On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:32:37 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 1/22/18 4:15 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 12:50:41 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 12:42:24 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 1/22/18 12:35 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 06:59:06 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:


8:50 AMKeyser Soze
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Growing up on a dirt farm in Missouri and shooting squirrels for dinner
seems to make one a racist.
...

I guess so that is if squirrel is classsd as a “race�

Only the furry animals with the black eye shadow and a ringed tail.


I have an ex-friend who told me he goes out to a field in southern
Maryland to shoot groundhogs and other small critters. Not critters
that are pestering any not really on a higher evolutionary scale than
"hooomans," but just living their little animal lives. Disgusting.

He was *your* friend. He was 'disgusting' only after he told you he went varmint hunting?

I am not sure I understand all varmint hunting but if they are really
there to limit the population of rodents because they have killed all
of the natural predators, it makes some sense.
Arizona's Senoran desert is an excellent example. They were diligent
in killing all of the rattlesnakes and now the rodents are destroying
the iconic century old Saguaro cactus. If guys want to sit in the
desert with their 5.5 Creedmores and pick off rats, good on them.


I doubt my ex-friend was trying to re-establish the balance of nature.
He and his buddies went to a large field to shoot any small critters
they saw. I suppose he saw it as some sort of sport.

We may be closer than usual in agreement here. There are places where
shooting varmints has a lot of value but that is not anything you see
and not everywhere you go.

On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:51:42 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:32:37 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 1/22/18 4:15 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 12:50:41 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 12:42:24 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 1/22/18 12:35 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 06:59:06 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:


8:50 AMKeyser Soze
- show quoted text -
Growing up on a dirt farm in Missouri and shooting squirrels for dinner
seems to make one a racist.
...

I guess so that is if squirrel is classsd as a “race”

Only the furry animals with the black eye shadow and a ringed tail.


I have an ex-friend who told me he goes out to a field in southern
Maryland to shoot groundhogs and other small critters. Not critters
that are pestering any not really on a higher evolutionary scale than
"hooomans," but just living their little animal lives. Disgusting.

He was *your* friend. He was 'disgusting' only after he told you he went varmint hunting?

I am not sure I understand all varmint hunting but if they are really
there to limit the population of rodents because they have killed all
of the natural predators, it makes some sense.
Arizona's Senoran desert is an excellent example. They were diligent
in killing all of the rattlesnakes and now the rodents are destroying
the iconic century old Saguaro cactus. If guys want to sit in the
desert with their 5.5 Creedmores and pick off rats, good on them.


I doubt my ex-friend was trying to re-establish the balance of nature.
He and his buddies went to a large field to shoot any small critters
they saw. I suppose he saw it as some sort of sport.

We may be closer than usual in agreement here. There are places where
shooting varmints has a lot of value but that is not anything you see
and not everywhere you go.

Given the existing law, Maryland appears to be one of those places.

Speaking of deer. While golfing last Thursday we noticed two new additions to a couple holes. In the
trees next to the fairways were hunters' deer stands. The deer population on the course was getting
quite large.

On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:19:55 -0500, John H
wrote:



Given the existing law, Maryland appears to be one of those places.

Speaking of deer. While golfing last Thursday we noticed two new additions to a couple holes. In the
trees next to the fairways were hunters' deer stands. The deer population on the course was getting
quite large.

I see deer just about every time I play in Tampa.
They are not really afraid of much
http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Deer%20Family.jpg
At my wife's place they had these guys.
http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Bobcat...%20through.jpg