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[Msfitoy]

Heard about the Irish Soap bar thing… turns out rodents love it! Was it a prank all along?!? ?

I tried that with ground hogs taking residence in my backyard...made their hole smells better...in the end, constant .22lr harassments and filling rocks in their hole eventually persuaded them to leave little Chicago...

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[airline tech]

I think I may have told this story before on here, but my wife told me she saw where Irish Spring bar soap deters rodents. So I took an entire bar of it and cut it into slivers and put them all over my shed where I store my Harley. A couple of days later I found that rodents said FU by gathering said soap slivers and put them all over my Harley's engine. F*****k! Took me days to get all that soap off the bike.
Luckily, a black snake moved in not long after that and demolished the rodents, so much so he moved on a while later.

When I was a kid, cutting an Irish Spring bar up with a knife got me in trouble.
I was probably 5 or 6, in the old commercial the Irish speaking accent gentleman used a knife and cuts a sliver off the bar of soap.
Well a curious 5 year old and a knife , while taking a bath - imitates the commercial and plugs up the bathtub drain with the slivers.
Childhood Memories

 

[Msfitoy]

When I was a kid, cutting an Irish Spring bar up with a knife got me in trouble.
I was probably 5 or 6, in the old commercial the Irish speaking accent gentleman used a knife and cuts a sliver off the bar of soap.
Well a curious 5 year old and a knife , while taking a bath - imitates the commercial and plugs up the bathtub drain with the slivers.
Childhood Memories

I can relate getting into trouble...

 

[Cmar]

My anti rodent device, also highly effective against snakes, and slow birds.

 

[got3fords]

Heard about the Irish Soap bar thing… turns out rodents love it! Was it a prank all along?!? ?

Could be!

 

[Joeiconic]

anyone tried using coyote piss?

Wonder what the process is to collect and bottle coyote urine?

 

[IdahoRanger]

Wonder what the process is to collect and bottle coyote urine?

Here you go.

 

[Joeiconic]

Here you go.

Let me rephrase the question. Why in the hell would anyone want to collect and bottle coyote urine!?

 

[Buckbull]

Let me rephrase the question. Why in the hell would anyone want to collect and bottle coyote urine!?

Guys that trap would use it as a lure. Coyotes are very territorial and scent from another pack would be irresistible.

 

[Buckbull]

The adhesive used for windshields would be a good option to keep the screen in place.

 

[Joeiconic]

Guys that trap would use it as a lure. Coyotes are very territorial and scent from another pack would be irresistible.

Yes, I understand the end uses. My curiosity is aimed more at a
the career choice to become a urine collector. Well, its better than becoming a lawyer, I guess.

 

[subquark]

Yes, I understand the end uses. My curiosity is aimed more at a
the career choice to become a urine collector. Well, its better than becoming a lawyer, I guess.

As I approach retirement age, being a urine collector looks better and better. I already have experience dealing with lots of sh!t, so this would be a move up and being able to work alone and outside - I see no downside to this (goes to Amazon to look at coyote cages, tubing, drill pumps, bottles, ... =D

 

[Cmar]

Yes, I understand the end uses. My curiosity is aimed more at a
the career choice to become a urine collector. Well, its better than becoming a lawyer, I guess.

Probably closer than you think. Isn't the job of a lawyer to take the piss out of the prosecutor?

 

[P-38Ranger]

I have tried and used coyote urine on my Ranger. I found that they had chewed my engine cover. There's another post about that, but the engine heat drys it way too quick and it's not meant for rodents.
I have used coyote urine in the middle of a big California city, La Mesa, because any wild area sooner or later coyotes travel through. It was highly effective and deterring them from approaching my upper yard where I have three grandchildren who play all the time. Since the coyotes are gone, the gophers thrive, but my family has overruled me on trying to get rid of them. It also amazingly deters the ravens who moved further away, even though they still fly high over.

 

[TJC]

Although the Oreily's filters give it a better appearance (looks wise) as I debated doing the same.
...
... as it is a GREAT idea and find for filters that fit in those access holes.

O'reily's here in NC wanted $10 each for the filters.
I purchased a 3 pack of these filters from online Walmart for $14 with free shipping. Nice reasonable price. Carefully removed the filter material with razor knife, then glued the 1/4" 23 gauge steel wire mesh on the back side. Installing them today. Been meaning to correct this for a while and I like the solution. Thanks for the pointer.

UPDATE
The screens are installed. They do not fit snug but they cover the openings. I was hoping the openings were flat so that a good seal would be easier to make, but the ridged opening faced out. So to simplify the installation I used Scotch 3M Exterior double sided gray tape. When placing the screens I had to insert them through the outer left hole going up (facing the truck). Then move the screen to the interior hole and press it in place. Did not take long to do and I am confident the rodents will not get past the screen.

I wish I were taller. I need a step stand just to reach the firewall!

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