Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: eskimo2 on January 13, 2007, 07:08:00 PM
-
I have a new hero; this is better than parachuting cats:
Squirrel Sling Shot (http://www.thebiglist.com/index.php?module=s4w&page=http://www.thebiglist.com/html/2006.09/20840223193148.html)
-
Frikkin' hilarious!!!!!
:rofl
-
My wife thinks those guys should be arrested. She watches too much Animal Planet...
-
Originally posted by sluggish
My wife thinks those guys should be arrested. She watches too much Animal Planet...
My wife laughed hysterically. My daughters watch Animal Planet; they also laughed hysterically.
-
Originally posted by sluggish
My wife thinks those guys should be arrested. She watches too much Animal Planet...
Just tell her it's a Flying Squirrel.
-
OMFG BWAHAHAHAAHA :rofl :rofl
Im gonna HAVE to buld me one of those
-
OMG:rofl That is so funny! i would love to see the look on an animal rights
activists face when they see that!:rofl
-
I'm a meat eating anti PETA guy but I have to disagree with this. It just isn't right to torture another animal like that. I have no problem with someone setting a lethal trap for nuisance animals or to catch food, but to injure an animal for a laugh just isn't right.
-
See Rule #7
-
That was awesome. I just shoot them with a .22 caliber Benjamen air rifle. They are constantly tearing up my siding & soffits; getting into my attic & pissing in the insulation & generally being a destructive expensive nuisance. The neighbors with pecan trees think they're "cute" & call the police if they see me with the air rifle out so I have to go DC sniper on them & shoot from concealment.:furious
-
:rofl
Ok now go post this on the peta web site...
:cool:
-
Originally posted by Brenjen
That was awesome. I just shoot them with a .22 caliber Benjamen air rifle. They are constantly tearing up my siding & soffits; getting into my attic & pissing in the insulation & generally being a destructive expensive nuisance. The neighbors with pecan trees think they're "cute" & call the police if they see me with the air rifle out so I have to go DC sniper on them & shoot from concealment.:furious
wait ur supposto use .22's
:rolleyes:
i shoot at them with shotguns:D
-
:huh
that's frickin moronic and pointless and i really don't care what you think of me for saying so.
one can only hope that karma is real.
-
kharma is real. I mean, look at ....you.
-
Even kharma hates squirrels.
Just drive down the road, you'll see the results in a small puddle of red.
-
Originally posted by Cougar68
I'm a meat eating anti PETA guy but I have to disagree with this. It just isn't right to torture another animal like that. I have no problem with someone setting a lethal trap for nuisance animals or to catch food, but to injure an animal for a laugh just isn't right.
squirrels ARE a nuisance animal.
And the trap may very well have been lethal.
Why not have a few laughs in the proccess
:aok :aok
-
Originally posted by storch
kharma is real. I mean, look at ....you.
yep. must have done something right in the last life.
;)
-
Originally posted by DREDIOCK
squirrels ARE a nuisance animal.
And the trap may very well have been lethal.
Why not have a few laughs in the proccess
:aok :aok
dunno, maybe because breaking somethings bones or disabling it so that it starves to death is inhumane maybe?
-
WHAT WOULD FOAMY SAY
http://www.illwillpress.com/vault.html (http://www.illwillpress.com/vault.html)
-
(http://www.augustradio.com/uploaded_images/minnie-710628.jpg)
(http://www.augustradio.com/uploaded_images/minnie2-787883.jpg)
this little fellow came up to me while i was working in the yard and asked me for help. one of its eyes was severely damaged and it had wounds with dried blood caked all over them. it was too young to survive on its own.
when i sat down on the porch he crawled up onto me and i took him to a wildlife rehabilitation center. i figured that if he was smart enough and brave enough to ask me for help then it was the least could do.
he has since been re-introduced onto my property (minus one eye) along with another from somewhere else whose leg was amputated. they were rehabilitated together and they are coming along just fine as far as i can tell. they remain wild.
