owcan i get rid of porcupines eating my deer stand?
07-06-2012, 07:03 PM
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Spike
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owcan i get rid of porcupines eating my deer stand?
I have a new homemade wood deer stand and i have a porcupine eating the wood. It has paint on it, im wondering if there is anything else i can put on the stand to chase this guy away. I can't shoot him because he's only there at night. What can i put in a havaheart trap for bait? Thank you
07-06-2012, 07:35 PM
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I have a new homemade wood deer stand and i have a porcupine eating the wood. It has paint on it, im wondering if there is anything else i can put on the stand to chase this guy away. I can't shoot him because he's only there at night. What can i put in a havaheart trap for bait? Thank you
4 parts water to 1 part bleach.
It should keep him away, and the scent should go way by time deer season opens.
I hope this helps.
07-07-2012, 04:47 AM
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Spike
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thanks, im going to try this.. might also use the sheeting method too. I never took into consideration porcupines would be eating my stand. thanks
07-07-2012, 05:01 AM
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Back in the 70s I had the same problem and I painted mine with creosote, but I don't eve know if that is available any more with all the EPA restrictions in place nowadays. If you have that box trap, I'd use that first and bait it with some salt to see if they will go in after it. I just built a new blind in upper MI with OSB and will be going up in a week or two to cover the whole thing with some scrap steel I got from a pole bulding project down here where I live. It's white, so I'll have to get some spray paint to camo it, but that blind will last forever with no weather or porky damage.
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07-16-2012, 12:15 PM
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Yeah they dont go to far. Find them during the day and take them out. I do when I see them so that my dogs dont get them. There is enough of them and they dont have any predators so it wont hurt.
07-19-2012, 10:33 PM
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If the bleach and sheeting works, that would be good. If you try to eliminate them, as some have suggested, just be sure it is legal. Sure hate for you to get ticketed for doing something out of season and lose your right to deer hunt.