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I got the critter..

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  1. MikeInMa

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    Well, actually I got two.

    https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=dUtLMmc4d3R0MzVnUjEwWFpOMjBkYzhWM19LYUVn

    If you look to the right and halfway down, you'll see a black fabric. That's the back end of a Havahart trap covered in roofing rubber. The open end is pointed at the deck, where the critters were living.

    I don't have a pic of them caught. ~sigh~ They were transported elsewhere and released. I know, I know.. What the law don't know, won't hurt them.

    Noticed the trap was tripped in the morning. released/reset - a few hour later, number two stumbled in. They were released in the same spot.. Maybe they found each other, or, maybe they were lunch for some other critter.
     
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    Good thing you got rid of them, they'll be "chuckin' your wood":rofl: :lol:

     
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    I’ve got a family of a few around here... I think there’s a mom and four or five young ones... about time I start thinning the herd.... maybe with some time off... I’ll get my aim trued up...
     
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    They are susceptible to dying from lead poisoning:thumbs::zip:
     
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    I was eating out of the neighbor’s garden when I saw a pie in a cage. I woke up the next day 100 miles away from home! :D
     
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    That seems to be happening around here lately :whistle:
     
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    Around here the farmers believe there are 5 or 6 for everyone you see. Last year we shot 23. After seeing 3 or 4. Have gotten 8 so far this year. Still have signs of new activity around the barns on my sons place.
     
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    This was a few years ago. But they can shoot now.
     
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    Coon problem around here. It is amazing just how many there are any more.
     
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    55 gallon drum full of water, rope tied to cage....
    Lower down into water....bubbles cease after a moment.
    Saves lead, very quiet.
    :salute:
     
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    I came home today and for some reason there was a dead one just out side of my wood pile.....:confused:.....

    :rootintootin::rootintootin::rootintootin:
     
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    My cage is too big for a 55 gallon barrel....
     
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    275 gal IBC tote with the top cut off....?
    :D
     
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    This picture is funny.... looks like he’s taking a sun nap.... But no nammal was hurt in the taking of this picture....:rofl: :lol:
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  16. MikeInMa

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    Yup. Dat's dem rodents!
     
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    102*...musta gots da heat stroke... :whistle:
     
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    We got 4 more this week new total 12 this year
     
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    My season for chipmunks just commenced. 55 two years ago. About 25 last year. Culling the herd.
     
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