i keep the squirells and rodents out of my house and attic by using an ultrasonic device which makes the spaces uninviting for them to habitate.
each morning when i feed my ducks and the wild birds (lots of different types come now) i leave a little pile for the squirrels as well so they wont eat all of the food.
its a symbiotic relationship which brings me alot of happiness.
i like animals. i admire them for their ability to survive in a manner which is free. i do not hunt, but i understand the need to be able to and have done so in the past. i cannot stand to see things abused to satisfy the insecurities of people who feel the need to act out their anger on things which cannot fight back.
people like to hurt things for pleasure. it is small. it is wasteful. it is sociopathic.
they deserve that type of treatment way before animals do.
ask your wives if i should have taken this little squirell and wrung its little neck or put it in a slingshot rather than saving it.
-
That is quite a story, 88. As much as I love animals, I know how much of a pain in the bellybutton they can be as well.
I don't much like squirrels, never have, never will. But that is a nice story you shared with us.
I'd personally like to give you a as I don't think there's too many of us here that'd share that kind of story on this board.
-
When I first saw the squirrel sling shot (quite a while ago) I thought it was very funny.
Infact I still think its funny, but only till the poor little bastard hits the ground, then its not so funny.
Mind you the little salamander probably landed in the tree and was fine (At least thats what I will tell myself).
to you efforts JB
-
ahh.... peta :)
-
thanks diablo, mussie.
i bet you'd have done the same thing. (or at least called someone over who would)
hmmmmm....
(imagining a super springed toaster with a goal post...PETW?)
:D
-
I would bet that 9 out of 10 squirrels launched from that thing walked away from the incident unscathed and yet a little bit smarter. Squirrels are tough as heck; they can fall from a power line or tree and shack it off as if it were nothing. Scale yourself down to 1/10 your size and you would weigh 1/1,000 your weight and still would have about 1/100 your strength. The fact that squirrels are cute and fuzzy buys them a lot of sympathy, but they are really just tree rats. Hug em or shoot em; whoever you are launching them is just downright funny.
-
awww man, poor little squirrell :lol
-
Really, though, the squirrel is almost certainly unharmed. Like Eskimo, I've seen squirrels fall out of tall trees and scurry away without pausing. Terminal velocity is terminal velocity, no matter what direction or distance.
-
Yea, they probably are launched above their terminal velocity and slow down to their terminal velocity during their flight. I bet if they were wet and their fur was matted down they might fly a little faster and further… They must experience a nice gee induced red-out or black-out on launch as well.
-
Originally posted by eskimo2
I would bet that 9 out of 10 squirrels launched from that thing walked away from the incident unscathed and yet a little bit smarter. Squirrels are tough as heck; they can fall from a power line or tree and shack it off as if it were nothing. Scale yourself down to 1/10 your size and you would weigh 1/1,000 your weight and still would have about 1/100 your strength. The fact that squirrels are cute and fuzzy buys them a lot of sympathy, but they are really just tree rats. Hug em or shoot em; whoever you are launching them is just downright funny.
Tell yourself what you must, but I think once it hit that tree the chance of breaking a bone in its leg is pretty high. Then you end up with a disabled animal that starves to death. I have no problem killing animals I used to knock off skunks that came around my house all the time. There just isn't a reason to make them suffer.
If you want a real laugh, break a cat's two left legs. It's hysterical watching them try to get up and just keep falling over. :huh
-
Originally posted by JB88
[]
Regarding the thread, I thought it was pretty darned funny and no way that squirrel would have got hurt, they're like cats when it comes to falls.
Regarding JB88's post, that is very touching, JB88, to you. I love animals as much as you do. I believe we should only kill what we eat, therefore I will kill wild ducks, geese, grouse, pheasants....but at the same time I would entertain having ducks on my own pond (if I had a pond) and not shoot them too!
-
88, I'd probably wound you shooting at your squirrel.
-
(http://www.augustradio.com/uploaded_images/minnie2-787883.jpg)
Is that a squirrel in your crotch or are you just happy to see me?
