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Post by madm002 on Apr 5, 2024 14:57:12 GMT -5
Seeing the post about agamas inspired me.
1. A couple of years ago I get a call from my wife. Ruthie is screaming, its in the house, what to do. It seems a big lizard, not the little Cuban lizards, but one about 8 inches long dropped off a plant into her shirt and then she was inside. I was in Bogotá at the time........ She eventually recovered after therapy.
2. Yesterday we are moving some of the last crap from the old house. I have an art piece that is hanging on the wall for oh 20 years. I pick it up and take it to the truck. Miss Ruth is sitting in the passenger seat and I hand it to her. One minute later she starts screaming its on me. Yup, another big lizard was in the art pieces and fell in her, ummm, feminine regions. Little bastard then scooted up in the truck and I could not find him. I know I will regret that for awhile when he dies.
Any other lizard stories?
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Post by conchydong on Apr 5, 2024 15:27:11 GMT -5
I am constantly on the hunt for Iguanas. Many times I can’t get a shot with the air rifle but I have killed just as many or more by chasing them and they have a tendency to hop in my pool. Once they are in there I have a 100% kill rate. I have a big leaf net and a 3’ piece of 2x 4 on standby. I scoop them with the net and clobber them in the head with the 2x. My biggest problem is when I kill them after a recent garbage pickup and they start to stink before the next pickup.
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Post by tampaspicer on Apr 5, 2024 15:30:21 GMT -5
I am constantly on the hunt for Iguanas. Many times I can’t get a shot with the air rifle but I have killed just as many or more by chasing them and they have a tendency to hop in my pool. Once they are in there I have a 100% kill rate. I have a big leaf net and a 3’ piece of 2x 4 on standby. I scoop them with the net and clobber them in the head with the 2x. My biggest problem is when I kill them after a recent garbage pickup and they start to stink before the next pickup. You ever eat one? |
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Post by biminitwisted on Apr 5, 2024 15:30:39 GMT -5
Rub 'em behind the ear 'till they open their mouth and you can clip them on your lobes like earrings. She'll love that.
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Post by conchydong on Apr 5, 2024 15:34:45 GMT -5
I am constantly on the hunt for Iguanas. Many times I can’t get a shot with the air rifle but I have killed just as many or more by chasing them and they have a tendency to hop in my pool. Once they are in there I have a 100% kill rate. I have a big leaf net and a 3’ piece of 2x 4 on standby. I scoop them with the net and clobber them in the head with the 2x. My biggest problem is when I kill them after a recent garbage pickup and they start to stink before the next pickup. You ever eat one? No. I can eat alligators,snakes and turtles but Iguanas give me the creeps. |
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Post by tampaspicer on Apr 5, 2024 15:53:04 GMT -5
Never had one but friend of mine told me they were not to bad.
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Post by jmarkb on Apr 5, 2024 19:27:42 GMT -5
Never had one but friend of mine told me they were not to bad. No way except starvation, or an offer of lots of free money I'm putting those nasty lizards in my mouth. I'm with Conchy on this one. Gators, frogs, snakes, and a bunch of other critters but not a freaking iguana. Or oysters either. |
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Post by TRTerror on Apr 5, 2024 19:50:13 GMT -5
Man...I'm surprised at the pickiness of you rich , Big City full fridge Publix sub eatin wimps.
Delicacy in Peru. I've cooked Lemon Perry Lizard a dozen times.
White meat , a little tough. Really just like Gator.
Either that or it was the Beer...
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Post by tonyroma on Apr 5, 2024 19:53:21 GMT -5
A lizard whomping stick🤣🤣🤣🤣can’t get the mental image out of my head.
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Post by bullfrog on Apr 6, 2024 8:36:36 GMT -5
I’d eat an iguana. They’re just vegetarians. I bet they’re similar to gopher tortoise.
