I wonder if the stuff hunters use to cover their scent and become
'invisible' would work if put on letterboxes? I've seen it in the stores,
but never really looked at what it was. Anyone know if this would be worth
trying?
Scoutdogs
F-255
P-31
X-81
E/G-7
From: mindizney@aol.com
Subject: Re: CT Ancient Fish Out of the Swim
again?????
Can't those raccoons leave the box alone?????
(sigh)
Music Woman
Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
12 messages in this thread |
Started on 2003-09-04
Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
From: Dog Scouts Troop (DogScouts@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2003-09-04 22:15:20 UTC-04:00
Re: [LbNA] Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
From: (howlingcrow@webtv.net) |
Date: 2003-09-04 22:28:13 UTC-04:00
I was wondering if maybe that that spray that you use to keep cats and
dogs off your furniture would work. I think it's called "NO"
Melinda of
Team HowlingCrow P3F79X2
dogs off your furniture would work. I think it's called "NO"
Melinda of
Team HowlingCrow P3F79X2
Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
From: ehughes52 (libby@twcny.rr.com) |
Date: 2003-09-05 02:37:18 UTC
We just planted some boxes and our *tester* told us that a 2nd box was
chewed up (we already knew about 1 being chewed), she thought leaving
a moth ball would deter the hungry critters. I wondered about maybe
just rubbing a mothball on the box (rather than leaving one in the
environment) would be enough. ????
catbead
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Dog Scouts Troop"
wrote:
> I wonder if the stuff hunters use to cover their scent and become
> 'invisible' would work if put on letterboxes? I've seen it in the
stores,
> but never really looked at what it was. Anyone know if this would be
worth
> trying?
chewed up (we already knew about 1 being chewed), she thought leaving
a moth ball would deter the hungry critters. I wondered about maybe
just rubbing a mothball on the box (rather than leaving one in the
environment) would be enough. ????
catbead
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Dog Scouts Troop"
> I wonder if the stuff hunters use to cover their scent and become
> 'invisible' would work if put on letterboxes? I've seen it in the
stores,
> but never really looked at what it was. Anyone know if this would be
worth
> trying?
Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
From: SpringChick (springchick@letterbox-mi.com) |
Date: 2003-09-05 02:45:25 UTC
Probably the best deterrent is for people to not handle food and
letterboxes simultaneously. Even the sprays are still only a cover,
and like air fresheners, they last for a bit and you are still left
with the underlying scent.
It is amazing how food smells can rub off and even pull into the
plastic. I had a bunch of stamps in process on my dining room table
and made fish one night. The whole house smelled like fish for 3
days. I know it sounds crazy to think that the smell pulled into the
rubber of the stamps, but every single one of those boxes was
attacked by critters once I put them out, and that is not something I
have had happen but only once or twice before.
Another boxer here in MI was telling me just the other day how he had
checked in on a local box (not one of his) and it had been chewed
through but good. Apparently someone had left some "goodies" inside
when they visited.
SpringChick
letterboxes simultaneously. Even the sprays are still only a cover,
and like air fresheners, they last for a bit and you are still left
with the underlying scent.
It is amazing how food smells can rub off and even pull into the
plastic. I had a bunch of stamps in process on my dining room table
and made fish one night. The whole house smelled like fish for 3
days. I know it sounds crazy to think that the smell pulled into the
rubber of the stamps, but every single one of those boxes was
attacked by critters once I put them out, and that is not something I
have had happen but only once or twice before.
Another boxer here in MI was telling me just the other day how he had
checked in on a local box (not one of his) and it had been chewed
through but good. Apparently someone had left some "goodies" inside
when they visited.
SpringChick
Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
From: defygravity2001 (defygravity@snet.net) |
Date: 2003-09-05 03:21:18 UTC
You mean like doe-in-rut-buck-lure? Fox urine? YUCK, it will keep
people away too.
How about a mothball?
~ Aili
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Dog Scouts Troop"
wrote:
> I wonder if the stuff hunters use to cover their scent and become
> 'invisible' would work if put on letterboxes? I've seen it in the
stores,
> but never really looked at what it was. Anyone know if this would be
worth
> trying?
>
> Scoutdogs
> F-255
> P-31
> X-81
> E/G-7
>
> From: mindizney@a...
> Subject: Re: CT Ancient Fish Out of the Swim
>
> again?????
>
>
> Can't those raccoons leave the box alone?????
> (sigh)
> Music Woman
people away too.
How about a mothball?
