I was just outside and saw on a pillar that supported my front porch roof a grasshopper so I went to catch it. When I did, it brought back bunches of memories of catching grasshoppers and crickets several years ago. It was always fun.

 

 

 

The other day my friend caught a cicada too while looking for snakes near our school tennis fields. He said how he does this kind of stuff all the time.

 

 

 

Do any of you try to catch different animals or bugs like snakes or spiders, etc?

I like to when I'm drunk, because then it is more of a challenge and seems more fun. There are lots of lizards down here, so yeah. :thumbsup:

I used to try and catch butterflies. Haven't done that in yearssss. There's something a little bit sadistic about catching animals and pinning them to a plaque.

I was the classic 8 year old: trying to catch fireflies on a cool summer's evening. Was pretty fun, although while I was catching them, my little brother was killing them. :( . Haven't caught anything recently, although my neighbors and I (armed with basketballs) went on a rampage trying to capture a rabbit that had been eating our plants and having babies that ate our plants. We never caught it, and got many cuts and bruises in the chase. But it was pure awesomeness nevertheless.

Relating to Zeirro, I was at a friends party and 5 of my friends and I spent at least 3 hours trying to catch a mouse. :lol: I used to catch tadpoles, when i was like 10, for fun.

I've always wanted to catch a goose. Just set up snares around the public park or something :lol:

I used to catch lizards all the time when I was a youngin'. Once I even caught a praying mantis. It attacked me with those big forearms, that hurt.

I like trying to catch Ducks, Chickens and other birds whenever I go somewhere that has them on the loose. The closest I got was touching a Peacock, then it kind of freaked out and ran away.

whenever some friends and I go to parks around where I live, we usually catch frogs, crawdads and snakes. :thumbsup:

Funny you should mention this, last night a few of my friends were wandering around campus (high of course) trying to catch this squirrel that was running away from us. It ended in the squirrel getting away and us laying on the ground for 15 minutes in a laughing fit.

My friend caught a grasshopper once and it bit him! :o

 

 

 

As for me, I've caught all sorts of bugs, lizards, turtles (one snapping turtle that fought back), fish (with nets of course), crayfish (crawdads), a few birds that got stuck in our garden, and 1 rabbit (it was a baby that lost its mother, so not the smartest thing). And to think I grew up in suburbia.

 

 

 

I've never tried to catch something drunk. Hmmm....

My friend and I were at Seaworld and found some rabbits by a grassy area. The workers told us that we could go ahead and try to catch them because in like 6 years of them being there, no one had ever done it. So, we got some bread, and wandered around for about an hour until we found a good sized cardboard box, a stick, and some string. We went back to the rabbits and set our trap and bait. After a good 30 minutes of luring a rabbit until it was about 2 inches from us being able to pull the string and catch it, some 300 pound fat soccer mom and her overweight kids come by and scare them off. :wall: . After getting pissed at them and waiting till they wandered off, we had ourselves a rabbit in the next 20 minutes. Best wasted 2ish hours of my life ever. Then we went and showed it off two people, before releasing it before we left. We had that thing for a good six hours. I believe I advanced a Hunter level for that.

My friend and I were at Seaworld and found some rabbits by a grassy area. The workers told us that we could go ahead and try to catch them because in like 6 years of them being there, no one had ever done it. So, we got some bread, and wandered around for about an hour until we found a good sized cardboard box, a stick, and some string. We went back to the rabbits and set our trap and bait. After a good 30 minutes of luring a rabbit until it was about 2 inches from us being able to pull the string and catch it, some 300 pound fat soccer mom and her overweight kids come by and scare them off. :wall: . After getting pissed at them and waiting till they wandered off, we had ourselves a rabbit in the next 20 minutes. Best wasted 2ish hours of my life ever. Then we went and showed it off two people, before releasing it before we left. We had that thing for a good six hours. I believe I advanced a Hunter level for that.

 

You realize you probably killed it because of it being so scared for six hours.

It didn't seem very scared, actually. When we released it, it didnt even leave immediately, it hung around for like 30 seconds, then walked off.

I don't normally try to catch them, but I improvise a flamethrower for spiders (WD40 + lighter) and I whacked the hell out of a butterfly with a gold club once..

I used to catch lizards all the time when I was a youngin'. Once I even caught a praying mantis. It attacked me with those big forearms, that hurt.

 

 

 

 

 

Heh, me and Deloria caught two praying mantises once, put them both in the same little cage, and they had babies... then when we got up the next morning one had the other half way in is mouth, poor guy. :lol: :lol:

Oh, the memories. Summer up at the cottage everyday trying to catch anything that moves. Turtles, frogs, grasshoppers, dragonflies, fish (With a net, BTW), maybe even that elusive snake that would sunbathe on the rock. Also got a praying mantis once, and one of those walking stick things. Everytime I go up to my cottage now I usually catch something. Usually a frog, sometimes a snake, once even a catfish with my hands. My goal for next summer is a big ol' snapping turtle. Should be fun, if I don't lose a finger or two.

 

 

 

Really though, catching stuff was my childhood. It was always "Hey, look at that snake, lets go catch it." Or "I bet you can't catch that seagull." Anyone ever managed to catch a seagull with a towel? That's another goal for next summer.

 

 

 

Oh, and my cat catches a small bird or chipmunk close to every other day.

 

then when we got up the next morning one had the other half way in is mouth, poor guy. :lol: :lol:

 

 

 

I'm pretty sure that's suppose to happen with those things.

I used to hunt for spiders. Spiders come out just after sunset when they start making their webs. Basically, we do spider-fighting. It was pretty exciting [cabbage] watching them go at each other.

 

 

 

I also caught dragonflies. We [bleep]ed those things up pretty horribly (ie. tear off their wings / put leaves up their tale /etc.)

I used to hunt for lizards when I was 10. They hung around those things that drain rainwater from those ditches near the rooftops of houses, so I went checking for lizards, and I caught quite a few.

We also caught homeless kittens. To keep them from overbreeding, we put the kittens in sacks and drown them at the beach.

We also caught homeless kittens. To keep them from overbreeding, we put the kittens in sacks and drown them at the beach.

 

:uhh: *hides kitty behind her... far far far away from shadow.*

 

 

 

I used to catch fish with line.. and my mom would cook it. we had a pond in the backyard. this was in my home country.

 

I also used to go to the ricefields with my dad and catch fish by cast net. 8-) ....

Well last night I was faced with a battle. I went to my suppliers house to pick up a HP and I bring it back to my house and decided I had to smoke some of it. So I twist an L with a couple friends and start smoking, well this BIG and I MEAN HUGE, probably like 7-8 inches when its legs were sprawled out lands on the table in front of the L.

 

 

 

So it was , reach in and grab this L next to this big pissed off spider, or let Mr Iron Lung spider steal it. So I took a jar, and put him in the jar and now he's sitting in my backyard all mad. I think Im going to find another one and let them fight. He/she will definatly win.

sometimes with friends i put up traps for the stray cats around my apartment

I catch snakes. Sometimes.