Experiment Part 1

by **Goldfish** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 1:21 pm

Out of all that, my question was going to be why is there bamboo growing in the swamp. Guess I know now. There has to be a market for that with everything that they make out of bamboo now. At the least, you could go feed it to the panda at the zoo

by **assateague** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 1:45 pm

Those dumbasses at the National Zoo, who can't tell the difference between a Green Wing drake and a wood duck hen, probably think pandas eat eucalyptus leaves.

by **Goldfish** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:02 pm

assateague wrote:Those dumbasses at the National Zoo, who can't tell the difference between a Green Wing drake and a wood duck hen, probably think pandas eat eucalyptus leaves.

Are we sure you just haven't been shooting pintails all along, but you were thinking they were cormorants so keeping quite about it?

by **assateague** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:42 pm

I can't wait until they day someone says I may kill cormorants. Those sonsabitches are everywhere around here.

by **Tomkat** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:49 pm

Wow I had no idea bamboo could grow in N America. Its never a good idea to introduce non native plants or animals...

by **Goldfish** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:55 pm

Tomkat wrote:Wow I had no idea bamboo could grow in N America. Its never a good idea to introduce non native plants or animals...

Hey, just because my great great grandparents came to this country from Europe, doesn't mean they are the ones that turned it down the drain.

by **Bufflehead** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:43 pm

Tomkat wrote:Wow I had no idea bamboo could grow in N America.

when i was a kid, there was a patch that was about 4-5 acres right by my house. they cleared it all out now and built houses though. still there are a lot of small patches of it in this area

by **Olly** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:01 pm

Tomkat wrote:Wow I had no idea bamboo could grow in N America. Its never a good idea to introduce non native plants or animals...

It's all over the south, that and cud-zoo.

by **MOhuntingGuy** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:40 pm

Yeah bamboo is all over by rivers and streams in MO. But its not quite the same bamboo you think of seeing. Its a lot smaller (at least around here)

by **Goldfish** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:18 am

MOhuntingGuy wrote:Yeah bamboo is all over by rivers and streams in MO. But its not quite the same bamboo you think of seeing. Its a lot smaller (at least around here)

Indian tinkertoys isn't bamboo. I have no idea the real name of the reed type plants.

by **assateague** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:52 am

Funny this got brought up here. Saw this yesterday. Dover, DE is about an hour up the road.

http://www.doverpost.com/news/x415673899/City-of-Dover-outlaws-the-use-of-invasive-bamboo-plant

by **Flightstopper** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:58 am

assateague wrote:Funny this got brought up here. Saw this yesterday. Dover, DE is about an hour up the road.

http://www.doverpost.com/news/x415673899/City-of-Dover-outlaws-the-use-of-invasive-bamboo-plant

Just wait until they are wise of the fact that is also a great material for making bomb devices. I bet your fellow Marymorons will love that!

by **assateague** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:01 am

Marymorons- I like that! Usually we save that for the Baltimorons, but it certainly applies to most across the Bay! :lol:

by **Flightstopper** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:06 am

out of all the how to's and knowledge you've laid down on us I'm glad I can finally return the favor

by **assateague** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:57 pm

Finally got the formula right. 60 parts potassium nitrate, 40 parts sugar, 10 parts sulfur. The bamboo I lit tonight burned like a VERY smoky road flare for almost 4 minutes. Groundhogs in trouble tomorrow night.

by **Goldfish** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:56 am

What are you cooking, and why when putting that all together?

I know nothing about working with chemicals and the sort to make stuff like that.

by **assateague** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:12 pm

I don't know much either. That's why I've had to do it 4 times to get it just right! :lol:

Making smoke bombs/flares for groundhog holes. Burn up the oxygen, and replace it with a mildly toxic smoke. Works like a charm.

by **Goldfish** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:54 pm

Didn't I see a picture of you out there with your turkey fryer stove though? I was wondering what you do with the stove in making this stuff.

by **capt1972** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:19 pm

assateague wrote:Finally got the formula right. 60 parts potassium nitrate, 40 parts sugar, 10 parts sulfur. The bamboo I lit tonight burned like a VERY smoky road flare for almost 4 minutes. Groundhogs in trouble tomorrow night.

video!

please?

by **assateague** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:05 pm

I tried last night, but it was too dark for the iPhone. I'll make it up to you, cap. :lol:

by **assateague** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:23 pm

Headed out to kill groundhogs. Taking the tractor, to use the roof as a bell tower, the .32 mag, and a milk crate of smoke bombs. And a Rockstar.

by **Olly** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:34 pm

Is there a better way to spend the afternoon?

by **assateague** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:30 pm

Had to get a taller shooting platform out.

by **assateague** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:32 pm

by **capt1972** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:35 pm

assateague wrote:.

I want to come to your house, I've always wanted to drive one of them things!

by **assateague** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:40 pm

Olly wrote:Is there a better way to spend the afternoon?

Not this time of year!

by **assateague** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:57 am

The final prototype. Basically the finished product.

by **huntall6** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:29 pm

capt1972 wrote:
assateague wrote:.

I want to come to your house, I've always wanted to drive one of them things!

Its overrated.

Assa, if I ever need help with making live creatures dissapear, you are going to be my first phone call.

by **Goldfish** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:51 pm

assa Carl Spackler teague wrote:The final prototype. Basically the finished product.

You're varmints. You're one of the lowest members of the food chain and you'll probably be replaced by the rat. Well, I have been pushed. It's about time somebody teaches these varmints a little lesson about morality and about what it's like to be a decent, upstanding member of a society!