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CaboRon
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It is a proper noun ... a brand name .... how rediculous to bleep it 
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HotSchott
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Soak the anthill(s) with a hose or 5 gal bucket of water and wait for the ants to bring up their larva. Then spray with Triazicide. Propane torch
works great too, but you have to watch where you torch.
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Bob and Susan
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"Spic n Span"
maybe you spelled it WRONG???
[Edited on 8-10-2009 by Bob and Susan]
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vandy
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Spic n Span or "Spic n Span"
Maybe it's the quotation marks
The stuff works on bugs in the house though
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Pompano
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Hey BajaNomads, como esta? Been Far North for a spell. Good to be back aboard. So..got a big ant problem?
(How about some fun? I like this thread, not so...intense.)
ANTS!
"The trouble is...you kill one, and two take it's place."
Here's a proven 2 step program to success.
Step One. AWARENESS
Discovering and acknowledging you have an ant problem.
Have you heard reports of strange flying objects?
Any RV's found torn apart and large suspicious footprints nearby?
Hear eerie shrill chirping sounds coming from large holes in the desert?
Has there ever been a radiation leakage in your neighborhood?
Have you ever come across a little girl wandering the desert near your Baja home, mute and in a state of shock? If so, then have her smell the
contents of a vial of formic acid. If that smell frees her from her state of near-catatonic withdrawal, screaming "Them! Them!"..then you have a
problem with ants...BIG ants.
Step Two. THE BEST DEFENSE IS A STRONG OFFENSE
Be resolute..do not avoid confronting the problem.
Let's face it, you gotta buck up and kill those queens.
(Now you folks from San Francisco - don't get nervous, we're talking ants here.)
If you come across an ant trail, they'll certainly be worker ants foraging. You must destroy as many of the worker ants as possible with a .45 cal
Thompson machine gun. Revolvers have little effect. These ants will be the size of automobiles.
(Hint: shoot for the antennae)
Now follow any surviving worker ants as they lead you back to the main colony. There should be a huge mound in the desert near a few shredded campers.
Load a large tanker truck with poison gas and drive it next to the hole. Pump the contents into the colony. There may be some collateral damage at
this point but don't let that deter you.
Wait for the gas to disapate and enter the mound cautiously....with many flamethrowers and more Thompsons. Scorch, fry and machinegun the living
beejeebers out of anything that is still moving. Hopefully you will kill any and all queens nesting there. There may be some collateral damage at
this point, but don't let that deter you.
The threat should be over now, but I would be remiss if I did not issue a grim warning that the atomic genie has been let out of the bottle.....and
further horrors may await mankind.
Amendment:
Unfortunately in our last ant shoot-out a queen got away and started a whole new colony in a LA sewer...but that's another story....
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Hey BajaNomads, como esta? Been Far North for a spell. Good to be back aboard. So..got a big ant problem?
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Hi Roger. Good to see you back. Are you here in person?
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vandenberg
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Roger,
Problem here is" No guns allowed "
So, the best I can do would be my BB gun and that would constitute "mucho" work in this heat.
Any other suggestions, like TNT or small nuclear device maybe.
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Cypress
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Pompano, Welcome back. I got an Idaho moose tag!!
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Pompano, Welcome back. I got an Idaho moose tag!! |
Now just hoping that you have better success hunting then you do fishing.
And, don't forget, those Idaho moose are smart and will be looking at you from either Washington or Montana territory and tempt you to break the
law.
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Cypress
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vanenberg, Thanks for the advice. Saw a decent bull this morn, still in velvet.
Not even thinking about breaking any laws. Will keep you posted on the moose hunting.
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Pompano
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There are ants here, too!
Hola Dennis,
Not quite to Baja yet. Got sidetracked coming south from the Northland and ended up here at the Sturgis Rally. Ever been to one of these? There are
lots of nice Sharkey-type places - stimulating conversations abound.
Hola Ed,
If you can get ahold of some C-4 we'll have a winner. Fire in the hole!
Hola Cypress,
I will return your cane pole and bobber soon. Ants ate the night crawlers, though..sorry. I recently heard the fish were coming back to Mulege...??
Idaho moose. Keep yer powder dry..windage and elevation, windage and elevation.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Skeet/Loreto
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Pompano: Welcome Home>
Please keep posting those great photos of you catches.
Skeet
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Pompano
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Hola Skeet,
De nada, amigo. I see you're still giving em hell here!
I had a blast reading your fishing comments just now...and all the retorts. Finest kind. Never confuse a good 'barb' with facts.
Glad to oblige with the upcoming photos. But will have to wait until I get back to Baja. The only recent ones I have are salmon, halibut, grayling,
char, lakers, and some puny rainbows. I did manage to snag a couple walleyes on the way south ...best shore lunch around.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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GeoRock
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I was told by MaryAnn H. that ants HATE cinnamon. So, I put cinnamon powder on an ant hill outside to test it out. They scattered quickly and
avoided contact with the powder. Ants would exit the hole and approach the cinnamon, only to become frantic and go back in the hole. Ants on the
outside of the hole, and on the outside of the cinnamon powder encircling the hole, would not cross the cinnamon no matter what.
The next morning the ants had piled sand gravel over the cinnamon and were travelling to and fro their ant hill once again.
However, I used the knowledge to spread cinnamon powder on the inside and outside of all window sills of my Bola house. Not a single ant has risked
the burning sensation of the cinnamon oil and entered my house since.
So, however it helps you, I do believe that ants do not like cinnamon powder.
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Pompano
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GeoRock,
In all seriousness, I remember this cinammon home remedy for stopping ant trails. It's a very old solution. My mother would use her old cinammon
sticks and grounds along some of the window sills. It worked for us.
Thinking of cinnamon and such..some more old advice moms gave us when we left home. Mine said if we were ever missing home too much to boil some
cinammon sticks, pickling juices, and nutmeg in a pan of water. The smells would take us right back to her kitchen.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
vanenberg, Thanks for the advice. Saw a decent bull this morn, still in velvet.
Not even thinking about breaking any laws. Will keep you posted on the moose hunting. |
Don't forget, No hunting in the Zoo.
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Hook
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Cinnamon is probably more expensive than most of the ant control products at the nursery.
We have quite a few red ant hills on our new lot and will be moving onto it within a month. Ferget about interdiction at the front door; I want to
begin doing pre-emptive strikes. Any recommendations???
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
vanenberg, Thanks for the advice. Saw a decent bull this morn, still in velvet.
Not even thinking about breaking any laws. Will keep you posted on the moose hunting. |
Cypress, where we hunt on the high plains we use Mother Nature to bag our moose for us. Just shoo them out onto the flatlands during a lightning
storm. Being so long-legged, they are the highest things around. Cooks 'em right on the spot, too. Can't beat a deal like that.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Cypress
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Pompano, vandenberg, Oh yea, I'm fired up! Those moose are long- legged. Saw a possible shooter the other day. The cane pole? Fiberglass is more
better. Been catching lots of 12" crappie and nice blue gills on a 12" fiberglass pole. Wiil be heading for the marsh country after the moose hunt.
Look out! Red fish, specs, flounder, etc. Gonna do some squirrel, hog and deer hunting.
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Pompano
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Cypress..
Think big.
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I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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