Varmints & Predators

JohnP · February 20, 2010, 03:17:30 PM

You never know what's going to come sneaking into a water tanks. To bad they didn't meet up at the same time.

By the way those folks in the top picture will soon be looking to displace an American worker in your city.

pitw · February 20, 2010, 03:28:20 PM

Well then John why not just call them cat food

. We actually have one of them cat's close to me now but them other strangers I ain't seen here yet

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Dave · February 20, 2010, 03:39:28 PM

pitw, i believe snow is like Kryptonite to them.

pitw · February 20, 2010, 04:05:43 PM

Quote from: Dave on February 20, 2010, 03:39:28 PM
pitw, i believe snow is like Kryptonite to them.

Cool

GunDog · February 20, 2010, 09:55:04 PM

Mr John is that one of your watering tanks in the picture? I would have thought the flash from the camera would have sent that crew if the top pic back across the fence ...

The picture of the cat is pretty cool. I bet that kitty could eat a couple of goats a day looking at the pic ... grin

FinsnFur · February 21, 2010, 12:44:26 AM

Thats pretty crazy. I'm curious as to how they responded to the flash myself.

I wonder how dark it was too. How were they able to get to the tank and do anything? Do they carry flashlights, or move on full moons?

Silencer · February 21, 2010, 03:44:17 AM

Barry, they're migrating north. We've had them here for a couple years now. I've heard stories about someone smuggling them in to help work the stone yards. Seen a grundle of them diggin out their car last snow storm down on mainstreet. I chuckled to myself and knew they were saying what the hell we doing here, it dont snow like this in good ole mehico.

HaMeR · February 21, 2010, 08:01:12 AM

The snow aint run em off from around here yet.

Nothing ever seems to.

pitw · February 21, 2010, 08:32:11 AM

I noticed on my trip that in the washrooms there was a sign in[I'm guessing Spanish as I couldn't read it] them saying possibly don't drink from here

. Wasn't any of the same signs in English

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bambam · February 21, 2010, 12:52:16 PM

Quote from: pitw on February 21, 2010, 08:32:11 AM
I noticed on my trip that in the washrooms there was a sign in[I'm guessing Spanish as I couldn't read it] them saying possibly don't drink from here . Wasn't any of the same signs in English .

The sign probably told them how to get free healthcare, food stamps, and welfare.

Great pics JohnP, those are some nasty looking varmits.

Love the lion pic. Do you live anywhere near Patagonia ?

5 SHOTS · February 21, 2010, 07:22:30 PM

I don't read spanish either, but I have seen the sign in both gibberish and english. It basically said to put used TP in the toilet not on the floor.

JohnP · February 21, 2010, 09:39:42 PM

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Not my water tank nor my camera Gun Dog. A rancher friend of mine sent them to me. The camera is infra red flash so they don't know their picture is being taken. It is estimated that a lion will kill a deer or calf every 7 to 10 days. So you can imagine what they could/would do to a goat farmers profits. My friend normally gives me first crack at calling a lion in, if he finds a fresh kill but if I don't score the first day he calls in a guy with hounds. Can't afford to have to many calves killed.

Jim they hire guides, nicknamed coyotes, which is an injustice to the four legged coyotes, to get them to the US border. These "guides" have been doing it for years so they know the lay of the land pretty good. There are also guides on this side of the border who then take them to pick up spots on a major roadway. Not to long ago the Border Patrol stopped a van with 20 illegals inside.

bambam - Not far from Patagonia, about 45 minute drive. Good mearns quail hunting down there.

FinsnFur · February 21, 2010, 10:14:08 PM

I've learned more about illegals from you since you've been a member here John, then I could ever imagine. And the more I learn from you the more I'm intrigued with it all and find myself wanting to know more and more.

Heck you had me searching online for this stuff after your first week here.
I even found a web site for Texas Border Patrol that has 21 live cameras set up in the desert and by rivers. Members can watch the cams and report suspicious activity.
I find myself looking them over quite often, seen a jackrabbit tonight, is that suspicious?

bambam · February 22, 2010, 06:44:29 PM

Quote from: JohnP on February 21, 2010, 09:39:42 PM
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bambam - Not far from Patagonia, about 45 minute drive. Good mearns quail hunting down there.

We stayed in Patagonia while I was lion hunting. Almost every canyon we rode through had signs of illegals : empty water bottles, trash bags, campsites, they even cut out trails through the mesquite and ocotillo.