Garden Raider 2025

[JD338]

We put in a new garden this year. It's bigger and gets full sun. Even added irrigation.
Sue has been working on it quite a bit. She started tomatoes from seed over the winter. We've had plenty of rain, soil ph is good and things are starting to grow and flourish.
Well we now have a garden raider. It's taken out tomatoes, broccoli and peppers. Sue is not a happy camper.
She just got her 7-08 from the vault. Pretty sure something is going to die when she breaks in her Weatherby Camelia Wilderness rifle on the garden raider. Don't mess with this woman's garden.
FWIW, she knows it's not me!

JD338

 

[NYDAN]

Oh, oh. Something is in deep trouble!

 

[salmonchaser]

Yep those ladies and their gardens can be quite particular.

 

[bkordon]

Please don't share when it happens. That way we can be your alibi

 

[RL338]

Well we now have a garden raider. It's taken out tomatoes, broccoli and peppers. Sue is not a happy camper.

Years ago we I made a birdhouse for looks to put out on the water faucet post by the garden. All be darn , the birds stripped off all the leaves on the young plants and built a nest in side of it.

 

[hunter24605]

yep, it just got real.

 

[Wolfshead]

Gardens can be very calming, especially without the “added irritation”….

 

[TackDriver284]

We put in a new garden this year. It's bigger and gets full sun. Even added irritation.
Sue has been working on it quite a bit. She started tomatoes from seed over the winter. We've had plenty of rain, soil ph is good and things are starting to grow and flourish.
Well we now have a garden raider. It's taken out tomatoes, broccoli and peppers. Sue is not a happy camper.
She just got her 7-08 from the vault. Pretty sure something is going to die when she breaks in her Weatherby Camelia Wilderness rifle on the garden raider. Don't mess with this woman's garden.
FWIW, she knows it's not me!

JD338

I'm sure she can handle it.

 

[JD338]

I reckon so Mark!
She's been watching over the garden like a hawk.

JD338

 

[truck driver]

I reckon so Mark!
She's been watching over the garden like a hawk.

JD338

Maybe it's a night raider and she needs to set out a trail camera to see what time it has been raiding the garden

 

[3 Meter Para Bellum]

Oh, she'll get it I'm sure. Let us know when she nails the culprit.

 

[RL338]

I use to have a 12ga for critter control for the garden , however it was more destructive than the cause. Picked up a .410 H&R and took the 12ga back down to the farm.

 

[JD338]

Maybe it's a night raider and she needs to set out a trail camera to see what time it has been raiding the garden

Roger,
I'm with you. We already set up a camera. Great minds think alike.

JD338

 

[Charlie-NY]

I had a 500sq/ft organic garden for a number of years. I produced way more vegetables than I could even give away, but it kept my family and coworkers happy. LOL
I have always had to contend with rampant weeds and marauding critters, including birds. Over the years I made the garden smaller, trapped animals night & day and started to cage all of the tomatoes. It was all for naught. Squirrels and birds would go under the 4'x8' cages and eat the tomatoes. The squirrels would drag the tomatoes out of the cages but the dumb birds always got stuck inside.
Last year I finally gave up. The garden was great to have but just too much work and problems to contend with. The entire area is sod now and it's easy to mow.
FWIW - I live in a fairly dense suburban area and shooting the critters wasn't a viable option.

JD338 - good luck with the garden. Fresh homegrown veggies are the best!

 

[JD338]

Thanks Charlie. We have a woodchuck and his days are numbered. He's going to get introduced to a 140 gr BT from her 7-08 any day now.

JD338

 

[FOTIS]

A woman scorned......

 

[NYDAN]

Question: "How much lead could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck lead?"

Answer: Less than 140 grains, since 140 grains would be a lethal dose.

 

[wvbuckbuster]

I live in a small town that has a deer problem. Real pain to keep them out of the garden not to mention the birds. Constant battel so I gave up. Like the fresh veggies but can't eradicate the poachers

 

[JD338]

Well the Weatherby Camelia Wilderness in 7-08 spoke with authority this afternoon. She got a woodchuck using a 140 gr BT at 82 yards.
I shot a woodchuck yesterday with the 308 and a 168 gr BT at 100 yards. We saw another one across the pond. That one will be a 150 yard shot when the opportunity presents itself.
The garden is safe for now.

JD338

 

[TackDriver284]

Well the Weatherby Camelia Wilderness in 7-08 spoke with authority this afternoon. She got a woodchuck using a 140 gr BT at 82 yards.
I shot a woodchuck yesterday with the 308 and a 168 gr BT at 100 yards. We saw another one across the pond. That one will be a 150 yard shot when the opportunity presents itself.
The garden is safe for now.

JD338

I love the 168 BT for my .308, but was not able to find any for years. I currently have the 165 BT as a replacement. The 168 shoots a little tighter than the 165's.
Good job on the woodchucks.