CARPENTER ANT DAMAGE TO OUR GAZEBO SHED ROOF #3: The Grand Finally! SKUNK TRAPPING!

Great job Dick,I was told that as long as they cannot grip their feet in the ground they will not spray.
We have a town cop here that walks up to them and slip a cardboard under it and he takes it away.

-- --<<<<<< I will not stop until I get it right. >>>>>>--

A tricky operation well done D&B

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Ha Ha Ha Ha Great story and photos for this Monday morning! Thank you. Great job!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

Dick: nicely done! It’s probably good that you didn’t ask for advice before you did this. Someone would have recommended playing loud music in the gazebo to try to get it to move away. LOL

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!

Quite a story there!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

great job getting rid of unwanted critters. you did a nice job telling the tale also. thanks

-- Hope Never fails

dick, i smell something is up…and i think you did a job well done…the little guy looks happy to be released and hopefully it didnt turn into a bad smelly afair…lol…....you a man of many trades…....maybe this winter you should make a sign for the summer place….....professional skunk catcher…...just a idea…lol

-- The Grizzone

i think you should post the details of makeing a trap of such…...we get critters here all the time that dig into and under…prob mostly armadillos….but your handy trap would be handy to have around for the just in case situation…....

-- The Grizzone

And what about the Ants Dick? What did you do to trap! them?

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Great job Dick. Now you got rid of the smelly….....................LOL

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

good design…i would have been icky stinky if this had happened to me…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

This was a fun adventure. You should have heard Barb while I was trying to get the critter to leave

the trap. “Don’t get Sprayed! Watch yourself! Careful!”

I kept saying, ”Don’t worry! Don’t worry!”

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Mike,
I sprayed ant killer on all of the frame parts before covering.

There shouldn’t be any Ant problem once the leaking roof has been fixed.

They thrive on moisture.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Nice job and well handled. The skunk looks happy enough. Let’s hope he was single.

gees, I would have entered the trap for polish sausage…

It does look like an interesting trap. I’d like to learn more.

I’m going to be doing a lot more trapping soon. We are required to manage our property of pests (all mammals are non-native here in NZ and therefore pests – but especially possums, ferrets, stoats, rats, mice and even some cats!) in order to restore the native bird population. (Unfortunately they have to be killed since relocation is illegal and solves nothing on an island!) That looks like a quick way to make a trap.

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

When I get a chance, I’ll take some better images of this trap.

And also give some dimensions.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Nice home made trap. Smart trap release too.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Thank you Mike,

You must have read how I got rid of the Ants?

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1