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re: Do you have an indestructible possum story?
Posted on 2/13/16 at 10:31 pm to Pectus
Posted on 2/13/16 at 10:31 pm to Pectus
I think that you are probably referring to an Opossum (true, the "O" is not pronounced).
This is a possum; they are native to Australia:
This is a Opossum; they are the nasty little bastards that I find destroying my garbage every now and then:
This is a possum; they are native to Australia:
This is a Opossum; they are the nasty little bastards that I find destroying my garbage every now and then:
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Posted on 2/13/16 at 11:18 pm to SlapahoeTribe
One of the ugliest animals on earth. Looks like a big rat. Hate those nasty bastards. 
Posted on 2/13/16 at 11:24 pm to Pectus
I jewged one to death with a pokey stick when I was a kid. It was tough.
Posted on 2/13/16 at 11:45 pm to Pectus
My dad would take them by the tail and sling them across the canal into the woods by our house growing up. They just land on the other side and keep going like nothing happened 
Posted on 2/14/16 at 3:04 am to Pectus
Softest fur coat i ever saw. Made from opossum. They had a short lived "fur coat" store in cortana mall back in the 80s.
This post was edited on 2/14/16 at 3:11 am
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:55 am to Pectus
Spinoff on this....what's the most you have ever seen in one area? I've hunted my whole life, and have seen those bastards everywhere, of course. And as anyone who has ever used rice bran knows, they love it. But this year was crazy. At one of my stands, there would be 8-9 at a time eating rice bran. Usually, you'll see one or two...but 8?? Every stand was similar. Not to that extreme, but half a dozen was common. Just a weird year it seemed.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 7:38 am to Fratigerguy
Had two that would always come out in my backyard. One we named broke dick and the other Webber. Broke dick was very aggressive and could take a beating with a rake unfazed. I think he's still alive. Webber, the other one, was far more friendly and kind. I think the rake to his head messed him up. I eventually caught Webber ( I was very drunk when we caught him) gave him a haircut and fed him trail mix. He'd let me hold him, hang upside down from a ring by the swing, and even take pictures with him. One day Webber snapped at my roommate Petey so I put Webber in our Washroom outside for punishment. I told Petey to check on Webber, which he refused to do. Petey got dope sick because he ate all his monthly meds halfway through the month and fell asleep. I went off to party in Hattiesburg and told Petey to check on Webber which he didn't and when I got back Sunday I found Webber in a cooler. Guess he fell in it and couldn't get out. He died but he had a smile on his face. A couple months later I kicked Petey out, changed the locks on the door, and sold his bed, tv, PS3, clothes, etc... He owed me a 1000 and killed Webber.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 8:12 am to Shane Dawg
Danggggg, you rolled a few strikes in that one, and didn't spare any details. 
Posted on 2/14/16 at 8:17 am to Pectus
In college I think my sophomore year I declared war on them. Seems easier than you think but you kind of have to be on the lookout for them if you live on campus. I would run over them if I could but if they ran off I would run them down kick them in the head and once they played dead I would step on their face and slit their throat. I carried a buck alpha hunter folder with rosewood handles and had one hell of an edge on it. Yeah sounds a little grussom and I got some weird looks bailing out of people's vehicles to run after them and then come back with a bloody knife but I killed a ton of them.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 8:59 am to Pectus
We used to have this Boston Terrier and Pomeranian that stayed outside and one morning they left us a fat possum on the back porch in front of the door. Probably was getting into their food. Vicious little dogs those were.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:39 am to KingRanch
quote:
firearms have always done the trick.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 11:38 am to Pectus
Freshman year at LSU we played a prank on one of the guys across the hall from us. We lived in Beauregard and the brothers across the hall made a ton of noise. One of these guys would lock the bathroom door every morning to take a shower which pissed everyone off.
One morning I walk down the stairs to find a opposum on the second floor. I quickly grabbed my roomate and we ushered the opposum into the third floor bathroom. In a matter of minutes old boy from across the hall locked himself in the bathroom with the opposum. The screams we heard that day will never be forgotten.
