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  1. Robert M

    Possums are Chicken Killers

    A .22 rifle and a bullet to the head works well. Why waste all your expensive arrows? I don't hunt/kill, anymore, but destructive "rodents" are a different story, including squirrel-rats. I kills 'em, my neighbor makes "squirrel gravy". =) Works for me.
  2. Robert M

    Possums are Chicken Killers

    Sorry, but they DO. It's not impossible, only "difficult". We killed one here that had rabies. Answer: Any mammal can get rabies. However, the chance of rabies in an opossum is EXTREMELY RARE. This may have something to do with the opossum's low body temperature (94-97º F) making it...
  3. Robert M

    Possums are Chicken Killers

    Don't sell a raccoon short. They can operate latches. They can also un-bungee garbage can lids.
  4. Robert M

    Possums are Chicken Killers

    Did you read my post above? If you lay a capital "L" on its side you will have a pattern to bend your rat wire. Dig deep enough to cover it about 6" deep with soil. Fasten the short end to your gravel board, the board skirting the bottom of your fence. They will try to dig close to the fence...
  5. Robert M

    Possums are Chicken Killers

    You can dig down about 6", and out 12" - 18" from your gravel board, and bend hardware cloth in an ell, lengthwise, and lay in your trench, fastening it to your board and/or posts on the turned up part, cover it back up, and when the "diggers" try to get into the pen, they won't be able to. You...
  6. Robert M

    Possums are Chicken Killers

    I have broken out a rifle for the first time in years! We recently were "blessed" with a herd of opossum out back. Got the leader, but the youngsters are smaller and a b**** to catch, but I'll find them, especially if I wait by the gate.
  7. Robert M

    Possums are Chicken Killers

    Yep, I had a couple hundred free-range chickens in the 80s, but had to get rid of them when they started flying the coop and tearing up the gardens. I am going to get a few, now that I'm retired... retarded?... LOL and in my 70s. Possums are out there and will need dealing with, so, out...
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