Wildlife...

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I have had deer meat though. Sometimes it is grassy tasting. Overall, not bad. Never had squirrel.

Squirrel is kinda tough. Hard to describe the taste...

Last one I had I cooked over a fire pit in our yard. They make for good eating.

Deer is good. We eat it all the time...Tacos, Sausage, Chili, Fried, Roasted, etc (Reminds me of Bubba from Forrest Gump)

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

Glad that somebody else can enjoy this!

We used to drop scraps of food right behind our house and watch the foxes come up and take it at night.

I have deer walk through my yard every day...turkeys too. There are more squirrels than you can count and plenty of woods.

I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I would not trade it for anything either. Our last home the only wildlife was yahoos that parked non-running cars and drive 4 wheelers all day in the backyard. Throw in sport bikes racing up and down the street to boot. We would watch this nonsense from our deck. It was time to go. We are now on a private drive with three other homes. Our homes all back to a conservation area. No more building around our homes! No road with bikes whizzing by doing wheelies. No cars with outrageously loud sound systems thumping on by. Just us, nutty squirrels, hawks, deer, rabbits, fox, ground hogs, assortment of birds and more frogs then we can count. Oh, we also have a barred owl. I have heard him twice. Have not seen him. I constructed a 10x16 deck specifically to sit, drink beer and enjoy the wildlife. It is working well. The wildlife is now enjoying our deck as seen today with a visit from a broad shouldered hawk.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by privateer

I'm sorry but a quick scan of the whole post I saw.........
Destroy pot plants

Man! My eyes snapped back to that REAL quick!

Not legal in Maryland......yet. They are working on it. Just something else that can be taxed.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I would not trade it for anything either. Our last home the only wildlife was yahoos that parked non-running cars and drive 4 wheelers all day in the backyard. Throw in sport bikes racing up and down the street to boot. We would watch this nonsense from our deck. It was time to go. We are now on a private drive with three other homes. Our homes all back to a conservation area. No more building around our homes! No road with bikes whizzing by doing wheelies. No cars with outrageously loud sound systems thumping on by. Just us, nutty squirrels, hawks, deer, rabbits, fox, ground hogs, assortment of birds and more frogs then we can count. Oh, we also have a barred owl. I have heard him twice. Have not seen him. I constructed a 10x16 deck specifically to sit, drink beer and enjoy the wildlife. It is working well. The wildlife is now enjoying our deck as seen today with a visit from a broad shouldered hawk.

I'd hate that too...all the crap going up and down the road. I live on an old hundred year old farm road that branches off of a state highway. The only things off of this very short road is my house and the neighbor's farm.

...and of course the woods.

The only thing I can see wrong with your situation is that the woods are a conservation area. You can't hunt those animals...and you may not want to...it's something you decide for yourself. Sometimes the conservation areas have controlled hunts.

If I was going to live in the woods, it'd be my own woods that I can know like the back of my hand and hunt whatever lives in it.

Again...a you thing. Hunting is not for everybody. Like you said, you sold the rifle because you couldn't imagine shooting a deer. That's understandable and I'm really glad that you like your new place.

Also, there's a thing...You got to watch those Owls....I don't know if you have Screech Owls...but if you hear one 3 times in a row, it means you're going to have very bad luck. I'm not superstitious....but it's not a good thing to hear 3 times in a row.

And the frogs....the Tree Frogs will get everywhere at least in my experience.

Ever wake up to see a tree frog sitting on your toothbrush? Or on all of the windows?


Livin' in the woods.... 'Merica

[WernherVonTrapp]

Very nice, AVGWarhawk. Me and my wife also recently moved from the city in NJ to rural PA. I can't tell for certain in that photo, but that looks like a Sharp Shinned Hawk. We have one living nearby too. Same thing with mosquitos by me also (2 lakes in our community). Not really a problem. Early in the season, we were inundated with gnats, but they were gone after 2 or 3 weeks. Lots of frogs, newts, land snails and salamanders too, not to mention all kinds of spiders.
Good luck in your new home, mate.

[Sailor Steve]

With a golf course next door and a small river a block away we get a few squirrels the come out in our parking lot looking for food, and a bunch of different birds. That's about it.

[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

With a golf course next door and a small river a block away we get a few squirrels the come out in our parking lot looking for food, and a bunch of different birds. That's about it.

A golf course? Surely you must've seen a gopher or two. Maybe one that sounds like "Flipper"?

[Sailor Steve]

Nah. There's a path that goes around the course and part way through it, but I don't play myself so I don't see much of it.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

The squirrels are fascinating right up to the point were they chew through car wiring and outside light wiring. Destroy plant pots when they knock them over . Empty the feeders by shaking the poles. Just generally being a nuisance. I'll send you some Royal Post!

Oh dear...wasn't aware of that

[AVGWarhawk]

No worries. I'll fix their little wagon. Squirrel proof feeders.

[AVGWarhawk]

This is what I'm talking about. Persistent little bugger. Looks like Circus de Soleil in my backyard for crying out loud. Time for that squirrel proof feeder.

[Jimbuna]

I get that with pigeons, they chase off the Wood Pigeons and Collar Doves so I reciprocate whenever I see them.

[fireftr18]

Get one Spiced Rum's bears. That might work.

[Red October1984]

Squirrel Proof feeders never have worked for me. The squirrels knocked it down and broke it open. We just quit putting out feeders.

[AVGWarhawk]

I think they can be combated with some success. Short of a .22 rifle that is.

Then this is this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!