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#1418113 - Mon Nov 02 2009 09:14 PM What to do with possums
speedstick speedstick journeyman Registered: Mon Sep 28 2009 Posts: 95 Loc: pa	if you whack them. do you just toss them in a ditch and move on as i do or what? If you release them,you will catch them again sometime and they will multiply. Just curious how others deal with them.
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#1418239 - Mon Nov 02 2009 10:13 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: speedstick]
George George old hand Registered: Sun Sep 03 2000 Posts: 867 Loc: 3D	I let them go. _________________________ PSU '79, '82 WMU 3D (=3 deer left)
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#1418252 - Mon Nov 02 2009 10:19 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: speedstick]
tundragriz tundragriz veteran Registered: Thu Nov 20 2008 Posts: 1291 Loc: Montrose, Pa.	Dispose of them where no one else is likely to find them. I have a pit on my property that I put carcasses. _________________________ Stand up and be counted, join an outdoor sports organization Life NRA,Life PTA,Annual SCI
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#1418255 - Mon Nov 02 2009 10:21 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: George]
Cougar Cougar member Registered: Tue Dec 12 2006 Posts: 195 Loc: Reading, PA	I'll keep the large ones but release the little ones. I'll usually carry them 30-40 yards away from the set in hopes they go away.
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#1418482 - Tue Nov 03 2009 06:34 AM Re: What to do with possums [Re: Cougar]
bobcat bobcat Carpal \'Tunnel Registered: Tue Nov 02 2004 Posts: 3366 Loc: pa	pop them in th head and either skin or toss. letting them go is asking for another messed up trap and less grouse turkey, ducks,rabbits, other critters next year. _________________________ Now your diggin' where the 'tators are!
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#1418590 - Tue Nov 03 2009 08:01 AM Re: What to do with possums [Re: bobcat]
Bob Jamison Bob Jamison veteran Registered: Wed Nov 10 1999 Posts: 1354 Loc: Franklin, PA	They're probably worth more than coyotes this year. Maybe coons too. Skin 'em! _________________________ Please support Hunt of A Lifetime! www.huntofalifetime.org
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#1418601 - Tue Nov 03 2009 08:06 AM Re: What to do with possums [Re: Bob Jamison]
TrapperRon2 TrapperRon2 enthusiast Registered: Tue Aug 12 2003 Posts: 448 Loc: PA, Venango	Is it not interesting that is the same way we use to feel about coon. _________________________ Home of the J Hook tool& Retrievable Cable Stake. John 3:16, http://marsh.20megsfree.com
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#1418933 - Tue Nov 03 2009 10:58 AM Re: What to do with possums [Re: TrapperRon2]
frshwtr frshwtr member Registered: Wed Sep 26 2007 Posts: 119 Loc: pa.	skin them, they help pay for the gas. i see about 14 in that one pic, throwing out kits and flat females you should stiil come up with about $10. i dont walk away from that money.
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#1419097 - Tue Nov 03 2009 12:14 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: frshwtr]
speedstick speedstick journeyman Registered: Mon Sep 28 2009 Posts: 95 Loc: pa	Originally Posted By: frshwtr skin them, they help pay for the gas. i see about 14 in that one pic, throwing out kits and flat females you should stiil come up with about $10. i dont walk away from that money. how long to skin them if you got other more valuble animals to skin?
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#1419390 - Tue Nov 03 2009 02:40 PM Re: What to do with possums [Re: speedstick]
Bob Jamison Bob Jamison veteran Registered: Wed Nov 10 1999 Posts: 1354 Loc: Franklin, PA	Gee, 2 minutes to skin, 5 minutes to flesh, one minute to board. 8 minutes x $2 = $15 per hour. About 6 gallons of gasoline per hour. 6 gallons x 20 MPG = 180 miles of trapping. Guess what is going to happen to all my grinners this year? _________________________ Please support Hunt of A Lifetime! www.huntofalifetime.org
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