Varmint Terminology

[Guest]

Cougars = catamounts

red squirrels = fairydiddles

cattle = White man buffalo

commorants = shipokes

rats = leper squirrels

starlings and house sparrows = flying cavity rats

pigeons = soiled doves

collared doves = soiled pigeons

bobcat = Wildcat, mountain cat

sheep = carpet furs

 

[fxairgunner]

Starlings are a manure pile on wings, they crap everywhere.

 

[jp_over]

Haha, lots of great posts - thanks all!

 

[Haganaga]

Cool! Now we need some cool names for ground squirrels. Maybe something ferocious to feed my big bad hunter syndrome. Something like pasture killers or death hole mongers or...

 

[lenweber2]

Sabre tooth sage rats.

 

[bucketboy]

Magpies- bandits

rats- scalies.

squirrels- tree rat

feral pigeons- flying rats.

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[Jayson]

The possum is great! Had a de scented skunk as a kid, best personality ever!

so on the terminology- the farmers in Wyoming commonly call the ground squirrels “pot lickers” one of my favs! Chiselers is another.

 

[CampFussell]

Just now seeing your pet possum Scott! You're the man! Way to go dude.

I've rescued my share of varmints as well!

A long long time ago in these pics. Haven't bottle fed any in a while.

Big respect brother!

 

[bandg]

...he like foot rubs. SMDH.

Wow that is pure gold, nothing wrong with that!

Very nice. Brings back memories. I raised a young raccoon when I was about 11 or 12 years old. Pretty aggressive for a long time but once it adjusted to us it was a great experience. Initially kept it in a small rabbit cage with a dog collar C-clip on the latch and it learned to feel around and open that latch to get out. My mother wouldn't let it stay in the house overnight so we put an old wooden barrel in a tree by the porch and it stayed there. It would come in the house and play with every single item on the shelves one at a time.

Also had an uncle who had two squirrels raised from young that lived on his front porch. They would sit on you to eat pecans and then fall asleep.