Possum hunting

[freethefly 6]

As I was logging on to dz.com, no more than 30 minutes ago, what the fuck do I see out in my yard but a freaking possum. Not just any possum but the possum that has been living under my house! HOT DAMN! I grab my 30-06 winchester model of 1917 and jack one round into her and proceed out of the house. By the time I come around the side that possum is on the porch having a breakfast of cat food. Obvious that the outside cat, Katana, is not doing his job. As I round the corner the possum sees me and starts into hissing me. Why you dirty freaking varmit! I level the rifle and let one fly! KA-BOOM! That possum must of flew about 20 feet before it hit the ground. To my surprise the son of a bitch is not dead! Well I ain't never seen shit like this as that possum, with it's innards now outards, takes after me. One would think that one 150gr 30-06 round would make short work of a lil old possum. Well, that possum wasn't at all happy about having it's breakfast interrupted. Let alone having it's guts now on the outside. Shit it came after me like I was a grub. Damn! I only brought one round. I smacked that possum with the barrel of my gun, knocking it on it's back. I run back inside and got me another round. When I returned the possum was again on all 4 and coming at me. Bold lil' son of a bitch. I level again and let the thunder roar! This time I take it's chest out and it drops on the spot. HOO-RAH!! I am victorious! I am the mighty hunter. FEAR NO VERMIN!

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

[diverborg 0]

Are you sure it wasn't a grizzly bear. I've mistaken the two before, but grizzly bears are a little tougher. Opossum should drop on the first shot from a 30-06 as long as you hit within 2 feet of it.

[freethefly 6]

Wasn't no grizzly. We ain't got none here in Missouri. It was one tough lil old 'possum though. Should had put on the Bonehead for video.

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

[mr2mk1g 10]

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Should had put on the Bonehead for video.

Your freefly licence just got revoked for one month.

[sfzombie13 324]

i recently had a similar experience with a possum. i lost the lid to one of my trashcans and as i was walking to the truck one day, i heard a noise inside of it. i looked inside, and saw a bag of trash move. i picked it up, and a possum was underneath and started hissing at me. i dropped the bag, ran into the house and grabbed my 9mm. when i got back out, i removed the trashbag and shot it once, right in the chest. best part about it was not having to touch the damn thing, it was already in the trashcan. killed it instantly, though. don't get me wrong, i don't hate animals. i actually saved 9 baby racoons from a building we were remodelling a couple of weeks ago. i just hate animals stringing trash all over the yard.

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[steve1 5]

Possums have to be one of the ugliest critters out there. I haven't been around them much. There's none here in Montana, but I have seen a lot of dead ones on the roads in Oregon. I didn't know they were such vicious little fellers.

I brought some deep fried wild turkey to school yesterday for all the staff. It did look more than a little gross. The leg bones were sticking out and it sure didn't look like turkey. Everyone kept asking me, "What it it?", "What is it?" I told them it was deep fried possum that I had found out on the road last week, and that it tastes just like chicken. Everyone must have been hungry because there's little left today. Jethrow Bodene was my hero growing up....Steve1

[Kennedy 0]

Possums make a pissed off raccoon look like the neighborhood lab. They are some mean MFing SOBs, no two ways about it. I've also heard they make good stew.

Here in this blue state, I have to be more stealthy about it. For my raccoon problem, a friend reccomended a paint ball gun with marbles or frozen paintballs, but I did one better (and didn't have to spend hundreds on a marker).

I found some old marbles, a nice strap of rawhide, and two strips of rubber left over from who knows what, and a stout branch. I used a second story window for my stand and left the flood lights on all night, just waiting for some noise.

The little bastard never had a chance.
(next time I'll use the little ones first, not the shooter marble)

I'm still considering a cheap bow or a integrally suppressed rifle in .357 or .44 magnum. Then I could deal with anything up to and including the starved deer in the evergreen farm next door, and no one would need to worry. (you don't know how tempting it is when I run through there in the morning and the deer don't even take off, they just stay huddled up)

witty subliminal message
Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
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[Gravitymaster 0]

I got tired of them coming up on my deck and stealing my cat food. I put out a trap first and caught a huge possum the first night. Problem is he was asleep in the trap the next morning and had a death grip on the sides of the trap. I let him sleep and the next morning, he was gone. A couple of weeks later, I ran the fucker off with my BB pistol and didn't see him for a few weeks. Then the little bastard came back one night and I decided I had had enough. I walked out on the deck and he just looked at me and snarled. I grabbed a shovel and beat his head in. Then I took him out behind the shed and buried him in a shallow grave. I haven't had one come back but once since then and I gave him the courtesy of a first warning by popping him about a dozen times with my BB gun with a fresh C02 cartridge. Next time, he will join his bretheren in the shallow grave.
Muhahahah.................

[markd_nscr986 0]

I dont see why you would want to kill a harmless animal..........

We are all God's creatures...........

But.....

Next time,use a 12 Ga.

Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

[Gravitymaster 0]

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I dont see why you would want to kill a harmless animal..........

We are all God's creatures...........

But.....

Next time,use a 12 Ga.

Possums are the Devils creation.

[waltappel 1]

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Possums are the Devils creation.

I asked my veterinarian if they would make good pets because they are so ugly and mean looking that they are kind of cute. According to him, they settle down quite nicely in captivity, but they don't live very long--maybe 5 years or so, on average.

They do have some very nasty looking teeth and I wouldn't want to try to screw with a pissed off possum, but why kill them? As far as I can tell, they don't hurt anything.

Walt

[Gravitymaster 0]

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They do have some very nasty looking teeth and I wouldn't want to try to screw with a pissed off possum, but why kill them? As far as I can tell, they don't hurt anything.

They scare my cats and eat their food.

[waltappel 1]

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They do have some very nasty looking teeth and I wouldn't want to try to screw with a pissed off possum, but why kill them? As far as I can tell, they don't hurt anything.

They scare my cats and eat their food.

Possums tend to be guilty on both counts, but since they are nocturnal, why not just bring the cat food inside at night? That would take away the attraction for possums, raccoons, rats, etc.

Walt

[only_at_120 0]

After being hit with a 30-06, very surprising to me that he came back at you at all. just the injury itself should have been enough to convince him. I have never seen one with that much aggression, unless it had rabies. Just a thought. Our dogs got a hold of one, and he played opossum. Everyone thought he was dead, went to get a shovel and he was gone. Glad I didn't grab him by the tale.

[Gravitymaster 0]

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They do have some very nasty looking teeth and I wouldn't want to try to screw with a pissed off possum, but why kill them? As far as I can tell, they don't hurt anything.

They scare my cats and eat their food.

Possums tend to be guilty on both counts, but since they are nocturnal, why not just bring the cat food inside at night? That would take away the attraction for possums, raccoons, rats, etc.

Walt

The cats are nocturnal too. They eat dry cat food and there are always a few peices lying on the deck. I won't be killing any possums in the near future I'm sure because I think the word has gotten out. Now squirrels are another issue. They seem to be a little slower than the possums.

[freethefly 6]

***Possums tend to be guilty on both counts, but since they are nocturnal, why not just bring the cat food inside at night? That would take away the attraction for possums, raccoons, rats, etc.

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I only put the food out after sun-up in the morning. The now dead possum that was making a mess under the house had plenty of chances to leave as I had ran it off and covered his hole on a number of occassions. His bad luck that he had to meet Mr. Winchester.

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

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