Bowhunting and Mice

[Don Stokes]

A friend of mine actually does take a ferret hunting. It cleans up all the rodents in short order, but then he has to cage it or it will go hunting on its own. He also uses a pair to hunt rabbits. One stays in the cage and he turns the other one loose in rabbit thickets and hunts the clearings with his longbow. When the rabbits realize a ferret is in the area, they move to the open where he can shoot them. The loose ferret will come back to the caged one. Sorry, wandered off the subject...

[Spectre]

Originally posted by njloco:
Spectre,

Ever try the anti squirrel, which is supposed to smell like fox at the base of your tree while hunting for deer ?

I haven't. I have used the stuff around the farm extensively though, it seems to work pretty good on keeping the mice and rabbits out of the horse feed. It worked pretty good for keeping mice out of the camper over the winter, too.
 The mice around here scoff at the Fresh-Cab stuff.

[buckster]

This dude was running around our Orchard in MO last year, 175 grain field point did the job quick.

 

[Bjorn]

Simply put out a bucket with a step so they can jump in but not out and they can be relocated in the AM. We had mice jump in every night.

[creekwood]

I will never use the words "mouse" and "humane" in the same sentence.  I am sorry though, if that comment offends someone.  To make this trad related, I will say that I am always amazed at how many mice run up and down a tree while I am sitting in my treestand.