In article <d54ce8b9-cf3a-4a7b-8da2-981475d66902
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>, frank.logullo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 28, 8:50 am, General Schvantzkopf <schvantzk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:54:04 -0500, phorbin wrote:
> > > In article <mPidnfdsSMH0rIjVnZ2dnUVZ_u6dn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > schvantzk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> > >> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:35:36 -0500, phorbin wrote:
> >
> > >> Did you try any sort of predator scent? I'm thinking about emptying
my
> > >> kitty litter boxes down his hole.
> >
> > > Yep... Didn't work. YMMV --Try tiger, lion or panther.
> >
> > > Ammonia, mothballs, moth crystals, etc. haven't worked for us on any
> > > critter. I've also tried diluted groundhog blood down the holes to
no
> > > effect.
> >
> > > Coincidentally, another one of the sodding things has wandered in
and
> > > I'll be dealing with it in the next day or so, once I've learned its
> > > habits.
> >
> > > We're still pre-planting and nothing has grown much so I've a little
> > > time.
> >
> > I guess I'll have to bring out the Havahart trap. What do you use for
> > bait? BTW what's the density of groundhogs?. If I trap the one in my
> > garden will another one just show up to take his place?. Back in the
80s
> > I was trapping raccoons and that was hopeless. I moved 50 of them
before
> > I gave up. The thing that finally got the raccoons under control was a
> > rabies epidemic.
>
> Same here. Trap and remove. Use peanut butter as bait but be
> prepared to catch any varmint.
> Last year, I got a skunk.
I caught about a dozen a year until I realized that closing the trap at
sunset was a good idea.
That said, I haven't been sprayed yet. The old stretched out blanket
trick works very well.
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