[Farmall] I hate mice
John Junkroski
jpjunk at mc.net
Mon Dec 24 18:52:59 PST 2007
Charlie,
I've got a large "live-trap" that is entirely safe to operate ( a
major consideration with kids and pets around ) and pretty effective
on 'coons, possums and groundhogs. It's getting rid of the beasts
after I trap them that's the problem.
I'm at the point where I would like to accidentaly dump the full trap
into the river.
Our local animal control enforcement people tell me it's illegal
here to "possess live wild animals" and that I'll have to hire a
licensed trapper. I wish I could find somebody that would like to
process the furs. I'd be happy to deliver the carcasses to their door.
Unfortunately we have two neighbors within 500 feet of our property
line, and our state law makes it illegal to discharge any firearm
within 500 feet of a residence, which makes perfect sense to me, but
does limit my chances of control.
I know about deer. Finally the state authorities have realized the
extent of the population problem; we lose two or three drivers in
our county every year to collisions during rutting season. There
really are too d--n many white-tails.
Due to the appearance of Chronic Wasting Disease, they are going to
begin to cull the herd.
I have volunteered my property as a hunting site for their
sharpshooters.
They can sit in my kitchen if they want to and shoot the ones that
walk 20 feet from the door on the way to my veggie garden and my
wife's perennials.
Now, if only we could look at populations of 'coons, possums, and
groundhogs.
Maybe we could use more coyotes? Wolves? Tyrannosaurus?
John
On Dec 24, 2007, at 7:42 PMCST, birddog wrote:
> John.
>
> Connabare (spelling?) trap. A square affair made from steel bar
> 3/16 to
> 1/4" diameter. Very heavy spring on each end. Require much care when
> setting and handling. I used to compress the springs for setting in a
> 6" vice actually. Get one 10 - 12" square for woodchuck or fox. Set
> up with 2 lengths of 1/2 inch galvanized water pipes, one through each
> end eyelet. Position on a trail to and from the hole. Very deadly.
> Once the nose trips the trigger wire, it is lights out for the
> critter.
> May not be legal in all states??
>
> My problem?? The deer have turned my yard into a cow pasture.
> Anything
> green is completely gone and now the stems and branches are going to.
> Ground is totally covered with manure. Against the law to
> discharge any
> type of firearm here. Wonder where I can buy a 5 foot connabare??
>
>
> Charlie
>
> John Junkroski wrote:
>> James,
>>
>> I envy you your brave dalmatians.
>>
>> Maybe it's the genetically modified crops being grown here or
>> radiation from the surrounding nuclear power plants or fallout of
>> synthetic hormones from incinerating plastics, but I'm convinced that
>> Illinois groundhogs have doubled in size in my lifetime.
>>
>> I wish somebody would re-introduce something mean enough to gobble
>> the nasty critters. I'd pay good money to see a sabre-tooth sitting
>> behind my barn, belching and stuffed full of groundhogs. They
>> undermined my shed, causing the collapse of heavily laden shelves,
>> wrecking lots of useful stuff. They assault my garden regularly... I
>> may have to give up planting peas or beans,
>>
>> Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog) says they are
>> "ground-squirrels". I often refer to regular squirrels as "roof-
>> rats".
>>
>> The weather here today seems very suitable for wooly mammoth... who
>> knows?
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Dec 24, 2007, at 2:47 PMCST, James Moran wrote:
>>
>>
>>> JJ-
>>> I, too, suggested the benefits of felines to Frank. Some people
>>> (not to suggest that this is true of Frank) have a serious aversion
>>> to cats, though.
>>> In terms of the woodchucks of this world, for years we kept horses
>>> and the holes were a dangerous thing for them. At the time, we had
>>> a brother/sister pair of Dalmatians. They would size up the
>>> woodchuck's "position" and, in a sense, "sneak up" in a sort of
>>> crawl. Once the dog was sure that he/she could close the distance
>>> before the prey could go to ground, it would sprint and grab the
>>> critter by the neck and, one or two brisk shakes later, that was
>>> that.
