They're cute little creatures Linda C. Denny, Interesting What do you do with them after you catch them? Or better yet Why do you catch them?
Do they do harm to anything that I should know aboout? Yea, I have a whole lot of Hillbilly upbringing in me too. LOL Aren't crayfish called "Crawldads" or something like that? Jill, I just don't think that they're Chippies They were too slow and the cats got em all. Yes, I also heard that they do alot of damage. Ken, I hear you about not releasing them I had a pet raccoon, "Rambo" He was a wonderful pet and I loved him very much. Had him Now, every coon I see reminds me of "Rambo" and because of that I can't let my hubby shoot any of the trapped ones.
Been a few loud discussions between us over the subject, usually I win, but not always. Never shoots them when I'm home Sassy We would usually let them loose by the "crick" It was a hoot to watch them run backwards into the water.
We called them "Crawdaddies" and I still think this personifies them more than "Crayfish". The only real harm that they would cause is when the mower would hit their little mud piles when we mowed the ditches.
We caught them mostly out of boredom though. Some folks use them as catfish or turtle bait but to get the quantity for a long fishing trip one would be better off to sein a slew with an old curtain. We also had a pet raccoon named Bandit. He was really cute until he got the mating call and then he went nuts!
My brother had to get the stomach shots for rabies because Bandit bit him before he headed off into the wild blue yonder!! We use to give him sugar cubes and watch them dissapear as he washed them! See I told you that we were bored!!! Denny, Sounds like you must not be far from here because we grew up playing by the "crick" catching crawdaddies and fishing for bullheads! Did your Mom tell you to "warsh" your hands instead of "wash" them too?
She would holler,"Git yer hands warshed fer vittles! How in the world do chipmunks take the dirt away from the holes and why? We don't have chipmunks where I live. He still worshes things, been living in NJ almost 30 year. I used to think they should have been called "clawfish" they nipped you on the toes if you were wading.
We had raccoons in our trash cans some years ago--solved the problem by emptying the cans out, keeping the trash in bags in our basement for a week--and meanwhile scrubbing the bejabbers out of the cans with strong bleach solution.
We've never had the problem since so I guess they moved on to the neighbors. We also have way fewer raccoons around here than we used to, since rabies ran through the population -- spent a few years with raccoons staggering all over the place in daylight, then they disappeared.
You are right "Clawdaddies" would be a perfect name for them! Those staggering coons sound like a Steven King movie called "Rabid" or "Killer Coons' or "Rocky's Revenge" I am going to tell my once bitten brother about your post to watch him go into a nervous quiver!!! Indem Sie weiterhin auf der Website surfen bzw. Mehr erfahren. Ultimate Lighting Sale.
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I'd like to see the size of one of 'em too! Dave Davidson1. Or the old standby; a piece of bacon. On second thought, use the liver. It isn't fit to eat anyway. It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done. Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. For real DON'T waste bacon on them!!! Joined: May Quincy, IL. If those do turn out to be crayfish the next step would be to find a Geiger counter and check the water.
That's got to be a snake or turtle or something those are some big holes. It'll be like Caddy Shack Joined: Jun Whatever it is, you got my curiosity peeked. Pictures of unseen creature are now a must my friend! Set that Trail camera reeeal low. Joined: Feb Emory TX. Joined: Aug Shelby County, Texas. Shelby County. Terrestrial crayfish usually roll the mud up in little balls and construct a short chimney but not always above their hole.
I have seen turtles attempting to nest that dig holes similar to those you picture. It would be unusual to see a hundred of them though.
The female slider sometimes will try a few times before she settles on what she likes and finally lays her eggs. I think that it is a natural attempt to fool nest robbers coons, coyotes, skunks, etc by leaving many false areas to confuse them. Tom Sterling Shelby County. The holes look similar to the painted turtle holes in the newest PondBoss mag. I have tried trapping them with no luck.
The land I have purchased has two ponds about equal size. The one with drainage issues I have tried trapping the CF and the muck swallows half of my trap. So far the only thing Ive caught in them is two baby BG. My neighbor has a similar crayfish issue. Bank vole emerging from its burrow entrance. A wild rat sniffing the air outside its burrow at the base of a tree. Water vole in its hole. Eurasian badger emerging from its sett. Log in Join. Search titles only. Search Advanced search….
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