Newt . thats a good one!
I am learning a bunch here!
Newt . thats a good one!
I am learning a bunch here!
Relaxed and now a Full Time Trout Bum, Est. 2024
Shoot 'em! Use the hair to tie flies, and bring the rest for the fish-in pot luck!Originally Posted by Bluegill222
Better to be an active environmentalist than and environmental activist.
FFMIRSWTNBOF (Full Fledged Member in Raunchy Standing-Within The NBOF)
Betty,
From time to time I have mice in my yard due to the 14 or so bird feeders we have out. When I spot them I take down the feeders for a week. A week seems to work as the mice need a few days to figure out their new found food supply is gone. Don't worry, the birds will come back soon enough after you place the feeder back out.
Trout don't speak Latin.
bolt action .22 and CCI shotshells, if the neighbors aren't too close.
Want to hear God laugh? Tell him Your plans!!!
Since it's a reoccurring problem, removing the mice will only be temporary. Best bet, remove the habitat and the food source and they'll move on, just as they did before setting up house at your place.
One thing that has worked so-so ( In our case squirrels ) was to hang one and only only feeder out in the middle of open ground that has no obstructions to flight or sight for long distances. Doing that lures the little rats out into the open where Owls and Hawks can set up on them.
The downside, if you've got Dove's ( as we did - past tense ) hanging around the base of your feeder, you'll have piles of Dove down floating around your yard after a few days.
Around here most of our little critter problems are kept in check by the Coyote, Fox, Bobcat, Hawk, Owl, Rattlesnake and King snake populations. But then the larger of those predators account for a lot of missing cats and small dogs too.
Best, Dave
Last edited by Dave E; 05-13-2011 at 03:06 PM.
Ed, are you suggesting turning Newt into a cat? That would be at least one politician who was good for something!
I can think of few acts more selfish than refusing a vaccination.
And mousing is the only legitimate reason to have a cat around.
Kevin
Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some person ever reads.
The little buggers have tunneled under the patio. The dog is no help ... she sits by the entrance to the burrow, and waits to play! When one emerges, she (all 85 pounds of her) launches herself in a huge pounce. It's great comedy to watch, though totally ineffective.
Trouts don't live in ugly places.
A friend is not who knows you the longest, but the one who came and never left your side.
Don't look back, we ain't goin' that way.
Have you watched "Caddyshack" lately? May be time to rent a movie.
Want to hear God laugh? Tell him Your plans!!!
So, Betty, did ya see the photos a week or so back somebody posted of a couple nice browns what had their bellies full a mice ??
Maybe whatcha oughta do is get a live trap and go to slingin' bait fer awhile................Dan
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