~ Aili
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Dog Scouts Troop"
> I wonder if the stuff hunters use to cover their scent and become
> 'invisible' would work if put on letterboxes? I've seen it in the
stores,
> but never really looked at what it was. Anyone know if this would be
worth
> trying?
>
> Scoutdogs
> F-255
> P-31
> X-81
> E/G-7
>
> From: mindizney@a...
> Subject: Re: CT Ancient Fish Out of the Swim
>
> again?????
>
>
> Can't those raccoons leave the box alone?????
> (sigh)
> Music Woman
Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
From: ehughes52 (libby@twcny.rr.com) |
Date: 2003-09-05 03:28:24 UTC
There's spray you can buy that hunters use that removes all odor. I
think the doe-in-rut stuff draws in all the "ahem" interested male
deer to the spot.
catbead
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "defygravity2001"
wrote:
> You mean like doe-in-rut-buck-lure? Fox urine? YUCK, it will keep
> people away too.
>
> How about a mothball?
>
> ~ Aili
>
think the doe-in-rut stuff draws in all the "ahem" interested male
deer to the spot.
catbead
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "defygravity2001"
> You mean like doe-in-rut-buck-lure? Fox urine? YUCK, it will keep
> people away too.
>
> How about a mothball?
>
> ~ Aili
>
Re: [LbNA] Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
From: Ron Salladin (salladin@frontiernet.net) |
Date: 2003-09-05 14:29:02 UTC-04:00
ehughes52 wrote:
>We just planted some boxes and our *tester* told us that a 2nd box was
>chewed up (we already knew about 1 being chewed)
>
I was considering heading your way this weekend, maybe even getting a
site at GL State Park. Were any of these boxes affected?
ROC'nRON
Re: [LbNA] Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
From: Elizabeth Hughes (libby@twcny.rr.com) |
Date: 2003-09-05 20:46:18 UTC-04:00
Yes, the Ace of Spades and The Ace of Clubs (clues almost finished!).
Both boxes gnawed but still secure at last sighting. We plan to go
out tomorrow afternoon to double check and make any repairs. I
emailed you off line and am reading some clues as well to send in
email form.
:-)
catbead1
aka
Libby
--
Both boxes gnawed but still secure at last sighting. We plan to go
out tomorrow afternoon to double check and make any repairs. I
emailed you off line and am reading some clues as well to send in
email form.
:-)
catbead1
aka
Libby
--
[LbNA] Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
From: catbead1 (catbead@catbeadmischief.com) |
Date: 2003-09-06 01:04:00 UTC
Ron,
I just emailed all the clues to my boxes. Let me know if for some
reason you don't get them.
catbead
I just emailed all the clues to my boxes. Let me know if for some
reason you don't get them.
catbead
Re: [LbNA] Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
From: Mary (RI) (rid25751@ride.ri.net) |
Date: 2003-09-06 08:11:03 UTC-04:00
mmmmmm... goooooodieeeees...
I had to let out my best EEEEEW! when we found a geocache here in RI that had candy and gum in it. They were so wet and yucky, and the box wreaked of sugar. We traded some money for the goodies and threw the sweets away. (We don't carry cache-y stuff, normally, but we did have plenty of Dunkin' Donuts napkins, some wipes, and spare change.) Good thing that most of the animals around there are college party animals, but still, we may have saved one of them from themselves. ;-) The squirrels, skunks or other creatures probably wouldn't have eaten anything, just torn the box to shreds. College students have been known to eat just about anything...
----- Original Message -----
From: SpringChick
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:45 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
Another boxer here in MI was telling me just the other day how he had checked in on a local box (not one of his) and it had been chewed through but good. Apparently someone had left some "goodies" inside when they visited.
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I had to let out my best EEEEEW! when we found a geocache here in RI that had candy and gum in it. They were so wet and yucky, and the box wreaked of sugar. We traded some money for the goodies and threw the sweets away. (We don't carry cache-y stuff, normally, but we did have plenty of Dunkin' Donuts napkins, some wipes, and spare change.) Good thing that most of the animals around there are college party animals, but still, we may have saved one of them from themselves. ;-) The squirrels, skunks or other creatures probably wouldn't have eaten anything, just torn the box to shreds. College students have been known to eat just about anything...
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From: SpringChick
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:45 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
Another boxer here in MI was telling me just the other day how he had checked in on a local box (not one of his) and it had been chewed through but good. Apparently someone had left some "goodies" inside when they visited.
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Re: [LbNA] Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
From: Mary (RI) (rid25751@ride.ri.net) |
Date: 2003-09-06 08:22:52 UTC-04:00
I wouldn't want to be caught bending over that letterbox!
