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I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I
tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank |
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On Mar 23, 2:31 pm, "Frank" wrote:
I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Fruit or raw fish in a Havahart trap. Fruit stinks less. Or call your county DoAg extension office. ----- - gpsman |
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Frank wrote:
I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank If I had that problem I'd probably try catching in my Hav-a-hart trap. Only time I ever encountered a possum in my yard was this time of year and he was pretty docile and I could have approached and clubbed him or shot with my bow. He did bare his teeth when I poked at him with a rake so be careful. |
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Use a small lunch can of tuna in the trap. Scatter some to make a trail into
trap. Your possum's behavior is strange in that it does not leave garage at night assuming you leave the door open. Be careful the possum may be diseased. Rat poison pellets in the tuna might kill it eventually but that is probably illegal. "Frank" frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote in message . .. Frank wrote: I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank If I had that problem I'd probably try catching in my Hav-a-hart trap. Only time I ever encountered a possum in my yard was this time of year and he was pretty docile and I could have approached and clubbed him or shot with my bow. He did bare his teeth when I poked at him with a rake so be careful. |
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On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:31:55 -0500, "Frank"
wrote: I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank gunfire |
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"Frank" wrote in message
. .. I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank During garden season, they go after my lettuce & cucumbers. Try those. If that doesn't work, call animal control. May as well get something for your tax dollars. |
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On 23 Mar 2008 19:23:46 GMT, Bert Byfield
wrote: I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank I had a pair of possums killing my chickens at night. I would find the heads in the hen house. So I listened for a fuss in the hen house at night, and went out with a flashlight and a .22, and shot them both dead, red-eyes glaring and teeth a-baring. The hens appreciated it. A neighbor said I should have eaten them, as possum makes good eats, but I'm mostly a city boy. You mean the hens; still with heads, appreciated it? I'm a swamp boy and won't eat a possum ) Take two potatoes, wrap well with foil, stuff into the possum. Cover and bake @ 350F. When done, remove potatoes and throw the possum in the yard! |
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Oren wrote:
On 23 Mar 2008 19:23:46 GMT, Bert Byfield wrote: I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank I had a pair of possums killing my chickens at night. I would find the heads in the hen house. So I listened for a fuss in the hen house at night, and went out with a flashlight and a .22, and shot them both dead, red-eyes glaring and teeth a-baring. The hens appreciated it. A neighbor said I should have eaten them, as possum makes good eats, but I'm mostly a city boy. You mean the hens; still with heads, appreciated it? I'm a swamp boy and won't eat a possum ) Take two potatoes, wrap well with foil, stuff into the possum. Cover and bake @ 350F. When done, remove potatoes and throw the possum in the yard! I ate groundhog once - tasted like chicken. Also reminds me of a hunter's suggestion on what to do with snow geese shot in the marsh - take out breasts - freeze - use for crab bait in the spring. |
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Frank wrote:
I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank We had possums in our garage years back due to an opening they found at the back. I scattered moth balls all over inside especially in the "attic" and they departed, there's not much that likes the smell of mothballs. Yes, I then fixed the opening. Had another one in the back yard recently at night and after I shot it up a few times with a little spring gun that shoots plastic BBs it hasn't reappeared. Works well on neighborhood cats too. BTW, some animal control departments don't handle wild animals unless they pose a hazard. |
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have you actually SEEN him often? A 22 rifle will end the game.
