Super User J Francho Posted August 12, 2021 Super User Share Posted August 12, 2021 They are the devil's minions. Even squirrels answer to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 12, 2021 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 12, 2021 14 minutes ago, J Francho said: They are the devil's minions. Even squirrels answer to them. Somewhere in the bowels of the Internet it says that chipmunks can undermine your foundation. And somehow every single human being in the greater East Tennessee area has ended up on whatever website says this garbage The Googlesphere has far more misinformation than good information when it comes to wildlife 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User J Francho Posted August 12, 2021 Super User Share Posted August 12, 2021 I never had to go to the web. My disdain is deep rooted, probably of the cartoon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 12, 2021 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 12, 2021 Just now, J Francho said: I never had to go to the web. My disdain is deep rooted, probably of the cartoon. Hahah! Our customers see a tiny burrow in the yard and think it goes under the foundation. I knew you hated them…… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsu Dave Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Voles serve no good purpose in my yard, I poison them and fill up the holes. Holes are a big deal as well....on three cleared acres I filled 96 holes this summer and most are under apple trees and around flower beds. My wife grows hybrid daylilies and they have a taste for them and iris. Skunk beat me and I tried different locations and different baits, was probably dropped here cause we live where town turns to woods. Game on now.......night walks with malice already and subsonic 22's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 14, 2021 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 14, 2021 8 hours ago, Tatsu Dave said: Voles serve no good purpose in my yard, I poison them and fill up the holes. Holes are a big deal as well....on three cleared acres I filled 96 holes this summer and most are under apple trees and around flower beds. My wife grows hybrid daylilies and they have a taste for them and iris. Skunk beat me and I tried different locations and different baits, was probably dropped here cause we live where town turns to woods. Game on now.......night walks with malice already and subsonic 22's. I finally got a hard to get skunk with bird seed in the cage, but I also moved it around so it could have been that. We have a cool device that helps put that vole bait down into the ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsu Dave Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: I finally got a hard to get skunk with bird seed in the cage Well he comes to the bird feeder area every night.........birds knock plenty on the ground every day. Guess he wouldn't bother with the trap when its available every night on the ground. Funny though last year I trapped 6-7 near as I can remember, and had no problems catching them about 10' from same feeder. Cat food has always worked up to this year on this skunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 15, 2021 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 15, 2021 23 hours ago, Tatsu Dave said: Well he comes to the bird feeder area every night.........birds knock plenty on the ground every day. Guess he wouldn't bother with the trap when its available every night on the ground. Funny though last year I trapped 6-7 near as I can remember, and had no problems catching them about 10' from same feeder. Cat food has always worked up to this year on this skunk. Cat food always works for me too, but this one was eating at a customers bird feeder every night also. I had cat food in a trap and kept catching a raccoon. In fact, I think I caught the same raccoon at least 4 times and then one other big one. Then I tried two traps and the raccoon would just roll one over and get caught in the other. In an act of desperation I moved the trap away from the feeder and put sunflower seed in it, and it worked………… the problem you run into at this juncture is a lot like fishing. Was it the bait change or the location change that was the key? Or would I have caught him that night anyway with cat food in the old location simply because he beat the raccoon to the trap that night? The answer is nobody knows but we as humans tend to focus on the bait because we like to think about eating different things all the time……….. kind of reminds me of @king fishers recent thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsu Dave Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Hey on a diet now for over a month and think about eating ALL the time ?. I found his den back in the woods a little and am tempted to set the trap right there where he comes out but have to lug him aways to get back to yard. I cover em' with a blanket but have still had them start spraying if I lug them too far, they can see your feet thru the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 16, 2021 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 16, 2021 30 minutes ago, Tatsu Dave said: Hey on a diet now for over a month and think about eating ALL the time ?. I found his den back in the woods a little and am tempted to set the trap right there where he comes out but have to lug him aways to get back to yard. I cover em' with a blanket but have still had them start spraying if I lug them too far, they can see your feet thru the bottom. I always tread lightly and carefully haha. The worst is when I catch one at the school portables and have to carry them all through the playgrounds, loading docks, etc with hundreds of kids asking me what I’m going to do with Pepe. 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 16, 2021 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 16, 2021 We are doing bat exclusion today, those old slotted gable vents just let them right in. Tedious and sweaty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User J Francho Posted August 16, 2021 Super User Share Posted August 16, 2021 On what planet did a builder think that was a good design? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 16, 2021 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, J Francho said: On what planet did a builder think that was a good design? That’s about the 5th house we’ve done on that street with the same style vents in the last couple weeks. There’s insect screening inside those vents but that stuff is beyond useless. There are thousands of homes with attic vents like that, and the attics are typically hotter than most when I go in them so I don’t think the vents help much. Granted, ANY attic vent can be breeched by critters, we have seen them go in louvered vents, ridge vents, dome vents with fans, you name it. It just takes a whole lot longer to fix the slotted ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User J Francho Posted August 16, 2021 Super User Share Posted August 16, 2021 8 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said: Granted, ANY attic vent can be breeched by critters, we have seen them go in louvered vents, ridge vents, dome vents with fans, you name it. My old siamese (RIP) used them to escape. Took me a while to figure out how he was getting out until I finally caught him in the act. I gave up and just let him out when he wanted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 16, 2021 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, J Francho said: My old siamese (RIP) used them to escape. Took me a while to figure out how he was getting out until I finally caught him in the act. I gave up and just let him out when he wanted. “Vent” means “big hole in house” to critters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 17, 2021 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 17, 2021 I caught 3 skunks today all on sunflower seed @Tatsu Daveand peanut butter. Also got a raccoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 17, 2021 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, J Francho said: Haha! My hands almost smelled too bad to eat lunch but I powered through some oatmeal cookies 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biglittle8 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 This thread is thoroughly entertaining 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 18, 2021 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 18, 2021 28 minutes ago, Biglittle8 said: This thread is thoroughly entertaining Shew!!!! Hahahaha. That bowl of popcorn would be smeared in brown mud @J Francho, I think my boss bought some cat food yesterday so I won’t have to use my lunch for bait today actually the sunflower seed we keep for squirrel bait but we get almost zero squirrel jobs until it cools off . Then we deal with them Non stop all winter long 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User J Francho Posted August 18, 2021 Super User Share Posted August 18, 2021 I tried eating squirrel. It wasn't something I'd ever try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 18, 2021 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 18, 2021 28 minutes ago, J Francho said: I tried eating squirrel. It wasn't something I'd ever try again. My gal LOVES them but she’s from Ohio so it checks out I’m with you although I’ve eaten 2, it was pretty plain and the only significant amount of meat was on the upper part of the hind legs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 23, 2021 More bat exclusion today cut a bunch of these, paint them to match the siding , cram them into the gaps and screw them into those wedges. It’s hot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 23, 2021 Only one out of 3 vents had bats in it. Here’s the “one way out door” that we leave for them to fly out of and the wire mesh installed . We fix all the vents so the bats don’t just go from one to the other 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smells like fish Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 I had bats figured to need cool temps. That has to be hot as hades on them up there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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