to the original poster: I'm assuming you have a mature peach tree which
would have a large crop. yet almost all the fruit disappears or is very well
eaten (unlike birds which tend to eat a small portion of each single
fruit).

if you don't *SEE* squirrels hitting a *lot* of peaches, you may also have
rats. you'll hear them scattering down the trees, when you walk nearby, a
little after dusk.


"Steve Calvin" wrote in message
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Steve wrote:



Steve Calvin wrote:

Sam wrote:

I also trap and relocate them, this past year I relocated 22
squirrels, 21
possums and 19 coons. It is the first year I have gotten more than a
handful
of pecans off my two trees. I still have plenty of coons and possums
but
have not seen a squirrel in a couple months.



Check your local laws prior do relocating. In New York, it's illegal
to trap, relocated, and release animals.




It is? I guess I'll have to be careful and not get caught! They sell
live traps in NY. I wonder what they think people are using them for?

the neighbors' incorrigible brats.

Yup. Pretty stupid isn't it. You can poison it and that's just fine.
Or you can use bear claw traps and kill it. It is legal to live trap
animals but then you're supposed to call a game specialist to release
it somewhere at a probable cost of $75 or so. Just another one of the
idiotic laws in New York.

--
Steve

Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.






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