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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | Three years ago I would have said mothballs myself & I still put them in the boat every fall. I have plastic trays and we add the three trays of mothballs to all the boats and then tarp. We also did the same up at the cabin when we closed her down for the winter. Last year the mice ate a big 'ole hole in my inflatable raft, PVC and another in a inflatable queen sized bed. I was ticked! I had two lakes that the inflatble was the easy solution to. Now theres a hole about the size of a softball. (still have th boat if anyone has the repair knowledge) I went to war on the little fur balls. What I found was one of the traps that consistently was catching them had mothballs around it I mean like inches away!! So now we have boxes of dcon down surrounding the boats and by the areas in the cabin we find sign. If there is no water they will eat and go in search of a drink and die. I've put up with the smell of mothballs in the spring for so many years I think I'd miss it. But my faith in them is gone. Good for spiders though |
