Discharging a firearm within city limits. "Yar in a heap'o trouble fo
sure, boy."
Less than 200 yds. from a school. (federal crime)
I'll take the fine for trapping and releasing, thank ya'll very much.

Guess what country folk do these animals?

Put them on the menu at the "Road-kill Cafe"
Furry little "Bandit Burgers"


"Lori" wrote in message
...

Guess what country folk do these animals?

Dunno about most of ya'll, but when we are at our country home, we
shoot them

From my experience you only catch the neighbor's cat once - then she's smart
enough to stay away, lol.


"Hank" wrote in message
...
A slice of bread with peanut butter and I put some on the trip lever.
( this prevents catching the neighbors cat. Also many say
marshmallows)

In article ,
Lori wrote:
If
you can't deal with shooting problem wildlife, don't build your homes
in their habitat.

I didn't build my home in their habitat. This is the city,

LOL! What was there before the city?

Kelly

The no-kill people won't like this answer either, but find someone
who's a coon hunter and has hunted theirs out, and ask if you can
transfer it to their property.

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 15:40:11 +0000 (UTC),
(Kelly E Jones) wrote:

In article ,
Lori wrote:

.Thanks for trapping instead of shooting.


Why? What will become of him now? Will he be released in some other
area, so that he will become someone else's problem? That's hardly
ethical.

Or will the trapper drive miles and miles into the wilderness (yeah,
right) to release him in a location where he won't bother any other
humans? If so, then he's just displacing some other racoon (or other
wildlife), which means that one of them will starve, or kill the
other. Can't see the point of that.

Or is the trapper going to take the racoon to the Shady Acres Rest
Home for Wayward Racoons, where he will live to the end of his days
cared for by a loving staff, with all the Racoon Tasty Snacks he can
eat? That's a pleasant fantasy... perhaps we should go with that one.

Seriously, if the racoon is a problem for you, it's a problem period.
Trapping it just transfers the problem to someone else. Shoot it. If
you can't deal with shooting problem wildlife, don't build your homes
in their habitat.

Kelly

When did someone invent a smart cat? ;-}

http://community.webshots.com/user/hankpage1

"LeeAnne" wrote in message
...
From my experience you only catch the neighbor's cat once - then
she's smart
enough to stay away, lol.


"Hank" wrote in message
...
A slice of bread with peanut butter and I put some on the trip
lever.
( this prevents catching the neighbors cat. Also many say
marshmallows)

On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 23:46:36 GMT, "RichToyBox"
wrote:

Not sure about the effectiveness of catch and release. Look at
http://www.eapl.com/raccoon.html

They've got that right about the skunks moving in. We had a raccoon 2 years
ago. It hit my place, trashed it, but didn't catch anything (no reward) I
installed a scarecrow sprinkler and it never bothered me again (trained).
Last summer though I guess my neighbors down the street started setting a
have-a-heart trap for skunks... even though I told them skunks were not
fish eaters. They caught the raccoon, duh, hauled him away and then the
skunks moved in. Every dog around us got hit last summer. They continued to
set the trap and hauled away 7 skunks by this spring. I guess they must
have got them all because it been the best smelling spring/summer we've had
in a long time. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 15:10:20 +0000 (UTC), (Kelly E
Jones) wrote:

In article ,
Lori wrote:
If you can't deal with shooting problem wildlife, don't build your homes
in their habitat.

I didn't build my home in their habitat. This is the city,

LOL! What was there before the city?

Kelly

Not to cause more flames, so all grins here when I whine, but Kelly, you
moved to the country, if you'd have stayed in the "now" established cities,
we'd all have some place to dump our city wildlife. ;o)

Or another argument. If your house is over 20 years old, those raccoons and
other varmints are truely encoaching on you as your house was there before
they were born, period! ;o)

~ jan, I live on what once was a sand dune and displaced lizards and
scorpions. House built in '78 we think, so 25 years old, making my house
older than any of the predators that would even think of dining here.

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

lol - awww Miss Kitty is very smart - if she even hears that metal trap
being set she's gone from the yard ASAP. Don't underestimate the brain
power of the feline, I think they are destined to take over the planet. As
soon as mine can figure out how to open cabinet doors I'm doomed ;-)



"Hank" wrote in message
...
When did someone invent a smart cat? ;-}

http://community.webshots.com/user/hankpage1

"LeeAnne" wrote in message
...
From my experience you only catch the neighbor's cat once - then
she's smart
enough to stay away, lol.

