Relationship with neighbor? Almost bumped into each other in the local grocery store when we both rounded a corner at the same time - me: how ya doing? him: blank stare. Ex-cop who once told me with glee in his voice that he'd had numerous CCW licenses revoked because they didn't notify him they had one during a traffic stop. (Was/is a requirement to notify in TX, back then there was a penalty for not doing so). When his pond was flooding my property, we had numerous conversations and I sent a couple letters (one from a lawyer), they got more heated with each exchange. So, not so good.
And it still took him months after receiving the letter from the lawyer to finally fix the flooding problem.
If our relationship was anywhere near as good as what I've had with other neighbors this wouldn't be a problem. We'd have worked this out months ago.
I'd thought of using the electric fence charger, but it's about 100 yards from the nearest outlet. A bank of batteries with a solar panel and inverter might work but that's a bit more of a financial investment than I want to put into this.
Tannerite would be cool! But I'd be shooting towards his house... would hate to miss.
I'm sure it's the pig, I've seen him. So has at least one of the neighbors, who said that others have also. I'm going to put the game cam out next Monday night, not too early since I don't want to page through a bunch of pictures of traffic. And he doesn't come out just at night; actually not sure if he does or not, I've only seen him loose during the day.
Drive a couple pieces of pipe 2’ or more into the ground that you could insert 2 pieces of 6’ rod or rebar into next to the can and slip the handles over the upright rods or park the can and then insert the rods. (4’ or so above ground) You can pull the rods out after trash pickup and leave the pipe in the ground to mow over.
I'm really liking this idea. The ground's soft enough that driving the pipe in won't be too hard for my back & shoulders, and it'll be out of the way when not in use. I use a dolly to take the can to the road, so I can hang the uprights off the dolly for transport & storage. I'll be designing some sort of cover for the in-ground pipes so they don't fill with dirt, etc.
I'll try remember to douse the trash with a bit of bleach. The trash pickup company has asked their customers to throw some mothballs in the can for snakes and such. Maybe the bleach will be more of a deterrent than mothballs, in my experience mothballs are a waste of time & materials - they don't do a thing for snakes.
As for the other damage, rooting and wallowing, I've got a couple of air guns. Pain is supposed to be an efficient teaching tool.
He's tame as can be, I've gotten almost close enough to pet him without even trying, just walked right up to him.
