Any interest in trapping?

[TnRiver46]

13 minutes ago, Skunkmaster-k said:

That’s a perty good sized rat. 

I’m hoping it was the queen haha. They said they saw a huge one and some small ones, I’ve caught two small and that one 

[Skunkmaster-k]

All them critters came from the same property ? 

[TnRiver46]

8 minutes ago, Skunkmaster-k said:

All them critters came from the same property ? 

Negative , 3 different places 

[Bird]

Speaking of critters !!

Had the craziest thing happen last night.

Sitting on back porch, kept hearing this high pitched squeal in the yard so ran up to the noise.

A shrew repeatedly came up from the grass and was biting on my shoe.

It turned into a frenzy as the little critters were running everywhere.

Party ended when the Border Collie arrived on scene.......Shrew carcasses lying around everywhere.

1st for everything.

[TnRiver46]

Possum with all the babies in the pouch

[WVU-SCPA]

Not sure why it took me this long to find this thread.  Very intriguing for some reason.  Took a few days to read through it, but seems to be a lack of residential rabbit catches.

 

My wildlife trapping extent was needing a source of skulls mounts for a mammology class that I procrastinated on(was planing on picking up roadkill).  Setup some snap traps out in the back field on rodent trails and whacked a deer mouse and meadow vole.  Picking those skulls 3 days before they were due was a poor choice.

[TnRiver46]

36 minutes ago, WVU-SCPA said:

Not sure why it took me this long to find this thread.  Very intriguing for some reason.  Took a few days to read through it, but seems to be a lack of residential rabbit catches.

 

My wildlife trapping extent was needing a source of skulls mounts for a mammology class that I procrastinated on(was planing on picking up roadkill).  Setup some snap traps out in the back field on rodent trails and whacked a deer mouse and meadow vole.  Picking those skulls 3 days before they were due was a poor choice.

We rarely get any complaints about rabbits. They are also very tricky to catch in a cage so i prefer never trying to begin with 

[WVU-SCPA]

15 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

We rarely get any complaints about rabbits. They are also very tricky to catch in a cage so i prefer never trying to begin with 

I watch them terrorize the neighborhood back yard gardens.  Majority of people have no idea what to do about them so I figure there had to be a market for it. 

[TnRiver46]

6 minutes ago, WVU-SCPA said:

I watch them terrorize the neighborhood back yard gardens.  Majority of people have no idea what to do about them so I figure there had to be a market for it. 

Our services cost way more than veggies haha. 
 

there would definitely be a market but I typically work in subdivisions where gardens aren’t allowed 

[J Francho]

It's as simple as an 18" tall wire fence around the beds to keep rabbits out.

[WVU-SCPA]

4 hours ago, J Francho said:

It's as simple as an 18" tall wire fence around the beds to keep rabbits out.

You would be amazed how foreign that thought is to some people.

[A-Jay]

On 6/30/2022 at 12:10 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Possum with all the babies in the pouch

One of these marsupials found himself outside our dog kennel yesterday morning.

He went night night.

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

17 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

One of these marsupials found himself outside our dog kennel yesterday morning.

He went night night.

A-Jay

Don’t worry they will send more 

[TnRiver46]

[TnRiver46]

For all those that believe mothballs scare skunks away, I got you a photo. 
 

just caught a skunk at a pile of mothballs 

[Skunkmaster-k]

Huh ! Myth busted. 

[TnRiver46]

2 hours ago, Skunkmaster-k said:

Huh ! Myth busted. 

I figure it has to have worked for some people because everyone tries it.  maybe 1 in 100 haha

[Choporoz]

9 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I figure it has to have worked for some people because everyone tries it.  

Like red hooks?   Or spinnerbaits?

[TnRiver46]

13 hours ago, Choporoz said:

Like red hooks?   Or spinnerbaits?

Pretty much! I tell customers all the time that trapping is like fishing, I can’t just wave a magic wand and catch them all first night (or spread magic moth balls and chase them away first night either) 

 

sometimes just setting a trap scares the critter or way, or at least seems to. In reality it probably got ran over or eaten by a hawk 

[roadwarrior]

We had a neighborhood cat that controlled the mole/ vol population. When the

cat passed away three weeks ago my yard became infested. However, we have

a nesting pair of split tail hawks  and another pair of red tails in the neighborhood. 

As of last weekend our problem has been solved. We'll see how long this lasts.

 

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Swallow-tailed_Kite/id

 

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-tailed_Hawk/overview

[TnRiver46]

6 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

We had a neighborhood cat that controlled the mole/ vol population. When the

cat passed away three weeks ago my yard became infested. However, we have

a nesting pair of split tail hawks  and another pair of red tails in the neighborhood. 

As of last weekend our problem has been solved. We'll see how long this lasts.

 

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Swallow-tailed_Kite/id

 

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-tailed_Hawk/overview

Alright! 

[J Francho]

I just saw two rats frolicking in my back 40. I'll be putting out delicious rat treats for them tonight. 

[TnRiver46]

Little feller ate a hole in plywood roof decking 

 

[TnRiver46]

[Skunkmaster-k]

Is that a groundhog?