squirrels that might happen by... we shoot 40-50 of the lil reds every year, but don't even seen to make a dent in the population in the yard...

I do like the Walnut trees we have around here... they provide a good food source for the squirrels, & are the last to leaf out in the spring, & 1st to drop leaves in the fall, so they make a most excellent hunting cover...

[bula]

An increase in red squirrels here too. At camp, sigh, a plague. Porky tastes better than red squirrel. 

[aciera]

Live near a peach orchard

Thanks hey love to have you hunt the peach thieves.

One can wreck $10 worth of peaches quickly

[pacecars]

I want to buy a Pecan (that is pronounced pee-can you damn Yankees) grove just so I can hunt squirrels.

[bradshaw]

Sept 12, 2022 17:56:25 GMT -5 pacecars said:

I want to buy a Pecan (that is pronounced pee-can you damn Yankees) grove just so I can hunt squirrels.

*****

I’ve been called a damn Yankee after a silhouette match. Didn’t mind it a bit. As for pecan & pecans: ‘pee-can’ and ‘pee-cans’ is a regional pronunciation. Cajun/Zydeco territory is as deep south as you can get without swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. Natives pronounce pecan ‘peh-cahn,’ not PEE-can. As for the towering pecan tree, Was told by a cajun artist knowledgeable in trees that pecan is in the hickory family. Heated the old cypress house with pecan; cooked, smoked, barbecued with it, hauled pecan firewood by flat bottom boat to hunting camp in the Atchafalaya. I’ve felled pecan (tallest measured 87 feet) for firewood and sculpture, and cut up trees felled by Hurricane Gustav. Huge pecans serve as summer shade and afford wind protection from hurricanes, although it’s risky to have a towering pecan next to structures. Beaucoup gray squirrels in the pecan orchard. We had plenty of red meat without killing a one. Squirrel population didn’t make a dent in the pecan crop. Only thing eating pecans I shot were field rats and pigs, both excellent practice for the handgun.
David Bradshaw

[contender]

We used to own some property that had about 8 pecan trees on it. Loved it. And yes,, the grays around here would swarm to them trying to rob us of our bounty. Being inside city limits made shooting them a challenge. At first, (well over 30 years ago,) it wasn't an issue. But a change in politics & town management,, whereas the Chief of Police changed,, caused us to stop shooting them. So, I reverted to an air rifle & took out my fair share. Luckily,, there were enough roads & activity to help keep the bushy tails from having too easy of an access to the pecans. After we sold the property,, and after several years passed,, the current owner cut them down.

But lets also discuss yankees.
To a Southerner,, most folks who live "up north" are yankees. Yet,, with all the movement by so many,, it's not been too much of an issue in these last 20 or so years.
A Damn Yankee is someone who was born & raised up north,, moves south, AND brings his attitudes & ways with him, trying to force them upon Southerners.
A GD Yankee is someone like a damn yankee with the additional fault. He marries a Southern girl.
And a double GD yankee comes here, changes a bunch of things, marries a southern girl, AND takes her back north to retire.

Now,, before ANYBODY gets upset,, this is just poking some fun. There are also MANY jokes & such about Southerners as well. My married cousins would get offended easily when discussing the family tree being like a flagpole.

Seriously,,, I know a lot of FINE folks from all over. North, South, East AND West. NO disrespect intended to anybody!

[pacecars]

Just to be clear, the “damn Yankee” comment was tongue in cheek. Unless you are a Yankee’s fan and then…….😜

[magnumwheelman]

I guess I'm just a plain old Yankee... I used to mud race ATV's and had achived some noteriety several years ago... I was at Nationals, when a young Cajun guy came up to me... obviosly excited to meet me... he layed out a verbal paragraph or two, & I din't understand one word he said... did catch an "a" , "no" , nothing I could understand... every one I met, was friendly as could be, but a few didn't speak anywheres close to anything I could make out... many of us had a great time around the fires at night sharing local foods... had my 1st Boudin that trip... something we've come to love, but can't get around here