2024/2025 Squirrel Hunting Thread...........

[snakebit]

Oooooh my! I fear that you and @ETipp are right. I haven't added to "The Colony" for quite a while now so I thought to go by and see how things are going. One of my main worries about them is the potential for them to fracture into differences that would become detrimental to their society. In fact I had encouraged them to enact a sort of constitutional method of governing that would insure respect across the board for each other and for their established culture. They they failed to do so mostly at the behest of a senior member who persuaded them that they would be better off to consider him to be some sort of chief and sealed the deal with promises of continuing and ever growing prosperity.

Peace did not prevail!! Promises far exceeded the possibility of being kept. Dissension grew and eventually they broke into two factions with an upstart leading the dissent. Our supposedly older and wiser leader sensed that he would be completely usurped by the upstart and therefore entered into secret negotiations with the lesser leader and appealing to the greedy side of his adversary succeeded in an alliance against a greater evil Namely me!!

The story contrived suggested that I am the source of all the problems in The Colony. The result of course was the formation of an axis of evil and the plan of action was/is to March against me with the promise of applying a final solution and confiscating my property thus having complete control of my fruit trees!!

You of course are asking "how does he know all this"? Well, they made a strategic mistake. There was one squirrel who opposed the plan and refused to go along with the madness.

I'm feeling safe for the time being given that the terrain and distance they must cover includes much open ground and is presently heavily covered with snow. Further, they will have to forage as they go which is going to be difficult. I don't see that they can possibly reach their objective any sooner than late March or early April.

Intercepting is out of the question since the March is across the urban/suburban/rural interface which is heavily patrolled by a peace keeping force.

My first line of defense is that I have recruited the single member of The Colony to be my early warning system. It was difficult coming to an agreement what with the turncoat since he wanted indoor quarters as well as a huge pile of nesting material in his own private room. I countered with choice feeding twice a day and a promise that he would be made ruler of my backyard for life with benefits. Not sure how that is going to work out. Oh and incidentally he also demanded that he have a name so I caved and named him Pnut.

So, don't worry about me, EVERYTHING is under control.

Two words I would like you to consider Cruiser; "preemptive strike". Attack when their chi is low. Take out their food caches if possible. You want to kill the leaders, and wound the lower ranking. It will cause confusion, and decrease manpower caring for and moving the wounded. Attack at odd hours to deprive your enemy of sleep. Remember, weapons are not what wins battles. It's a hard heart that kills. The other side of that coin of course is, "peace through superior fire power." Avoid prolonged battles if at all possible, unless of course you have support elements. Good luck friend, and God's speed.

 

[10 spot]

Yes sir, most all the time. Unfortunately, its often some terrible song that I hate. Quite often something I heard on the radio earlier that day that gets stuck in my head for the remainder of the day. It usually requires some mighty willpower to over come it.

Yes sir, most all the time. Unfortunately, its often some terrible song that I hate. Quite often something I heard on the radio earlier that day that gets stuck in my head for the remainder of the day. It usually requires some mighty willpower to over come it.

Yes sir, most all the time. Unfortunately, its often some terrible song that I hate. Quite often something I heard on the radio earlier that day that gets stuck in my head for the remainder of the day. It usually requires some mighty willpower to over come it.

Oooooh my! I fear that you and @ETipp are right. I haven't added to "The Colony" for quite a while now so I thought to go by and see how things are going. One of my main worries about them is the potential for them to fracture into differences that would become detrimental to their society. In fact I had encouraged them to enact a sort of constitutional method of governing that would insure respect across the board for each other and for their established culture. They they failed to do so mostly at the behest of a senior member who persuaded them that they would be better off to consider him to be some sort of chief and sealed the deal with promises of continuing and ever growing prosperity.

Peace did not prevail!! Promises far exceeded the possibility of being kept. Dissension grew and eventually they broke into two factions with an upstart leading the dissent. Our supposedly older and wiser leader sensed that he would be completely usurped by the upstart and therefore entered into secret negotiations with the lesser leader and appealing to the greedy side of his adversary succeeded in an alliance against a greater evil Namely me!!

The story contrived suggested that I am the source of all the problems in The Colony. The result of course was the formation of an axis of evil and the plan of action was/is to March against me with the promise of applying a final solution and confiscating my property thus having complete control of my fruit trees!!

You of course are asking "how does he know all this"? Well, they made a strategic mistake. There was one squirrel who opposed the plan and refused to go along with the madness.

I'm feeling safe for the time being given that the terrain and distance they must cover includes much open ground and is presently heavily covered with snow. Further, they will have to forage as they go which is going to be difficult. I don't see that they can possibly reach their objective any sooner than late March or early April.

Intercepting is out of the question since the March is across the urban/suburban/rural interface which is heavily patrolled by a peace keeping force.

My first line of defense is that I have recruited the single member of The Colony to be my early warning system. It was difficult coming to an agreement what with the turncoat since he wanted indoor quarters as well as a huge pile of nesting material in his own private room. I countered with choice feeding twice a day and a promise that he would be made ruler of my backyard for life with benefits. Not sure how that is going to work out. Oh and incidentally he also demanded that he have a name so I caved and named him Pnut.

So, don't worry about me, EVERYTHING is under control.

First gray squirrel with the Crockett

Two words I would like you to consider Cruiser; "preemptive strike". Attack when their chi is low. Take out their food caches if possible. You want to kill the leaders, and wound the lower ranking. It will cause confusion, and decrease manpower caring for and moving the wounded. Attack at odd hours to deprive your enemy of sleep. Remember, weapons are not what wins battles. It's a hard heart that kills. The other side of that coin of course is, "peace through superior fire power." Avoid prolonged battles if at all possible, unless of course you have support elements. Good luck friend, and God's speed.

First gray with the Crockett

Two words I would like you to consider Cruiser; "preemptive strike". Attack when their chi is low. Take out their food caches if possible. You want to kill the leaders, and wound the lower ranking. It will cause confusion, and decrease manpower caring for and moving the wounded. Attack at odd hours to deprive your enemy of sleep. Remember, weapons are not what wins battles. It's a hard heart that kills. The other side of that coin of course is, "peace through superior fire power." Avoid prolonged battles if at all possible, unless of course you have support elements. Good luck friend, and God's speed.

First gray with the Crockett

 

[10 spot]

First gray squirrel with the Crockett

First gray with the Crockett

First gray with the Crockett View attachment 360626

 

[Gum Slough Muzzleloader]

That's great 10 Spot. Congratulations!
Your Hooked now.

 

[Gum Slough Muzzleloader]

Two words I would like you to consider Cruiser; "preemptive strike". Attack when their chi is low. Take out their food caches if possible. You want to kill the leaders, and wound the lower ranking. It will cause confusion, and decrease manpower caring for and moving the wounded. Attack at odd hours to deprive your enemy of sleep. Remember, weapons are not what wins battles. It's a hard heart that kills. The other side of that coin of course is, "peace through superior fire power." Avoid prolonged battles if at all possible, unless of course you have support elements. Good luck friend, and God's speed.

Good advice from a Feral Warrior.