He Came for the Apples....Hope he doesn't stay for the Salmon.....

MWS · September 21, 2006, 03:11:11 PM

We've had a repeat visitor in our yard lately. :o (That dark figure by the swingset) He has been eating my plums and apples and sleeping in my wifes perrenial garden. I plan on smoking some salmon this weekend...... ??? Hmmmm

Kummok · September 21, 2006, 03:44:49 PM

Oughta taste good, being fed on fruit! Nice blackie....I think he wants to use the swing set! ;) ;D They ARE pests, aren't they Tom?!?!? We have a regular visitor here that scatters the contents of a small trash receptical all about (we don't put food waste in it....just the END products of my wife's furry poop factory), craps in the nicely mowed lawn, then leaves without as much as a "Thanks for nothing!".

I'll spare you the picture of the raspberry filled scat that was left the night before last and the blackie is just too secretive to capture on film...I've only seen him once in the last two years, but I pick up after him regularly. Guess he/she thinks that we might slip up one night and dump food in with the kitter litter trash ::)

Oldman · September 21, 2006, 05:01:58 PM

He is neat looking. However, with that swing set if it was me I would take action. That means you got kids. Now I would not hurt him, but I bet one of those super pump up squirt guns filled with vinegar would give him second thoughts about coming around after the second or third time he came to visit and he got baptized with it.

If that did not work then I would try soaking ground red pepper in distilled water for a few days and then give that a shot.

Most animals learn and act from learned-responses. Make it ugly for him to come around and he will go away.

Chez Bubba · September 21, 2006, 05:18:05 PM

Quote from: Kummok on September 21, 2006, 03:44:49 PM
Guess he/she thinks that we might slip up one night and dump food in with the kitter litter trash ::)

That or it likes the taste of poop. ;D

Quote from: Oldman on September 21, 2006, 05:01:58 PM
Make it ugly for him to come around and he will go away.

There are about 20 Rodney Dangerfield-esque roast quips that come to mind, but I will refrain. :o

Kirk

MWS · September 21, 2006, 06:39:22 PM

Quote from: Oldman on September 21, 2006, 05:01:58 PM
I bet one of those super pump up squirt guns filled with vinegar would give him second thoughts about coming around after the second or third time he came to visit and he got baptized with it.

I like the vinegar suggestion. I'm gonna try that. What I've been doing is making noise, throwing stuff, yelling and that sort of thing. We just purchased some bear spray and bangers and will use it next time. Our kids don't go out unless we are too. Stella the 'guard cat' has been pretty useless. ;) ;D

tsquared · September 21, 2006, 09:03:49 PM

There was one across the river from the dock in Port Renfrew last weekend(along with the biggest Roosevelt elk I've ever seen!)and as we walked down the gangway to climb into the boat, we watched the blackie scoop a nice coho out of the water. We got 14 or 15 coho ourselves over the weekend but we didn't have to wade in the water to do it!
T2

MWS · September 21, 2006, 09:27:43 PM

Quote from: tsquared on September 21, 2006, 09:03:49 PM
We got 14 or 15 coho ourselves over the weekend but we didn't have to wade in the water to do it!
T2

That's what I'm smoking this weekend. Coho. But I caught mine at Safeway. ;D :-[

MRH · September 22, 2006, 12:59:04 PM

Another thing to try might be mixing some ammonia in water, I was told that if you spray that on 2 fighting dogs it will split them right up! Don't know how much to mix though.

Mark

manxman · September 22, 2006, 02:25:48 PM

and I thought I had problems with the local cats!!!! :D

icerat4 · September 22, 2006, 02:41:48 PM

I wonder how that big black sheep smokes. ;D LOL.

manxman · September 22, 2006, 03:06:33 PM

QuoteI wonder how that big black sheep smokes

I'de be very interested to see you try and persuade him into the smoker icerat4, any bets on the outcome!? ;D

Chez Bubba · September 22, 2006, 04:17:52 PM

I've got .348 of persuasion that might ensure that outcome. ;)

Kirk

gpsmoker · September 22, 2006, 08:04:08 PM

Had a black bear wander into Winnipeg last week. The Police darted him and removed him to the wilds. Bad enough with the whitetail deer inside the city limits, but bears are not on the guest list. ;)

Greg

jimguy · September 22, 2006, 08:30:12 PM

I would spray with 00 buck, then use the loin for canadian bacon.

I have grizzlies vist my home and keep a 12 ga riot gun handy.

manxman · September 23, 2006, 01:17:05 PM

QuoteI've got .348 of persuasion that might ensure that outcome.

Perhaps I'll try this with the local cats! ;) Got three cat's myself, it's the ferrel cats that are the problem.