On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:32:42 -0400, Poquito Loco
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I'm thinking I need a Mini-14 so I can sit on the front porch and plink chipmunks.

That is way overkill. A decent pellet gun will do the deed and not
scare the neighbors. Of course a load of rat shot is less challenging.
Harry's suppressor will make it quieter than the pellet gun.

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On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 09:55:11 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
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I still have about 1/2 gallon of Clordane. Nasty stuff, but it works.

Me to but I am not squirting it around for stuff like this.
It is best in places where you are sure it will be sequestered for 30
years. The last time I used it was inside a wall that would be closed
up.


I still have some powder.

Poquito Loco wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:04:39 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

11:24 AMjustan
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On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:46:13 -0700 (PDT), True North
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Someone else must have gotten the rat...no sign of him for a couple of months.

Trust me, he is still around, with plenty of friends. There is a
formula for rats. If you see one at night, you have a bunch. If you
see one in the daytime, you have a ****load. Rats are tough and it is
real hard to get rid of them.
I haven't seen a Rattus norvegicus here but we have lots of Rattus
rattus (AKA roof rats, tree rats, fruit rats or "palmetto" squirrels).
I know better than to think I can eliminate them but I do keep a bait
station in the boat house. Based on the bait I go through, there must
be a lot of dead ones somewhere ... or they have developed an immunity
to it. I have had them chewing up the boat wiring from time to time.
If one gets into the console, it is a mess. The last time it was my
fault. I did not have the door closed tight and it popped open.
I have also had them hiding on the boat and Mr Ed flushes them out.
That is exciting until they jump in the water. A rat running around
being chased by a 112 pound dog. Auggie Doggie was better at it.
Occasionally he could catch it, kill it and bring it to you. Louie
(the dachshund mix) was deadly on them. If they didn't get overboard
right away they were dead.

On the old farm place I run though a lot of bait too. concerning
immunity yes I suppose it can happen. I switch brands ever so often for
that possibility.


There's no immunity from a snap trap.

I'm thinking I need a Mini-14 so I can sit on the front porch and plink chipmunks.


My buddy in Folsom shoots the ground squirrels with a pellet gun. Works
great, cheap, quiet. They keep chewing up his irrigation system.

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On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:46:11 -0500, Califbill
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There's no immunity from a snap trap.

We had snap mouse traps and they tripped and no mouse. Went to rat trap
and was a roof rat, that was to big for the mouse trap.

I tried them and never caught a roof rat.
I had a lot better luck with the glue traps and this live trap was
very good.

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/rattus_rattus.jpg


These are the ones who take up residence under the house, and visit the
garage. Bait the trap with sunflower seeds. Stick some seeds on peanut
butter.

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"The ants look for a dark untouched safe place like a kanuck wallet."


Canadians are some of the most generous compassionate people on earth.
We brought in 25,000 Syrians displaced by the fighting over there.
That would be the equivalent of y'all bringing in a quarter million.
So...just how many did you bring in?


Do we need to build a northern fense too? Looks like it.

Have they not looked at the problems incurred in Europe with the Syrian
area immigrants?

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"The ants look for a dark untouched safe place like Â*a kanuck wallet."


Canadians are some of the most generous compassionate people on earth.
We brought in 25,000 Syrians displaced by the fighting over there.
That would be the equivalent of y'all bringing in a quarter million.
So...just how many did you bring in?


They do not tip.

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Canadians are some of the most generous compassionate people on earth.
We brought in 25,000 Syrians displaced by the fighting over there.
That would be the equivalent of y'all bringing in a quarter million.
So...just how many did you bring in?


"They do not tip."


Who...the Syrians?
Give them a chance...if you stay off roofs, they'll probably own you before you take the long nap.

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"The ants look for a dark untouched safe place like Â*a kanuck wallet."


Canadians are some of the most generous compassionate people on earth.
We brought in 25,000 Syrians displaced by the fighting over there.
That would be the equivalent of y'all bringing in a quarter million.
So...just how many did you bring in?


"They do not tip."


Who...the Syrians?
Give them a chance...if you stay off roofs, they'll probably own you
before you take the long nap.


Bill's brain already is on the long nap.

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On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:06:26 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

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"The ants look for a dark untouched safe place like *a kanuck wallet."


Canadians are some of the most generous compassionate people on earth.
We brought in 25,000 Syrians displaced by the fighting over there.
That would be the equivalent of y'all bringing in a quarter million.
So...just how many did you bring in?

How many Mexicans have you taken in? Your 25,000 ain't ****.

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 20:52:26 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:29:57 -0400, Poquito Loco
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On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:11:53 -0400, wrote:



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Orthene was what I used on the fire ants here but the ants I have now
don't have mounds to treat. I think they live under concrete slabs and
just pop up through any available penetration or crack. I never see a
mound and treating the edges and penetrations just moves them around.
I am using bifen now, based on advice from the home repair NG.
Lambda-Cyhalothrin based stuff was pretty good but I guess somebody
decided it was too good because HD/Lowes doesn't sell it anymore here.

Amazon does.

https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb...da-Cyhalothrin

The boys over on Home Repair swear bifen is the stuff I want so I am
giving it a shot.


That too:

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...eywords=biffen