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Rats at Your Feeder?
#5985475
10/20/15 02:51 PM
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OffCoor1
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Anyone else experiencing this?? I have 2 buddies that are being bombarded by big ol' rats - cleaning up their corn. These 2 feeders are about 100 miles apart, as a crow flies.
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5985487
10/20/15 02:57 PM
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HuntnFly67
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Got some big suckers under ours. I can hear them scurry through the prickly pears all day. There are 6 and maybe 7 in this picture. It's going to keep the rattlesnakes full.
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5985502
10/20/15 03:09 PM
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stxranchman
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Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5985510
10/20/15 03:12 PM
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Navasot
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I always here them eating at the corn feeder before I can see them.. big giant woodrats too
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5985517
10/20/15 03:19 PM
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cabosandinh
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foxes at my place keep those guys to a min.
I only know of them around cabin,,, never any under feeders (as they probably get eaten )
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5985560
10/20/15 03:38 PM
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tShawnB
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Coyotes, hawks and owls keep our rat population pretty small. Never been a real issue for me.
How come everybody I meet is a deer hunting expert?
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5985760
10/20/15 06:01 PM
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DUKFVR
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We have them thick. 1st time we have seen them like this.
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5985783
10/20/15 06:11 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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Not that big, but I've seen tons scurrying across Hwy 84 driving from Lubbock to Goldthwaite and back this summer/fall. Bumper crop!
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5985791
10/20/15 06:17 PM
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Big_Ag
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Exterminator said all the rains this Spring caused the rodent population to explode. I am seeing the same thing with rats at the feeders like never before. I use tamper proof bait stations with Contrac Blox at the cabin and barn to keep them at bay and am having to re-fill them every couple of weeks.
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5985891
10/20/15 07:39 PM
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SniperRAB
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Kangaroo Rats = Rattlesnakes = Poop my Pants
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5985895
10/20/15 07:41 PM
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krmitchell
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Better than the freaking rabbits we have around our place. I counted 12 of them in the feed pen in another picture.
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5985923
10/20/15 08:00 PM
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blackcoal
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"Rent a Coyote" is the place to call.
The Greatest Enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.--Stephen Hawking
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5985927
10/20/15 08:03 PM
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Texan Til I Die
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Saw an owl swoop down and snatch one up early one morning. I had no idea one little rat could make so much noise. Sounded like someone sawing off a dog's leg with a dull saw.
Silver spurs and gold tequila keep me hanging on. Pretty girls and old cantinas give me shelter from the storm.
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5986027
10/20/15 09:10 PM
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MoBettaHuntR
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You could put down those sticky peanut butter scented pads might get a few deer with them stuck to their noses and feet though. I would setup some old rat traps and see how you do just around the feeder. Be careful bubonic plague is still carried in western rats and prairie dogs.
-Those who say money can't buy happiness never bought a dog.
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5986047
10/20/15 09:27 PM
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Texas Dan
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Our local population of owls and hawks seems to keep them in check.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5987272
10/21/15 03:30 PM
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oldoak2000
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One good reason not to harm bull snakes and rat snakes. Rattlers will settle in where there is a high supply (of food...).
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5987277
10/21/15 03:34 PM
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redchevy
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Leave the windows on your blind down and a few weeks later you will have a family of owls in there that leave those suckers 1/2 eaten all over you stand.
We are in south texas and have big ole rats by the ton.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5987330
10/21/15 04:13 PM
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Double Naught Spy
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Night vision or thermal on a .22, .17, or pellet gun and you could have some fun like the Brits do...'ratting.'
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5987604
10/21/15 06:54 PM
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nsmike
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If attracting owls and hawks would be beneficial you can erect a perch for them. A pole 8 to 10 ft high 3 to 4 ft of 3/4 inch dowel on each side to make a T. They're used all the time on Christmas tree farms up here to control rabbits and rodents.
for every stereotype there's a prototype don't be the prototype
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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10/21/15 07:00 PM
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Navasot
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If attracting owls and hawks would be beneficial you can erect a perch for them. A pole 8 to 10 ft high 3 to 4 ft of 3/4 inch dowel on each side to make a T. They're used all the time on Christmas tree farms up here to control rabbits and rodents. that's a cool idea
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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10/21/15 07:01 PM
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Navasot
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Those corn fed rats eat as good as a squirrel you know... don't let your jiminy cricket fool you
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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10/21/15 08:54 PM
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stxranchman
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Got some big suckers under ours. I can hear them scurry through the prickly pears all day. There are 6 and maybe 7 in this picture. It's going to keep the rattlesnakes full. I'll see your 4 rats and raise you....
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5990696
10/23/15 06:23 PM
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High Country Archer
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I have killed two bobcats with my bow when they came to my bow stand to hunt the mice/rats. Keep your eyes peeled.
If you ain't hunting, you ain't living right.
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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#5991361
10/24/15 01:29 AM
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Greytshot
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They are so bad at my place they eat all the corn before the deer get a chance.
GreytShot South Texas
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Re: Rats at Your Feeder?
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10/30/15 05:51 AM
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Birdshot101
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Owls and foxes keep them in check at our place.
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