Good job!! Coon activity really slowed down in my area after I trapped a string of them this spring. I'm sure they will be back with the return of cold weather.
It did rain for about an hour here today which helped a lot with the smell. I was a little worried because I know how skunk smell can "grow" on a person making you think that it has dissipated when actually you are just accustomed to the smell. We had a visitor show up about an hour ago and they...
My other idea on the DP style traps is to make some kind of extension that would require the animal to reach farther to activate the trap. Coons have longer forearms than skunks. Anyone do this before? Thoughts?
The horror... the horror...
I awoke to the strong smell of skunk this morning. I looked out the window to check the trap and my fears were confirmed. The trap is only 20 feet from the back door of the house. The smallest, whitest skunk I've ever seen was stuck in the Duke DP trap. The only black...
My bait of choice in the Duke DP is mini marshmallows in the bottom with sweet syrup on top. The syrup is a very small amount of peanut butter, maple syrup, honey and vanilla. just a dab of these ingredients followed by 20 seconds in the microwave which turns it into a liquid. dump marshmallows...
Another one bites the dust! My daughter came in from letting the chickens out this morning and I heard "Ha haaa!!! Get the 22 daddy!" She loves her chickens...
Warning!! Don't try this at home! Not the recommended way of dealing with a coon, but it worked...LOL!! I don't know if you've seen this before but it's definitely worth a look. The coon would have killed that dog.
The varmints slacked up for a week or more(must have been on summer vacation). Now two nights in a row I have had a customer at the Duke's DP Cafe. Tuesday night was a smallish coon and last night a rather plump possum. The possum was COVERED with ticks. So nasty that I didn't want to pick it up...
Good CBs are getting hard to find today(even before the ammo shortage). The "good ones" were made by Winchester back in the 70s. I used up the last of my Winchesters last year. At around 500fps they were virtually silent when fired from a rifle length barrel. The newer CCI CBs...
Lol... no pics today. I had to dispatch discretely using .22 with CB round. The girls had a sleepover last night and were all sleeping just inside the patio door from the "cafe". Nobody even stirred when I fired the shot to dispatch. Nice quiet rounds.:)
A properly placed brain shot with a .22 will usually take care of them without them spraying. You may get a little "leakage" but not a full defensive spray.