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Rusty 2N

12-28-2002 10:33:24

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Anybody have any ideas on how to find & trap one of these critters. Got a dog that visits here every now & again & isn't smart enough to leave the porcupine alone he's been hit twice now. Dumb dog. Any info will be greatly appriceated.

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Lanse

12-31-2002 10:29:47

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Re: OT Porcupines in reply to Rusty 2N, 12-28-2002 10:33:24

What the heck. Porkys were a necessary nitch in natures way of doing things prior to man and the chainsaw. Porkys love pine as well as other tree bark, usually leave a well used trail in the snow between trees and the place they actually live. This could be anything from a brush pile, folded over debri (canvas, tin, etc.) anything that affords shelter. You can tell the time a porky has stayed in given shelter by the size of the dung pile he manufactures and sleeps in. Just follow the trail, or better yet, put your dog on a leash and he may lead you to it. Apparently your dog has a score to settle and isn't bright enough to call it quits. You can kill a porkey with almost anything. A stiff wack on the nose will kill it instantly. Never could figure that out, must be the bone structure. They can kill 150 year old pines, something that today is a waste, but pior to man, it helped other animals by allowing the sun to shine in for undergrowth. Today, there is too much undergrowth and not enough pines.

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Chuck A.

12-28-2002 18:46:23

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Re: OT Porcupines in reply to Rusty 2N, 12-28-2002 10:33:24

We had a hunting camp in northern Michigan and there were alot of them around. Our Labs used to get into them all the time. They never seemed to get the hint. My dad used to have to pull the quills and it was like he was working on one of his kids. Needless to say we all had standing orders to shoot on sight any and all we saw. He hated them so bad that if a 12 pt buck ran by with a Porcupine right behind it, I think - No, I KNOW he would have shot the Porcupine. I have shot them with just about every caliber there is includung a .375 H&H (model 70 pre 64). We never seemed to thin them out that much but man, we had some great porcupine hunts.
Chuck A.

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Ultradog MN

12-28-2002 15:32:38

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Re: OT Porcupines in reply to Rusty 2N, 12-28-2002 10:33:24

Rusty,
I don't know how big your land/woods is but the
next time the dog gets into one just go out and start looking in the trees. They're Real easy to spot this time of year with the leaves gone.

When I first bought 40 acres of woods some years ago the porkys were at an all time high as far as population. You get a few of them in your woods and they can really devastate a stand of oaks. I talked to the DNR and they said just to go hunt them out.
I took a half a dozen or so of them that first year. In MN you don't even need a license to take a wild animal if they are causing damage.
You don't need any kind of high tech weapons either. I took most of them out with my old S&W .38 special.
If I were to do it again I think I would try selling the quills on Ebay. There is a market for them.
HTH

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JMS/MN

12-28-2002 22:24:15

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Re: Re: OT Porcupines in reply to Ultradog MN, 12-28-2002 15:32:38

If you're a Mn farmer losing livestock to predators you can't take them out.(legally). Of course, there is the 'three S' method- shoot, shovel, shut up!

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KC (Alaska)

12-28-2002 14:21:46

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Re: OT Porcupines in reply to Rusty 2N, 12-28-2002 10:33:24

Try baiting it with salt and bone meal. They eat shed horns from moose, caribou,deer ect. So bone meal might entice them. They like salt I had one chew up some canoe paddles once. They will chew car tires that have road salt on them too. They like to hang out in culverts and burrows and like pine / spruce trees. Never tied to trap one. I think I would follow the dog the next time he shows up he dosen't have any trouble finding it(grin) good luck

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Get a Fisher

12-28-2002 13:38:03

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Re: OT Porcupines in reply to Rusty 2N, 12-28-2002 10:33:24

Fisher's kill em and eat em. Does the State have a Fisher reintroduction program?

The only way to get them is with a 1 GA when they're up in a tree.

Maybe, the dog needs to be weeded out of the gene pool?

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Rusty 2N

12-28-2002 14:43:01

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Re: Re: OT Porcupines in reply to Get a Fisher, 12-28-2002 13:38:03

YES!!! The dog needs weeded but it's not mine. A border collie that only knows how to chase sticks. Will even bark at the stick if it wont throw itself.

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Bill Priday

12-28-2002 16:07:41

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Re: Re: Re: OT Porcupines in reply to Rusty 2N, 12-28-2002 14:43:01

Maybe the border collie is trying to "herd" the porky? Hee hee, you might just go out in your yard sometime and find the dog has herded a whole gaggle of 'em up to your front door!

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