Adventures with possums

[Animal Quackers]

Actually a 12 ga. at 15 feet only spreads to about a 2 inch circle. You need to get farther away, say about 30 feet and then you will get a little spread to the shot pattern and no guts, just a little blood.

 

[CrazyChickLady7]

And how old is sniper boy?

 

[laughingdog]

Get better watch dogs n or feed yours less.. our cattle dog/rough collie/coyote, are great pred control. female that hard as nails, just killed a huge twenty pound possom male (fat as large, and musta been eating neighbors cattle feed etc). The male dog the fast smart scenter n runner just biting at, where female latches on chomping in killing or dragging down to then dispatch. a good dog pair to trio, is worth lot more than gold out on country home, or home protection in city.
powers out your security system n electric fences etc useless n can't see well in dark.. but come home or wake up to dog going off or not greeting you, you know something wrong on spot.

 

[Jerimnz]

I set a live trap with sardines, I call it the last meal you will ever get. Then when the ugly thing is caught my hubby takes it to the bone yard and shoots it. I have had so much trouble with varmints killing and eating my chickens. Ive caught two possums this year so far. Six last year and six raccoons. Two skunks also. Those were a little tricky getting rid of. Farm life aint for so sissy's. LOL.

 

[CrazyChickLady7]

For our traps we mix cat food peanut butter and marshmallow best bait ever

 

[Jerimnz]

For our traps we mix cat food peanut butter and marshmallow best bait ever

I may try that next time. Have one in there now, soon as he is disposed of I will rebait and see what else is trying to get my girls. The two I caught were the culprits that killed my Rooster, and two hens, four chicks and a few eggs eaten. I don't relocate, they will just find there way back to me or to someone else's house.

 

[CrazyChickLady7]

Raccoons just happen to love marshmallows. A couple years ago we went camping down in ga and my brother and I were sleeping by the fire on our beach chairs, and I looked over and there was a raccoon. It saw me move so i grabbed our last bag of marshmallows and ran. We chased the coon down and treed him but the stupid thing was holding the whole bag upside down. All of the marshmallows were dumped out

 

[eal847]

Sounds like a hasp.

 

[enola]

Sounds like a hasp.

Hasp????

 

[vchicks]

I set a live trap with sardines, I call it the last meal you will ever get. Then when the ugly thing is caught my hubby takes it to the bone yard and shoots it. I have had so much trouble with varmints killing and eating my chickens. Ive caught two possums this year so far. Six last year and six raccoons. Two skunks also. Those were a little tricky getting rid of. Farm life aint for so sissy's. LOL.

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