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To: boatbums

A black panther here used to come out at night and raid the henhouses. If you went out he would follow you everywhere. I think he thought I was going to open the chicken coops for him.

Raccons, on the other paw, will come when I call them by name and they never ignore me. Squirrels will always come when I lie to them and tell them I have peanuts. Same for chipmunks. Opposums tend to ignore me as well as skunks and fishers,...

Bobcats also just run away.


19 posted on 04/29/2014 11:34:36 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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To: bunkerhill7
Raccons, on the other paw, will come when I call them by name and they never ignore me. Squirrels will always come when I lie to them and tell them I have peanuts. Same for chipmunks. Opposums tend to ignore me as well as skunks and fishers,...

Are you serious? If so, astounding. I've trained some squirrels to come for peanuts and cookies, but it took years. Racoons, never, and I've tried. I've had skunks and possums that don't run away too fast, but the dog chases them off (or uses them for dog toys in the case of the possums; three times now I've carried off saliva soaked possums that "fainted" as my chow chow licked them incessantly only to see them wander off later). Bobcats skulk off out of sight and then just sit me out (used night vision to figure this one out). Foxes same as bobcats.

60 posted on 04/29/2014 1:52:10 PM PDT by LambSlave
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