I know squirrels are a pain to deal with but this really sucks. I've got porcupines eating my trees! Now what can I do about that ????? Jay
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I know squirrels are a pain to deal with but this really sucks. I've got porcupines eating my trees! Now what can I do about that ????? Jay
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Zucker Lager
Shoot them,bigger target than squirrels
7th generation maple producer in sugarhouse built in 1892
2x World Champion Maple Syrup Producer
1250 taps on cv adapters
Leader Vortex 3x14 with Max Flue and Revolution Syrup Pan,Enhanced Steam Away
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Wow. I didn't know they could do that. Some sort of porcupine abatement program needs to be started, and soon. That's terrible.
What the program consists of is up to you...
Maybe consult a specialist or a game relocating/trapper person?
Good luck!
2014 Upgrades!: 24x40 sugarhouse & 30"x10' Lapierre welded pans, wood fired w/ forced draft, homemade hood & preheater
400 taps- half on gravity 5/16, half on gravity 3/16
Airablo R.O. machine - in the house basement!
Ford F-350 4x4 sap gatherer
An assortment of barrels, cage tanks & bulk tanks- with one operational for cooling/holding concentrate
And a few puzzled neighbors...
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They are always shot on sight in our woods!
4,600 Taps on vacuum
9,400 gallons storage
3 tower CDL RO
3.5'x14' Lapierre Force 5
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same here. shot on site, with whatever is closest by. I got a GSP bird dog 9 years ago, and taking him to the vet to get the quills out was way more expensive and painful than a $0.25 20ga shell. good thing he learned after the 2nd time.
Awfully thankful for an understanding wife!
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
- Vincent “Vince” Lombardi
Good luck to all!
I’ve shot 10-12 of them chewing on my house in the middle of the night over the last few years, log home. Relocating is not an option.
Relocating them to “The Afterlife” is your best option.
Sugaring for 45+ years
New Sugarhouse 14'x32'
New to Me Algier 2'x8' wood fired evaporator
2022 added a used RB25 RO Bucket
250 mostly Sugar Maples, 15% Soft Maples. Currently,(110on 3/16" and 125 on Shurflo 4008 vacuum, 15 gravity), (16,000 before being disabled)
1947 Farmall H and Wagon with gathering tank
2012 Kubota with forks to move wood around
Yeah, chewing on a tree is one thing, chewing on your home is another. They gotta go at that point!
2014 Upgrades!: 24x40 sugarhouse & 30"x10' Lapierre welded pans, wood fired w/ forced draft, homemade hood & preheater
400 taps- half on gravity 5/16, half on gravity 3/16
Airablo R.O. machine - in the house basement!
Ford F-350 4x4 sap gatherer
An assortment of barrels, cage tanks & bulk tanks- with one operational for cooling/holding concentrate
And a few puzzled neighbors...
http://s606.photobucket.com/albums/t...uckethead1920/
Russ
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
I have one large sugar maple that has similar damage, but it goes higher into the canopy as well, beyond what I would think a porcupine could access. Bark stripped right off like that though. I have no definititive answers yet.
200 on 3/16" vacuum plus some buckets
D&G 2x6 7" drop flue wood fired
Lapierre 200gph RO
"We like it sticky"