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Best way to store my shanty.
« on: Mar 14, 2021, 08:23 AM »
Hey guys/gals what's the best method to store our shanty's so that the mice don't get in them and chew holes in it. Thanks
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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #1 on: Mar 14, 2021, 08:32 AM »
I stuffed mine with enough of those botanical repellent pouches to do My whole house. Hopefully it will work. Didn't have anything in it for 3 years and found a small chew hole this season.

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #2 on: Mar 14, 2021, 08:50 AM »
I stuffed mine with enough of those botanical repellent pouches to do My whole house. Hopefully it will work. Didn't have anything in it for 3 years and found a small chew hole this season.
Thanks that sounds like a good idea. I have a cover for it and had to replace the tent last year because of the mice getting into it. Just trying to see what others have done to prevent it. Thanks again
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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #3 on: Mar 14, 2021, 09:48 AM »
I built a very large shelf in my garage about 6 feet up. It stores both my single and double man huts and all my gear. I have had this shelf for about 4 years and never had mice problems in my huts. I never put decon out either.

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #4 on: Mar 14, 2021, 09:58 AM »
I store my flip ups in the up position and they don’t seem to bother them.

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #5 on: Mar 14, 2021, 10:39 AM »
I built a very large shelf in my garage about 6 feet up. It stores both my single and double man huts and all my gear. I have had this shelf for about 4 years and never had mice problems in my huts. I never put decon out either.

i do the same thing works great i put moth balls in the camper but then i have to air it out for a few weeks before i can get into it

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #6 on: Mar 14, 2021, 10:50 AM »
I have an eye bolt and a pulley in my garage roof.  At the end of the season I dry it good then pull the shanty up there and tie it off.  Never had a problem with mice or anything else.  Mice are amazing sometimes but they can't defy gravity and walk across sheetrock upside down.  Just my 2c works for me.

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #7 on: Mar 14, 2021, 10:55 AM »
I store mine in a shed standing up with the otter cover on it.  When I grabbed it this fall I had 40 or so acorns in there but no holes!  Not sure how something got the acorns in their but it did!

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #8 on: Mar 14, 2021, 12:10 PM »



mice.....say hello to my little friend

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #9 on: Mar 14, 2021, 12:13 PM »
I still store my shanty in my den, I leave it in the up position as much as I can.
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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #10 on: Mar 14, 2021, 12:14 PM »

 I store mine in my snowmobile trailer ,
 

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #11 on: Mar 14, 2021, 01:10 PM »
Hey guys/gals what's the best method to store our shanty's so that the mice don't get in them and chew holes in it. Thanks

                    Remove the canvass and store in a container air it out a few times over summer

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #12 on: Mar 14, 2021, 01:16 PM »
                    Remove the canvass and store in a container air it out a few times over summer


Other than that, the only safe place mice won't get into it..........



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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #13 on: Mar 14, 2021, 01:34 PM »
Peppermint oil cotton balls  always had mice gettin into snowmobile  did a lot of damage till I used it     Minty fresh instead
More than 3 cars in my driveway when I get home ? Probably an intervention! I’m outta there!

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #14 on: Mar 14, 2021, 01:54 PM »
first things first :  mine gets a good scrubbing with a good powerful laundry detergent then several days drying time and a liberal spraying with some odor eater.   this I do inside and out.  After a few more days I pack it full of bounce laundry dryer sheets in every fold, crack and crevice. I also stuff any thing that gets stored in it. Then it gets wrapped tight with a cheap tarp to seal in all the good odors and keep out the bad.  The first summer I had mine it got destroyed. 5 years on the replacement cover with no problems. Mouse traps work great but you have to get him before he gets you, and the kitty has to sleep sometime

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #15 on: Mar 14, 2021, 02:11 PM »
                    Remove the canvass and store in a container air it out a few times over summer

i have the recon and thats what they reccomend

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #16 on: Mar 14, 2021, 02:15 PM »
You beat me to it 62. I clean mine good at end of season then stuff it with a box of dryer sheets. Pick a scent you like cuz that’s what you’ll smell the first dozen trips of the year lol. Then I put in basement with half dozen or so mouse traps around it and check now and again. Not saying it’s a save all but it’s worked for me the last 10 years. I think barts got the best idea though lmao!! I may have to give that a shot this year

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #17 on: Mar 14, 2021, 02:57 PM »
That's what was nice about my Shappel suitcase...fold 'er up, and stand it up against wall back in the corner of the rec room.
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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #18 on: Mar 15, 2021, 06:14 AM »
I put dryer sheets in mine .Never had mice chew it up. I have had a problem with them too.

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #19 on: Mar 15, 2021, 07:48 AM »
Thanks for the replies guys. I have a shelf to store mine on so I think I'll try the dryer sheets and then I'm gonna use a rachet strap around the cover also, hopefully the little buggers won't get in this summer.
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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #20 on: Mar 15, 2021, 07:51 AM »

 I have a bud that rigged a pulley system in his garage
 

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #21 on: Mar 15, 2021, 08:00 AM »
Thanks for the replies guys. I have a shelf to store mine on so I think I'll try the dryer sheets and then I'm gonna use a rachet strap around the cover also, hopefully the little buggers won't get in this summer.

they don't like moth balls either......

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #22 on: Mar 15, 2021, 08:10 AM »
Pulley system sounds like a plan instead of just the shelf. Think I'll try both moth balls and dryer sheets and still use the rachet strap.
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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #23 on: Mar 15, 2021, 08:13 AM »

 They don’t care for spearmint
 

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #24 on: Mar 15, 2021, 08:17 AM »
Instead of mothballs, maybe they should make Cat smelling balls.  :woot:
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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #25 on: Mar 15, 2021, 09:16 AM »
Instead of mothballs, maybe they should make Cat smelling balls.  :woot:
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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #26 on: Mar 15, 2021, 10:05 AM »
Now that's a thought ;)2
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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #27 on: Mar 15, 2021, 10:13 AM »
I put mine on the top of a 55 gallon drum.

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #28 on: Mar 15, 2021, 10:38 AM »

Cleaned and aired it out good then hung it up.

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Re: Best way to store my shanty.
« Reply #29 on: Mar 15, 2021, 10:40 AM »
i'm wealthy beyond belief and just buy a new one every year  ....hell ididn't even know you cold recharge a vexlar when the battery went dead i just bought a new one ....silly me

 



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