Having myself been on several squirrel hunting expeditions into the WayWoods, the reason I always heard given was to "thin out the Jimmies".
I guess there's a small squirrel in Ohio known as a "Jimmy". Supposedly this dastardly little cretin has a habit of biting the testicles off of the larger Gray and Fox squirrels. Or so said the emminent outdoorsman, Mr. Allen. (I would suppose that only the males of the species were the victims of such attacks)
At any rate, every so often some of the WayBuilders would grab their shotguns and - with the previously garnered blessing of Mr. Allen - head off to the woods to selectively harvest some nuisance critters.
I also went out to several other woods in the area to hunt Grays and Foxes and actually bar-be-qued a sizeable portion of said creatures on occasion. What else ya gonna do all winter?
Supposedly this dastardly little cretin has a habit of biting the testicles off of the larger Gray and Fox squirrels
gawd forbid we have any "homo" pre-disposition in squirrels..
yep.. makes sense.. if one can't tolerate a "homo" pet.. willing to "blow away" rover for.. (self censored description of vile acts) surely we can't condone the same in squirrels..
I guess there's a small squirrel in Ohio known as a "Jimmy". Supposedly this dastardly little cretin has a habit of biting the testicles off of the larger Gray and Fox squirrels.
you had to sign up for them, then later on you'd get a map outlining your tiny section of woods. You'd also get a list of instructions like don't shoot below 10' and don't shoot rosie
never even saw a dang squirrel, course the next day they'd be everywhere
one dude did use a shotgun, and got two in one outing
H. @llen would keep a tally and announce the "winner" at lunch time. He'd also instruct the women not to pray for the squirrels.
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Ham, you do hear about what going on across the pond between the English Reds and the American Grays?
some say Benjamin Franklin introduced the grey squirrel to Britain.. others say they were imported in the Victorian era to "amuse" the aristocracy.. then the yankee squirrels did what yankee squirrels do.. reproduce like a plague..
warning: the article is silly, but factually correct. Best I can tell anyway..
It was on PBS yesterday, kinda like the European invasion of the Americas, bringing disease, and attacking the locals. Some British folk see some metaphor or something with the grays being boisterous and gluttonous like Americans, and the reds being sophisticated and dainty or something.
The reds are okay to me, but our grays are just fine I think.
Just a nickname he picked up here. I have no idea what the significance is, or even where it started..
Maybe its because someone figured he had the brain of the size of a duck's?
who knows..
We used to call my niece "duck butt" because her diaper and the way she walked looked kinda like a duck. Maybe in Howie's case someone dropped the butt part.
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maybe that's the connection to HA.. the critics can't find anything positive to say..
We used to call my niece "duck butt" because her diaper and the way she walked looked kinda like a duck. Maybe in Howie's case someone dropped the butt part.
In regards to *mr* allen, if I dropped anything, it would be the "duck" part.
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I mean.. isn't the whole "exercise" rather self defeating? Yep.. rid the woods of Squirrel *menace* to merely make room for more Squirrels?
And remember, mr. duck. When you look over your shoulder, or in the rear view mirror, I am the one you missed..
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Having myself been on several squirrel hunting expeditions into the WayWoods, the reason I always heard given was to "thin out the Jimmies".
I guess there's a small squirrel in Ohio known as a "Jimmy". Supposedly this dastardly little cretin has a habit of biting the testicles off of the larger Gray and Fox squirrels. Or so said the emminent outdoorsman, Mr. Allen. (I would suppose that only the males of the species were the victims of such attacks)
At any rate, every so often some of the WayBuilders would grab their shotguns and - with the previously garnered blessing of Mr. Allen - head off to the woods to selectively harvest some nuisance critters.
I also went out to several other woods in the area to hunt Grays and Foxes and actually bar-be-qued a sizeable portion of said creatures on occasion. What else ya gonna do all winter?
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gawd forbid we have any "homo" pre-disposition in squirrels..
yep.. makes sense.. if one can't tolerate a "homo" pet.. willing to "blow away" rover for.. (self censored description of vile acts) surely we can't condone the same in squirrels..
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Another Way myth is laid to rest.
HERE
And an added twist of irony:
If you want to hunt squirrels as a food source, why choose the tiny red squirrel?
Wouldn't it make more sense to take the Greys or, even larger, Fox Squirrels?
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you had to sign up for them, then later on you'd get a map outlining your tiny section of woods. You'd also get a list of instructions like don't shoot below 10' and don't shoot rosie
never even saw a dang squirrel, course the next day they'd be everywhere
one dude did use a shotgun, and got two in one outing
H. @llen would keep a tally and announce the "winner" at lunch time. He'd also instruct the women not to pray for the squirrels.
. . .
Ham, you do hear about what going on across the pond between the English Reds and the American Grays?
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Yep.. they are planning grey squirrel genocide..
some say Benjamin Franklin introduced the grey squirrel to Britain.. others say they were imported in the Victorian era to "amuse" the aristocracy.. then the yankee squirrels did what yankee squirrels do.. reproduce like a plague..
warning: the article is silly, but factually correct. Best I can tell anyway..
http://www.scarysquirrel.org/vacation/ukcull/index.html
I also understand that the greys carry a form of "squirrel pox" that the red squirrels cannot develop immunity to..
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It was on PBS yesterday, kinda like the European invasion of the Americas, bringing disease, and attacking the locals. Some British folk see some metaphor or something with the grays being boisterous and gluttonous like Americans, and the reds being sophisticated and dainty or something.
The reds are okay to me, but our grays are just fine I think.
And what's with calling HA a duck?
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Oh, they were even making squirrel tacos . . . supposedly very good . . .
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Just a nickname he picked up here. I have no idea what the significance is, or even where it started..
Maybe its because someone figured he had the brain of the size of a duck's?
who knows..
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In my neck of the woods, this is a common sight:
And about a hundred miles north, these are the common variety:
They're really just variations of the Grey Squirrel.
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We used to call my niece "duck butt" because her diaper and the way she walked looked kinda like a duck. Maybe in Howie's case someone dropped the butt part.
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Howard The Duck
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Bolshevik
We've got those white ones around too.
Seen those black ones out west a bit.
Used to see red ones back east.
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from your reference Waysider, the movie scored:
maybe that's the connection to HA.. the critics can't find anything positive to say..
In regards to *mr* allen, if I dropped anything, it would be the "duck" part.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Duck_of_Doom
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Duck of Doom..
actually.. I think loy fit that role admirably..
even *uncle* howie knew full time corps wasn't exactly financially "with it"..
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Howard liked to hold herr vics hand at night,in the motorcoach,said they were
best friends,maybe they were thinking of squirrel thinning.
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waysider
Is that what they were calling it back then???
:o
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Broken Arrow
Oh man! Squirrels are rodents! You might as well eat a rat. Squirrels are "tree rats".
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Ham
hmm..
might be good, who knows.. but to get enough "substance" from a few for tacos, wouldn't one have to include the innards and such?
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Brought to the top due to recent quotes of HA "coward" allen's attempts at Squirrel Genocide..
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I should have said FEEBLE attempts. Vewy, vewy, small..
I more than mock you, Mr (?) allen..
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I went out once and blasted one out of it's nest. Hopefully, not relation to you Ham!
I never could figure what ole' HA had up his a$$ when it came to squirrels...maybe it was a squirrel?...one can never really know about these things.
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