Captured!

In my area Animal Control charges $40.00 per animal to trap and remove
an animal and by law they must release it in the same township unless
it is on county property. I bought the same trap they use for $39.00.
Last year I caught five and this year eight and I release them in a
county park ten miles away. If these animals are a nuisance to
everyone in my neighborhood why should I have to pay to have them
removed and set loose were they can return.
Now that I vented, they are right ....... very seldom only one
raccoon.

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"Lori" wrote in message
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I do hate to rain on your parade but...

Where there is one Raccoon there are usually others....

Have only seen the one...but the second trap is now under the house
waiting :-)

Guess what country folk do these animals?

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

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)

Marshmallows didn't work for me :-(

Here it is against the law to catch and release animals (disease and
population problems). If you trap 'possums or coons you pretty much
have to kill them. The pound will usually kill them for you if you
deliver. Your guy is probably going to kill them, but it's better for
business if he lets you think they are going to "the country".

I don't care what he did with the thing, as long as it isn't living
and pooping and releasing fleas under my house anymore.

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)

When did someone invent a smart cat? ;-}

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"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 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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