Prairie dogs sucked up by vacuum (That's ONE way to get rid of 'em...)

AZCentral.com / Arizona Republic ^ | 9.28.03 | David Kelly

[mhking]

CORTEZ, Colo. - On a lonesome alfalfa field in the shadow of the San Juan Mountains, a little brown head pops up and swivels like a periscope in its hole.

Not far away, Gay Balfour squints hard in the midday sun. "That's it!" he exclaims, leaping into his boxy truck and gunning it down the field. The head swiftly disappears.

[Gorzaloon]

And the acronym stands for....

MAPP is a Dow trademark for methylacetylene propadiene. It is sold in yellow Bernzomatic cylinders, for torches that use it..Some torches come with an extra MAPP orifice. It is not as dangerous as acetylene, and has more BTUs/pound, but burns hotter than propane.

When used with cutting torches, it conserves on oxygen use.

[biggerten]

Checkout the following website - death to moles!

http://rodenator.com/rodenator_pro

The Rodenator Pro TM uses a controlled mixture of propane and oxygen that is injected in the rodents burrow. A built-in, self contained ignition system then ignites the mixture, creating an underground shockwave or concussion that instantly kills the rodent and collapses the tunnel system of most burrowing rodents species.

[pabianice]

Can we bring one to the Democratic National Convention next year?

"And now, I'd like to introduce our next spea...WOOSH...EYowww!...*THUMP*...

[Revelation 911]

A prairie dog, sucked out of its home at speeds approaching 60 mph, spins up the 5-inch-wide hose, banks off a foam wall and slides into the back of the truck.

The twelve year old in me is laughing and giggling - I cant stop - something very bugs bunny about the whole thing

[Bulldog1967]

Nothing that can't be solved with the application of .223!

[ctlpdad]

Rodenator Pro Price: $1845.00

That's a big chunk o' change, but looks a bit safer that just sticking a standard homeowner propane or mapp torch in the hole & sparking, especially with the loggers hardhat.

[glorgau]

A built-in, self contained ignition system then ignites the mixture, creating an underground shockwave or concussion that instantly kills the rodent and collapses the tunnel system of most burrowing rodents species

This is roughly analogous to methods used against the Taliban in Afghanistan!

[sheik yerbouty]

Why not find a way to smuggle the prairie dogs into some jihadistan to wreak havoc?

[wardaddy]

Sod poodle ping.

[mhking]

"And now, I'd like to introduce our next spea...WOOSH...EYowww!...*THUMP*...

You're bad...I love it!

[MediaMole]

Old CNN video on this guy...

2.2MB MOV video

[dennisw]

hahahahaha

[dennisw]

VarmintCong in my sights

[mtbopfuyn]

Don't suppose the journalist could add another sentence on what happens to the prairie dogs after they're caught.

[Charles Martel]

I wonder... does this guy have the only "varmint vacuum" truck? I could swear that I've read about this operation before - except the prairie dogs were simply relocated, not caged in someone's garage.

As I recall, someone here on FR once mentioned following the vacuum truck to its rural destination - with a scoped rifle!

[NTW64]

Still laughing @ You got your sulkers, your whiners, your complainers ... you know, just like Democrats. You have to wonder why these groups would rather see the animals bludgeoned instead of any other method, because thats all they are causing to happen.

[bicycle thug]

The Black footed ferret only exists in small numbers in captivity because of prairie dog eradication. That's what happens when people exterminate too deeply into any species' population.

I do applaud this guy fo finding a better way to deal with them then by using poison. But I would be happier if their main preditor was still enriching the ecosystem it was once a part of.

[Atlas Sneezed]

I think these vacuums are a shameful waste of perfectly good varmint hunting opportunities!

[BayouCoyote]

There IS a better way..


www.dogbegone.com

[Joe Hadenuf]

Yikes......