Rats/possums - potatoe/potahto. There was an old saying back on the farm where I was raised: "Shoot, shovel and shut-up."
Every bit of this. I know possums eat mosquitos and are oh so wonderful according to my hipster friends who think living in the city of Nashville is "the country." Kill the damn thing and move on!
ETA: I use the shovel as the killing instrument too!
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(BTW - they identified themselves with the term Jew-Bu's - I'd never heard that before.)
"Bring" as in "look what the cat dragged in"? Caught, killed and brought in - that kind of "bring"?

While DW & I were at WDW we left the cat at home with the garage door open just a bit so she could go outside if she wanted to(via access through a cat door from the garage to the house.) DD was in charge of checking in on the cat and feeding her while we were out of town. The cat had dragged her prey in through the cat door to demonstrate her hunting prowess. Unfortunately DD had her two toddlers along with her when she dropped by to feed the cat...and the grizzly scene was witnessed by them.
The children felt that our cat must have been playing with the bunny and had an accident.
Our DGDs are now nearly 6 and 4 1/2--this happened two or three years ago and they still remember this and mention it from time to time. Over the years I've been able to rescue a couple of her victims and return them to the woods across the street. In her old age she hardly goes out at all any more and usually just stays on the front porch for a couple of minutes so the wildlife in the neighborhood can breathe easier provided they don't have the temerity to cross Thistle's territory.


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