Friggen lighting wasn't working at all with camera.


Bacon Seed!!!!!

 

about 10 years ago we pulled a 175 lb snapper out of a stream in a protected area.
the neighborhood had been complaining for years about small animals ducks and geese disappearing.
the shell was almost 4 foot across, and the head was the size of a basketball.
it took 3 rounds from a 44 magnum to make it safe to approach. two head shots and it was still moving. the third made it stop.

 

Tom one of the ones that was caught here a few weeks ago was around that's size. 150lbs.

 

Holy load of bacon! LOL, Bacon seeds...

 

I'd just put on of them in the smoker whole

 

Yeah I am thinking you could get about a dozen of those in the Hog roaster at the same time!

 

That reminds me... One time, my buddy caught a huge raccoon in a trap. The thing was large, very aggressive, and was barking like a dog. I mean, it growled and barked like a rottweiler. My buddy tried to grab the handle of the cage-type trap, and the thing launched up at him and hit the bars. My buddy turned to me and asked, "You got your gun?" I patted it on my hip in response. He says, "Good, because if this thing gets out and attacks me, just shoot me."

 

That's a great story Joseph! I have a similar one via my grandpop. He is an old school electrician, and one day he caught a large, and again very aggressive Raccoon in his live trap in his garage at the farm. The thing was trying to eat him alive every time he reached for the handle on the top of the trap. Being made of pi$$ and vinegar and being slightly agitated, he grabbed an electrical cord off the shelf, stripped the conductors back on the blunt end, PLUGGED THE OTHER END INTO THE WALL, then pushed the blunt (stripped) end into the cage. He said he just waited for the 'ol coon to latch onto the conductors and didn't unplug the opposite end til he stopped flopping...

 

damn Nate, your grandpa sounds like an ornery cuss.
i bet he is a lot of fun to sit on the porch, and swap lies with over a few cold ones.

 

Ehh, he is ex Amish so those cold ones would have to be iced tea, or root beer, or a cup of coffee, but yeah, you're right on about him being an ornery cus! I have been privileged to have learned a lot from that man.

 

I guess he stopped being Amish when he plugged that trap into the wall, eh?

 

that's good stuff!!!

 

LOL!

Yeah he went through the whole process of being "shunned" when he left the Amish church. Guess he got over it though because he got his electrical license!

On an unrelated note, you would not believe how many Amish have TV's, Cell Phones, and serious drinking problems!

 

If I was Amish, I would have a serious drinking problem, too.

 

I know a lot of amish secrets. =)