One morning I walk down the stairs to find a opposum on the second floor. I quickly grabbed my roomate and we ushered the opposum into the third floor bathroom. In a matter of minutes old boy from across the hall locked himself in the bathroom with the opposum. The screams we heard that day will never be forgotten.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 12:23 pm to Pectus
DP coon trap baited with sardines will zero out your possum problem.
Hit them in the head with a tomato stake, baseball bat, etc. Or, dispatch with a rimfire firearm.
Throw carcass in the ditch. Repeat.
Hit them in the head with a tomato stake, baseball bat, etc. Or, dispatch with a rimfire firearm.
Throw carcass in the ditch. Repeat.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 12:34 pm to Pectus
Never met one that I had trouble killing. Better than all of that, we found one in my uncles deer gut bucket who'd been eating all night. Rascal was so full he could barely move. Anyways, we put a lasso around his neck and walked him like a dog all day up and down the gravel rd. good times being a kid growing up in the country
good times being a kid growing up in the country Posted on 2/14/16 at 12:44 pm to Pectus
Had one in my garage one night that wouldn't get out for My reason. Couldn't shoot it.
Got my rod and reel and a snaggin treble hook. Drug his arse out. He wasn't happy.
Got my rod and reel and a snaggin treble hook. Drug his arse out. He wasn't happy.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 8:35 pm to REB BEER
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I don't kill poor little possums, I just pet them and take selfies
My satsuma tree was loaded down this year but the little beggars discovered it and ate most of the oranges late at night, leaving most of the peel on the tree.
I live trapped a bunch of them (adults and babies) and hauled them to the local park until I got tired of doing it. Finally, I gave up and let them have the tree. Beaten by the little ugly bastards, not a proud moment for me.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 8:44 pm to dartman
Dad and I found one in the garage that had fallen into an open trash can, had been in garage eating the cat's food. Brought out the .22 pistol, put a couple rounds into him, blood and all and he "dead."
Bring trash can out to back of yard, dump opossum out, opossum rolls out of can and promptly runs away appearing to be largely unscathed.
Bring trash can out to back of yard, dump opossum out, opossum rolls out of can and promptly runs away appearing to be largely unscathed.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:06 pm to Pectus
when I was 10 or so, we lived in Avoyelles Parish on Bayou Des Glaise near Cottonport .
My crew and I caught a possum in our backyard and proceeded to kill it with sticks. We hit it till it quit moving and it lay there with tongue hanging out. I picked it up by its tail, walked across the road and threw it in the bayou. Much to our outrage that SOB took off swimming. We started throwing rocks at it from the road but he swam all the way across and turned to look at us with that shitty grin and said eff yall in possumese.
First time I saw one truly " play possum!" .
My crew and I caught a possum in our backyard and proceeded to kill it with sticks. We hit it till it quit moving and it lay there with tongue hanging out. I picked it up by its tail, walked across the road and threw it in the bayou. Much to our outrage that SOB took off swimming. We started throwing rocks at it from the road but he swam all the way across and turned to look at us with that shitty grin and said eff yall in possumese.
First time I saw one truly " play possum!" .
Posted on 2/14/16 at 10:21 pm to Pectus
I was probably ten years old at the time. We had a opossum that would eat our dog's food and mess with my dad's garden.
One night we spotted the opossum on the fence and my dad grabbed a flash light and one of our baseball bats and asked me to follow him outside. He asked me to hold the light on the opossum and he took a few practice swings, spit on his hands like George Brett and took a huge swing and knocked that opossum into next Wednesday.
We never had another problem with him.
One night we spotted the opossum on the fence and my dad grabbed a flash light and one of our baseball bats and asked me to follow him outside. He asked me to hold the light on the opossum and he took a few practice swings, spit on his hands like George Brett and took a huge swing and knocked that opossum into next Wednesday.
We never had another problem with him.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 11:08 pm to ruzil
My lab has killed rabbits squirrels birds , snakes , he even caught a wood duck once. One day he brought home a opossum. We both thought it was dead. It wasnt.
Opossum snuck away before i got around to disposing of it.
Opossum snuck away before i got around to disposing of it.
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