Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 10:25:48 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <68718613-d60f-a88a-4191-404acc1ed82d@example.net> <3a416c2c-ac2e-686b-3357-8a12c8b29181@example.net> <068213f4-0fe4-4fe0-c912-60d5a8d89c54@example.net> <7cd4f2b3-e9d0-17df-56f5-855d7a5ebcaf@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-916194278-1733304349=:3169" Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1208833"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:61660 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-916194278-1733304349=:3169 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Tue, 3 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 03/12/2024 20:18, D wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, 3 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> >>> On 02/12/2024 20:38, D wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, 2 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 02/12/2024 14:06, D wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, 2 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 01/12/2024 20:40, rbowman wrote: >>>>>>>> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 10:42:05 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The only poison in them was lead pellets and you spit those out. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/toxic-montana-lakes-kills- >>>>>>>> hundreds-and-maybe-thousands-snow-geese-180961356/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You wouldn't want to dine on one of those geese. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think the fact that they were dead floating on a lake might be a >>>>>>> clue. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In London a woman was seriously injured by a dead duck falling on her >>>>>>> head >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I was standing by my car one day when a pigeons fell out of the sky. >>>>>>> It wasn't dead, but when I came back it had died. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> One tends to avoid eating such. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Rabbits that are dying from myxomatosis happen in some years, and >>>>>>> apparently the meat is edible, but not much eats it >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> What about roadkill? Did you ever try? >>>>> >>>>> Not bunnies >>>>> Eaten pheasant and deer >>>>> >>>>> Both V good >>>> >>>> I guess the trick is to find fresh roadkill. >>> >>> Well yes. Technically you should not collect anything you have killed, but >>> if the car in front hits it, it is, so to speak, 'fair game'... >> >> Touché! >> >>> Pheasant must be what the person who invented the phrase 'bird brained' >>> had in mind. >>> >>> They get bred in captivity and released in the autumn to get a bit leery >>> and them shot around Christmas time, so you get a flood of avian retards >>> waddling round the roads at this time of year. >> >> This is the truth! They were bred in captivity close to my country side >> house, and one day either the farm closed, the birds escaped, or both. So >> now there are "wild" pheasants running around there from time to time. I >> have thought about getting out the old longbow, since they are not shy at >> all. Maybe a project for next summer! >> > > I shot one with a .22 air rifle. > > It didn't die. I tried to wring its neck. Too little energy I assume? Did you hit it dead center? > The head came off, and it still didn't die. Surely it must have been only reflexes? > Eventually it died and I plucked it and emptied its insides and ate it. Quite > good really. I can imagine! > Mostly they use 12 gauge on them. That seems to kill them ouright I think you can buy small mines made specifically for birds! ;) > > --8323328-916194278-1733304349=:3169--