>>> Personally, here in New York, I have a fox problem. They are wily
>>> and who has the time to sit patiently with a 22-250 in hand.
>>> Coyote are on the rise, as well. There is the (IMHO)
>>> wrongheadedness when it comes to reintroducing "indigenous species"
>>> to the environment. I suppose that one day I will look out of the
>>> window only to see a Woolly Mammoth or Saber Tooth Tiger. ;-)
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> John Junkroski <jpjunk at mc.net> wrote: Frank,
>>> I hate to state the obvious, but the simple answer is "cats".
>>>
>>> We have two, and our delightful neighbor is an exceptional animal-
>>> lover who adopts every stray that comes by, feeds them in her barn
>>> and must have more than a dozen. We don't have a mouse problem any
>>> more.
>>>
>>> Now if I could only find a pet big enough to take on the &8%!@
>>> groundhogs. Talk about damage!
>>> ( Is it legal to keep a mountain lion in your barn?)
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 24, 2007, at 1:28 PMCST, Frank DeWitt wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I was using the Farmall 200 on Sunday and I put it away. shut
>>>> off the
>>>> fuel, and was waiting for it to run out of gas when a LOUD Bang. I
>>>> look over at the gauges and the glass is gone from the Amp meter
>>>> and
>>>> what is left doesn't look to good. I pull the battery, and sure
>>>> enough The area between the battery and the switches and gauges is
>>>> packed full of mice nest and dead mice. I hate mice.
>>>>
>>>> Cleaned everything out last night including the dead meter and the
>>>> dead temp gauge (mice stuff rotted though the tubing. (I hate
>>>> mice) Today I put in new gauges and new wiring in that area.
>>>> Every
>>>> thing works now.
>>>>
>>>> Some observations and questions.
>>>>
>>>> Farmall didn't fuse much. Only the lights are fused. also, the
>>>> glass fuse and fuse holder don't work real well. I found that NAPA
>>>> sells some nice after market fuse holders.
>>>> http://www.bussmann.com/images/8ef32c7b-c26c-4fd0-
>>>> b016-471b7f380230.jpg
>>>> http://www.bussmann.com/images/44fcdd4b-b905-4688-9176-
>>>> cc90024f7930.jpg
>>>> I installed one of these for the lights and left it poking out near
>>>> the back corner of the battery side plates It doesn't show unless
>>>> you know it is there. I think this spring I may add one at the 6V
>>>> output at the start switch. Perhaps another at the output of the
>>>> generator.
>>>>
>>>> From past experience plus observing what is in there. Crimp on
>>>> connectors will corrode. Crimp and solder Those wire nuts that
>>>> are
>>>> pre filled with weather proof goop for trucking use DO work. The
>>>> wires were nice and clean.
>>>>
>>>> Mice like to eat the new plastic wire more then the old plastic or
>>>> cloth covered wire. Does any one know why? or where to get the old
>>>> kind of wire? The hardware store thought heat resistant wire might
>>>> work. He only had #14.
>>>>
>>>> BIG Question. How do I keep mice out of my tractor. What do you
>>>> do? Do I need to inspect it once or twice a year? How about that
>>>> Mice be gone spray? Moth balls? I protect my antique generator
>>>> with
>>>> mothballs, but I seal it in plastic to do it.
>>>>
>>>> Other advice, or thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> I hate mice.
>>>>
>>>> Frank
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Frank DeWitt
>>>>
>>>> Light plant WEB page
>>>> http://www.oldengine.org/
>>>> members/frank
>>>> Mechanical Design mailto:frank at lbpinc.com
>>>> LBP INC. Phone: 585 624 3052
>>>> 2365 Cox Rd. Fax 585 624 1038
>>>> Bloomfield NY 14469 Web http://www.lbpinc.com
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