Sunday, October 13, 2013

Denizen of the beaten zone...

This little critter was sitting on the hood of the old Mercury Cougar that was parked out around 325 yards...

12 comments:

Matthew Carberry said...

Meanwhile his neighbors, the industrious and wise ants, had been digging bunkers all summer.

B5K said...

Winter is coming!

Roberta X said...

...I'm just worried about that blue stuff, and holes blasted in the surface of the earth. Are you *sure* you're not out hunting monsters? 'Cos that sure looks like the aftermath of a Correia novel.

Ritchie said...

What is that blue stu...never mind, don't tell me. And WHAT is that SMELL??

Kristophr said...

Freaking Shuggoths.

Even after you kill them, they leave a mess.

Joel said...

Shooting them a lot usually works. And when it doesn't, high explosives can be your friend.

staghounds said...

As usual, Saki has a story...

http://www.combat.ws/S4/LIBRARY/BIRDS.HTM

Anonymous said...

Had some of those at the Prescott, AZ solar site. They caused a friend from India to absolutely hide-in-the-car freak out. They were eating each other.

Michael
Phoenix, AZ

Paul said...

One time you can shoot a cougar and not have the ASPCA out to hound you.

Not sure where they stand on grasshoppers.

Now if you plugged that,

Sigman said...

What caliber for LARGE grasshopper?

Drang said...

@Sigman I was going to point out that Tommy guns and 3.5" Rocket Launchers did the job, but then I remembered that was really LARGE ants...

Sigman said...

Drang, don't forget the flamethrowers for THEM