s "Frank" wrote in message . .. I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank |
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Frank wrote in message ... I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank I used a cooked turkey neck in a box trap. It's not legal where I am to relocate them, so if you're going to relocate it, I wouldn't mention it to too many people. :-) Cheri |
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On Mar 23, 1:31*pm, "Frank" wrote:
I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? *Frank Reminds me of a story told on the Rick & Bubba radio show lately, when Rick had one in his garage. They called it a giant shark-rat - the body of a giant rat and the teeth of a shark. Really funny story! KC |
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DGDevin wrote in message ... BTW, some animal control departments don't handle wild animals unless they pose a hazard. Where I live, they won't relocate them, and you're not supposed to either. I think it's more of a don't ask, don't tell thing, and we'll turn a blind eye to it. Cheri |
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on 3/23/2008 2:31 PM Frank said the following:
I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank Leave the door open a bit. If it's chewing on the garage door rubber, it's trying to get out. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:28:08 -0600, "Bob"
wrote: "Frank" wrote in message ... I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank Trap it, then skin it - makes great barbecuse with lots of cornbread, watermelon, and apple blossom wine. And just what do you know about watermelon? |
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Here is my possum story. I used to feed a couple of neighborhood cats that
lived outside. I bought them a nice cat house for nasty weather so they could keep warm on my covered porch. One day it was thunderstorming and the 2 cats are keeping dry in my garage and I was thinking that the cat house wasn't doing much good on my porch so I was going to bring it into my garage. I go around the house in the thunderstorm and pick up the house and it seemed a bit heavy and I look inside and there are large possum teeth pointed at me. I put the house back down and let him go back to sleep. "Frank" wrote in message . .. I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank |
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"Frank" wrote in message . .. I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank Trap it, then skin it - makes great barbecuse with lots of cornbread, watermelon, and apple blossom wine. |
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Art wrote:
Here is my possum story. I used to feed a couple of neighborhood cats that lived outside. I bought them a nice cat house for nasty weather so they could keep warm on my covered porch. One day it was thunderstorming and the 2 cats are keeping dry in my garage and I was thinking that the cat house wasn't doing much good on my porch so I was going to bring it into my garage. I go around the house in the thunderstorm and pick up the house and it seemed a bit heavy and I look inside and there are large possum teeth pointed at me. I put the house back down and let him go back to sleep. (snip) Chuckle. There was a similar occurrence at my sister's previous house, where she lived with her previous husband. I was visiting there one September, and we were having a late-season cookout on the deck. We noticed the 2 lab dogs and the half-dozen cats were acting hinky, and not going near their outside food bowls on the deck which sat near a doghouse with plastic picture window, that the previous owner had left behind. (way too small for the labs, and the cats were not interested.) Look through the picture window with a flashlight, and a big old coon had taken up residence there- warm, dry, and a daily food supply 3 feet away. They quit keeping the outside bowls full, and the coon moved on after a couple of days.... -- aem sends... |
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Frank wrote:
I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank Opossums are the gypsies of the animal world. They hang around for a few days - maybe a week - then move on. I'm on one opossum's circuit; he shows up about every six months. Spends a week gorging himself on the outside cat's food then he's gone. I don't begrudge him too much - he's just trying to make a living. I'm out, oh, maybe three bucks in cat food twice a year. For me, it's a small price to pay for the novelty of seeing him munching away, almost oblivious to the world around him, while the cats wait patiently for their turn at the chow. 'Course he hasn't done any damage or attacked anything. |
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According to what I've read, possoms do not carry rabies or distemper and
their favorite food is slugs. You might want to pick on someone you own size next time. We had one that took up residence in our garage under a staircase. At certain points it stunk in the house from the possom. I checked it out under the staircase and the female was carrying a load of babies on its back. I screamed at it for a few minutes. It moved to quieter housing later that night. A few months later I pulled out all of the insulation to check for stains on the wood that I planned to treat with bleach. No signs of any stains what so ever. It certainly smelled but I have no idea what from. It apparently cleaned up after itself and babies. wrote in message ... On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:31:55 -0500, "Frank" wrote: I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank Any 22 caliber rifle or handgun will get rid of them quickly. I live in the country and shoot them all the time. They are slow and easy to shoot. I need to warn you though. Do not just shoot them once. Those things are very hardy. I've shot them right in the head and found them still moving an hour later. Even though they are disgusting worthless