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Author:  old man [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:12 am ]
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be gardeners. You guys have followed my adventures with armadillos this year and offered some fine advice. I'm not looking for advice this time, but rather, solace.    The electric fence and chicken wire took care of the deer and rabbit problem just fine, HOWEVER, when I went out to pick the garden this morning, this is what I found:












My melons are gone! But I have a suspicion what happened. I also found this:

AND HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE HIS BRACES OFF YET!!!!






They also took my corn patch a couple of weeks ago. Next year, farmer's market!!!

Ronold man38926.4718402778
Author:  JBreault [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:53 am ]
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Ron, that is a masacre. I'm sorry all that effort went for naught.

Perhaps instead of sitting on the rocker picking the guitar, you could sit on the rocker and pick off some critters...with your 22 that is.
Author:  Mark Tripp [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:58 am ]
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Nefarious little beasts they are.

I'm a live and let live kinda guy, but when I lived in the woods in western WA, I had a gang of adolescent racoons start to decimate my chickens. One night upon hearing one of the flock being carried off, screaming in terror, I'd had enough. I declared war! Duct taped a Mag-Light to the 12 gauge, and went into Terminator mode. Couple a nights later, no more problems!

I've caught many a trout on the flies I've tied from those pelts!

I feel for you Ron. Beware though, they will keep coming back until everything is gone...

-MarkMark Tripp38926.5824305556
Author:  charliewood [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 5:15 am ]
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We have the same problems with tree fruit crops here - the birds will not just eat 5 plums, or 30 cherries completely and fill themselves up - but rather they sample each one - just to make sure it doesnt taste better than the one they are currently eating, cause you never know right?
We have a dog to take care of ground critters!~
Cheers
Charlie
Author:  old man [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 5:37 am ]
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Thanks, guys. I might have to start shooting, but I really hate to. Maybe I'll sit in the rocker and play my banjo at night.

Ron
Author:  DaleH [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:15 am ]
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That’s why I have completely given up on gardening. Last one I planted the coons ate everything from the squash to the cayenne pepper plants. But I can tell you what will work, a have-a-heart trap baited with a quartered apple & peanut butter on it. They can't resist it!
If you call your animal control people they may even have a trap you can use. Other than that the only thing that'll work is a good 22 rifle. If you do have to dispatch a couple of them you might want to check around and see if anybody wants them, there alot of people that still eat coon.
In my younger years I use to coon hunt all the time, we use to get between $25 & $35 dollars for one & then we would use those funds towards the care of the dogs.
You have to leave a foot on though so they know your not trying to sell them a cat.
Author:  old man [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:40 pm ]
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I have a friend who baits his trap with vanilla wafers.

I looked at traps today and will probably buy some next year if I don't quit gardening, too. I don't have anything left but okra, and so far they haven't bothered it.

Ron
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:07 pm ]
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Sorry Ron!
They probably left the okra alone because of the variety.
You must have planted boiled okra, and not fried okra.

Hope all turns out ok. I like the idea of piking the banjo at night. Then again, your neighbor might get his 22.

Steve
Author:  CarltonM [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:17 pm ]
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[QUOTE=old man] Maybe I'll sit in the rocker and play my banjo at night. [/QUOTE]
Animal cruelty!!!
Author:  old man [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:53 pm ]
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Next year you guys might see me playing one of those armadillo backed geetar things and wearing a coon-skin cap.

Ron
Author:  DaleH [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:19 pm ]
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[QUOTE=old man] I have a friend who baits his trap with vanilla wafers.

I looked at traps today and will probably buy some next year if I don't quit gardening, too. I don't have anything left but okra, and so far they haven't bothered it.

Ron[/QUOTE]

They probably migrated from up North
If they were the southern variety they would have ate the okra with the mater's

DaleH38929.4355787037
Author:  old man [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:34 pm ]
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Ron
Author:  Billy T [ Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:42 pm ]
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      We've got possums that go after the avocados but they don't do any damage like that! They're pretty reasonable! But the racoons are killers they don't even care! No respect!

One word Ron! One Word! Dog!

A watermellon's best friend!

Thank goodness Mellony didn't see this! Billy T38927.2397337963
Author:  old man [ Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:20 am ]
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Mellony, huh?

I had a fine dog until last June and someone stole him. Half lab and half something. I guess I nedd to replace him pretty soon.

Billy, I probably should have let you do the picture for me. I'm sure you could have made a more professional image of the coon with watermelon, but this was fine for me. Thanks, though.

Ronold man38927.4327777778
Author:  Jeanne [ Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:50 am ]
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Twinkies. They all like Twinkies. Twinkies have a shelf life of....forever.

I live on the edge of town and it seems every raccoon, opossum, and skunk thinks my backyard is a maternity ward. A mama raccoon killed my Yorkie 2 years ago. She then met the business-end of a shovel. THUNK.....

Anyway, I toss a Twinkie or two into a live-trap. The next morning I pay someone to cart the culprit away.

Yeah, just call me "Ellie-Mae"Jeanne38927.8012731482
Author:  old man [ Sat Jul 29, 2006 10:18 am ]
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Hi, Jeanne
I'd probably crawl into the trap for a twinkie.

You have a lot of nerve relocating a skunk. . This has been a huge year for varmits around here. It wouldn't bother me if I didn't have the garden and I'll probably stop gardening, at least on a large scale, as my granddaughters enjoy the deer and rabbits.

Maybe you don't have as much nerve as I thought, I read your post again and see that you paid someone to remove the animals. Smart, too.

Ron old man38927.8063541667
Author:  Miketobey [ Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:19 am ]
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You know you're a redneck when every shotgun and rifle in the house has a flashlight taped to it!( I think this is my original)MT
Author:  Billy T [ Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:57 am ]
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[quote]Billy, I probably should have let you do the picture for me. I'm sure you could have made a more professional image of the coon with watermelon, but this was fine for me. Thanks, though. [/quote]

You did great Ron! He kind of reminds me of my Aunt Jo ann!! I think she lives in a tree too!

   That stinks about your melons Bud! DO you have any left?
Author:  old man [ Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:20 am ]
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Nope, they got all the melons.

Ron
Author:  Serge Poirier [ Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:40 pm ]
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Ron, i did tell you about the banana and the hammer huh? Remember ?
Author:  old man [ Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:25 pm ]
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Sorry, Serge, I thought that was just for armadillos.

Sure glad to see you back posting again, and I really regret missing the big get together. They had lots of nice things to say about you and your talent.   

Ron
Author:  Serge Poirier [ Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:16 pm ]
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Ron, it works for raccoons also, just put some brown sugar on the banana!


Thanks my friend, I thought of you very often during the week end, will post more comments tomorrow, off to bed now!
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