Thank you so much for going through the whole process. I had to watch 4 videos to find one that showed me how to release the trap door. Especially with a hissing scared animal in the trap. Great video!

Thank you, Bobby! I'm glad your video is still here. I caught a racoon instead of the woodchuck, and I was afraid, but you walked me through it. I used a bungee cord as the pull rope. Worked well.

"Undisclosed?" We all know you dropped them off at your mother in-laws place.

A man that respects nature for what it is, we need more people like Bobby.

If I had waited a few more days, I could have added groundhog to the list. I finally got the rascal that was munching on my sweet taters.

I have no idea. Things just get done. I'm not close to being retired, by definition anyways. But being self employed, I can set my own schedule. And if I work extra hard, me and my family benefit from it...not a boss somewhere else. That itself is a very motivating factor. Thanks Randy.

Thanks. I agree, there is too much time and effort put into gardening to allow the animals to just have their way. Especially when you think about the damage they can do in a very short time.

Awesome tutorial man. You have a smooth and entertaining way of explaining things. Thanks so much!

Funny! My husband and I were all set to do this to capture a groundhog BUT you made me think about a couple of things. That we could catch a fox or raccoon and that something could be rabid. No other videos brought that up so it is obvious you have way more experience than most folks and more sense. So this TN woman is going to leave it to a professional! The last guys that did this for us did catch one coon before getting the groundhog and I'm a bit scared of raccoons (rabid or not)! Thanks again!

I knew a guy that owned a car lot that used to catch raccoon's and possum with those live traps, instead of taking them somewhere and letting them loose he would shoot them in the head with a 22 pistol while they were still in the cage. I asked him what use there was in using a live trap if he was just going to kill them anyway! It's good to see you just take them somewhere else and let them go! God Bless you man!

@fishnmetal4383

5 жыл бұрын

Depending on where you live you can't use other types of traps so if he wanted them dead but couldn't use a kill trap that's probably why.

Good night Irene, lololololool, great teaching and the Good Book says that a little laughter is good for the soul:) Thank you for sharing and God Bless all !

this is the best vid with best advice! thx!

@mhpgardener

9 жыл бұрын

723lion Thank you.

Once again some great information. Thank you for sharing so much with all of us. Blessings!

Thanks Bobby. We use these same traps and have gotten 5 raccoons and 3 possum this year. We do have chickens and started setting them when we saw what happened to Mrs. Volfe's chickens. Great video.

Awww, possums are so CUTE :) Really pleased you release the animals you trap - good things will come back to you for your kindness. Thanks for all the gardening tips, it's great stuff. Thanks so much for sharing :)

Hey amigo. Glad you caught the culprit. I've had lots of problems with raccoons, and I've gotten quite good at trapping them. They can't resist friskies cat food. It has to be friskies. Not sure why, but they won't turn it down. Put the friskies UNDER the plate. A smart raccoon will go into the trap, and take the bait out without springing it, but if they have to claw around under the trigger plate, you'll get them every time. Just a suggestion from my experiences.

One mother and 3 baby raccoons hanging out on my back deck. Yeah during the summer two of my cats go outside. I really appreciate your video.

Very well done and stated. I am about to go and release 2 pine martens (they act similar to that fox when you are handling the trap, and they do like to hunt everything in your back yard from song birds to your small pets) from another style trap with the rings that hold the door closed, so you can roll the trap 180 and then when the rings fall toward the ground the door should open. This has inspired me to perhaps take my spouse along as the camera person and also do a video on using those traps safely. Years ago I marked a squirrel on his rear with a spot of fluorescent orange spray paint before I released him a couple of km's away from home. Then later when at home having dinner my spouse calls me from the back yard and says, "honey, come and look at this squirrel sitting on the fence, he's got a bright orange bum!". My spouse also claims that from that time on she noticed that aversively conditioned squirrel, whom she claimed now suffered from PTSD, couldn't find any female squirrel mates, so I hid the paint because she threatened to paint my rear end so I could see how I liked going out in public like that. (Apparently she was fonder of that squirrel than me.) So today, no paint, ear tags, or GPS tracking collars, and I plan to drive a few KM's more before the release, I'm afraid if they come back next time they may not be as keen to get chicken stir fry in a trap.

@curtflirt2

8 жыл бұрын

+First Aid What happened with the squirrel?

Before I bring in the chickens, I'll set these traps every night for several weeks, trying to catch everything around here. And I'll do everything I can to make the henhouse as animal proof as possible. Chickens and wild animals just don't mix very well. Thanks Deb.

