Raccoon War

   / Raccoon War #131  
They both suck. I’d take the 90 though. I’ve at least got a few hours in the morning of pleasant weather in the summer time. If it was zero ( we usually get 2 weeks of single digit temps a year) then I’m inside until it warms up.

LOL, I prefer the cold as U can add more layers but with hot there are limits as to what U can remove.
 
   / Raccoon War #133  
Pilloon:
LOL, I prefer the cold as U can add more layers but with hot there are limits as to what U can remove.

:thumbsup:

Which leads to me dressed in layers like the little kid in: "A Christmas Story"- either too layered to work effectively, while sweating away pounds and gallons of sweat, or taking off the layers as necessary to be able to work effectively, and freezing off needed body parts...

Plus no matter how tall the grass, I've never had to dig and sift through it while looking for my key ring and keys that got dropped in it- ask me how I know that it is a real bear to find them when that happens in 3+ feet of snow?...
 
   / Raccoon War #134  
I use a 4 inch by 10 foot PVC pipes for bird feeder posts. They are too big around for a squirrel or raccoon to grip.

But one was knocked over by a bear.

Bruce
 
   / Raccoon War #135  
Years ago, my dad's buddy moved into an older mobile home. First night in the trailer, it was really cold and they hadn't gotten the gas turned on yet.

He was sound asleep and felt something furry cuddled up to him. He figured that the cat got cold and wanted to warm up.

This went on for a bit with him cuddling the cat. Then it dawned on him. They didn't own a cat :eek:

Turned on his bed side lamp and had a a coon cuddled in bed with them :laughing:

It took him a bit to get his wife calmly out of bed (levitation and screaming) and then get rid of the coon.

Apparently the old man that used to live there had the coon as a pet and the coon came and went through the fresh air duct.
 
   / Raccoon War #138  
How do you get them down to fill them?

These are platform-style feeders. I fill them with a 1 inch x 10 foot PVC pipe with a square plastic jar screwed to the end. One fill (less than a cup) lasts 3-4 days.

feederfiller.JPG

Bruce
 
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#139  
I use a 4 inch by 10 foot PVC pipes for bird feeder posts. They are too big around for a squirrel or raccoon to grip.

But one was knocked over by a bear.

Bruce

I'm going to try that solution next winter. Last year the squirrels ate 90% of the bird feed. Also had to store the feeders in a shed every night to prevent raccoon destruction. Already have some old 6 inch PVC and assume that would be even harder for them to climb than 4 inch? No bears around here to worry about.
 

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