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The Fisherman's Wharf => Off-Topic => Topic started by: rgfixit on Sep 09, 2016, 05:34 PM
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Finally caught the little rat that's been stealing my tomatoes. Red handed........so to speak ;D
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He only ate a few, but he's been trying to eat his way into the birdhouse next to him.
I may just let him have that one. Guess he needs a home for the winter too.
Rg
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Google weasel box and build one. Bait it with bird seed or his favorite food, maters. Put a #1 muskrat trap in the box and end his thievery.
I got rid of a dozen chip monks that way this summer. That little devil will cause more trouble than it is worth. The hides are marketable if you wait until winter.
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I have a resident Coopers Hawk that takes care of the excess tree rat population. There's only a couple of reds in the area. Chippies are practically non existent between him and my rat traps. Saw him nail a few this summer. He
Ike's to dine on a big maple stump in the neighbor's yard.
I'm for keeping him fat for the winter.
Rg
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Wow great pictures! He is probably the happiest and healthiest red in your neck of the woods.
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Yeah......I hope he gets heartburn ;D
Our back yard is the size of a town park. The block of land borders on a triangle of roads. When it was developed way back when, the center section of it was divided up and included in each home owner's property. The middle is cared for by everyone and has mature maples and pines. It's literally like having a park for our back yard.
Squirrels are a fact of life. I have plans for an obstacle course to test one particularly persistent grey buck that always finds a way to raid my bird feeders. I'll divert his interest and test his squirrel abilities. This guy can jump 6" vertically to get past the 8" stovepipe I have covering my feeder pole and grab onto the post to access the feeder platform. He used to jump from my Weber to the post. I moved it away about a foot a day for a while and had to get it a good 10" away before he wouldn't try to make the jump across to the pole.
I'm going to start him out with a maze and go from there. ;D
Rg
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An old timer that retired from where I work used to catch them in a cage trap, spray paint their tail with orange marking paint and then let them go at the park up the road from his house! :laugh:
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The have ruined many of my bird house entrance holes only to get inside and find out its to small for them.. And I live in a pine Grove so I have lots of them.. There cutting pine cones right now so you can here them falling on the roof ,the shed,the cars and even the ground right at your feet.. ;D
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That house is the only one I have in a tree so far. Nothing nested in it this summer. I made the hole 1 1/4" so the sparrows and starlings couldn't get in. He's probably after my tomatoes because there's no walnuts at all in e trees around here. There's a ton of black walnut trees around and no nuts at all. Never seen that before.
They'll be scrounging this winter.
Rg
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I had put up a martin house for a guy one time. It had been up for a couple of years with no birds. the guy wanted it mover. I was on a ladder removing the house before dropping the pole. I felt something hit my head. A flying squirrel had used my head for a take off strip. It had destroyed the inside of the house including using one chamber for a toilet. NO wonder the birds did not use the house.
We moved the house farther away form the trees. It ended up with birds in it a couple of years later.
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That's pretty neat. Saw some flying squirrels while camping in the southern part of NY. Cute little buggers.
Rg
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My grandfather used to offer a bounty on red squirrels. They would chew their way into his Wren houses and kill the chicks.
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I'm going to try some of the deer repellent I used around my garden . It's a granular stuff. I think I'll put some in the bottom of the box and see if it works.
Rg
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What I do a lot, especially on wren houses with a small hole, is take the door, put a 3x3" or bigger piece of tin in the spot where you want the hole.. Then take a 3x3" or bigger piece of wood put it over and sandwich it with the pneumatic stapiler..
Then drill your hole.. ;D
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That's a great idea. Hope he breaks a tooth ;D
Rg
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I put out Juicy Fruit gum to get rid of chipmunks. Seems to get rid of them fast.
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I put out Juicy Fruit gum to get rid of chipmunks. Seems to get rid of them fast.
I would rather wast a .177 on them, than juicy fruit.... ;D
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Now that's too funny. Kind of like giving my beagle a spoon of peanut butter.
Rg
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I pulled an old tin shower out of a near 100 year old cottage on the bluffs of Lake Michigan. Stuck between the shower wall and the bathroom wall was a mummified flying squirrel all spread out. It was to bad that the bugs had gotten to the fur as other wise it was perfect. The crawl space under the cottage was full of porcupine droppings as they had lived under there for years
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Finally got the hang of the trail cam. Caught the bandit red hooved.
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Still can’t figure out how to set the time date stamp.
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Looks like you fattened her up pretty good... ;D
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They’re all fat around here.travel from feeder to feeder this time of year.
It’s ok.they’ve never done any damage to the feeders. They’re welcome to what’s on the ground.
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This the first year I haven’t had them at my feeder ,
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They pass through our yards most every night. Sometimes they bed down on the hill behind us. There’s a couple big pines they seem to like. I put the Halloween pumpkins out on the compost pile. They’ll get around to eating them eventually.
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My son sent me this. They strip the feeder every night. He only has the one so I suppose he can bring in in at night.
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Or raise it up maybe? Got some pics of two last night but the cam frosted up so they weren’t too clear. The two were bedded down about 50 yards out my back door at 4 am when I looked out.
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A steward of the forest. You’re a good man.
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Nice
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I have a few in my yard every night. One year I had about 20 every night they knocked the feeder post down so I never put it back up.
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Rough time of year to be a deer especially with lots of snowfall.
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Wife snapped this pic yesterday
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They’ve been at our feeders all week. I emptied the catch trays on the ground and they zeroed in on it.
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The bandits were active last night.
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One video showed 7 deer at and around the feeders. First time I’ve actually seen them eating from the feeders.
I was wondering why they were employing out so fast. Might have to bring them in at night for a while.
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It's all fun and games until they bring their friends. When the birdseed is gone the deer prune the trees and shrubs. The turkeys rake the lawn.
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Night before last there were 9 deer in the yard. Most I’ve ever seen.
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They brought their friends ! Strutting already.
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Havent seen a turkey since fall.. But have seen a lot of fishers in the yard/woods. I think they eat a lot when there roosted in the trees at night....
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Snowblowed the back deck off with an audience this afternoon..
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This bandit was cleaning up seed last night when I went to bed and he’s still out there this morning .
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This was sent to me from a friend. :o
ADK bears are out and about and very hungry..
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Just showed my Bride that pic.
She said “ I guess the squirrels aren’t so bad after all.”