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The Battle continues
Chuck Shaw_2
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Last night, I was too late getting to the feed and grain to pick up the "bombs" to send down the holes.
I still had the 5 hav-a-heart traps, so I left them out. I also tried the oatmeal and plaster routine. I didnt have plaster, and I didnt want to go out again, so I mixed up some quick patch plaster that I keep in my van for those little things that can happen. I figured this would be pretty easy, I am guessing, but I figure I mixed the stuff with the oatmeal in about a 3-1 ratio. I think I must have mixed up about 2 cups total. I grabbed 1/2 a dozen cereal bowls, put some in each, and headed out. I placed two in the garden, and one sort of near each of the three holes that I have found. I set the remaining mix on the counter for tommrow nites "feeding".
I also sprayed the areas around the holes with "Round-up" I had a can of the concentrate, and figured Id mix it up a little strong. That way I could get a quick clearing of the excess green, near where I found the holes.
I looked out the back door this morning, to see a nice path of dead grass, where I had obviously walked through the round up, and then over the lawn.
After breakfast, I walked outside, and checked my traps. Again, I had two critters, one opossum, and pretty black cat with a white stripe down its back. Well, I didnt worry too much about the opossum, it was just mean and nasty, but it was in a cage, and there it stayed for a while. However, the skunk, well now there is a different story. I didnt approach the cage, but went back to the house for something to throw over, so when he sprayed, I wouldnt get the full blast. I found an old, fairly heavy blanket, threw it over the top of the trap and backed off by about 10 feet. Nothing happend, so I figure, I make him spray. I got a little closer and hit the cage with a stick. Sure enough, he said good morning. I would have much preferd the Aqua Velva, that Guy used to scare away the women, durring his wayward youth
I figured I would let the smell disapate, while I went in and had another coffee. Which is when I said good morning to a quite unhappy 80yr old lady (my Mom.) She loves oatmeal, and has a bowl every morning, to help lower her cholesterol. For some reason, she thought I had been a good son, and measured out her serving for the morning. And cooked up my "woodchuck food" for her breakfast. So, not only didn't she have a bowl to eat from, she had cooked herself a rock for breakfast, and I had used up all of the oatmeal.
I went out and loaded the opposum, and skunk into the back of my pickup, and figured I would release them here at the plant. That was the easy part, driving in, the old towel blew of the skunk, and I am not sure, if he sprayed again, or it was just all contained, well, the rest of the drivers on the road, were not happy.
Current Score--
Very Mad Mother--1
Skunk--1
Opossum--1
Domestic House Cat--2
Neighbor's Kid--1
Woodchucks--0
I just got off the phone with a pest control company, they are going to meet me after work, and I am going to turn it over to the pro's
Chuck
I still had the 5 hav-a-heart traps, so I left them out. I also tried the oatmeal and plaster routine. I didnt have plaster, and I didnt want to go out again, so I mixed up some quick patch plaster that I keep in my van for those little things that can happen. I figured this would be pretty easy, I am guessing, but I figure I mixed the stuff with the oatmeal in about a 3-1 ratio. I think I must have mixed up about 2 cups total. I grabbed 1/2 a dozen cereal bowls, put some in each, and headed out. I placed two in the garden, and one sort of near each of the three holes that I have found. I set the remaining mix on the counter for tommrow nites "feeding".
I also sprayed the areas around the holes with "Round-up" I had a can of the concentrate, and figured Id mix it up a little strong. That way I could get a quick clearing of the excess green, near where I found the holes.
I looked out the back door this morning, to see a nice path of dead grass, where I had obviously walked through the round up, and then over the lawn.
