Saje 800,000, Richard 0

Yep, zero. Richard never even got a point on the board. I put the trap out on Saturday, June 13 at 9:45. By Sunday, June 14 at 8:40, Richard was in the cage. I had honestly given him more credit than that.

Richard, you were a very unworthy advosary.

The boys and I drove him out to Greeley and dropped him off at the McEwens gas station. It is right next to some lovely green space with lots of trees.
I hope he is having a ball.

Richard's First Video Vignette

So that was prior to 9:45 am so no points yet accumulated. Lets see how long he makes it.

An Open Letter

Dear Mr Bunny,

You have been living off of the avails of my yard for long enough. It is time for you to leave. If the recurrent barking emanating from both my husband and my children, bless their barking little hearts, has not been sufficient to get this point across, now you have it.
After you chewed holes through my hockey net just to get to the other side, I had enough. Just in case you are a Mrs Bunny, I have waited long enough into the season that your (potential) little bunnies will be fine without you. I think that was generous of me, you are free to disagree.

Here are the rules. They are the same as Stephen King's "Running Man" with three notable exceptions. I'm not sure if you've had time to read it in between visits to my garden, but you really should pick up a copy, it is a pretty good read. If you don't have time to read it, apparently it was made in to a Movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger as Richard (for our purposes, would be your role).

So here are the rules. I set the trap tonight at 9:45. For every 24 hours you stay outside of it you get two points. In the end, I am looking to trap you. When I do that, I get 800,000 points. If you make it to the one month mark, I'll give you 800,000 points plus the ones you've earned up to then. The notable exceptions are as follows, 1-I am not going to move the trap, so I am not really "hunting you"; 2-you are not expected to send in any video vignettes to prove you are still alive we'll take a "no news is good news" sort of approach to this thing; and 3-I am not trying to kill you, just re-locate you.
So Mr(s) Bunny. ITS ON

Daddy v Bunny - Part I of II

I'll start this message by stating that no bunnies were harmed in the making of this blog post. Yesterday my Sunshine (that's my wife) went out briefly with Monkey and left big C and I to get ready for supper. I looked out our window and noticed that the bunny we hadn't seen in weeks was next door relieving himself on our neighbours yard. He gave me that glint in his eye that said 'that's right, I'm back. What're you gonna do about it? '. I knew that in the position he had placed himself he was pinned. I called the neighbours to find out if I could come into their yard to catch him. No answer. At this time I took it up myself to do a quick test of the security of our property. I placed Big C in the back yard with me, took two of our patio chairs and put one on our side of the fence and one on our neighbours and delicately hopped the fence. I had thrown a large Rubbermaid container over with me so that I could catch the little varmint. After about 5 minutes of a little dance back and forth I trapped him under the Rubbermaid container right hear the hedge line.
Victory was mine! I had him pinned under the container and now had to hop back over the fence to get the lid to trap him entirely so that I could go release him in the woods. Big C was very helpful and kept a close eye on the container (which I secured with a bag of Black Earth) while I got a large board to enclose the bunny.

Then Sunshine and Monkey came home. It took a little bit of explaining to get them to understand just what I was doing with Big C on one side of the fence and me on the other with a large container. Once they found out that our nemesis the bunny had been caught, we were off in the car to release him. Monkey and Big C were quite excited that we were finding the bunny a new home where he would lots of good things to eat - other than mommy's flowers. We arrived at the place in the woods and took the makeshift trap out of the trunk. I stood triumphantly over the container, Sunshine poised at the camera, and lifted the lid on the count of the 3. And....

no bunny.

Darn magic bunny.

Official score : Bunny 1, daddy no score.

Daddy v Bunny - Part II of II

So the bunny came back the very next day.

Magic bunny, you're mine.

I spent all last night trying to figure out how you escaped the trap and where you had hidden while I celebrated your apparent capture.

Sunshine and Monkey were on the back step having a little chat after dinner when she told me to come quickly and bring the container. The bunny was now in our yard flaunting his independence. He was on the north side, so he could get trapped if the area by the gate was secured. I took the back yard and Sunshine monitored the gate. The dance this time was much shorter, however this time the capture was confirmed by Sunshine, who did an excellent job of ensuring that he didn't escape.

We loaded the kids back into the car (though we may need to explain to the boys what deja vu is) and headed out to the spot in the woods. There was enough kicking and movement in the container the reassure us that either the bunny was indeed trapped or he was really, really good at this game.

The trap was brought out of the trunk, complete with the hunter pose for the camera, and it was placed on the ground. Again on the count of 3 (and this time with feeling) the lid was lifted and....off he went. He scurried off , in the direction of our house, and hopefully found himself a new home. Good luck little bunny and good riddance.

Official score: bunny 1, daddy 1.

(let there be no tie breaker)