So I'm still trying to kill the stupid Woodpecker. Did you know that woodpeckers have tongues so long that when they retract the tongue it actually wraps around it's brain? The woodpeckers beak is Strong enough to withstand 1600 lbs of pressure? It's brain is specially encased so that it does not get damaged during the rigors of pecking on the side of my house and driving me nuts. Did you know that woodpeckers use a series of pecks to establish their territories? I hear the tump, tump, tump and it seems that he beckoning me, challenging me, calling me out, right in front of my neighbors...it seems like he is saying, " I own you". He knows that there are no bugs in my house. He is trying to move in. I have fought to hard, cleared timber, (especially Elm trees, another blog on another day) mowed grass, swept walks, withstood storms and shoveled too much snow to just let this snake tonged, thick-headed beast to just move in. This is why he must die.
The question is how? Gun-too easy no satisfaction. Capture and slow torture? Yes. I want to squeeze his neck as he is pecking at my hands and gasping for breath...much more satisfying and intimate don't ya think?
Dave
2 comments:
I remember the woodpeckers doing a number on the house in Ramsey. The house eventually got aluminum siding. I know it worked on Woody Woodpecker in the cartoons...he tried it and got a bent beak.
David,
As a nra card holder I can tell you the pure joy of owning a co2 powered soft shot pistol. You can pick one up at your local sporting goods shop for about $50.00. It will have just enough snap to it to let any vermen know its been hit, great for stray cats I hear, and best of all it will not kill what you shoot. I wouldn't use it on a stray Rottweiler or Black Bear but you'll do o.k. with that bird. The Crossman P99 we own is on target at about 30 feet.
Now, not that I would know, but I think it could be used to inspire a lazy teen to do his chores, but like I said, I wouldn't know...
J-me
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