HI Jan

question about the skunks ??? when they get in the trap, do they
spray ???? or do they wait for you to pick up the trap and put it in
you truck ???

I have been catching coons here in OKC for the past several years,
and the animal control people will come by and pick them up.
fortunately no skunks so far, but it would interesting to know how
they behave once trapped.


tom A


On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 22:28:57 -0700, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote:

On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 23:46:36 GMT, "RichToyBox"
wrote:

Not sure about the effectiveness of catch and release. Look at
http://www.eapl.com/raccoon.html

They've got that right about the skunks moving in. We had a raccoon 2 years
ago. It hit my place, trashed it, but didn't catch anything (no reward) I
installed a scarecrow sprinkler and it never bothered me again (trained).
Last summer though I guess my neighbors down the street started setting a
have-a-heart trap for skunks... even though I told them skunks were not
fish eaters. They caught the raccoon, duh, hauled him away and then the
skunks moved in. Every dog around us got hit last summer. They continued to
set the trap and hauled away 7 skunks by this spring. I guess they must
have got them all because it been the best smelling spring/summer we've had
in a long time. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

tom A.
Please check my WeB SiTe: www.kinetickites.com
or call me @ 405-722-KITE (5483)
or E-mail @

what kind of shingles do you have? my brother had shake shingles and the
raccoons chewed them to make an entrance. he had to have a major repair job
done to the roof. he also had to change to synthetic shingles. seems the
'coons didn't like them as much or something.
mad
--
I used to be indecisive, but now i just don't know.

From: Lori
Reply-To:
Newsgroups: rec.ponds
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 20:22:05 -0500
Subject: Captured!


Not sure about the effectiveness of catch and release. Look at

True. However, the entry in the crawlspace is being fixed, so at least
the 'coons will not be getting in under the house. :-)




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we had a family of skunks under the church we attend in alpine. i'm church
secretary there, and it took the city trapper 6 weeks to catch the things.
our maintanance man plugged all the holes we could find. hope they don't
come back. yukk!
mad
--
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hypothetical questions?

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Subject: Captured!

On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 23:46:36 GMT, "RichToyBox"
wrote:

Not sure about the effectiveness of catch and release. Look at
http://www.eapl.com/raccoon.html

They've got that right about the skunks moving in. We had a raccoon 2 years
ago. It hit my place, trashed it, but didn't catch anything (no reward) I
installed a scarecrow sprinkler and it never bothered me again (trained).
Last summer though I guess my neighbors down the street started setting a
have-a-heart trap for skunks... even though I told them skunks were not
fish eaters. They caught the raccoon, duh, hauled him away and then the
skunks moved in. Every dog around us got hit last summer. They continued to
set the trap and hauled away 7 skunks by this spring. I guess they must
have got them all because it been the best smelling spring/summer we've had
in a long time. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website



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On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 03:30:33 GMT, tom A wrote:

question about the skunks ??? when they get in the trap, do they
spray ???? or do they wait for you to pick up the trap and put it in
you truck ???

My understanding is, he puts a blanket over it so they can't see him. Real
skunk trappers use a solid cage and then I guess they don't spray...
something about if they don't see you. I'm not sure if they would spray
just from the surprise of the cage snapping shut. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
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~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
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~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 03:30:33 GMT, tom A wrote:


question about the skunks ??? when they get in the trap, do they
spray ???? or do they wait for you to pick up the trap and put it in
you truck ???


My understanding is, he puts a blanket over it so they can't see him. Real
skunk trappers use a solid cage and then I guess they don't spray...
something about if they don't see you. I'm not sure if they would spray
just from the surprise of the cage snapping shut. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
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--
how tall are these traps? if a skunk cant raise his tail he has
difficulty spraying ( he still can but its hard for him )




John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com

how tall are these traps? if a skunk cant raise his tail he has
difficulty spraying ( he still can but its hard for him )
John Rutz

The solid ones were not very tall, cincular in shape in fact, so the skunk
things its going into a tunnel perhaps? So it is true about the tail? ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
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~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
how tall are these traps? if a skunk cant raise his tail he has
difficulty spraying ( he still can but its hard for him )
John Rutz


The solid ones were not very tall, cincular in shape in fact, so the skunk
things its going into a tunnel perhaps? So it is true about the tail? ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website


--
when i was a lot younger( and dumber) i used to catch rattlesnakes and
skunks by hand for people when they got into thier houses
for skunk I would grab the tail and hold it down as tight as posible
out of probabley 50 or so only got spayed once




John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com