Problem Porcupine
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What is your go to bait for Porcupine? I have used salted apples in cold weather. Chewing the edges of the deck.
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Re: Problem Porcupine
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09/11/19 11:16 AM
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Salt just plain salt we would salt a stump away from the cabin to keep them away from the cabin that way.
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Re: Problem Porcupine
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Your best pair of leather boots, guarentee to bring'm in!
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Re: Problem Porcupine
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09/11/19 03:00 PM
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Best bet is to set up a blind and call them in.
I use a stick call. They respond best to a poplar sound, but a good oak call will work in a pinch. A screaming apple works pretty good too.
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Re: Problem Porcupine
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You sure it's not squirrels if you don't have porkies? They like the salt in the wood and the rim of the outhouse seat too.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: Problem Porcupine
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I posted the post, I am in Michigan and we have Porcupines. The owners have pictures of the Porcupine.
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Re: Problem Porcupine
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I see a few hit on I-90 and I look around and don't see any trees in any direction then I wonder if the got hit by a vehicle or starved to death! LOL With that salted stump you can hear them gnawing at night and give them a gift then.
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Re: Problem Porcupine
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Well, if it is hitting the deck often he doesn't holed up very far away. He has a den some where close and that is what I would look for. When you get close to it you will smell it/them. Then set right at the entrance with exposed foothold to one side or the other of the den and you will have a porkie.
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Re: Problem Porcupine
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Apparently porkies like corn. https://youtu.be/tDG2cwsndhk
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Re: Problem Porcupine
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Salted apple and a squirt of red fox urine works good for me.
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Re: Problem Porcupine
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Easy to notice their den area it will be loaded with "sprinkles" they don't travel far to do their business.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: Problem Porcupine
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Easy to notice their den area it will be loaded with "sprinkles" they don't travel far to do their business. Saw a pile of them sprinkles three feet high under a porky riddled pine tree den.
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