JuneOntario said:@GrammaChar Please tell me you are joking about throwing rocks at treed possums! 
If you remove the barking dog from the area, the possum can climb down from the tree and go on its way unharmed. No missiles required.
No joke. Evidently you've never tried to "remove the barking dog" who weighs 130 pounds and is attempting to climb the tree while systematically trampling the flower bed beneath it. So yeah, I've thrown rocks - with the dog dancing around and cheering me on - hoping the possum would move along to the NEXT tree in the woods and escape over the fence line. It's not like the possum was "stranded". In fact, it's almost as if he was enjoying the whole spectacle. I could almost see his evil grin.
