[Dailydrool] Urgently Needed Varmint Advice

[Kate Lawson]

We have had this problem repeatedly over the years. It is very disruptive for the neighborhood because the hounds, when they corner it, develop a furiously loud chorus different from all their other singings and I recognize it immediately. And most often in the middle of the night because we have a dog door.  I also used cat food as bait and it worked immediately. I dropped the opossums off at a nearby Ecosystem park. If it is a small, young one, rather than putting out a trap, I will pick it up by the neck with my long handled barbecue tongs and toss it over the (PVC privacy) fence into my neighbor's yard.  The dogs then stop barking, I bring them inside and shut the dog door. I might see it again another night but not too many times. Eventually after being cornered and terrorized by my pack and then thrown over the fence 2 or 3 times it finds better places to hang out. The big ones are too heavy and strong for the barbecue tongs. 

Kate Lawson, Hamlet, Lucy, Daisy, and Ophelia ATB varmint hunter extraordinaire