It was cool to see them take off into the woods.

i love that you release them....the fox was beautiful i've never seen a grey coloured one before just red ones up here.. much respect to you ol fella.... i grew up in the boreal forests of northwestern ontario canada... where nature and wild animals are boss... co-existing with them while gardening is not hard to do with a little effort and preventive measures....

As long as you don't hurt them it's a good thing! They are just looking for food & ways to survive.

Thx bro. Me too. They make it much easier to protect my gardens.

The face only a mother could love, haha....You're not kidding. Cheers to catch and release!

Thanks. Using the string was the safest way I could think of. I wanted to be on the opposite end, so the animals would have a wide open space to leave.

I've never dealt with wood chucks, so I don't really know. I did use cantaloupe for the ground hog.

What I would do is mark the animal with dye. While it was in the trap, just pour some red dye or something on it. The color should stay on him for awhile. At least long enough for you to find out if there is more than one.

Thank you for being a good human that understanding they were just hungry. You are a good teacher for understanding and humanity! :)

@piosian4914

7 жыл бұрын

I used to have a few dozen chickens 25years ago. When varmints strike, I know. A bob-cat will just take one cleanly, just disappear. A fox will cause a ruckus, loud struggle and a lot of feathers. again, just one. I did not mind those hungry critters have the right to live too. A possum like eggs and chicks. Raccoons are devil incarnate. They can unlatch most locks, paws are like small human hands. When they get in, they will kill ALL living things. When trapped they didn't get relocated like others. Squirrels, rats, mice and others can't bite thru steel drums for feed.

Good thoughtful advice. I don't have any traps yet, so I've been using my kid's paintball guns to try and keep the squirrels out of my tomatoes. It's not very effective in keeping them out of the garden, but it's kinda fun seeing them scramble...

I had the same problem last year with squirrels. I bought a trap for squirrels late summer last year. I trapped and released a bunch of them throught the fall. I even caught a few rats, but I didn't relocate them. I have seen a few squirrels this year, but I have seen very little damage from them. I tried to trap them with no luck. I will wait until the fall to try again when there isn't as much food around for them. Nice video, Bobby

Great video!Thanks for all the great information.

Great video. Great tips and advice. Have a super blessed day!🌞

great idea, much better than what i was thinking lol, thanks for the reply and such a great simple way of doing it

We have 5 Feral cats around our house and will be trapping them soon and then the City will come and pick them up. So sad that some people do not Neuter their animals and leave a mess for others. I have not trapped any animals since the 50's, however I still remember how. I remember trapping a menagerie of animals, including birds in box-traps, but the most difficult was trapping a skunk and they smelled up the trap a lot. Formalin works good to eradicate the smell. This is informative and I was not very up to date, because I made my own box-traps when I was a child. Thanks!

Hey Bobby, how on earth do you have enough time to do everything. You don't look old enough to be retired. I wish that I lived next door to you so I could help you and learn from you. My garden never produces like yours does and I wish I had more time to spend working in it. You are truly an amazing man and I know God has a special place for you.

Great direction and commentary thank you.

Thank you! Great idea using the string!

I just love your southern accent.

Very well made with great advice.

Thanx for this very helpful video!

So nice to see you release them, last summer I trapped 29 ground squirrels and relocated them. Good not to release them too close or they'll be back and not on someone else's property. It was nice to see them go.

@robertnekoranec5668

Жыл бұрын

Illegal to relocate

You gots all sorts of animals there Bobby! At the farm we caught a BIG coon once. He was eating all the cat food, and living in the barn walls. He barely fit in that trap though, lol. Also, it was used to catch a feral cat one time, so she could be taken to get fixed. They work pretty good. Thanks for sharing.

I used marshmallows with the cuff trap awhile back, and did well. So I put them in the live traps and bingo !

Nice demo... when you do get your chickens, just make sure to build solid coops and those night hunters won't get in with them... thanks for the video... I also use the marshmallows...

@TheRccrf

8 жыл бұрын

+Frederick Dunn Exactly, invest in underwiring. Will save you a lot of dead chickens and headaches.

Great Video!!!!!!!! You made it soooooo easy THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH!

What did you use for bait? I'm still trying to catch the groundhog thats eating my sweet taters. I have some corn in it tonight, been using cantalope. ... And that watery stuff from the sky is called RAIN..... I hear its on the endangered list in many parts of the country.

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing Bobby.

I use old blankets and wrap them around the cage (very carefully) and carry the animal that way to the release spot. I can then tip the back end of the cage up while pulling up the trap door (tricky, and I have to use two hands to release the catch and pull up the door part way, then I grab the back end of the trap which is double wrapped in the blanket and tip it up. Raccoons sometimes take a moment to get the idea, but they run out after a few seconds. For skunks, the blanket is essential, and you should put it over the trap entirely, except for the entrance, when you set it. Then you can transport the critter without getting sprayed. And when you let it out, it might take a minute and go part way out and back in a few times, but eventually it will go out, and it won't spray you.)

