Typical Monday...............Get a call for smell under the house.....Get there and can not smell a thing..climb under the home and half way though my flashlight dies......Go to the next job...were I had chained the 4 wheeler trailer to the fence and forgot to unchain as i pull the trailer away......
Next job MAD neighbor because I am catching squirrels that are in attic......
That night muskrat hunting.......They pop up out of range before the wind starts blowing and messes up the hunt....THEN get an Otter in a cage call on the Islands,,,,That rearranges plans for today...Plus Mad Homeowner wondering were their bids are.....
Makes a guy appreciate Government work....lol.......

Vinke I learned along time ago you always take two flashlights with you, one can be a little pocket one for back-up.
I really lead a boring life, I never have anything exciting to post here. Maybe I'll have to reach out to far on a ladder like Paul or hand wrestle a mama coon like you rodeo stars do.

Now Dave, I haven't fallen off a ladder since a couple years ago in front of my wife. I guess that's mainly because she does the scheduling and I don't get any more ladder jobs. ( I obviously don't carry enough life insurance to make it worthwhile) Yipee, I'm worth more alive than dead!

Sooooooooooo......I was in buying a pack of Herring to feed a otter that was hungry....
The guy inside, informed me that he had blue label and that was what the fish were biting on in canada,,,,
I informed him what I was up......He soon was at the truck wanting to take a look....
I also had 7 untied bags of otter toilet under the canopy giving off a rather strong Oder...
As I opened the top and feed the otter....He called over a young lady to have a look.....
Weeeeelllllllll as soon as she got a wif....Projectile vomiting....
I laughed.......

Ah,hahahahahahaha...

Ssssssssssooooooooooo........i get to the house and see momma coon in the cage,,,,Nice!....Go to the roof and cut a hole in the roof,,,,,,,Fish my left side into the access to remove the little ones that are not to little anymore....
When all of a sudden something grabs my arm and goes nuts.....
Guess I trapped the wrong Mom...... lol...

Ah,hahahahahahahaha... ...only funny, when it happens to someone else!
Actually that isn't funny for more than a second because one can get seriously injured by raccoons...not to mention, they do carry diseases!

Do I need to remind you of the flash light and mirror trick?

Hey Vinke, still on? Send me a PM.

One of the first unusal calls I got when I was just getting started, was an emergency call, involving a snake...not just any snake, mind you. A 6 ft. Ball Python, that had crawled into an open window and onto the edge of a baby's crib...baby still intact!
When the mother went in to check on the 'still sleeping infant', she saw the snake, screamed for the husband, who came running into the room and to my understanding, was 'deathly afraid of snakes' and fainted upon sight!
They then called the police who in turn called me. When I arrived I found a crying mother, a stressed out husband and a cop, who wanted to shoot the snake...oh, and an infant who through it all was still sleeping with a 6 ft. Ball python just inches away.
Having been raised a country boy who grew up catching all kinds of snakes, I just walked up, distracted the snake with one hand and grabbed it just behind the head with the other.
At this point, the mother rushes in to grab the baby , while the snake starts wrapping around my wrist and forarm.
I walked outside with the still coiling snake, reached down with my free hand, pulled out my razor sharp
belt knife and made a 'ring' around it's head.
I then grabbed it's head and started twisting and twisted it right off in the front lawn, blood squirting everywhere.

By this time a crowd of people had gathered 'round, none of which claimed the snake that was obviously someones' escaped 'pet.'
I later skinned the snake with the head, non blinking eyes, still watching me, flexing it's lower jaw....Talk about a scene for a horror movie.

today i got a call from a super walmart. THey trapped a fox squirrel under one of the "islands" they have in the middle of an isle with cardboard and shrink wrap. I cut a hole in the cardboard and place a oneway against it. then went to the other side and herded the squirrel with snake tongs to the trap. 10 minutes tops, $230.

I gotta remember that. Regular Walmarts only pay $189. I think they roll back the prices!

Twodollar and Gabe did a squirrel in a Wal-Mart today.....10 minutes 230.00... They only roll back prices when they are not worried about a health code violation (it was in the grocery store part)

jeeze travis, it seems like i read that somewhere before.......

When I wrote that I didnt even think you was home yet. Did you get one of those cranberrys and post that from my truck lol. I guess I should read the previouse post huh

Is a Cranberry like a Blackberry, only with a dark red colored case?

no, Travi just dont know a blackberry from a dingle berry!

Cranberry, blueberry,blackberry... I knew it was a berry of some sort. Im happy if I can get this computer thing to work, one on a phone well that may be pushing my luck. You have to remember when I was younger we had a rotary phone and our phone number was 5-7946. These dagone area codes and pre fixes still mess me up some days lol!!!!

twodollar, oh you do have a way with words....ahhahahahahaha

twodollar, is a Travi like more than one Travis?

clever