Osage Roost
General Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: Jake St. John on August 02, 2010, 07:44:41 AM
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Just got back from my nieces wedding in Atlanta this weekend. I believe it was almost as hot there as it is here in Mississippi. Just before reaching Greenville, the outside temp was reading 103 and that is before factoring in the brutal Delta Humdity.
Anyway working on calls was out of the question late yesterday PM so I rode down to my favorite river chute to check on my boat because the water was rising. Everything OK- still too hot to fish. Deciced to get up early this AM and work on a few calls.
Went out to my storeroom/shop and worked on a couple of calls that I had started. After a while I noticed that only one of the two fans was running. I looked, and the other was plugged in. When I reached for the plug to check it, I got a nice jolt of 110. - Upon inspection a wood rat had chewed one of the wires next to the plug. Well that was the last straw. Usually, when see evidence or hear one, I will set a trap with a little peanut butter. I had heard him about 2 weeks ago and decided to let him stay since it was hot. My shop is on the other side of a ditch for a cotton field and it is almost imposible to not have them. Well, when I got the shock this AM and he put one of my only two fans out of commission, I decided that he will get a little Peanut Butter surprise this evening when I get home.
In fact we just picked up a new jar at Trader Joe's in Atlanta. I think they call that place two bucks a pop or something to that effect. Well my friend is going to get a 2 $ pop this evening.
Yall stay cool out there. I'll keep you informed on the rat killing.
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Go get him Jake!
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That sounds like my kind of morning... you take care of yourself and game on with the rats :)
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Just remember the movie "Mouse Hunt"!!!!!!!! ;D
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Oh yeah...I would be careful there...How many of you are old enough to remember the movie "Willard"
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Well you should know in a few hours whether if it worked or not :)
Never heard of a wood rat... Learn something every day *cheers*
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That sounds like my kind of morning... you take care of yourself and game on with the rats :)
RkLu RkLu
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Round one did not work. After he got the same jolt in the mouth from the same 110 that I did, he came back to the same spot and tried the peanut butter. He set off the trap but avoided getting the killing smack. Sometimes these wood rats are over a foot long inclucing the tail. I may have to go to the bigger trap that I have.-- Keep ya posted.
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Round one did not work. After he got the same jolt in the mouth from the same 110 that I did, he came back to the same spot and tried the peanut butter. He set off the trap but avoided getting the killing smack. Sometimes these wood rats are over a foot long inclucing the tail. I may have to go to the bigger trap that I have.-- Keep ya posted.
He's a tough lil bugger if he likes being jolted by electric!!! Foot long... I'm not sure if I'd be as terrified of them as the snakes though... *peep*
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I opended the door one evening and had one on shelf about a foot from my head. He shrieked and jumped to the floor. -- Now that will upset you. He got the trap right off the bat.
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May need to get you a .22 cal pellet rifle and do a little indoor hunting!!
Mike
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I've got a 22 and rat shot for back up!
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Well you should know in a few hours whether if it worked or not :)
Never heard of a wood rat... Learn something every day *cheers*
Here you go Porter, We have those at our property in Montana. These things can get up to 1.5lbs and 18 inches long (half of that is tail) I've had those things wake me up at night when they run across my sleeping bag.
http://www.google.com/images?oe=UTF-8&gfns=1&q=Bushy-tailed+Woodrat&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=vP1ZTN3BB4HksQPKxdiuDw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB8QsAQwAA&biw=1024&bih=561
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Those don't creep me out like snakes and spiders... yuck!!!
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John...that rat shot works wonders...unless you shoot up something important..... ;D
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I have had a few of those unwanted guests in my shop over the years. I had smaller size traps and they werent doing th job, so I got the biggest one I could find and hooked a piece of raw bacon in it. Next day I went out there in the shop to see that I got the night before. WHat I got I hadnt planned on, I followed a blood trail around the shop, but no rat and NO trap!!!!! Then a few weeks later I was in the shop, brutally hot BTW, working on the lathe. I had a fan off to my left running on high, one over on the front of me and one on the floor to my right. Something caught my peripheral to the right, I looked down and had a heart attack!!! 50' of anaconda!!!!!! Biggest freaking snake I had ever seen *peep* Well, it wound up being 5' of kingsnake, I gave him the shop the rest of the day. I havent seen "Herman" in some time, but the local rat population has noticeably decreased
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Wonder if he swallowed rat, trap and all :o I have not heard this one in a couple of days. I think the medium size trap I have gave him a headache.