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Urban Possum Varmit...Freeper needs advice on how to get rid of possum living under porch.
8/9/03 | self

Posted on 08/09/2003 8:35:51 AM PDT by Imagine

I've got a possum living under my porch diggin up stuff during the night. Any suggestions on capturing or killing the critter???


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KEYWORDS: catchingpossums; possum; turass; wildlife
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To: Imagine
I agree it just is somthing to note.. and look at me I read it and posted to it.
201 posted on 08/10/2003 7:24:46 PM PDT by Rightly Biased (<><)
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To: Imagine
I would almost bet you have an armadillo instead of a possum since it is digging stuff up.

Even if you have seen a possum I still bet you have an armadillo.

202 posted on 08/10/2003 7:40:26 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: Imagine
Use the Hav-a-hart.

Pssst: The secret ingredient in Brunswick Stew is possum.
203 posted on 08/10/2003 7:55:44 PM PDT by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: yarddog
An armadillo in Stamford, Connecticut???

Now I'm really scratching my head....
204 posted on 08/10/2003 8:48:33 PM PDT by Imagine
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To: Imagine
Possums eat rattlesnakes.

Life is a tradeoff...

205 posted on 08/10/2003 8:58:45 PM PDT by GOPJ
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To: BunnySlippers; Imagine
"Call your local PETA representative."

Good heavens NO! They would have the FReeper move out and allow the possum to move into the main house to be maintained indefinitely by said FReeper for encroaching on the poor creature's habitat.

I would prefer seeing you use a humane and nonlethal way of dealing with it though.

206 posted on 08/10/2003 10:07:50 PM PDT by sweetliberty ("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")
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To: Mad Dawg
"Then send the living possum to your local PETA headquarters -- or drop him off in their cellar."

ROTFL! Good one!

207 posted on 08/10/2003 10:17:38 PM PDT by sweetliberty ("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")
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To: wardaddy
Well, I went to Freidman's and forked over 37 bucks for a Crossman (pistol).177

Get the Crossman .22 cal, the .177 is not as effective for anything larger than a small squirrel. I have seen large squirrels take several hits from the .177 and still keep moving.

Stay away from the Daisy line, they are total crap. A good Crossman with a scope is accurate out to more than 80 yards. The Daisy, maybe ten.

208 posted on 08/11/2003 12:55:48 AM PDT by Utilizer
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To: Imagine
I guess Connecticut is a little out of the Armadillo's range although when I was a kid, they were unheard of in Florida too.

I see them run over just about every time I drive out. Whatever their tails are made of, they should do a scientific study of it, because the tails are never damaged by cars running over them. Maybe they could use them for armor.

209 posted on 08/11/2003 4:06:28 AM PDT by yarddog
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To: wardaddy
My last peacock died some months ago, so we haven't had anymore trouble with coons. There's no more food for them to steal, so they've moved on to bother someone else. You are lucky that your big guy wasn't diseased. I'm sure the bite was really nasty. That is why my husband never touches them until they are good and dead.

The biggest one we ever caught was 30 lbs. We used to have a trapper who would take them off our hands for the pelts. But he died some years ago, and we've had to shoot them since. We are in Wisconsin in a suburban area.

210 posted on 08/11/2003 6:17:01 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Imagine
Mothballs
211 posted on 08/11/2003 6:17:27 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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