There were times that possum hunting was lean and they would walk for several hours.

I caught a baby possum falling out of a tree. Funniest thing ever. Mar 07, “The possums are just collapsing, out of trees, run down by cars, taken by cats and dogs.

“Last week they were going down to the water and Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Aug 04, POSSUMS in New Zealand are acting strangely. The marsupials are falling out of trees, stumbling around paddocks and bumping into fence posts. Puzzled farmers have speculated whether the possum.

There were great tales of family members trying to get that possum out of the tree with them not falling out of the tree. Sometimes the possum won and sometimes the hunter trim rose bushes after bloom. Possums have alot of teeth. The hunters always brought with them a"gunny sack" which was usually a canvas sack for carrying possums home. When the possum had made it to the ground another hunter would pick them up by.

It may be “playing possum” as an involuntary response to a threat, in which the opossum becomes comatose in the face of danger and appears dead. This may last from 40 minutes to 4 hours. During this time, the opossum lies on its side, becomes stiff, the eyes glaze over, the opossum drools, the tongue lolls out the side of the mouth, and.

Sep 07, Other methods work on taste and smell: Sprinkle blood and bone fertiliser around the base of your tree. Possums hate the smell and will be less inclined to eat Spray garlic: try two tablespoons of crushed garlic in one litre of hot water, leave.