need possum control ideas

[BillyP]

Sorry, but that's NW AR, not NE. And NE OK, not NW. And SW MO, not SE.
And I don't believe that they changed the name from Flowery Mound OK to Bugtussle OK until after the Beverly Hillbillies came out in order to gain publicity, just like Marble Falls AR changed it's name to Dogpatch when they built the theme park there and changed it back to Marble Falls after Dogpatch closed.

You're right about my misguided directions but at least I had the states right. Well, except I left KS out

 

[N80]

Sorry, hope I didn't offend anyone

Heck no. If you called someone from SC a hillbilly they'd probably consider it a compliment.

 

[Redbug]

Hmmm...Bugtussle only in Arkansas...Not to stir the pot...BUT, I don't think so! I've been to Bugtussle, South Carolina! It is located between George's place and mine. Lotta fat possums in them thar woods! I didn't see any Black Gold, though.

Welcome to the Bug Tussell, South Carolina Web Page

 

[N80]

Wow! Fairfield is my lifelong stomping grounds. Got friends in Ridgeway and never heard of Bug Tussell. Of course, if you didn't know any of the seven humans that live there you might just miss it I guess. From the pictures it looks like my kind of place outside of some certain politically incorrect icons upon which I will not comment.

 

[tallyho8]

Well, since the Beverly Hillbillies came from the Ozarks we definitely know that they aren't from South Carolina even if someone put up a Bug Tussle sign in their yard there.
Did you know that you can name your property anything you want and put a sign in your yard saying welcome to so and so? I have tried it and I know that I will get my mail delivered on time if you mail it to me in Westwego, Waggaman, Bridge City, 9 Mile Point, Avondale, Bayou Segenette or even New York City as long as you get my street address and my zip code right!
In fact, since the Ozarks are my favorite place on Earth, even though I live in Southern Louisiana, I have a sign in my yard saying WELCOME TO ARKANSAS and my flagpole by my barn flys the Arkansas flag. And the tallest hill in my area is the Mississippi River levee in my front yard. Now if I could only find out how to get the State of Arkansas to officially annex my property so I could take advantage of their lower property taxes.

 

[rdln]

one of my bowling teammates just mentioned that an aspirin buried into a hotdog took care of a skunk problem his neighbor had should work on possums too?

 

[dancer]

one of my bowling teammates just mentioned that an aspirin buried into a hotdog took care of a skunk problem his neighbor had should work on possums too?

Looking at rdln's signature with its reference to mosquitos reminds me that we have a fair number of fanciful place names in Arkansas, especially since the mandated 911 Emergency Response names appeared in recent years to replace the old rural mail route numbers and similar place/address names. For instance, I know Skeeterhawk Lane is down near the old Pine Bluff Arsenal, and Turkey Trot Lane is only about a mile from my house, and a lot of people have heard of Toad Suck (Google it!) up on the Arkansas River near Conway. Keeps life interesting as you drive around looking for old tractors sitting out and rusting...

 

[scott_vt]

You are mistaken on several accounts. First, I'm pretty sure that Jed, Ellie Maye, Jethro and Granny came from Tennessee or Kentucky

If Ellie Maye was my neighbor, it sure as heck wouldnt matter where she came from

 

[Tom_H]

Since so many traditional ideas didn't seem to fit your bill, I tried to "think outside the box". These are some some pretty wild ideas, don't know how helpful any might actually might be:

Is it legal to put a silencer on a gun where you live?

A crossbow is more easily aimed than a standard bow as you don't have to hold the tension while aiming.

BB guns can shoot .177 steel darts. I know this seems bizarre, but I wonder if you could take a high velocity pump action BB rifle, modify a dart with concentrated poison and shoot it with that. Or what about those tranquilizer guns they use to tranquilize bears, etc. Put the thing to sleep, then lay it in a homemade guillotine and dispatch it quickly and painlessly! (I can see my new 3ph attachment now: it uses the PTO to winch up a 500 lb. blade, 10' into the air!! Then, SWOOSH!!!!! )

I also like the idea of a good hunting dog. What about a coon dog? Though most people think of them as harmless weiner pets, Daschshunds were bred to dig into the ground and kill ferrets & weasels. As a kid, I had one that went after Hispid Cotton Rats like crazy. It was so agressive it jumped a neighbor's German Shepherd four times. As soon as it got its 60-80 stitches out, it went straight after the G.S. again. Dad finally gave it away and told me it'd died at the Vet's office . One of my neighbors today has some little furry dog I'd never seen in North America that was bred in Europe to ferret out and kill rodents. It's smaller than a beagle, but all it ever has on its mind is sniffing out something living to bite and rip apart.

On a different topic running in this thread, I know everybody calls them the Ozark Mountains, but every map I look at indicates that the Ouichata and Boston Mountains are situated on the Ozark Plateau. Anyone who lives there ever hear the topography referred to in those terms? Guess it's kinda' like south GA where I grew up, a large mouth bass is usually called a trout. Most've my kin folks there are like those hillbillies: they've never traveled far enough to see a trout !

 

[Soundguy]

Is it legal to put a silencer on a gun where you live?

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Florida is among the limited number of states that allows class III registered weapons. Supressors are regulated under the NFA and are allowed in florida, assuming the owner/dealer have completed the needed paperwork, and the gov't approved the transfer.

Soundguy