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Offline rascal (Joe Duncan)

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RED ANT HILLS - OUCH
« on: November 18, 2003, 02:03:34 PM »
Well, I couldn't stand it anymore!!  Season isn't open yet but coyotes are fair game here year round.  Today I had waited about as long as I could.  I had started slobbering and frothing at the mouth like a mad dog-- my wife told me to get the h**l out of the house because I rubbed a little coyote pee on my hands just to get that old feeling -- been sniffing Aces' lures as well as others just to get a buzz on.  

So I went and made 3 coyote sets.  All in close proximity to each other with one being a dirt hole, one flat, and one scent post.  I was making the scent post last and it was about 15 to 20 feet from the flat set I had just completed.  It was near a large red ant hill but I didn't think anything about it.  I proceded to work on digging out the pattern and was so engrossed in making my set that I didn't pay attention to the ants.  The temp was in the 60's and those ants were on the move.  I really pee-ed them off!! :?  Before I realized it, my hands had ants on them and they were stinging the fire out of me.  I paid it no mind and finished my set thinking that if a coyote hiked his leg there, he would be one mad dog when those ants got to him.   :twisted:   Got back on the 4-wheeler and headed to the truck.  By the time I got to the truck my hands were really hurting and my arms ached all the way to my elbows.  Got home and took a antihistimine and in about 30 minutes my arms and hands quit hurting.

MORAL OF THIS STORY-- Don't be a dumb a** like me and stir up the ants. :-D
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« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2003, 02:19:00 PM »
I'll remeber that moral Joe. :)

Good Luck on those yotes. Just watch gettin that one next to the ant hill out of the trap. The Ants might attack. :)

Happy Trapping,
Zach Ellis :wink:
Trapping ain't a sport; It's a way of life

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« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2003, 02:48:10 PM »
Good golly Joe,  if you forgot about ants probably you won't need to remember how to sharpen your skining knife either :-D  :-D  :-D

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« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2003, 03:12:41 PM »
WQ;
  Skinning knife?  Was is that?  Do I need one of those if I'm trapping? :roll:  Is it part of the required equipment? Should I go out and buy the most high priced one I can find?  Or can I just send my animals on the carcass to some unsuspecting fur buyer?
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« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2003, 12:47:56 PM »
RASCAL'S REVENGE!!!

Tomorrow morning the temp is supposed to be in the upper 20's here.  That means those ants aren't going to be so active and contrary.  Think I will take my revenge and get some good dirt from the hills.  Try and stir them up a little. :twisted:
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