-
Originally posted by JB88
:huh
that's frickin moronic and pointless and i really don't care what you think of me for saying so.
one can only hope that karma is real.
Karma is certainly real...
Just look at what happened to this guy:
the punishment. (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=411c24b8e4)
-
I seen one get fried on a transformer before
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZT.............. ..crispy and still smoking
-
I dunno skuzzy....
seems a bit abusive to the animal to me. The little rodent might have survived but the slingshot routine is being performed strictly for human pleasure. By allowing this thread to continue you appear to support this type of abuse. Not that I really care, its your gig here afterall....not mine.
Im just trying to make a point and state my opposition to cruelty to animals, especially for the sole purpose of amusement for humans. Being against animal cruelty is a simple position to hold and not at all difficult to stand by.
Is my reply now in violation of any rules?
We will see :rolleyes:
-
That's just wrong.
Only a Grade A Hick would get amusement out of that.
(Which I trust many of you will take as an extreme compliment ;) )
-
Oh boo ****ing hoo. An animal might have gotten hurt. I weep in sorrow.
-
cute little friend you got soulpatch...er...88.
-
I weep in sorrow
===
sure you do.
-
I can't use a shotgun in the middle of town, I catch enough heat over the air rifle. They have learned to avoid the live traps.
I'm a firm believer in eating what you kill & not killing just for sport, but my reasons are purely defense of property, I wouldn't eat a burglar that broke into my house & destroyed it either; but I would launch him 200 feet into the air because he wouldn't survive it like squirrels will. Don't kid yourself, those boogers are tough as nails. I saw one dive off a 300 FT. tall cable TV tower we were working on from about halfway up, he hit the ground & ran off, climbed up a little persimmon tree in the middle of the lot & started barking at us.
Any tree huggers that want to save the rats around my place, come on over! I'll hold fire while you gather them up. As soon as spring comes & I fix this winters damage I'm putting peanut butter on some super strong rat poison blocks my exterminator friend gave me. Let the little pests crawl into the neighbors walls & die if they like them so much & don't want me to shoot them.:aok
-
Overview
Psychological studies have shown that individuals who take pleasure in inflicting harm on animals are more likely to do so to humans. This should not be confused with people who simply kill or harm animals for practical purposes (such as food, lab experiment, animal husbandry). One of the known warning signs of certain psychopathologies, including anti-social personality disorder, also known as psychopathic personality disorder, is a history of torturing pets and small animals, a behavior known as zoosadism. According to the New York Times, "[t]he FBI has found that a history of cruelty to animals is one of the traits that regularly appears in its computer records of serial rapists and murderers, and the standard diagnostic and treatment manual for psychiatric and emotional disorders lists cruelty to animals a diagnostic criterion for conduct disorders. [1] "A survey of psychiatric patients who had repeatedly tortured dogs and cats found all of them had high levels of aggression toward people as well, including one patient who had murdered a young boy." [2]
Cruelty to animals is one of the three components of the MacDonald Triad, indicators of violent antisocial behavior in children and adolescents. According to the studies used to form this model, cruelty to animals is a common (but not with every case) behavior in children and adolescents who grow up to become serial killers and other violent criminals.
It has also been found that animal cruelty in children is frequently committed by children who have witnessed or been victims of abuse themselves. In two separate studies cited by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), roughly one-third of families suffering from domestic abuse indicated that at least one child had hurt or killed a pet.
link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruelty_to_animals)
-
zoosadism :mad:
:lol
-
I took care of a squirrel once. It was a flying squirrel. The little guy was small and I thought it was a baby. My cats where playing with it until it would die. At first I thought it was a mouse. Then I looked at it and saw that it was a squirrel. I was like COOL! Now I'm up and close with one. I took it inside, put it in a show box, and later saw that it had flaps of skin on the side of it. Then I put my fingers under the flaps and saw that it was a flying squirrel. I took care of it for about a week, then gave it to a lady who took care of squirrels. The little guy was cute. I liked taking care of it. After that all the squirrels were crazy about me.
