Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[BullChick]

I know there are raccoons around, and the ones I’ve seen were huge. I just don’t see evidence on my property often (once three years ago ). My luck is out. Nothing happened, but I am glad I (just! Stupid me!) remembered I have a trap. Tuna or salmon?

 

[fisherlady]

We use tuna, oilier (usually) than salmon. Chopped Sardines may work also.

 

[BullChick]

Tuna is in the trap. It took forever to remember how to set the thing. I just set it a few months ago, but maybe I should set it more often so I don’t keep getting frustrated when I actually need it.

 

[dheltzel]

I know there are raccoons around, and the ones I’ve seen were huge. I just don’t see evidence on my property often (once three years ago ). My luck is out. Nothing happened, but I am glad I (just! Stupid me!) remembered I have a trap. Tuna or salmon?

I catch too many cats with fish. Marshmallows really bring the coons, but nothing else likse the smell.

 

[BullChick]

I catch cats and skunks. I’ll try marshmallows in the future. It is fun to see what I catch. I couldn’t bear to kill the skunk, but almost killed the cat.

 

[BullChick]

Something got the tuna, but didn’t trip the door. I think I stepped in all the prints because I didn’t realize there’d been activity.
I am finding some puzzling tracks I have not seen before. Duckling and I follow tracks often. We are used to the rabbits and sometimes deer. Occasionally something we can’t pinpoint, but these... Don’t laugh, but I think I had a bear last night. The prints are bigger than both of my hands, and far apart. There are other prints that I suppose could have been a deer, but only if the elongated area was caused by icy snow. Yes, it would help if I had a game camera. Search me as to how I keep putting them in my Amazon cart, but not buying one when I can.

 

[BullChick]

I do have a predator print guide, but snow doesn’t always give perfect prints.

 

[Lelanae]

How about RATS???? I am getting holes coming up through the wooden floor of my coop--I fill one in and another is made. I removing the food every night. I filled in the holes with stone dust and used kitty litter. I am scared of my chickens or dogs eating a dead poisoned rodent. This happened a couple years ago, but the holes were in the run not the coop so filling them with dry ice worked. Any hints?

 

[BullChick]

Use steel wool to fill the hole, then put a rock on it to keep it from being pushed out. Dry quick crete should work, and might not need added water. That depends on the place and moisture.

 

[Lelanae]

I have been using the steel wool and a brick--and 48 hours later there is another hole! I now have three filled and covered holes inside my henhouse and one in a tiny building a few yards away where I store stuff, but originally kept last years babies. The holes are big---but the only thing I have caught so far is a deer mouse. I have been live catching and relocating deer mice (miles away in a woods) from my basement all winter, but do they make really big holes and tunnels? I will get the quik crete.