rodents that likely carry disease, I still dont like to see any critter suffer. So, blast about 5 shells into them and be sure they're dead. Once they've been shot, it's best to put a gew more shells right between their eyes. I'm not joking about being hardy. I once shot one in the side, it fell over and kept moving. I did not have any more 22 shells handy so stabbed a manure fork thru it. It still did not die, so I drove over it with my truck four times. I could not believe that it still walked away and crawled under a firewood pile, which I found from the trail of blood. That's when I went over to my neighbor and got some more 22 shells. I emptied 6 rounds in it before it was dead. They are some of the most disgusting animals around. Basically giant rats. I tolerate the coons and even the shunks around here, but possums die as fast as I can blast them. For some reason they like to hang out right by my front door too, so I always keep my rifle by that door. |
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Lisa BB. wrote in message ... Once caught, we line the trunk of the car with newspapers. Put on thick leather gloves so not to touch anything. The ground hogs usually growl and hiss. The possums usually sleep. LOL. The park is only a couple of miles away and we let the animals out and they make a new home. I was told that they have to be taken several miles away or they will find their way back, dunno if that's true, but AC won't do it here, and we aren't supposed to, but 25 miles to the Delta works around here. ;-) Cheri |
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Art wrote in message ... According to what I've read, possoms do not carry rabies or distemper and their favorite food is slugs. You might want to pick on someone you own size next time. They can do a fair amount of damage though, especially if they end up in an attic. Cheri |
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Frank wrote:
I have a possum in my garage that apparently does not like my free lunch. I tried peanuts, peanut butter tomatoes Kitty treats to no end. Seems he/she would rather chew on my garage door bottom. Any Ideas on how to catch or destroy this critter? Frank 2 weeks ago I had a possum in my garage. I put on my welding gloves and cornered the little critter. I was hoping it would faint, as they sometimes do (play possum), but this one didn't so I grabbed it by it's tail (they're quite slow) and dropped it in a cardboard box and xported it several miles to a rural location near a small stream and unloaded it into the ditch. No need to kill it, and I wouldn't shoot it in the garage anyway. No worries about neighbors as it is a rural area. YMMV. Steve southiowa |
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Lisa BB. wrote:
wrote in : We have plenty of wild critters around the neighborhood. We bought a trap and caught groundhogs,rabbits,possums. The rabbits we let them go because they don't do any harm around our yard. The others we take them to the huge park nearby and release them. I'm not sure if we're supposed to be doing this. We just make sure no park employees or some goodie goodie is nearby. The park is a wild habitat and not your run of the mill city park. There are large ravines and places where people won't be hiking. Once caught, we line the trunk of the car with newspapers. Put on thick leather gloves so not to touch anything. The ground hogs usually growl and hiss. The possums usually sleep. LOL. The park is only a couple of miles away and we let the animals out and they make a new home. My last experience with my Hava-a-hart was to catch a momma skunk. She was in the trap and her 4 kids were outside it and would not leave and were jumping all over the trap. In spite of this I managed to get it open and release her and never got sprayed. They say you can cover them up and transport them but there is no way a skunk is getting in my SUV. |
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On Mar 24, 12:17*pm, Frank frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote:
Lisa BB. wrote: wrote in : We have plenty of wild critters around the neighborhood. *We bought a trap and caught groundhogs,rabbits,possums. *The rabbits we let them go because they don't do any harm around our yard. *The others we take them to the huge park nearby and release them. * I'm not sure if we're supposed to be doing this. *We just make sure no park employees or some goodie goodie is nearby. *The park is a wild habitat and not your run of the mill city park. *There are large ravines and places where people won't be hiking. Once caught, we line the trunk of the car with newspapers. *Put on thick leather gloves so not to touch anything. *The ground hogs usually growl and hiss. *The possums usually sleep. LOL. *The park is only a couple of miles away and we let the animals out and they make a new home. My last experience with my Hava-a-hart was to catch a momma skunk. *She was in the trap and her 4 kids were outside it and would not leave and were jumping all over the trap. *In spite of this I managed to get it open and release her and never got sprayed. *They say you can cover them up and transport them but there is no way a skunk is getting in my SUV.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yeah, I've never understood folks who want to relocate the pests they catch. If they don't want them, what makes them think that ALL the folks and native animals in another area are going to want them. They're just too lazy to end the cycle of pestilence themselves. The only place pests should be relocated is undewater for a few minutes, and then into the earth, a garbage can, or in your pan if it's really good eatin'. |
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mike wrote:
