Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-09-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Never had a carbide cannon, but did enjoy putting a few pellets in metal cans with secure lids, punching a few holes in them, then tossing them in bodies of water. BOOM! -D > On Sep 1, 2017, at 12:26 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > Cannons come to mind . . . >

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-09-01 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Cannons come to mind . . . On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > Me, too. Lots of spelunking when I was in high school. Lots of cans of > carbide pellets, too. Plenty of fun things to do with them besides use in > our headlamps... > > -D > > > On

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-09-01 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
Me, too. Lots of spelunking when I was in high school. Lots of cans of carbide pellets, too. Plenty of fun things to do with them besides use in our headlamps... -D > On Sep 1, 2017, at 9:27 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes > wrote: > > Not that I would have any direct

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-09-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Not that I would have any direct knowledge of any such things... but I will admit to having used carbide lamps while caving (before LED lamps!) --R On 9/1/17 6:18 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: Won't it also self ignite if you just let it out of the bottle too Curt Acetylene is

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-09-01 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
> Won't it also self ignite if you just let it out of the bottle too > Curt > Acetylene is _hugely_ explosive.  One spark, even by a kicked rock, > and you've made a trench across the road.  Not Recommended. > -- Jim ~ "Subjects like this don't have a

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Oi. you're taking a huge risk. On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > On August 29, 2017 at 1:33 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Do it when you have a nose cold and no sense of taste or

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-29 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On August 29, 2017 at 1:33 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Do it when you have a nose cold and no sense of taste or smell. The ML350 killed a weasel or a brown mink this morning. I knew it would reek, but it didn't smell much (or my nose was stuffed

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Do it when you have a nose cold and no sense of taste or smell. On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Rick wrote: > > Trap them in a live trap. Sneak up on it with a blanket to cover the > trap. Take them elsewhere or drown them. No smell.

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-29 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Rick wrote: > Trap them in a live trap. Sneak up on it with a blanket to cover the trap. > Take them elsewhere or drown them. No smell. No smell. Really? tin.man ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-29 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Won't it also self ignite if you just let it out of the bottle too fast? Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 9:28 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > > using acetylene gas (from carbide) Acetylene is _hugely_ explosive.  One spark, even

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-28 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Craig wrote: > http://users.humboldt.edu/wfwood/livingwskunks.html > > Examples of coexisting with wild skunks and how > to make them move to a new home. Thanks Craig! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-28 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Play loud rock music on a boombox and they will vacate the premises. On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:09 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:22:27 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > > > > > On August 28, 2017 at 7:15 PM

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-28 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:22:27 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > > > On August 28, 2017 at 7:15 PM Craig via Mercedes > > wrote: diethylmercaptan > > Is that something like the stink tracer they put in propane? I forget what they put in

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-28 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> > fmiser wrote: > > > > Anyone know if a skunk will spray if I shoot it in the head? > Curt wrote: > > Yes they will. My dad had the plan "shoot 'em in the head, they > won't even twitch" and he was right. It took about 5 minutes for > that stink to permeate and weeks for it to go away... >

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-28 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> > using acetylene gas (from carbide) Acetylene is _hugely_ explosive. One spark, even by a kicked rock, and you've made a trench across the road. Not Recommended. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-28 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
Trap them in a live trap. Sneak up on it with a blanket to cover the trap. Take them elsewhere or drown them. No smell.  BTW, possum ‎and skunk are known to  co-habitate.  Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-28 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On August 28, 2017 at 7:15 PM Craig via Mercedes > wrote: > diethylmercaptan Is that something like the stink tracer they put in propane? Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-28 Thread Craig via Mercedes
took about 5 minutes for that stink > > to permeate and weeks for it to go away... > > Apparently they're holding it in. > > > > -Curt > > > > > > > > From: fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>To: Mercedes > > Discussion List <mer

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-28 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
t in. > > -Curt > > > > From: fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>To: Mercedes Discussion > List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>Cc: fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com>Sent: Monday, > August 28, 2017, 5:58:09 PM EDTSubject: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - >

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-28 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
gt; > -Curt > > > > From: fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>To: Mercedes Discussion > List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>Cc: fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com>Sent: Monday, > August 28, 2017, 5:58:09 PM EDTSubject: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - > what about sku

Re: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-28 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
>To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>Cc: fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com>Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017, 5:58:09 PM EDTSubject: [MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks? It appears a group of at least 4 skunks have moved into the culvert at the end of the drive. Anyon

[MBZ] The groundhog is long gone - what about skunks?

2017-08-28 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
It appears a group of at least 4 skunks have moved into the culvert at the end of the drive. Anyone know if a skunk will spray if I shoot it in the head? I thought about blocking both ends of the culvert and using acetylene gas (from carbide) or gasoline engine exhaust to kill them. But then I