Mor_Tearach t1_jddlry3 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 5:10 PM

Reply to comment by ho_merjpimpson in We have been misled. We do not have a state animal, but two state amphibians. by Razoray20

Dauphin here. Never had them until a couple years ago. They're not close, climbing pretty far up a ridge not far from our house heard one. Could not believe it. And yep. 3 years in a row same spot.

Of course we have porcupine now too. Cool stuff balanced out. Those things are a giant pain to have around plus fishers were introduced as a predator. Which means those grouse won't be around long.

ho_merjpimpson t1_jddr5oi wrote on March 23, 2023 at 5:44 PM

Don't get me started on porcupines. They have desroyed so much of our stuff, its been a never ending battle. Insult to injury is that they aren't even good eating!

Our attempt to combat them this year is going to be to, instead of protect everything from them, and "exterminate" them, we are going to try to put a salt block out on a stump... Basically a sacrificial anode for our cabin, lol.