Also, when my folks bought their current farm, it came with a semi-feral cat. They were having problems with a skunk, so we set up a live-catch trap. It didn't catch the skunk, but it did catch that stupid tomcat. Twice. On consecutive nights.
Dispose of in a pond or a drum of water.
Syringe on the end of a stick with some Acetone in it will end the invasive specie.
Oklahoma passed a law that will allow 12 month trapping for racoons. I don't know if it's in effect yet.
I have trapped quite a few squirrels from my yard & relocated saaid tree rats to the woods several miles out of town.
I believe in 3 years I've caught around 30 of them. & it doesn't seem to have made an impact on the neighborhood population yet.
Don't tell me I can't trap any animals in "My yard" & take it to a new location. Cause I dang sure can & will. Who is going to stop me & get me in trouble?? Nobody has ever seen me release the animal, & nobody ever will. If I see a vehicle from where I am going to set it loose, I keep driving. Releasing the animal from a cage only takes 15 to 20 seconds & I'm going down the road again.
Now, I've never caught a skunk in a live trap, but I have caught opossum, armadillo, coons, & squirrels, large pack rats, 1 small bobcat & a few farm cats.
To me, A license to trap animal means the trapper wants to keep the pelts, and/or other parts animal. If one is catching a nuisance animal to get it away from their home & has no intention on killing & keeping it, & is just taking the animal down to the river to set it free, I say no problem, & power to them.
Don't ask, don't tell.
I believe in 3 years I've caught around 30 of them. & it doesn't seem to have made an impact on the neighborhood population yet.
Don't tell me I can't trap any animals in "My yard" & take it to a new location. Cause I dang sure can & will. Who is going to stop me & get me in trouble?? Nobody has ever seen me release the animal, & nobody ever will. If I see a vehicle from where I am going to set it loose, I keep driving. Releasing the animal from a cage only takes 15 to 20 seconds & I'm going down the road again.
Now, I've never caught a skunk in a live trap, but I have caught opossum, armadillo, coons, & squirrels, large pack rats, 1 small bobcat & a few farm cats.
To me, A license to trap animal means the trapper wants to keep the pelts, and/or other parts animal. If one is catching a nuisance animal to get it away from their home & has no intention on killing & keeping it, & is just taking the animal down to the river to set it free, I say no problem, & power to them.
Don't ask, don't tell.
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If they are a nuisance for you, they will be a nuisance for others. Dispatch them.
I trapped 14 racoons one winter off my front porch that were raiding the wifes bird feeders and we didn't put a dent in them for the most part. When you eliminate the varmints, others take their place
I was gonna say trapped critters don't breathe well under water.
Yep. I don't believe in making my varmint problem someone else's problem.
...except for people who dump cats and dogs out in the country. Go dump varmints in their yards all day long.
Animals are territorial, I don`t relocate but since I`ve quit raising gamefowl I don`t have any issues with `em.
I used the rope trick on a Skunk that was living under my mobile a couple of years back, drug it cage and all away from the house and dispatched it with a .22.
I`ve had great luck using cheap dry cat food as bait....
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