Live and let live, unless they KEEP coming back!

[Mattemma]

I caught another possum yesterday,and a coon today.I agree that it is never ending,but I don't mind the trapping. I am just suprised at the number of them living in such a small wooded area.

 

[DazeGoneBy]

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Thanks for speaking up to say this. I may copy you and spraypaint a smiley face on the next one.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

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I wasn't recommending you drown it. I was just saying that's what they told me to do. I found the idea absurd as well.
I didn't mean to offend. Everyone has their opinion and can only do what they can manage to bring themselves to do.

Native wildlife are protected at my place (certified wildlife habitat), that applies to foxes, hawks, snakes, whatever.
Feral non-natives are eliminated whether they be domestic or wild.

 

[DazeGoneBy]

Thanks for the clarification ChickenCanoe. I see now that I misread your post.
I'm not offended, and I appreciate your post, esp. "Everyone has their opinion and can only do what they can manage to bring themselves to do."
We need to all feel good about our individual choices.

Thanks again for the post.

 

[GoChick]

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x 2

Lots of raccons and opossums get caught in my trail cam, but they can't enter my chicken's Fort Knox...

 

[Ole rooster]

I've come to a conclusion. Some women don't need to be trapping animals that kill their chickens. All they seem to want to do is turn um lose on somebody else. These little killers are so "cute" and precious looking. I just couldn't kill it. I've had enough chickens killed by possum to do me a life time. I'll drown um, shoot um or beat um to death with a board. As long as they die I really don't care.

I shot one out of a low tree the other morning and let my dog chew on it. He enjoyed it and I did too.

 

[DazeGoneBy]

Contentious, party of one?

 

[deerman]

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Thanks for speaking up to say this. I may copy you and spraypaint a smiley face on the next one.

Yes they may not make it back ,good odd dead on the road or starved to dead. Illegal in most States to relocate, Here you have to chose, either kill them or released where trapped.


They have those laws for good reason, Rabies are spread like that. rabies were spread hundreds of mile here one year, good odds it was someone didn't want to be cruel and relocated a rabit predator.

Lot more reason not to relocated than let it live.

1. moved your problem to someone else
2. spread of disease
3. fights over territory(just look at some possum you catch ears half there, wounds everywhere)
4. many get kill crossing roads on their way back to your place
5. starving them to dead, yes odds you gave them a slow death
most of those predator, already at numbers where they will run out of food in the winter.(not many trap them now)

DNR know all this , here nice fine if caught ,and maybe jail time

 

[Ole rooster]

Party of 2.

 

[DazeGoneBy]

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OK. That was hilarious. Totally zinged me!