At 10:31 AM 8/14/2004, Dave Drum (Uncle Dirty Dave) wrote: >>Picking as many as I can carry down here about 3 miles south of a >>Krogers. Like you, if I figured in time, materials and effort they'd be >>$100 a kilo. But this is the best chile season right now I've had in years. > >Last year's groundhogs have not returned after a .22 cal heartburn, then? Heh-heh. Moles ate my seed potatoes. Rain washed away my corn. A coyote came up in the garden a couple-three weeks ago and snatched a chicken right in front of us, but so far this year not one raccoon, possum or groundhawg--much as I'd like to eat a groundhawg tenderloin. I think the reason is I bought a steel box trap at the auction for $20 American. That's all it took. We haven't caught a thing in it but spending money on a solution always solves the problem. carp