I went to a park to take some pictures of a family portrait for my grandmothers. This squirrel was in front of me and instead of running away, the little bugger ran up to me about 2 feet. He wouldn't get any closer. He ran up a tree and was standing on the trunk looking down at me. I pick up a nut and showed it to him. He came back down about 2 feet and stopped. I thought it was pretty amazing. He wouldn't come down, so I just put the nut on a rock and left him alone. He ran back up, then came back down and stayed around us for awhile. I like to hunt, but I don't like to exacute an animal for pleasure. There to dam cute. When its for food, its for food. Hmmmmm goody in my tummy. That video was funny I have to say, but also made me sad. I know for sure that squirrel landed in the tree, and told his buddies, gatta try the new free fair ride :)
-
Originally posted by VooWho
That video was funny I have to say, but also made me sad. I know for sure that squirrel landed in the tree, and told his buddies, gatta try the new free fair ride :)
:rofl
i can see the line of squirrels to be shot out of that slingshot into the trees:rofl
-
good friend of mine and I were shooting off fireworks in the woods once. (used to buy toy guns, and duct tape fireworks to 'em and hold wars. was a blast, but another story)
My friend saw a squirrel run up a vine. He walked up to it and shook the vine violently. Small branches, leaves, and bark rained down on him, but no squirrel. Wondering if it got away, he looked up the vine......
JUST in time to catch a face full o' squirrel.
The little bugger about a foot above his face when he looked up, spread eagle, and pissed.
The little rat landed on his face, scratched the heck out of him, and ran off.
From that day forward, he killed every squirrel he saw. I have seen him give countless lawn jobs to his neighbors in his truck going after a squirrel running across their yard.
-
:O oh dam u got a nice friend
my neighbors made a squirrel slingshot(more powerfull then the one in that video) and launched a squirrel over my house:furious the lil bugger was a flying one and glided to a stop in my backyard
but now everythime a 163 flys by on AH i think of that lil squirrel:D
and he hangs out in our backyard with us now:huh
-
and sorry for double posting but thats the olny squirrel i dont shoot At:D
-
I grew up in far northern Minnesota (100 miles N of Duluth, almost 250 miles N of the Twin Cities) in the country (well, thats really about all there is up there).
I had access to guns from the time I could hold one, mostly for target shooting. One day when I was about 8-10 years old a friend and I were out in the woods with our .22's. We saw a squirrel and one of us took a shot at it and missed. It was hilarious as we chased the squirrel through the woods with the squirrel always one step ahead of us.
I thought I'd get him once as he dove into a hollow log. I put my barrel into the log and just as I was about to fire he bolted out the other end just like in a Looney Toons cartoon.
Not long after he went up a tree. I was standing about 20-30 feet away looking up into the tree when he poked his head around the trunk and I dropped him.
I felt so bad that was the last time I killed anything (except in Aces High... I never feel bad about killing here).
-
Originally posted by JB88
Overview
Psychological studies have shown that individuals who take pleasure in inflicting harm on animals are more likely to do so to humans. This should not be confused with people who simply kill or harm animals for practical purposes (such as food, lab experiment, animal husbandry). One of the known warning signs of certain psychopathologies, including anti-social personality disorder, also known as psychopathic personality disorder, is a history of torturing pets and small animals, a behavior known as zoosadism. According to the New York Times, "[t]he FBI has found that a history of cruelty to animals is one of the traits that regularly appears in its computer records of serial rapists and murderers, and the standard diagnostic and treatment manual for psychiatric and emotional disorders lists cruelty to animals a diagnostic criterion for conduct disorders. [1] "A survey of psychiatric patients who had repeatedly tortured dogs and cats found all of them had high levels of aggression toward people as well, including one patient who had murdered a young boy." [2]
Cruelty to animals is one of the three components of the MacDonald Triad, indicators of violent antisocial behavior in children and adolescents. According to the studies used to form this model, cruelty to animals is a common (but not with every case) behavior in children and adolescents who grow up to become serial killers and other violent criminals.