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Post by tonyroma on Apr 6, 2024 8:42:57 GMT -5
I am constantly on the hunt for Iguanas. Many times I can’t get a shot with the air rifle but I have killed just as many or more by chasing them and they have a tendency to hop in my pool. Once they are in there I have a 100% kill rate. I have a big leaf net and a 3’ piece of 2x 4 on standby. I scoop them with the net and clobber them in the head with the 2x. My biggest problem is when I kill them after a recent garbage pickup and they start to stink before the next pickup. Why do you kill them Conchy? Not judging just curious. |
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Post by bullfrog on Apr 6, 2024 9:11:57 GMT -5
I am constantly on the hunt for Iguanas. Many times I can’t get a shot with the air rifle but I have killed just as many or more by chasing them and they have a tendency to hop in my pool. Once they are in there I have a 100% kill rate. I have a big leaf net and a 3’ piece of 2x 4 on standby. I scoop them with the net and clobber them in the head with the 2x. My biggest problem is when I kill them after a recent garbage pickup and they start to stink before the next pickup. Why do you kill them Conchy? Not judging just curious. Aren’t they hard on yards and gardens? |
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Post by Zif on Apr 6, 2024 9:40:38 GMT -5
Once saw a woman in the neighborhood plant over a hundred dollars worth of decorative flowers in her front yard. They didn't even last one day lol.
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Post by conchydong on Apr 6, 2024 9:44:49 GMT -5
I am constantly on the hunt for Iguanas. Many times I can’t get a shot with the air rifle but I have killed just as many or more by chasing them and they have a tendency to hop in my pool. Once they are in there I have a 100% kill rate. I have a big leaf net and a 3’ piece of 2x 4 on standby. I scoop them with the net and clobber them in the head with the 2x. My biggest problem is when I kill them after a recent garbage pickup and they start to stink before the next pickup. Why do you kill them Conchy? Not judging just curious. Like Bullfrog said they can destroy your garden. They also can burrow under your slabs (driveways etc) and cause structural damage and finally they shit on my pool deck and it is almost like glue. Sometimes I have to get out the pressure cleaner to clean it. They have even shit in my pool before. |
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Post by tonyroma on Apr 6, 2024 9:50:59 GMT -5
Got it, we rented a house in the keys. Drinking a beer with one hand, feeding an iguana with the other. Guess the novelty wears off when you have to live with them.
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Post by 4ward on Apr 6, 2024 9:56:36 GMT -5
As a kid in Palm Beach County in the 70’s, we didn’t have all the invasive lizards, snakes and fish.
I sure did hone my shooting skills with a crossman 760 and 10,000 or so anole lizards though.
We were pretty brutal on those things, firecrackers and bottle rockets usually involved. I won’t go into detail 😇
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Post by swampdog on Apr 6, 2024 15:59:18 GMT -5
I keep a daisy BB gun handy for Cuban tree frogs. I’ve been pretty successful in making them scarce around our home. One trick is to use a small net to capture them off the lights or lit up walls, take them into the yard and dump them out for a hoping chance. I’m about 90% on the kill rate.
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Post by tonyroma on Apr 6, 2024 19:27:41 GMT -5
I keep a daisy BB gun handy for Cuban tree frogs. I’ve been pretty successful in making them scarce around our home. One trick is to use a small net to capture them off the lights or lit up walls, take them into the yard and dump them out for a hoping chance. I’m about 90% on the kill rate. cuban tree frogs used to get a pass, then I heard they can carry rat lunge disease. They now get the daisy treatment, don’t want my dogs eating them. |
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Post by jmarkb on Apr 6, 2024 19:31:04 GMT -5
Man...I'm surprised at the pickiness of you rich , Big City full fridge Publix sub eatin wimps. Delicacy in Peru. I've cooked Lemon Perry Lizard a dozen times. White meat , a little tough. Really just like Gator. Either that or it was the Beer... I'm not a Big City anything. And I have never been to Peru. |
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Post by jmarkb on Apr 6, 2024 19:35:12 GMT -5
As a kid in Palm Beach County in the 70’s, we didn’t have all the invasive lizards, snakes and fish. I sure did hone my shooting skills with a crossman 760 and 10,000 or so anole lizards though. We were pretty brutal on those things, firecrackers and bottle rockets usually involved. I won’t go into detail 😇 We dang sure had walking catfish. Maybe it was only in Green Acres where I grew up (for non PBC folks, yes that's really the name of a town in PBC). |
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Apr 6, 2024 19:41:11 GMT -5
I lived in greenacres back in 78-79
Sure wish I'd of kept that triplex
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Post by stc1993 on Apr 6, 2024 22:04:32 GMT -5
I remember reading about the walking catfish in the late 60s.
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