After breakfast, I walked outside, and checked my traps. Again, I had two critters, one opossum, and pretty black cat with a white stripe down its back. Well, I didnt worry too much about the opossum, it was just mean and nasty, but it was in a cage, and there it stayed for a while. However, the skunk, well now there is a different story. I didnt approach the cage, but went back to the house for something to throw over, so when he sprayed, I wouldnt get the full blast. I found an old, fairly heavy blanket, threw it over the top of the trap and backed off by about 10 feet. Nothing happend, so I figure, I make him spray. I got a little closer and hit the cage with a stick. Sure enough, he said good morning. I would have much preferd the Aqua Velva, that Guy used to scare away the women, durring his wayward youth
I figured I would let the smell disapate, while I went in and had another coffee. Which is when I said good morning to a quite unhappy 80yr old lady (my Mom.) She loves oatmeal, and has a bowl every morning, to help lower her cholesterol. For some reason, she thought I had been a good son, and measured out her serving for the morning. And cooked up my "woodchuck food" for her breakfast. So, not only didn't she have a bowl to eat from, she had cooked herself a rock for breakfast, and I had used up all of the oatmeal.
I went out and loaded the opposum, and skunk into the back of my pickup, and figured I would release them here at the plant. That was the easy part, driving in, the old towel blew of the skunk, and I am not sure, if he sprayed again, or it was just all contained, well, the rest of the drivers on the road, were not happy.
Current Score--
Very Mad Mother--1
Skunk--1
Opossum--1
Domestic House Cat--2
Neighbor's Kid--1
Woodchucks--0
I just got off the phone with a pest control company, they are going to meet me after work, and I am going to turn it over to the pro's
Chuck
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Comments
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What???
Chuck, you're giving up already? Mind you, before someone else other than a woodchuck gets hurt again....Funny Story.
Sorry about the score so far.
Did you try a water hose?0 -
Karl Spngler, revisted
Chuck--
Your quest reminds me of Karl Spangler, assistant greenskeeper at Bushwood Country Club, and his very personal vendetta against the gopher. Have you tried plastic explosives?
My Dad has woodchuck problems with his garden, so he put his radio in the garden and let it play all night. He learned that woodchucks don't really like talk radio, enjoy smooth jazz and will party all night with classic rock. When he played "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," he noticed the woodchucks got the munchies and obliterated his crops. You live and learn....
JMB0 -
Well
you are a member of Red Sox Nation so in honor of the woodchucks score:
WAIT TILL TOMORROW....0 -
Yeah, that's the ticket
Bean him!0 -
Groundhog Greetings!
Every species has a purpose. Groundhogs dig burrows that provide shelter for other wildlife such as rabbits and moles, which feed foxes and raptors. This serves the food chain, which is the chain of life. Reverance accepts this. Ignorance is destructive of what it doesn't understand. -- Lynne Charles
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No..................
This is just the ticket!
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Any streams near?
Maybe you'll get a beaver!
Sorry about your bad luck--good trapping, just not what you want.
I've been lucky. Only caught one house cat, one raccoon and about 8-10 groundhogs.0 -
Wow!
Ticking off mom was probably a bad idea. Hopefully, she'll get over her Oatmeal being liberating for more pressing causes soon.
As for the skunk, now that's a pretty scary thing to be dealing with. I hope she/he did not get you good, the smell does have a tendency to linger for a long time!0 -
hmm
Don't get upset but if you had not hit the cage with the skunk and just covered him he never would have sprayed. I do it all the time and have never had one go off. Good luck on Mom on the other hand. Mine alway's goes off if thing's arent' right..LOL...One other thought, they make a woodchuck spike that you drive around your lawn. They are battery operated and drive them off. Work's very well actually...0 -
Hey Ken
My next door neighbor was doing a great job on them with his 22 until his wife threatened to call the police on him!
al0 -
Score?
Looks to me like the Woodchucks are Winning. Pro to the rescue--Batter up. J.Lockard0 -
Hey Chuck...
next time you get one of those black and white kitty's just grab 'em by the tail and get their feet off of the ground... they can't spray unlees they got their back feet planted....
seriously!!!
Floyd0
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