Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted August 12, 2020 Author Global Moderator Share Posted August 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Smells like fish said: You ever watch the lil terriers on YouTube they use as ratters around poultry farms? Catch couple hundred in a day? They're putting you outta bizzness! You gonna have get mad dog mean like those lil guys. You've probably watched them but if not you're in for a treat. A rat snare? If you make a catch I'd love see pic in snare. I went to a job the other day where they had already tried the terriers. We try not to even do rat jobs and price them high. People still call constantly because they CANNOT stop feeding birds and we are the only people that will come more than one time. They usually have pest control that will put our poison but never get to the bottom of it. Sometimes pet food is the cause but most often it’s bird feeders. Also anyone that hires us usually has money and lives in a fancy neighborhood, therefore they don’t want a pack of dogs tearing their yard up. anything can be snared but 99% of my work photos would get me on a government watch list if I put them online haha. Let’s just say a rat in a trap is often times eaten 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 23, 2020 Author Global Moderator Share Posted September 23, 2020 Some things I’ve encountered at work recently 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User J Francho Posted September 23, 2020 Super User Share Posted September 23, 2020 Possum are so sweet and cuddly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 23, 2020 Author Global Moderator Share Posted September 23, 2020 1 hour ago, J Francho said: Possum are so sweet and cuddly. I’ll make ya a sweet deal on a dozen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Super User Tennessee Boy Posted September 23, 2020 Super User Share Posted September 23, 2020 @TnRiver46 I think I heard something on the news a few weeks ago about reports of a tiger running loose in Knoxville. I assumed you were on the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 23, 2020 Author Global Moderator Share Posted September 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said: @TnRiver46 I think I heard something on the news a few weeks ago about reports of a tiger running loose in Knoxville. I assumed you were on the case. Hahaha! That's a long story but my boss was chomping at the bit. He used to work at the Knoxville zoo and had been on 3 different "big cat out" jobs. Turned out people saw a regular cat and claimed it was a tiger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double__Digits Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Gave up water trapping years ago but it's almost time to wax up the MB 450's and 550's. Season doesn't come in here till the end on November for dry land critters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 24, 2020 Author Global Moderator Share Posted September 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Double__Digits said: Gave up water trapping years ago but it's almost time to wax up the MB 450's and 550's. Season doesn't come in here till the end on November for dry land critters. I get to trap year round but not for fur, just nuisance animals. I do know a guy that sells the nuisance fur during winter but as you know it’s not so valuable anymore. But it a good tradition to keep alive and can be very useful. I’m usually trapping around backyards and roofs, I don’t get to use the 450s and 550s often, haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User J Francho Posted September 24, 2020 Super User Share Posted September 24, 2020 1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said: I do know a guy that sells the nuisance fur during winter but as you know it’s not so valuable anymore. But it a good tradition to keep alive and can be very useful. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted September 26, 2020 Global Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2020 On 9/23/2020 at 5:19 PM, TnRiver46 said: Hahaha! That's a long story but my boss was chomping at the bit. He used to work at the Knoxville zoo and had been on 3 different "big cat out" jobs. Turned out people saw a regular cat and claimed it was a tiger That’s a big house cat! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 26, 2020 Author Global Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2020 2 hours ago, 12poundbass said: That’s a big house cat! People always think every animal is the biggest one they’ve ever seen. I’ve heard probably hundreds of stories about a 50 lb raccoon yet I’ve never seen a 50 lb raccoon haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Way north bass guy Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said: People always think every animal is the biggest one they’ve ever seen. I’ve heard probably hundreds of stories about a 50 lb raccoon yet I’ve never seen a 50 lb raccoon haha That’s like everyone that’s seen a “400lb black bear”. Sure, they definitely exist and I’ve actually seen bears much larger than that ( confirmed on a scale after shot), but in reality, there’s a heck of a lot more 150lb bears out there than real true monsters. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Tennessee Boy Posted September 26, 2020 Super User Share Posted September 26, 2020 And then there was this lion that was on the loose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 26, 2020 Author Global Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Way north bass guy said: That’s like everyone that’s seen a “400lb black bear”. Sure, they definitely exist and I’ve actually seen bears much larger than that ( confirmed on a scale after shot), but in reality, there’s a heck of a lot more 150lb bears out there than real true monsters. We have some 700+ bears but they slowly saunter out of a dumpster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsu Dave Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I spend my summers trapping skunks, every year it never fails. They dig up the entire yard and make me nervous with the dog going out. Smell ain't pleasant but there's worse this year at eight and counting, they soon will hibernate and it will start next year. Gotta love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User J Francho Posted September 29, 2020 Super User Share Posted September 29, 2020 It's that time of year to feed a special treat to the rats that try to move in under the concrete slab of my garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 29, 2020 Author Global Moderator Share Posted September 29, 2020 46 minutes ago, Tatsu Dave said: I spend my summers trapping skunks, every year it never fails. They dig up the entire yard and make me nervous with the dog going out. Smell ain't pleasant but there's worse this year at eight and counting, they soon will hibernate and it will start next year. Gotta love it! Nice work! During winter down south they go into a state of reproduction instead of hibernation ha ha 18 minutes ago, J Francho said: It's that time of year to feed a special treat to the rats that try to move in under the concrete slab of my garage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double__Digits Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 On 9/29/2020 at 8:22 AM, J Francho said: It's that time of year to feed a special treat to the rats that try to move in under the concrete slab of my garage. Now that's just a waste of perfectly good rats. LOL. Those rats work good as bait for coyotes and foxes. Last year I trapped a dozen or so rats from my out buildings and stuffed them in some of my dirt hole sets (one rat to a set). Caught several canines on those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User J Francho Posted October 1, 2020 Super User Share Posted October 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Double__Digits said: Those rats work good as bait for coyotes and foxes. I've had both lurking. I'm good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsu Dave Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I'm convinced that if anyone wants to show a picture of perfect skunk habitat they need only take a pic of my back yard/field and woods. I trapped eight skunks and had a trap shy one that's probably been trapped and moved already still here. Fast as you take one out another takes its place. Guess it beats rats and stray dogs and cats I like coons and porkies get shot on site (tree killers ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted October 15, 2020 Author Global Moderator Share Posted October 15, 2020 23 hours ago, Tatsu Dave said: I'm convinced that if anyone wants to show a picture of perfect skunk habitat they need only take a pic of my back yard/field and woods. I trapped eight skunks and had a trap shy one that's probably been trapped and moved already still here. Fast as you take one out another takes its place. Guess it beats rats and stray dogs and cats I like coons and porkies get shot on site (tree killers ) All of East Tennessee is that way, I can catch a dozen skunks in about anyone’s yard. Especially in subdivisions, they love bowls of cat food, bird feeders, and garbage cans. Fido and rover have frequent backyard encounters........ Wildlife populations tend to respond very well to harvest or take. (Try to convince catch and release only anglers of this!) Coyotes are hunted pretty hard all across America with hardly any restriction and they are probably the most successful expansion of mammal in US history 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User J Francho Posted October 15, 2020 Super User Share Posted October 15, 2020 3 hours ago, TnRiver46 said: Wildlife populations tend to respond very well to harvest or take. Most aren't hunting apex predators, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted October 15, 2020 Author Global Moderator Share Posted October 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, J Francho said: Most aren't hunting apex predators, though. Terrestrial carnivore doesn’t taste very good! I also wouldn’t consider a black bass an apex predator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smells like fish Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 month from this Saturday and it'll be time to remove some predators here. Looking forward to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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