Yes, and plenty more.

Thank you very much.

It is pretty much impossible for a possum to get or have rabies but they can be some pretty mean little craps.They also like fruits and veggies and will destroy a garden.Great video and like others said that fox was pretty funny.

Good information. Thanks!

Thats true Sheila. You always have to be paying attention. Speaking of bats..I can't remember the last time I saw one. They used to be all around in the evenings, and now they're all gone.

I love this video, those critters are so cute.

Thank you sir.

Amazing video. I'm a yankee and it worked anyway!

Thank you for the info!!!

Dude great video you are hilarious. favorite youtuber

Hey Bobby,noticed a little jump when you let the fox go.Kinda funny how that works called fight or flight reaction.LOL. Good vid. See Ya.

Great vid, thanks I enjoyed it. I'm a southern boy and would have been not as trusting when it came to releasing that fox. I have a friend that lost a chihuahua to a fox before he finally trapped it. Anyway that took some courage and you should be commended for it. Keep up the great work. Hello from Texarkana Arkansas and God bless.

when the fox sounds like your dog sleeping

Excellent video! Thank you....

Beautiful grey fox.

Excellent video. Very informative.

Sounds like you had a mean one. The foxes I've seen around here have been fairly small and thin, not overly aggressive.

Thanks for the great 👍 video.

fun to watch and great instructions, nice video,

Great video! Love my live traps!

I'm glad those animals were released. Thanks for sharing.

That's mighty sporting of you, neighbor - you let the possum free first, to give him a running start before the fox could catch him. If you'd done it the other way, the possum wouldn't have gotten very far....

Great video Bobby!!

Thank you mam.

I NEED to get one of those traps! Feel they are a much better option than a traditional leg hold trap.

You are a sweet man that's for sure. God bless you !

just a note on the possum they will eat your melons, they start at the blossom end then hollow out the fruit. thanks for all the great vids.

Hey Bobby, Good video; the first squirrel I caught, I wasn't sure how I was going to get him out. My trap is only a month or so old and exactly like your newer one. It is better to catch your pets in a live trap than a conabear or leg hold trap.

Yep....thats definitely something else to consider. Most times the Mommas are pretty easy to spot.

Thank bro.

Yep, gotta be careful when they are inside the cage. Those little claws can reach out and grab you, doing some damage. Yes sir... the hydroponic lettuce is up and running. I'm saving the video update right now. Hoping to have it uploaded for tomorrow night. It's been pretty warm here, but the lettuce is off to a good start.

good job on catch and release

Mmmmm ......Raccoon soup is so good ! Thanks good video !

Ha ha! I thought I was the only one that said " Good night Irene"

Great video thank you

Yes mam. a little laughter is great..... I try to have fun with whatever I do, as long as I'm safe about it.

Thanks much for the info.......

After losing half my muskmelons , I got the ground hog. (live trap) still have fence up. planted winter carrots today. I'll be glad to put this year in the book. More watery stuff fell from the sky today, googling it now to see what it may be...

Goodnight Irene. :)

Great video!

Hello from East Texas......this video was educational and funny....Brilliant!

Where are you from? Your accent & how you explained everything was hilarious & awesome. Had us laughing.😆 Very informative video. Thank you.

Smart like a fox you are! great video

Just a note of caution you may want to extend to your viewers about the subject . Be familiar with State and County laws concerning the trapping and moving of wildlife.Some places can be VERY fickle about that whole process, and knowing the laws can keep you outta a whole lot of hot water :) Keep em comin!

Good job. I'm setting one tonight to catch the fox that's been running off with my chickens.

Chickens are on my list. I just haven't gotten to them yet. I said something to my wife today about gathering fresh eggs, and she said " no way, there might be a snake in the box. " Oh well, as long as she cooks the eggs, I reckon I can bring them in. :-)

2 cases of rabies here in Maryland this week. ( Front page news here) It's caused a huge uproar. An apartment building has bats, and one of the tests showed up as babid. So now 2 children have to go through the shots. You can never be too careful when it comes to wild animals.

I've never had a problem with possums in the garden. They usually go for the cat food. I know they can be pretty nasty, but they've never caused any trouble around here.

Fox is like, "let me at that possum." LOL

You're welcome. A little compassion is a good thing. :-)

Awesome!

Coyotes eating melons....thats a new one on me. Maybe they are just thirsty? Either that or they have very good taste in vegetables....cuz I like watermelon too ! LOL