I've been tolerating the bastard living under my shed since I moved in
3 years ago, because everything I've tried to do to get rid of him has only resulted in more damage to the shed.When I moved in he had his entrance under the front corner of the shed. When I filled that in with rocks and broken glass, he went in under the wall of the lean-to, and dug another hole into his burrow from the back of the shed.
I've tried gassing him with propane. I've tried all the folk repellants. Apparently he likes being clean and eating spicy food, because neither irish spring soap nor cayenne pepper phased him.
The bugger has gone all Hannibal Lechter on me. There was a half- rotted possum carcass in the entrance to his burrow. I thought that would drive 'em away, so I left it. Now it's gone.
He's always left my stuff alone, but now he's developed a taste for gasoline. He removed the gas cap from my push mower, and chewed the neck off the gas tank.
I'd love to sit on my back porch and pick him off with a rifle, but discharge of firearms is a big no-no.