rodent infestation

[tphoyt]

Do not release the animal alive, no laws broken. Any wildlife management company tells you that the animals are release elsewhere is lying. Only thing that is releasable is bats.

Killing a bat in Ma comes with heavy fines and in some cases jail time. Threatened spices are $1,000 per bat and endangered are $2,000 per bat. 5 of the 9 species are listed as endangered.

 

[jlh3rd]

Killing a bat in Ma comes with heavy fines and in some cases jail time. Threatened spices are $1,000 per bat and endangered are $2,000 per bat. 5 of the 9 species are listed as endangered.

One time my mom had a squirrel in her attic. I bought a trap and caught it. I then took it for a ride and let it loose.
A friend later told me that I could have been arrested by the Wildlife cops for “trapping“ a squirrel. So what is the correct thing to do ? Shoot it in the attic?


I'd keep my mouth shut then and just do what I need to do.

 

[cyclops222]

Well if we had less crooks in government ? We could hire a EPA approved killer.

 

[Jeff J]

I'd keep my mouth shut then and just do what I need to do.

That’s the best advice. Take care of the issue and keep your mouth shut.

I had someone tell me the best way to kill a skunk is to drown it because they won’t stink. I had someone else tell me it was inhumane and a crime to do it.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

That’s the best advice. Take care of the issue and keep your mouth shut.

I had someone tell me the best way to kill a skunk is to drown it because they won’t stink. I had someone else tell me it was inhumane and a crime to do it.

A crime to kill a skunk by drowning? Well just go shoot it then.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

I once went to retrieve a dead squirrel from a trap in the yard my neighbor saw me and gave me the finger, I just smiled and waved. People are funny about things sometimes.

 

[dingbat]

In 70’s they sprayed my neighborhood for mosquitoes with helicopters. You had to try and run for cover when you heard them coming. Sometimes you would get lucky and sometimes you get sprayed.

Spent a bunch of time in a small town outside
Kissimmee Fla. growing up. Mid to late 60’s.

Once a week or so they would drive a pickup with a fogger in the back around the neighborhood spraying DDT. A guy on the loud speaker would advise everyone to seek shelter until the fog cleared.

 

[tphoyt]

They did the same in my neighborhood in Bradenton Fl. I lived out on the Islands so they used the helicopter to get to all the wetlands that surround us back then. It’s a concrete jungle now. They found a way around building on all the wetlands they said would never be built on.
In a nutshell she’ll that’s why I left.

 

[dingbat]

They did the same in my neighborhood in Bradenton Fl. I lived out on the Islands so they used the helicopter to get to all the wetlands that surround us back then. It’s a concrete jungle now. They found a way around building on all the wetlands they said would never be built on.
In a nutshell she’ll that’s why I left.

Great aunt lived in Bradenton. Her favorite place to fish was under the lights off the “green bridge”.

Understand they have since built a new bridge over the manatee. Kept part of the old green bridge as a fishing pier.

 

[tphoyt]

I never fished the green bridge but it was always talked about being a great spot. There was a guy that sold smoked mullet on the side of the road in Palmetto that was just amazing. I still think about from time to time and I haven’t had in some 40 years or so.

 

[Jeff J]

A crime to kill a skunk by drowning? Well just go shoot it then.

We had skunks in the 8” irrigation pipe all the time when I was a kid. The fix then was to shake them out and shoot them. Every skunk I saw shot sprayed while it was dying. Please feel free to shoot as many in your yard as you like but I don’t enjoy the smell enough to shoot one in my yard.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

We had skunks in the 8” irrigation pipe all the time when I was a kid. The fix then was to shake them out and shoot them. Every skunk I saw shot sprayed while it was dying. Please feel free to shoot as many in your yard as you like but I don’t enjoy the smell enough to shoot one in my yard.

I used to shoot skunks until I learned that they did out ground bee nests and eat the larva. I guess I dislike ground bees more than skunks

 

[Jeff J]

Bees don’t bother me. We have carpenter bees in the barn. When I get stung I go get a can of carb cleaner from the shop and clear them out. It would probably work on a hole in the ground as well as a hole in the wall.