Frank wrote: snip My last experience with my Hava-a-hart was to catch a momma skunk. *She was in the trap and her 4 kids were outside it and would not leave and were jumping all over the trap. *In spite of this I managed to get it open and release her and never got sprayed. *They say you can cover them up and transport them but there is no way a skunk is getting in my SUV. - Show quoted text - Yeah, I've never understood folks who want to relocate the pests they catch. If they don't want them, what makes them think that ALL the folks and native animals in another area are going to want them. They're just too lazy to end the cycle of pestilence themselves. The only place pests should be relocated is undewater for a few minutes, and then into the earth, a garbage can, or in your pan if it's really good eatin'. I agree with your policy about pest relocation, but in a case like Frank's I'd be hard pressed to put down the Mama skunk, too. I think I have more of a soft spot for skunks than most folks, though. As long as they're not stinking up my house, I say, "live and let live". They seem to have a similar attitude. I might feel differently if I kept chickens, though. Frank - good on you for getting the trap open without getting sprayed. R. Tom Q. |
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mike wrote:
On Mar 24, 12:17 pm, Frank frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote: Lisa BB. wrote: wrote in (snip) - - Show quoted text - Yeah, I've never understood folks who want to relocate the pests they catch. If they don't want them, what makes them think that ALL the folks and native animals in another area are going to want them. They're just too lazy to end the cycle of pestilence themselves. The only place pests should be relocated is undewater for a few minutes, and then into the earth, a garbage can, or in your pan if it's really good eatin'. What you call pestilence, most people call an ecosystem. The only reason the native animals (which predate humans in most locations) don't do what you propose to US, is that they don't have thumbs or guns. I'm not gonna kill some poor SOB of a coon or possum or whatever for just trying to make a living, as long as they stay outside. Most of them are even pretty amusing to watch. I spend many an hour watching the wildlife out my window- birds, deer, rabbits, squirrels, turkey, racoons, etc. I like them better than I like most people. I may not have a veggie/flower garden for them to snack on, but I also don't use chemicals on the yard, and they seem to feel safe there. A day after it snows, my backyard looks like a grade school playground with all the tracks leading to where the bird feeders are. Aside from the occasional turd on the porch, or the neigbor cat trying to use the bird feeder as a buffet (almost never successfully), no real problems. Now if I could just get the birds to stop slamming into the sliding doors... -- aem sends... |
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mike wrote: On Mar 24, 12:17 pm, Frank frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote: Lisa BB. wrote: wrote in (snip) - - Show quoted text - Yeah, I've never understood folks who want to relocate the pests they catch. If they don't want them, what makes them think that ALL the folks and native animals in another area are going to want them. They're just too lazy to end the cycle of pestilence themselves. The only place pests should be relocated is undewater for a few minutes, and then into the earth, a garbage can, or in your pan if it's really good eatin'. What you call pestilence, most people call an ecosystem. The only reason the native animals (which predate humans in most locations) don't do what you propose to US, is that they don't have thumbs or guns. I'm not gonna kill some poor SOB of a coon or possum or whatever for just trying to make a living, as long as they stay outside. Most of them are even pretty amusing to watch. I spend many an hour watching the wildlife out my window- birds, deer, rabbits, squirrels, turkey, racoons, etc. I like them better than I like most people. I may not have a veggie/flower garden for them to snack on, but I also don't use chemicals on the yard, and they seem to feel safe there. A day after it snows, my backyard looks like a grade school playground with all the tracks leading to where the bird feeders are. Aside from the occasional turd on the porch, or the neigbor cat trying to use the bird feeder as a buffet (almost never successfully), no real problems. Now if I could just get the birds to stop slamming into the sliding doors... -- aem sends... Why not live with the critter. He doesn't eat much. I've got moose showing up again this year. They don't fit in my SUV and don't want to be relocated anyhow. I've found that by selecting plant species that they don't favor they no longer do much damage. |
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Thread reminds me of pictures of raccoon I caught and released a while back:
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On Mar 25, 7:58*am, Frank frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote:
Thread reminds me of pictures of raccoon I caught and released a while back:http://home.comcast.net/~frank.logullo/thief.pdf Actually, I've recently eaten raccoon, and it's very good. Better than squirrel, by far. Killing something for the sake of killing it, IMO, is a bad thing to do. If it's not trying to kill you, and you're not going to eat it, you shouldn't kill it. That's a personal choice, though, and if you have the stomach to kill a living creature and throw it away like trash, go for it. I hunt (a lot), and am going to start raising chickens, and would raise rabbits if my wife would let me, so I don't have a problem with killing an animal for meat. My problem is killing an animal for nothing. I have actually hesitated getting chickens because 'coons will kill them. Having eaten 'coon now, having the chickens as "bait" will be a benefit, IMO. I live in the city, too, but have no problem sniping them with a pellet gun. When I have a problem with an animal that I can't eat (like a skunk), I'll use non-lethal, non-relocation methods to keep it from going where I don't want it. If it were up to me, you would have to carry a card in your wallet when you go to the store to buy meat, that shows you've taken a tour of a slaughterhouse and realize the impact you have when you buy meat. Too many people are ignorant about what they eat these days. |