While stamping in, a friend of mine heard a deep snort and turned around to be face to face with a huge buck. If I remember correctly, he stared her down for a while and then abruptly left. And soon afterward she began to breathe and move again, I'm sure, because she's still with us today. I wonder if she would have been so lucky with attractant on the box. I don't know much about attractants and animals in rut, but I wouldn't take any chances.
Mothballs are said to discourage skunks but I've heard from a neighbor that they just ignore them and keep coming, anyway. Worth a try, though, if they aren't dangerous to animals or the environment.
Mary
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From: ehughes52
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:28 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
There's spray you can buy that hunters use that removes all odor. I
think the doe-in-rut stuff draws in all the "ahem" interested male
deer to the spot.
catbead
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "defygravity2001"
wrote:
> You mean like doe-in-rut-buck-lure? Fox urine? YUCK, it will keep
> people away too.
>
> How about a mothball?
>
> ~ Aili
>
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While stamping in, a friend of mine heard a deep snort and turned around to be face to face with a huge buck. If I remember correctly, he stared her down for a while and then abruptly left. And soon afterward she began to breathe and move again, I'm sure, because she's still with us today.
Mothballs are said to discourage skunks but I've heard from a neighbor that they just ignore them and keep coming, anyway. Worth a try, though, if they aren't dangerous to animals or the environment.
Mary
----- Original Message -----
From: ehughes52
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:28 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
There's spray you can buy that hunters use that removes all odor. I
think the doe-in-rut stuff draws in all the "ahem" interested male
deer to the spot.
catbead
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "defygravity2001"
> You mean like doe-in-rut-buck-lure? Fox urine? YUCK, it will keep
> people away too.
>
> How about a mothball?
>
> ~ Aili
>
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[LbNA] Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
From: curiouscrane (curiouscrane@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-09-06 14:55:17 UTC
Remember the story in the Providence Journal about the bozo hunter
who sprayed HIMSELF with doe-in-heat attractant? He ended up in the
hospital following an antler-up-the-nose incident. Sorry, that was
too good to resist. Stick to the basics with the letterboxes.
CC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Mary \(RI\)"
wrote:
> I wouldn't want to be caught bending over that letterbox!
>
> While stamping in, a friend of mine heard a deep snort and turned
around to be face to face with a huge buck. If I remember correctly,
he stared her down for a while and then abruptly left. And soon
afterward she began to breathe and move again, I'm sure, because
she's still with us today. I wonder if she would have been so
lucky with attractant on the box. I don't know much about
attractants and animals in rut, but I wouldn't take any chances.
>
> Mothballs are said to discourage skunks but I've heard from a
neighbor that they just ignore them and keep coming, anyway. Worth a
try, though, if they aren't dangerous to animals or the environment.
>
> Mary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ehughes52
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:28 PM
> Subject: [LbNA] Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
>
>
> There's spray you can buy that hunters use that removes all odor.
I
> think the doe-in-rut stuff draws in all the "ahem" interested male
> deer to the spot.
>
> catbead
>
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "defygravity2001"
> wrote:
> > You mean like doe-in-rut-buck-lure? Fox urine? YUCK, it will
keep
> > people away too.
> >
> > How about a mothball?
> >
> > ~ Aili
> >
>
>
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who sprayed HIMSELF with doe-in-heat attractant? He ended up in the
hospital following an antler-up-the-nose incident. Sorry, that was
too good to resist. Stick to the basics with the letterboxes.
CC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Mary \(RI\)"
wrote:
> I wouldn't want to be caught bending over that letterbox!
>
> While stamping in, a friend of mine heard a deep snort and turned
around to be face to face with a huge buck. If I remember correctly,
he stared her down for a while and then abruptly left. And soon
afterward she began to breathe and move again, I'm sure, because
she's still with us today.
lucky with attractant on the box. I don't know much about
attractants and animals in rut, but I wouldn't take any chances.
>
> Mothballs are said to discourage skunks but I've heard from a
neighbor that they just ignore them and keep coming, anyway. Worth a
try, though, if they aren't dangerous to animals or the environment.
>
> Mary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ehughes52
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:28 PM
> Subject: [LbNA] Re: Discouraging critters from chewing on boxes
>
>
> There's spray you can buy that hunters use that removes all odor.
I
> think the doe-in-rut stuff draws in all the "ahem" interested male
> deer to the spot.
>
> catbead
>
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "defygravity2001"
>
> > You mean like doe-in-rut-buck-lure? Fox urine? YUCK, it will
keep
> > people away too.
> >
> > How about a mothball?
> >
> > ~ Aili
> >
>
>
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