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   On 7/14/2021 8:24 AM, songbird wrote:   
   > Stephen Peek wrote:   
   > ...   
   >> This is the time of year moms are weaning their little ones and the little   
   go searching for their own territory.   
   >> So, the young ones may decide to settle near you if they are comfortable   
   there.   
   >   
   >    we have a large drainage ditch that runs through the property   
   > so they dig burrows in the banks.  once established they won't   
   > leave easily.  i end up having to hunt them and their little   
   > ones.   
   >   
   >    i have a fence up which keeps them mostly away but the fence   
   > isn't totally enclosing the gardens so they come visit at times   
   > and i scare them off or hunt them.  if they come back enough   
   > times they'll get buried someplace in a garden.  :(   
   >   
   >    trapping and relocating just doesn't accomplish anything as   
   > there are always plenty more.  the fences help the most but i   
   > have to check them once in a while to make sure they've not   
   > dug new tunnels underneath.   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
   >   
      
   I relocate in parkland areas.  Laws vary and here you can trap and kill   
   but not relocate.  One day I released a squirrel in the park next to a   
   county cop who I told that I was releasing a prisoner and he said   
   nothing so enforcement is lax.   
      
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