Caught One!

We caught one of the little buggers that have been lurking around our backyard. Some critters have already completely stripped our three apple trees bare and are now going after our wine grapes and tomatos.  Well, one down!

Ok. Not really down. He is going to be relocated. We believe in trap-and-release. We baited the trap with peanut butter. Look at those wicked little paws/hands. We have had to bungy-cord the trap down or these critters roll the trap down the hill. That's an old grape vine trunk that the cord is attached to.

Then I as I was leaving the house this morning I saw a bit of a snake's tail slithering into the shrubbery at the steps. Hopefully it was just a baby black snake.