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thank you PPB, never thought of using moth balls, to date i've been using my beer balls which aren't big enough. Seriously, over the years I used moth balls in the wood chuck holes around the house to deter the furry creatures.Moth balls.
You can purchase a box from Wal Mart for $4. Using cheesecloth, you can make 10-15 “naphthalene balls” (comprised of 4-5 moth balls wrapped up in cheesecloth).
Don’t lay them on the ground (your dog might eat them), but rather pin them around your deck and/on nearby trees.
Used to live in Midway Manor... up over the hill from “dwntwn” Shavertown. Trucksville right around the corner.Where exactly do you live? Don't send the to Shavertown!
LOL, there're not shriveled to that point, but they are gravitating to my knees.Hey, come on.....step’s balls aren’t THAT old!
So this is how the term originated.....tally whackerStep - Given how long it takes you to “take a leak” and, that you have to bang “it” against the bannister several times to achieve full stream, you’re very lucky to have a friendly sister in law looking down onto your deck.
Now I see what you didis that what your boss wears around her neck?
Well wil, over the years, I have lobed 357's & 44 mag's. that kick up the dirt and rocks next to the furry buggers, then they run like the wind.I've seen people try mothballs with no success. In my experience, a 12 gage round into the air can be effective and moving them out for a few weeks.
Moth balls.
You can purchase a box from Wal Mart for $4. Using cheesecloth, you can make 10-15 “naphthalene balls” (comprised of 4-5 moth balls wrapped up in cheesecloth).
Don’t lay them on the ground (your dog might eat them), but rather pin them around your deck and/on nearby trees.
Spraying the young one, I could do that. I may have a problem with spraying the mother or another grown bear that decides to relax on the deck. It's a terrifying sight when a bear stands up 15' away and smiles. Step is going to $hitting in the woods, not the bear.I am liking the pepper spray solution more and more. Not a bear but I had a skunk and a young fox at my table scraps pile last night at dusk. Mr. Skunk got there first. Every time the fox got close, the skunk would shoot his tail straight up and the little punk would bolt 30 feet away and lay down, then slowly start creeping back in.
Finally the skunk had stuffed himself and waddled away, and the little fox came in for the leftovers.
There is an old British study on this fox/rabbit conundrum. Perfect world, the fox keep the rabbits in check, right? But what keeps the foxes in check? Well, in a word, mange: https://goo.gl/images/89F9Kc.Spraying the young one, I could do that. I may have a problem with spraying the mother or another grown bear that decides to relax on the deck. It's a terrifying sight when a bear stands up 15' away and smiles. Step is going to $hitting in the woods, not the bear.
My brother in law and I went rabbit hunting a for few days when the land was nothing but undeveloped land and didn't see one rabbit. We had so many fox and no rabbits on the property.
So in the late 70's, while clearing the trees, brush and stone walls for our houses on the homestead, Pop decided to make habitats for the rabbits using the trees and heavy brush we cut. After a few years rabbits were starting to appear and for a strange reason, the fox were diminishing. I can't even remember the last time I saw a fox on the property since the 80's.
Dem, Any insight on why the rabbits increased and the fox diminished?
Interesting, thanks Dem. I was a novice rabbit hunter that year, and didn't continue. Bobchi (grandmother) would cautioned my brother in law about hunting rabbits too soon, as they had worms. She'd know, because she dressed em out.There is an old British study on this fox/rabbit conundrum. Perfect world, the fox keep the rabbits in check, right? But what keeps the foxes in check? Well, in a word, mange: https://goo.gl/images/89F9Kc.
So, when there's nothing but foxes, they get malnourished and get sick and die off. This allows the rabbits to grow to staggering numbers. I think rabbits get worms or other parasites, and that drops their numbers, OR foxes suddenly realize there is a place with lots of rabbits, and eats them up. In a particular location, the foxes may seem diminished for a long time, but eventually they will come back. Of course, COYOTES eat fox kits I would assume , and now those SOBs are everywhere, so the foxes are both predator and prey.
Check this out:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/divorce-busting/200908/the-foxes-and-the-rabbits
Haven't had scraps pile in decades, in the mid-80's my wife had a large dumpster to service the seven families on the homestead. The dumptster has become a problem the past few years. The bears drag out the garbage and make a mess, plus it keeps the damn bears around. Last year, I posted a picture of the dumpster and the bear trap.Not a bear but I had a skunk and a young fox at my table scraps pile last night at dusk.
$hit, I'm still waiting "happy" from some of my grandchildren, Thanks John.Belated Happy Birthday Step!
In lots of places there are just plain MORE bears than there used to be, too.Haven't had scraps pile in decades, in the mid-80's my wife had a large dumpster to service the seven families on the homestead. The dumptster has become a problem the past few years. The bears drag out the garbage and make a mess, plus it keeps the damn bears around. Last year, I posted a picture of the dumpster and the bear trap.
The only piles we make (that aren't recycled) are the burnable items.
In the past 40 years, bear incidences were very infrequent during any one year. We believe the gas pipe line being built just about a mile north of us has contribute to the bear frequency the last few years. The pipe line work has disturbed much of the woodlands and causing the bears to relocate. I understand bears may have a travel radius of 2-5 miles, and possibility the work on the pipe line has made many overlapping territories.
Like for the line and the signature. Her arrow is pointing the wrong way though.Just like human juveniles.
LOL bkmnitt, I first read your post as going to a saloon or barber shop. I thought for a moment on how I'm to get a bag of hair at the bar.Step...happy birthday. Go to a salon or barber shop...ask for a garbage bag filled with human hair...spread it near the woods were the critters are hanging out....they will scoot.
LOL bkmnitt, I first read your post as going to a saloon or barber shop. I thought for a moment on how I'm to get a bag of hair at the bar.