It has also been found that animal cruelty in children is frequently committed by children who have witnessed or been victims of abuse themselves. In two separate studies cited by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), roughly one-third of families suffering from domestic abuse indicated that at least one child had hurt or killed a pet.
link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruelty_to_animals)
I love to watch boxing, martial arts, fencing ect.
I remeber seeing a fight on tv, cant remeber what it was but these two guys beat the **** out of each other. yet at the end when one was declared the winner the shook hands and hugged.
I have no problem with people slugging it out in a ring, I have no problem with extreme viloence such as ultimate fighting. SO LONG as the people doing it want to be there.
When someone harms an animal, I am sure that it does not want to be there.....
-
Beef Boullion base, 4 cups of water. 3 carrots and 2 cups of diced onions. 2 Taters cut into quarters and 1 clove of garlic... bring to a simmer.
While simmering bring up one MossBerg 12 Guage to shoulder height and peer out the backdoor... bag 3 squirrels. Skin and quarter said tree rats and place evenly into the boiling pot. Add a bit of flour to thickin the broth once the meat has turned a nice soft texture.
In a small pot add 3/4ths cup of water and instant rice... Place the stew rats on a low heat for 15 minutes. Turn on Top Cops on TV while rice cooks.
During commercial check on Rice and Stew... Fetch clean plates. Answer the door and deny to the police of any gunfire in the area.
Check stew... Open up the best TV Dinner table thingy and place remote strategically...Rice on plate, add heaping helpins of said stew upon rice.
Kick back and enjoy...
*above can be substittuted with opossum, armadillo and badgers*
:aok
Mac
-
Yeah I have no problem with eating furry little things either...
-
WMLute
someone should keep an eye on your friend - sounds slightly unstable to say the least ..
JB88
- the wife and I have raised about half a dozen over the years, still have 2 which come up to the back door for a peanut or two.
-
My wife took one in as well, with me bichen the entire time that he's just gonna grow up & wreck the place up a bit. She felt bad for it because it was hairless & injured after being blown out of it's nest by a T-storm. Everyone feels bad for babies (nearly everyone) regardless of what it is, a rat or a human.
She asked what I thought she should name it & after much cursing under my breath I said "Lucky" because it's lucky I didn't find it first. Well, it was too hypothermic & dehydrated when she found it & it died after a couple days anyway, so I had to watch her bawl like a little girl & bury the danged thing. Stoopid rat.
-
eagler
-
Rocky
(http://www.classicalvalues.com/rockysquirrel.jpg)
-
Originally posted by AWMac
During commercial check on Rice and Stew... Fetch clean plates. Answer the door and deny to the police of any gunfire in the area.
Mac
:rofl :rofl :rofl
Bronk
-
orginaly posted by someone else that 88 stole from
Psychological studies have shown that individuals who take pleasure in inflicting harm on animals are more likely to do so to humans.
lol, no watermelon Sherlock, how much of a grant did you blag for that profound study.
-
Originally posted by B@tfinkV
lol, no watermelon Sherlock, how much of a grant did you blag for that profound study.
dear watson,
were you to have followed the link provided below the snippet of text, you would have found that i took it from wikipedia.
my god man, must i help you along with everything?!
:huh
(note to self: i am going to have to seriously consider finding a new lackey)
-
Hurting an animal just for pleasure, and gloating about it reveals a lot about someone's personality.:(
-
Gloating, no...
Laughing, yes!
You're a hypocrite if you say you don't feel a sense of pride when you get a mouse in a trap.
-
i have never had that feeling. not once. not for even a second.
-
Pride for trapping a mouse? No. Happiness that the little disease ridden, destructive pest is dead, but not pride. :lol
-
In a trap no, but I do feel a sense of pride when I hit that little sucker at 600 yards.
shamus