How Bad do YOU want to hurt something??

[Mo]

I am a pacifist, anti hunting, sort of weird, almost hippie, home educating, non hitting parent and I WANT TO KILL SOMETHING!!

That HERON!!!!!!!!
He is back, he ate my smallest fish rescued and nurtured from a questionable beginning. This morning he looked so pretty, now he is in the digestive track of that @sshole heron sitting in the cedar tree across the street!!!!
Anybody got a gun I can borrow??
Slingshot??
Blow gun with poisoned tipped darts?
Big rock?? Wait, I have a big rock....

[Indy4ever]

I'm sorry, but is this going anywhere? I have to admit it seems a little bit too random and directionless a topic to suddenly start a thread with. Altghough I will admit, it does remind be of that b@stard ginger tabby that frequently attacked my poor little cat before he (sniff) died. :'(

Thanks very much for stiring up horrible memories! [runs away and blubbers like a girl]

[Inquartata]

Challenge the heron to a sabre bout!

[Swordmaster]

Originally posted by Mo
I am a pacifist, anti hunting, sort of weird, almost hippie, home educating, non hitting parent and I WANT TO KILL SOMETHING!!

See that is what happens when you give in to Pacification of the american public, you don't even own a b-b gun.

Take the point off your foil and spear the d@mn thing. Or just sneak up on it and give it a good Thwaack!

As I alway say....

[a517dogg]

Just let the bird do it's thing. It saw a free snack and ate it. Boo hoo that your pretty little fish is dead, that's the way life works.

[Cerian]

Why does the fish have more of a right to life than the heron?

[Peach]

Why should someone not be able to express their feelings about the death of something they liked?

[a517dogg]

It's one thing to be sad that your fish died. it's another thing to be so consumed by anger and hatred that you post a message on a board about how much you want to kill something.

[Mo]

Originally posted by a517dogg
It's one thing to be sad that your fish died. it's another thing to be so consumed by anger and hatred that you post a message on a board about how much you want to kill something.

Do you REALLY think I am that consumed with hatred and anger?
I obviously took the time to come in the house, sit down, write a post which I thought was somewhat entertaining, express my regret over poor Sparkles and hit send.

Had I really wanted to kill the heron, which btw is totally against the law, I would not have come in to express myself in a more acceptable way.

Thank you Peach for letting me vent about my poor fish.

I live in the Pacific NW. The Salmon are running, there are wild fish that can complete the circle of life. The dumb heron does not need my pet fish.

I took my handy Sawzall and cut the holes inside of a milk crate big enough for the fish to swim through. I put in the pond and put a rock on top to keep it submerged in the part that is 4 feet deep. Now my 7 remaining fellas have a chance to hide from the heron who BTW as of a little while ago was still skulking in that tree, mocking me and picking his teeth with a pine needle.

[MyrddinsPrecint]

bring the cute lil fishies inside!


oh, and i'd worry about the kitty cats eating the fishies as well...

[Swordmaster]

As Elmer Fudd said, "kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit", or in your case the heron. I had to get rubber gloves on to deal with all of the blood on my desk from the bleeding hearts ozing all over this thread.
Mo, just go out and subdue the earth the way you were instructed to do. If a man is not the master of his own fish pond what is he?....a pacifist.

[rukovsoft]

use a paintball...the heron, cat,beaver,racoon or whatever animal will never annoy you anymore, and you won t hurt them. (don t target the eyes though...hehe)

[Dragonfly]

You know, I just remembered, on the bus recently, I had a conversation with someone and mentioned that my Siamese Fighting Fish [electric blue] passed away. I was pretty upset, but I did some prayers for him. I also lost a cat who was my buddy, he was trained to come to the house upon hearing my whistle. He passed about 9 years ago, I was very upset and I understand.

It is the natural cycle of life, that lower animals attack others smaller than themselves. But, those in the higher realms can bypass these lower emotions and, reach higher to find a different conclusion. I offer the following as an explanation of the Heron and the mindlessness of it's actions.
------------------------------------------------
ah!
Mt. Fuji
the Heron flys
through snowfall
to glitter on evergreen.
-------------------------------------------------

Small fish,
swimming unaware of the
Heron above,
waves a fin invitingly,
and is instant sushi.
-----------------------------

We lose many things in life, I lost brother, the country lost 3,000 people, the world loses many things, animate and inanimate, it is gain and loss, the way of all of the world, which appears unaffected, but that is an illusion, as everything is affected by the loss. My fish is in fish-eternity along with your fish; and all of life meets and departs.

My condolences on your loss.

[MyraTrue]

hmmm... I know how to get rid of woodpeckers (also illegal to kill, but)... I'm likin' this paintball gun idea. No permanent damage, but a NICE lesson. Or maybe a poisoned fish- what was it they used to use on sheep killers?

Yes, I understand being thoroughly p!ssed off, and wanting something dead. Certainly a long period of suffering would be appropriate!

Myra

[Talyn]

Some bigger birds try to hurt my poor lil budgie,...

so i ate them

[a517dogg]

Originally posted by Mo
Do you REALLY think I am that consumed with hatred and anger?
I obviously took the time to come in the house, sit down, write a post which I thought was somewhat entertaining, express my regret over poor Sparkles and hit send.

Had I really wanted to kill the heron, which btw is totally against the law, I would not have come in to express myself in a more acceptable way.

Thank you Peach for letting me vent about my poor fish.

I live in the Pacific NW. The Salmon are running, there are wild fish that can complete the circle of life. The dumb heron does not need my pet fish.

I took my handy Sawzall and cut the holes inside of a milk crate big enough for the fish to swim through. I put in the pond and put a rock on top to keep it submerged in the part that is 4 feet deep. Now my 7 remaining fellas have a chance to hide from the heron who BTW as of a little while ago was still skulking in that tree, mocking me and picking his teeth with a pine needle.

Mo, you're talking like the Heron has no right to eat your fish. I would have to disagree. Having fish outside swimming around in a pool is a free snack to a heron. Why would he expend more energy catching salmon in a river when there's a snack that's literally like shooting fish in a barrel?

[Swordmaster]

Do heron taste good? Anything like spotted owl?

umm! tastes like chicken!

I will be just like shooting fish in a barrel to clock that heron!

[remise]

Make your pond deeper. He won't be able to stand in it. So there.

[whtouche]

Ive never tried shooting paintballs at wildlife, but I imagine depending on the size of the creature you're shooting at, that it WOULD do some significant damage. A .68 calibre admittedly round projectile that would (or might not) break on impact, traveling at 250-300 feet per second would have a very good chance of doing some lasting damage to a bird tho granted I don't know exactly how large herons are.

Now, a cat that's been biting your cat on the neck and trying to kill it...Im all for paintballing those bastages..If only my gun didn't leak

[Peach]

Water pistols (Supersoakers are best) are great for those swaggering bullying territorial toms. The evidence dries up and disappears.

Though I've been known to throw anything handy at the one who lives next door, including shoes, bricks, and clods of dirt.