>>1753648I don't really know what the laws are for Ontario, but there must be a course for a trapper license and from there you could probably find everything you need.
Most places count opossums as pests, so, I doubt you'd have to pay for anything beyond the license and traps.
https://www.northernontario.travel/hunting/ontario-trapping-licenses-and-instructors>If I did trap a few of them would I just have to release them around my place for that to be their new area? Just leave some food around the property and a good place to nest?They are wild animals, they will stick around places with food. (in the other post they view the opossums as a problem to keep away from your trash, so they will develop habits eating in places they know have food) If you keep catching and releasing them in your area, AND leave out food for them, you will definitely get a colony going. (once you invest in some cages you can just reuse them over and over). They will play dead when you go to release, so you can plan for that by releasing them near the places you plan on leaving some food for them. When they feel same, they'll come out and eat. It the long run it will for sure take care of tick problems.
The only problem that you may have are raccoons. So you may want to get rid of those first so they don't compete with the opossums. Trap them and dump them elsewhere if they are close to you.
