ARIZONA GROUND SQUIRRELS

IT’S BEEN NICE AND QUITE HERE IN THE SILVER CREEK VALLEY JUST OUTSIDE OF OATMAN, AZ, JUST THE WAY WE LIKE IT.

BUT SUDDENLY WE ARE AGAIN UNDER ATTACK! ARIZONA GROUND SQUIRRELS, VERY NASTY AND DESTRUCTIVE CREATURES.  IN JUNE AND JULY WE SAW THEM OFF IN THE DESERT BUT  THEY STAYED AWAY FROM THE CAMPER AND THE HOUSE.  WE DECIDED THE LAND OWNERS DOG DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF RUNNING THEM OFF AND KEEPING THEM OFF.

YOU MAY REMEMBER LAST YEAR WHEN WE FEED THEM POUNDS OF WRIGLEY’S JUICY FRUIT CHEWING GUM?  THE DAMAGE THEY DID TO HOSES AND PLANTS MADE US CRAZY.

LAST WEEK THEY CAME BACK, AND SNEEKED INTO THE GARAGE TO EAT THE HOME OWNERS HOUSE PLANTS THAT MARY IS IN CHARGE OF OVER THE SUMMER.

THE “HAPPY CAMPER” MARY, TURNED INTO ONE “PISSED-OFF CAMPER” !!  SHE WAS BACK ON THE SUBJECT OF A SHOT GUN ………

I DON’T WANT TO GET SIDE TRACKED ON A GUN CONTROL ISSUE. I OWN TWO GUNS. MY DAD’S SQUIRREL GUN, A 22 RIFLE WHICH I STORE AT UNCLE HANS’ HOUSE IN SPOONER, AND MY MOTHER’S SHOT GUN WHICH I STORE IN MY SON-IN-LAWS GUN SAFE IN NEW MEXICO.

INSTEAD I PICKED UP A BIGGER AND BETTER MOUSE TRAP TO USE ON THE ARIZONA GROUND SQUIRRELS.

THE ACTION ON THIS TRAP MIGHT BE UNDER A GOVERNMENT PATENT BY NASA.  IT’S QUICK AND HARSH.

BACK TO THE WAR.  THE NEW WEAPON IS WORKING OUT JUST FINE ……

 

BTW HEATHER, I’M USING YOUR PEANUT BUTTER SUGGESTION AS BAIT IN THIS BATTLE.  THANKS !!!