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Mike wrote:
On Mar 25, 7:58 am, Frank frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote: Thread reminds me of pictures of raccoon I caught and released a while back:http://home.comcast.net/~frank.logullo/thief.pdf Actually, I've recently eaten raccoon, and it's very good. Better than squirrel, by far. Killing something for the sake of killing it, IMO, is a bad thing to do. If it's not trying to kill you, and you're not going to eat it, you shouldn't kill it. That's a personal choice, though, and if you have the stomach to kill a living creature and throw it away like trash, go for it. I hunt (a lot), and am going to start raising chickens, and would raise rabbits if my wife would let me, so I don't have a problem with killing an animal for meat. My problem is killing an animal for nothing. I have actually hesitated getting chickens because 'coons will kill them. Having eaten 'coon now, having the chickens as "bait" will be a benefit, IMO. I live in the city, too, but have no problem sniping them with a pellet gun. When I have a problem with an animal that I can't eat (like a skunk), I'll use non-lethal, non-relocation methods to keep it from going where I don't want it. If it were up to me, you would have to carry a card in your wallet when you go to the store to buy meat, that shows you've taken a tour of a slaughterhouse and realize the impact you have when you buy meat. Too many people are ignorant about what they eat these days. I hunt too and feel the same way. Friend of mine had a small farm and raised a beef cow which the family named Bosco. One day we were in a goose pit and friend offered me a roast beef sandwich which I declined. He said Bosco would be disappointed. I would not eat raccoon and am careful with them since rabies is endemic here. |
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pictures off raccoon
On Mar 25, 12:59*pm, Frank frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote:
Mike wrote: On Mar 25, 7:58 am, Frank frankdotlogullo@comcastperiodnet wrote: Thread reminds me of pictures of raccoon I caught and released a while back:http://home.comcast.net/~frank.logullo/thief.pdf Actually, I've recently eaten raccoon, and it's very good. *Better than squirrel, by far. Killing something for the sake of killing it, IMO, is a bad thing to do. *If it's not trying to kill you, and you're not going to eat it, you shouldn't kill it. That's a personal choice, though, and if you have the stomach to kill a living creature and throw it away like trash, go for it. I hunt (a lot), and am going to start raising chickens, and would raise rabbits if my wife would let me, so I don't have a problem with killing an animal for meat. *My problem is killing an animal for nothing. *I have actually hesitated getting chickens because 'coons will kill them. *Having eaten 'coon now, having the chickens as "bait" will be a benefit, IMO. *I live in the city, too, but have no problem sniping them with a pellet gun. When I have a problem with an animal that I can't eat (like a skunk), I'll use non-lethal, non-relocation methods to keep it from going where I don't want it. If it were up to me, you would have to carry a card in your wallet when you go to the store to buy meat, that shows you've taken a tour of a slaughterhouse and realize the impact you have when you buy meat. *Too many people are ignorant about what they eat these days. I hunt too and feel the same way. *Friend of mine had a small farm and raised a beef cow which the family named Bosco. *One day we were in a goose pit and friend offered me a roast beef sandwich which I declined. * He said Bosco would be disappointed. I would not eat raccoon and am careful with them since rabies is endemic here. Yeah, I didn't process them, but would watch it carefully before I shot it... We are nice to animals as pets, we should be even nicer to the ones we're going to eat, IMO. |
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wrote in : On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:38:35 -0400, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: Burlap sack and a couple rocks? Shiver me timbers, and gone down wit de ship, mate? I'm sure most of the readers will say "what's a burlap sack"? I haven't seen one in 20 years yeah, I was trying to find some burlap for the shrubs for winter protection. You can't find it anymore. You obviously don't hang out at fabric stores ) JoAnn Fabrics have it, he http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.j...ource=s earch Art/craft stores sometimes carry it - if there is a Michaels or similar store nearby, try them. Nurseries still ship stuff with burlap-wrapped root balls, so a nursery also might have it. Good luck. |
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Follow up to possum in garage.
Critter is still there.I did find out that tomatoes are his favorite food for dinner. This guy or gal is able to get bait without tripping the trap.Next step is to burn the garage down (not sure that would work either. May have to call a pro. Thanks for all your interest and suggestions. Frank |
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On Mar 28, 12:17�pm, "Frank" wrote:
Follow up to possum in garage. � �Critter is still there.I did find out that tomatoes are his favorite food for dinner. This guy or gal is able to get bait without tripping the trap.Next step is to burn the garage down (not sure that would work either.. May have to call a pro. Thanks for all your interest and suggestions. � � � � � Frank open garage door in early evening, that way possum is well rested and hungry, time for nite foraging........... get a couple boom boxes or radios make lots of noise have someone watch door till he or she leaves. make certain its not a she with kids........ |
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