Any interest in trapping?

[A-Jay]

32 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

“You reek, I think you’ve gone nose blind” -my wife when I got home 

Perhaps a beneficial skill in your chosen occupation.

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

35 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Perhaps a beneficial skill in your chosen occupation.

A-Jay

Ha! Sometimes yes sometimes no. We have to find dead animals inside the structure on occasion, unfortunately following your nose is the best way to find them 

[J Francho]

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Then sprayed me.

Nope, I'm out.

[Smells like fish]

As I was planting my sweet corn this morning I was thinking of those sneaky raccoons. It’s gonna be a fight between bugs birds and raccoons over me getting a nibble of my own corn 

[TnRiver46]

On 5/13/2022 at 6:38 PM, Smells like fish said:

As I was planting my sweet corn this morning I was thinking of those sneaky raccoons. It’s gonna be a fight between bugs birds and raccoons over me getting a nibble of my own corn 

Our raccoon numbers are way down compared to the last 10 years or so, might be a good year for corn haha

 

my buddy set up a trail cam in his corn a few years ago and saw raccoons, then set traps. He removed 21 or 22 of them and was still getting photos after that, he waved the white flag 

[BassNJake]

On 5/13/2022 at 1:14 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Caught a skunk in a trap meant for groundhog, it made itself a pine straw cacoon in the trap. Then sprayed me. Caught a sneaky raccoon that avoided capture for 2 weeks. And of course Alvin, Simon, or Theodore the singing chipmunk 
 

 

 

I watched my neighbor trap one, toss a tarp on it and then place it into a wheelbarrow full of water.

Skunk drowned and he didn't get sprayed. I figured I'd use the same plan of attack .....

 

Guess there might be more to it.

[TnRiver46]

17 minutes ago, BassNJake said:

 

I watched my neighbor trap one, toss a tarp on it and then place it into a wheelbarrow full of water.

Skunk drowned and he didn't get sprayed. I figured I'd use the same plan of attack .....

 

Guess there might be more to it.

Much like bass, not all skunks are the same. I can trap 100 In a row without getting sprayed sometimes 

 

there is no cheat code,  no sudden moves is a good start tho 

[BassNJake]

34 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Much like bass, not all skunks are the same. I can trap 100 In a row without getting sprayed sometimes 

 

there is no cheat code,  no sudden moves is a good start tho 

I'm calling the pros, getting sprayed is not on my bucket list

[TnRiver46]

Got me a whistle pig Friday morning 

[Basser2021]

15 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Got me a whistle pig Friday morning 

Any barn around me is infested with groundhogs. I've tried to catch these things for people with very little success. I guess I just don't have enough traps to cover all the holes they have. The ones I have caught I've ate, and they weren't half bad.

[TnRiver46]

Just now, Basser2021 said:

Any barn around me is infested with groundhogs. I've tried to catch these things for people with very little success. I guess I just don't have enough traps to cover all the holes they have. The ones I have caught I've ate, and they weren't half bad.

You are brave! The people that hired me to catch the one in the picture said they were trying to catch it for years. I caught it in 2 hours haha. Just set a cage and keep fresh apple in there, eventually they will walk in 

[TnRiver46]

@Basser2021, also when it comes to the holes in the ground. I ALWAYS fill them up with a shovel while checking traps everyday. Always. That serves two purposes, number one you know which hole they use more often. Number two, it makes them work and they get hungry and go for the bait haha

[TnRiver46]

Helluva day! So far I’ve caught 4 groundhogs, 2 skunks, and a squirrel. 
 

At the groundhog job, the customer said I had 2 in the same trap. Well I had a third in another trap they didn’t see. As I was resetting another trap where I caught the first two, I could see a juvenile dive under an out building. I set the trap and just backup up about 50 feet and talked to the lady, and in less than a minute the little hog came out and went in the trap

 

and of course the squirrel, also juvenile 

[Basser2021]

I'll have to give this a try

On 5/22/2022 at 2:36 PM, TnRiver46 said:

@Basser2021, also when it comes to the holes in the ground. I ALWAYS fill them up with a shovel while checking traps everyday. Always. That serves two purposes, number one you know which hole they use more often. Number two, it makes them work and they get hungry and go for the bait haha

 

[hokiehunter373]

19 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Helluva day! So far I’ve caught 4 groundhogs, 2 skunks, and a squirrel. 
 

At the groundhog job, the customer said I had 2 in the same trap. Well I had a third in another trap they didn’t see. As I was resetting another trap where I caught the first two, I could see a juvenile dive under an out building. I set the trap and just backup up about 50 feet and talked to the lady, and in less than a minute the little hog came out and went in the trap

 

and of course the squirrel, also juvenile 

Heading to my in-laws today for the weekend to do some exterminating.  Groundhogs have wreaked havoc under their deck.  Last year I took out 5.  They don't have traps so a shotgun gets the work instead.  Got 3 in one shot last year which I sure do appreciate with the price of ammo these days lol

[TnRiver46]

[TnRiver46]

First assignment this morning back at work. 3 skunks had fallen into a window well and I got two of them to walk into a cage trap. The third one I got to walk into a bucket on a rope 

 

[Bird]

7 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

First assignment this morning back at work. 3 skunks had fallen into a window well and I got two of them to walk into a cage trap. The third one I got to walk into a bucket on a rope 

 

Wow ?

My Border collie recently got sprayed so used the hydrogen peroxide formula but wife still had to sleep downstairs and dog with me in bed. Lol

[Basser2021]

On 6/6/2022 at 12:23 PM, TnRiver46 said:

First assignment this morning back at work. 3 skunks had fallen into a window well and I got two of them to walk into a cage trap. The third one I got to walk into a bucket on a rope 

 

How do you release those things without getting sprayed?

[TnRiver46]

6 hours ago, Basser2021 said:

How do you release those things without getting sprayed?

Im actually not allowed to relocate them but I can release them in the same place I caught them (accidental by-catch). if you do everything very slowly and carefully with no sudden moves, they will usually just waddle away. Also, sometimes I get sprayed haha

[TnRiver46]

A raccoon ripped a board off this lady’s chimney chase. I went up into the attic ( ? ) and saw the coon, then set a trap outside. I caught the raccoon this morning but the customer said she was still hearing noises. I went up into the attic again today and there was a smaller version of a raccoon ready to kill me. Still got work to do! 

[BassNJake]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

A raccoon ripped a board off this lady’s chimney chase. I went up into the attic ( ? ) and saw the coon, then set a trap outside. I caught the raccoon this morning but the customer said she was still hearing noises. I went up into the attic again today and there was a smaller version of a raccoon ready to kill me. Still got work to do! 

Dude, its like a million degrees here and your up in the attic ...

Hopefully, cold beverages are in your future

 

[TnRiver46]

1 minute ago, BassNJake said:

Dude, its like a million degrees here and your up in the attic ...

Hopefully, cold beverages are in your future

 

Apparently the raccoons just don’t care! They are made of kryptonite. The squirrels left attics about a month ago haha

 

[TnRiver46]

Got a mole, rat, and a coon today 

[Skunkmaster-k]

That’s a perty good sized rat.