I have noodled around the internet a little and found pepper balls but they are illegal in a lot of states including Minnesota (police only use). They are like hard shell paint balls but filled with powered hot pepper. Works like powered mace. I wish they made a soft liquid one with chili oil in it. It would sting the critters some and leave them with some nasty oil to clean off and might make them not want to come back. Maybe I could make them from paint balls, a syringe and some super glue to patch the needle hole?
Other brainstorm is a super soaker with ammonia although my plants wouldn't like that. When old Rocky took up residence under my deck years ago I did throw ammonia soaked rags under there but it didn't work so well and I had to go all "military" on him as one poster called it. From that experience I learned that baiting a trap with strawberry Twizzlers is an automatic catch for a raccoon. I also learned that a big dead raccon in your garbage (even double wrapped in heavy construction bags) was probably the inspiration to the dead skunk in the middle of the road song ("..and he was stinking to highhhh heaven").
I support this. No reason to kill it just because its in a bird feeder or making noise.
I generally agree ideologically but will kill critters that are doing damage (the rabbits this winter for example). I did try cleaning one of the rabbits but the damn thing had so many fleas on it that I said to hell with it and tossed it. That and the skin didn’t peel like I remember as a kid back in Iowa. Trying to get the skin and fur off was like plucking a darn duck. Maybe the population explosion was just resulting in unhealthy rabbits. I miss the hawks that used to nest here and take the baby rabbits out.
That should do it. A good shot and it will be dead @ 30 yards. A bad shot (as long as it hits) and I doubt it will come back. Either way, problem solved (and you get a fun plinking gun out of the deal).
Well they scrounge for food laying around. Keep stuff cleaned up and locked up and they will move on. Seal up your attics and other places they like to hide in. There are all sorts of ways to avoid them.
Until they build a fort in your barns or sheds, dig under the walls and make a mess out of everything. Kill them. They don't do any good in the country.
I would have been more impressed if your frat house had beavers...
Chuck Lidell: I paint my toenails with pink and black polish. Problem is, I get more paint on my toes and on the carpet than on my nails. Any advice? Maria Sharapova: Don't you beat up other guys for a living? I don't know how to answer this.
I've got a critter living in my attic right now. I heard it yesterday and went up there looking for it but didn't see it. Wife said it was back this morning. Should I go all 'military' on it tonight or wait for the 90+ degree days we have coming to see if they leave on their own?
I've got a critter living in my attic right now. I heard it yesterday and went up there looking for it but didn't see it. Wife said it was back this morning. Should I go all 'military' on it tonight or wait for the 90+ degree days we have coming to see if they leave on their own?
I just got a family of 3 squirrels out of my attic, and replaced the facia and soffit that was rotten. For 2 days I just kept them pinned down up there with a BB gun. On day 3 I set up a live trap and had the family relocated by sundown.
Soak bread in antifreeze.... put that by the birdfeeder just before dusk. They coons will come eat it and go back to their den and die. You don't have to deal with a big dead raccoon and you get rid of the raccoons.
And I'm a pretty big hunter and usually agree that anything you kill, you should eat or use in some way. But raccoons are just a varmit... get rid of them..
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